Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Combined with or actuated by connector coupling – Coupling-actuated switch
Patent
1990-12-31
1992-03-10
Recla, Henry J.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Combined with or actuated by connector coupling
Coupling-actuated switch
200 4304, 200 4305, H01R 3396, H01H 2700
Patent
active
050951823
ABSTRACT:
A shockproof safety outlet is provided and consists of a plug receptacle having typically a least a large neutral blade-slot and a small hot line blade-slot for receiving a large neutral blade and a small hot line blade of a corresponding and mating multiprong plug. Provision for removably mounting a normally opened switch assembly to be electrically connecting into the hot line with a non-conductive actuating button in alignment behind the blade-slot in the plug receptacle. When a blade of the plug is inserted into a blade-slot it will depress the actuating button and close the switch assembly thereby activating the plug receptacle to supply current to the plug.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3159725 (1974-12-01), Dennis
patent: 4393283 (1983-07-01), Masuda
patent: 4853823 (1989-08-01), Arechavaleta et al.
patent: 4858438 (1989-12-01), Tajima
Miller Richard L.
Recla Henry J.
Walczak David J.
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