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In order to achieve a high degree of protection, especially a degree of protection IP67 with the simplest possible sealing system in contacting device, a sealing ridge is provided on housing top, which cooperates with a gasket. For reliable sealing, this is preferably arranged continuously around a

In order to achieve a high degree of protection, especially a degree of protection IP67 with the simplest possible sealing system in contacting device, a sealing ridge is provided on housing top, which cooperates with a gasket. For reliable sealing, this is preferably arranged continuously around a contact region and is forced into the preferably plate-like gasket in the installed state. During contacting of the conductors of ribbon cable, a contacting element, for example, of contact screw penetrates the gasket and in so doing displaces sealing material, which additionally contributes to sealing. The contacting device is preferably designed as an adapter for a field bus system or as a so-called "heavy rectangular plug-in connector".

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1. For use with a single ribbon cable having conductors and an insulating covering, a contacting device comprising: a housing having a housing top and a housing bottom adapted to embrace the single ribbon cable; a plurality of contact screws carried by the housing top to be screwed into the ribb

1. For use with a single ribbon cable having conductors and an insulating covering, a contacting device comprising: a housing having a housing top and a housing bottom adapted to embrace the single ribbon cable; a plurality of contact screws carried by the housing top to be screwed into the ribbon cable and thereby contact the conductors of the ribbon cable by penetrating the insulating covering of the ribbon cable; a gasket in the form of a flat sealing plate located between the housing top and the ribbon cable to lie flat on an upper surface of the ribbon cable and individually surround the contact screws; and a sealing ridge projecting from the housing top, wherein the sealing ridge cooperates with the gasket to seal the contact screws, said sealing ridge having a cross section which tapers to a point in the direction of the gasket. 2. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the sealing ridge is molded onto the housing top. 3. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a contacting region, wherein the plurality of contact screws are located within the contacting region, and wherein the sealing ridge completely surrounds the contacting region. 4. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the gasket has no preformed recesses adjacent the contact screws. 5. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the contact screws pass through the gasket to cooperatively provide a seal between the contact screws and the gasket. 6. A contacting device as defined in claim 5, wherein the gasket forms continuous bulges around each of the contact screws to seal the ribbon cable to the contact screws. 7. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing bottom further comprises a guide rail to insertably receive a guide element of the housing top. 8. A contacting device as defined in claim 7, wherein a clearance between the guide rail of the housing bottom and the guide element of the housing top provides for rotation of the housing top with respect to the housing bottom for rotatably opening and closing the housing. 9. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing top is part of a plug-in connector. 10. A contacting device as defined in claim 9, wherein the plug-in connector is a rectangular plug-in connector. 11. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the device is mounted in a bus adapter for a bus system. 12. A contacting device as defined in claim 11, wherein the bus adapter comprises a control unit. 13. A contacting device as defined in claim 11, wherein the bus adapter comprises an adapter bottom and an adapter top mounted on the adapter bottom. 14. A contacting device as defined in claim 11, wherein the bus adapter comprises at least one integrated plug connection. 15. A contacting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the housing top and the housing bottom are connected to form a hinge with a pivot axis and can be swiveled around the pivot axis.