Importance

Loading Importance Indicators...

Abstract

A safety electrical receptacle is disclosed which eliminates the danger of accidental shock due to inserting a foreign object into the socket of the described device. The safety electrical receptacle body includes cavities and support structures for positioning rotating cams, fixed electrical sockets with integral electrical contacts and movable resilient spring loaded electrical busses with integral electrical contacts. The contacts remain open and electrically inactive when the receptacle is in the normal unused state with the resilient spring bus displacing the rear cam lobe and positioning the front cam lobe directly into the socket opening. When a plug or other object is inserted into the socket it displaces the front cam lobe and the rear cam lobe moves against the spring loaded electrical bus and closes the contact on the opposite socket. Conversely, when the mating connector plug is removed from the socket the spring loaded electrical bus opens the contacts, repositions the cam in the socket opening and the socket is electrically inactive. The described invention is incorporated within the dimensions of a standard type electrical outlet receptacle and renders the outlet safe, in that no voltage is present at the socket of the receptacle unless the proper mating connector plug is fully inserted into each socket. The cover plate of the safety receptacle has visible markings and power indicator lamps to indicate that it is a safety receptacle. The disclosed safety electrical outlet is designed to mate with and be effective with any standard mating connector, whether equipped with a grounding prong or not. The described invention is designed to be manufactured within currently accepted and approved standard dimensions for electrical outlets and electrical enclosures.

Loading the Abstract Image...

First Claim