Electrical plug-socket adaptor with disconnect mechanism
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Jul 4, 1995
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May 5, 1994
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May 5, 1994
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Abstract
A plug assembly which can be inserted in the socket of a standard receptacle, the adaptor providing a socket into which a terminal plug on the end of a cord may be inserted, and the disconnect mechanism of the adaptor having an actuator which is rotatable by a user with small effort to eject the terminal plug from the adaptor leaving the adaptor inserted in the receptacle. A second embodiment of adaptor according to the invention is applied to a socket assembly which can be mated on the plug of a terminal fitting of the end of a cord or cable, the adaptor providing a plug which may be inserted into a the socket of a standard receptacle, and the disconnect mechanism of the adaptor having an actuator which is rotatable by a user with small effort to eject the adaptor-plug from the receptacle-socket leaving the adaptor connected to the terminal plug on the end of the cord.
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