Never were in UK to my knowledge, we always called them phono plugs and
sockets.
Jones connectors were always the black cased multi pin connectors with
rectangular blades, usually some at right angles to others. Think FT101
power connector.
I think Cinch was a manufacturer of Jones connectors at one time. Cinch
belongs to Belfuse now I think and they still make a lot of military
grade connectors, not Jones connectors though I suspect.
Here's an interesting history of the Jones connector found in a mail
back in 2012 on the Gearslutz web board.
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/673980-cinch-jones-connector-whats-deal.html
Martin, HS0ZED
Hi. I'm not sure how i found this web site, but let me try to answer the
question.
My grandfather invented the first Jones Plug . I believe it was in the
early 1930's. His name was Howard Bevan Jones. He also manufactured lots
of different kinds of Jones plugs, with a company based in Chicago that
bears his name. At the height of the company's existence, it had about
200 <https://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear.php?id=48746> employees. the
early catalogs have LOTS of Jones Plugs.
At some point, Howard B. Jones and Co. was bought by Cinch
Manufacturing. For a number of years, the plugs were still called Jones
Plugs, but later on they were sold as Cinch Jones Plugs.
I , and others in my family, have old catalogs, photos of the whole
group of company employees, and lots of other memorabilia. My uncle,
Howard's son-in-law, tells tales of driving all over the Midwest to sell
them. Very entertaining. this uncle died at age 100 a few years ago.
I have tried in vain to find out a lot more. Cinch Mfg. was no help.
Even the family was quiet about what actually transpired in the early
days. Family lore has it that Howard also invented, and his company
manufactured, a device in slot machines that allowed the owners of the
machines ( casino owners, presumably) to adjust the odds of winning. You
can extrapolate whatever conclusions you find interesting from this
information.
Howard also invented the child's toy called the Hootnanny. It was widely
used, and is available from time to time on eBay
<https://www.gearslutz.com/board/gear.php?t=eBay>.
I could go on further, but perhaps this answers your question. I will be
interested if any other comments arise.
Michael Bevan Jones
On 19/04/2019 08:23, Alan wrote:
From Wikipedia:
"An *RCA connector*, sometimes called a *phono connector* or (in other
languages) *Cinch connector*, is a type of electrical connector
commonly used to carry audio and video signals."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector
It was news to me that an RCA phono connector is also known as a
"Cinch connector". I think you're right that it must be a name used
in Europe.
Alan N1AL
On 4/18/19 1:30 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
The Nanokeyer is the creation of Oscar, DJ0MY. It's possible that
the RCA Phono connector is called a "Cinch" connector in EU or DL,
but in the US [and I believe Canada], it is quite distinct from the
"Cinch-Jones" connectors, which I find are still available from the
several sources I checked.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
On 4/18/2019 1:08 PM, Gwen Patton wrote:
I just built a Nanokeyer last night, and the connections for keyer
and PTT
are both RCA jacks. However, in the documentation, they are referred
to as
"cinch connectors". When cataloging the parts prior to building, I
had to
look in the construction pictures to verify what kind of connector
was a
"cinch" connector. I was rather surprised to see that RCA connectors
have a
different name now, but RCA hasn't been a thing for a long time now
so I
guess it was inevitable, seeing as it is listed as having gone
defunct in
1986.
...
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