Patent ID: 7544103

Claim:
A terminal block for connecting electrical conductors, with a first clamping spring element ( 20 ) and a second clamping spring element ( 30 ) for clamping the electrical conductors, the first and second clamping spring elements ( 20 , 30 ) vertically offset from each other, and with an operating element for opening the clamping spring element against the spring force, characterized by a first operating element ( 40 ) provided for the first clamping spring element ( 20 ) and a second operating element ( 50 ) provided for the second clamping spring element ( 30 ), the first and second operating elements ( 40 , 50 ) actuatable independently from each other characterized in that the two operating elements ( 40 , 50 ) are disposed above the two clamping spring elements ( 20 , 30 ) and one of the two operating elements ( 50 ) is guided past the upper clamping spring element ( 20 ) so as to be able to actuate the lower clamping spring element ( 30 ).