Electric cable separable connector module having a sliding segment gate gas-trap valve

摘要

A module of the type having an elongated insulating housing, a contact-receiving bore in the housing, and a bore contact mounted in the housing in communication with the inner end of the bore, for receiving a rod contact of a matching module, is provided with an improved gas-trap valve which comprises a sliding segment gate. The valve is mounted adjacent the outermost end of the bore. It comprises an annular valve casing member having a central opening in alignment with the bore and a chamber in the casing in which the gate segments slide between a pair of parallel and opposed walls in a plane perpendicular to the bore and are biased in a closed position. A depression in the outer faces of the valve segments permits the valve segments to be forced into the open position in response to pressure by a rod contact inserted into the opening.