Patent ID: 7062042

Claim:
A combination telephone service terminal and splicing chamber for use in exterior applications exposed to the environment, the combination terminal and splicing chamber comprising: a partition disposed in the combination chamber and dividing the combination chamber into a terminal chamber capable of being sealed for use in exterior applications, and a splicing chamber in contact with but separate from the terminal chamber and capable of being sealed for use in exterior applications, the splicing chamber having a housing with at least one opening for receiving a telephone supply line; and a plurality of connection terminals, each connection terminal comprising: a first connector disposed on one side of the partition so as to be in the terminal chamber to provide a plurality of telephone service connections to a subscriber and a second connector disposed on the other side of the partition so as to be in the splicing chamber and electrically coupled to the first connector to provide a connection to the first connector for one of a plurality of supply leads in the supply line so that a telephone service connection made to a second connector in the splicing chamber is thereby electrically connected to a corresponding first connector in the terminal chamber.