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The invention relates to a module for measuring purposes comprising an electrical or electronic circuit, which has at least one power supply connection and at least one data line connection for connecting, in the manner of a bus, to at least one other module of the same type that is also used for me

The invention relates to a module for measuring purposes comprising an electrical or electronic circuit, which has at least one power supply connection and at least one data line connection for connecting, in the manner of a bus, to at least one other module of the same type that is also used for measuring purposes. According to the invention, the electronic circuit (80) is arranged inside a housing, the housing has a first contact surface (90) and a second contact surface (91), and the first contact surface (90) is joined to the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42) in a manner that permits it to be mechanically detached. The at least one power supply connection has a power supply contact (84a, 85a) in the first contact surface (90) and has a corresponding power supply contact (84b, 85b) in the second contact surface (91). The at least one data line connection has a data line contact (86a, 87a) in the first contact surface (90) and has a corresponding data line contact (86b, 87b) in the second contact surface (91). When the first contact surface (90) is joined to the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42), the power supply contact (84a, 85a) in the first contact surface (90) is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the corresponding power supply contact (84b, 85b) in the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42), and the data line contact (86a, 87a) in the first contact surface (90) is connected in an electrically conductive manner to the corresponding data line contact (86b, 87b) in the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42).

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1. A module for measuring purposes, comprising an electrical or electronic circuit having at least one power supply connection and at least one data line connection, wherein said module is adapted to be joined with at least one other module of the same type in the manner of a bus, and:wherein said e

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A module for measuring purposes, comprising an electrical or electronic circuit having at least one power supply connection and at least one data line connection, wherein said module is adapted to be joined with at least one other module of the same type in the manner of a bus, and:wherein said electronic circuit (80) is arranged in a housing having a first contact surface (90) and a second contact surface (91), wherein the first contact surface (90) can be connected with the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42), in a mechanically detachable manner; wherein the at least one power supply connection always has a power supply contact (84a, 85a) in the first contact surface (90) and a corresponding power supply contact (84b, 85b) in the second contact surface (91) and the at least one data line connection always has a data line contact (86a, 87a) in the first contact surface (90) and a corresponding data line contact (86b, 87b) in the second contact surface (91); wherein in the joined state the power supply contact (84a, 85a) in the first contact surface (90) is in electrical connection with the corresponding power supply contact (84b, 85b) in the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42) and the data line contact (86a, 87a) of the first contact surface (90) is in electrical connection with the corresponding data line contact (86b, 87b) in the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42); and wherein at least one contact (84a, 85a, 86a, 87a) of the first contact surface (90) is a contact head (70) with a contact surface (72), said contact head (70) located in a recess (75) of said first contact surface (90), and wherein the corresponding contact (84b′, 85b′, 86b′, 87b′) of the second contact surface (91) is a contact tappet (60) guided so that it can be moved essentially perpendicularly to contact surface (91) against the force of a spring (81). 2. The module according to claim 1, further comprising a bayonet-like connection for joining said module (22, 32, 42) with the other module (22, 32, 42).3. The module according to claim 1, wherein the first and second contact surfaces (90, 91) are opposite housing surfaces lying essentially parallel to one another.4. The module according to claim 1, wherein the first and second contact surfaces (90, 91) are the base and cover surfaces.5. The module according to claim 1, wherein said housing has an essentially rectangular shape.6. The module according to claim 1, wherein:at least two essentially parallel guide rails (50, 50′) are provided on the first contact surface (90), and, on the side of the rails away from contact surface (90), engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) are formed essentially parallel to the contact surface (90); on the second contact surface (91), guide rails (40, 40′) are provided that run essentially parallel to one another and correspond to the guide rails (50, 50′) of the first contact surface (90), and, on their side away from the contact surface (91), engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) are formed that run essentially parallel to contact surface (91) and correspond to the engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) of guide rails (50, 50′) of the first contact surface (90), so that engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) are capable of overlapping engagement with the corresponding engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a′, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) of the other module (22, 32, 42), thus holding the modules (22, 32, 42) together. 7. The module according to claim 6, wherein:the engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) and the corresponding engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a′, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) are spaced in such a way that, for the purpose of joining the first contact surface (90) with the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42), the engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) are capable of engaging in the interval (41a, 41b, 41c, 41a′, 41b′, 41c′) of the corresponding engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a′, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) of the second contact surface (91) of the other module (22, 32, 42); the corresponding engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a′, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) of the second contact surface (91) of the other module are capable of engaging in the intervals (51a, 51b, 51c, 51a′, 51b′, 51c′) of the engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′); and the engagement elements (49a, 49b, 49c, 49d, 49a′, 49b′, 49c′, 49d′) are capable of being brought into an overlapping connection with the corresponding engagement elements (38a, 38b, 38c, 38d, 38a′, 38b′, 38c′,38d′) of the other module (22, 32, 42), by shifting the particular modules (22, 32, 42) against one another starting from an engaged position, thus holding the modules (22, 32, 42) together. 8. The module according to claim 1, wherein at least one rocker lever (27, 37, 47) is provided, which is tiltably supported on a rocker bearing (52) arranged on the side surface (92) of the housing, wherein one lever arm (48b) of the rocker lever (27, 37, 47) is supported against the force of a spring (53) on the side surface (92) and the other lever arm (48a) of the rocker lever (27, 37, 47) has a latch (54), which can be engaged into a groove (55) of the housing of the other module and can be locked with it.9. The module according to claim 8, wherein the latch (54) engages in a groove (55), which is formed by the guide rails (40) and the engagement element (38b).10. The module according to claim 1, further comprising a spring plate (81), which is supported on one end in a spring-like manner against a contact tip (71) of the contact head (70), is directed toward the inside of the housing, and is supported on the other end against the contact surface (62) of contact tappet (60), directed toward the inside of the housing, for producing electrical connection between the contact head (70) and the contact tappet (60) within the housing.11. The module according to claim 10, wherein said circuit is arranged on a board (80) and said spring plate (81) is connected to the board (80) mechanically rigidly and in an electrically conducting manner.12. The module according to claim 1, wherein the contact tappet (60) is adapted so that it can be shifted in a guide element (65) in which a sealing element (63) is inserted, which surrounds contact tappet (60) so that it can be shifted and which has a sealing lip inside (64) for sealing, surrounding the contact tappet (60) on its periphery.13. The module according to claim 1, wherein the contact surface (72) of the contact head (70) is enclosed by two bars (76a, 76b) arranged essentially parallel to the guide rails (50, 50′) and which protrude from the contact surface (72) of the contact head (70) in such a way that contacting it by a standardized measuring finger (M) is impossible.14. The module according to claim 1, wherein the contact tip (61) of the contact tappet (60) protrudes from the base of a groove (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) running essentially parallel to the guide rails (40, 40′) formed in the contact surface (91) and wherein the width of the groove (31a, 31b, 31c, 31d) is selected so that contacting of the contact tip (61) of the contact tappet (60) by a standardized measuring finger (M) is impossible.15. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of recording measured values (2, 22, 32).16. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of providing said power supply.17. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of providing a radio connection (42).18. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of analog-digital conversion.19. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of providing operating and display functions.20. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of printing functions.21. The module according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is capable of smoke analysis.22. The module according to claim 1, wherein said data line connection is a CAN-Bus connection.