Patent ID: 8112847

Claim:
A connector or locking device for wires, the connector or locking device having a body, two channels within the body, entry ends at opposite ends for the wires, and wedging means slidably disposed within each channel of the body spring-urged towards the entry ends and to protrude into the channels for the purpose of gripping inserted wires and preventing their withdrawal in the opposite direction to insertion, characterised in that guideways arc formed within the body at least one alongside each channel from adjacent the entry end of the channel to beyond the respective wedging means disposed within the channel, and slides are fitted one within each of the guideways each with an inner end of the slide overlapping part of the respective wedging means and an outer end of the slide protruding outwards beyond the entry end of the channel, retention means being provided between each slide and its guideway to retain the slide within its guideway while allowing inward sliding to push the wedging means against its spring-urge when the outer end of the slide is pushed relative to the body to allow withdrawal of the wires from their respective channels, and the retention means preventing withdrawal of the slides from their respective guideways.