Face plate with decorator insert

Details Face plate with decorator insert Face plate with decorator insert

1991-04-25

1992-10-06

Picard, Leo P.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Electrostatic capacitors

Fixed capacitor

361413, 361427, 361429, 200 46, 174 65, 174 66, H05K 700

Patent

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051538164

ABSTRACT:
A face plate assembly has a removable decorator insert card which is retained within a face plate housing without screw fasteners. The face plate housing has an elongated slot which opens into a device cavity in which a touch switch is mounted. The decorator insert card is adapted for slidable insertion into and withdrawal out of the device cavity through the housing slot. The face plate assembly is releasably attached to the yoke strap of a wiring device mounted in a wall box by press-fit connectors. In one embodiment, the decorator insert card can be installed and replaced by releasing the face plate housing from the press-fit connector, and inserting or withdrawing the decorator insert card through a hidden housing slot formed in a back plate portion of the housing. In an alternative embodiment, the decorator insert can be installed and replaced without requiring removal of the face plate assembly by inserting or withdrawing the decorator insert card through a housing slot which intersects a web along the top edge of the face plate housing.

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