Means for terminating flexible conductor etchings

Claim 1

A TERMINAL FOR TERMINATING FLEXIBLE ETCHINGS COMPRISING SPRING PRESSURE MEANS, SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS HAVING AN UPPER SPRING PORTION AND A LOWER PORTION SUCH THAT A FLEXIBLE ETCHING MAY BE AFFIXED BETWEEN SAID UPPER SPRING PORTION AND SAID LOWER PORTION, SAID FLEXIBLE ETCHING BEING BENT AROUND THE FREE END OF SAID UPPER SPRING PORTION, HOUSING MEANS WITHIN WHICH SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS IS SUPPORTED AND POSITIONED, SAID HOUSING MEANS BEING PROVIDED WITH SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO FIXEDLY SECURE SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING AT ONE END THEREOF ADAPTED TO RECEIVE CONTACTS FROM AN EXTERNAL CONNECTOR SUCH THAT SAID CONTACTS WILL COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONDUCTORS OF SAID FLEXIBLE ETCHING AND WILL BE HELD UNDER PRESSURE WITH SAID CONDUCTORS BY SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS, SAID HOUSING BEING FURTHER PROVIDED AT THE OTHER END THEREOF WITH GRIPPING MEANS ADAPTED TO FIXEDLY HOLD SAID FLEXIBLE ETCHING, THEREBY RELIEVING THE STRAIN ON THE PORTION OF SAID ETCHING TO WHICH SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS IS AFFIXED, WHEREIN SAID GRIPPING MEANS COMPRISES A PAIR OF OPPOSED END PORTIONS HINGEDLY AFFIXED TO SAID HOUSING SUCH THAT AFTER SAID SPRING PRESSURE MEANS HAS BEEN POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING MEANS, SAID END PORTIONS MAY BE CLOSED PROVIDING A GRIPPING ACTION, THEREBY FIRMLY HOLDING SAID FLEXIBLE ETCHING BETWEEN THE OPPOSED SURFACES OF SAID END PORTIONS AND RELIEVING THE STRAIN ON THE END PORTION OF THE FLEXIBLE ETCHING AFFIXED TO THE SPRING PRESSURE MEANS.