Receptacle

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INSULATING CYLINDERS ASSEMBLED ONE UPON THE OTHER AND INTERLOCKED AGAINST RELATIVE ROTATION TO FORM A CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND PROVIDED WITH THREE SETS OF OPENINGS THROUGH SAID ASSEMBLY, EACH SET HAVING AN ENLARGED CENTRAL PORTION DEFINING A CONTACT HOUSING CHAMBER, EACH SET ADDITIONALLY INCLUDING A LEAD WIRE RECEIVING OPENING EXTENDING FROM ITS CONTACT HOUSING CHAMBER THROUGH ONE END OF SAID ASSEMBLY AND AN ARCUATE-SHAPED CONTACT ENTRANCE SLOT EXTENDING FROM SAID CONTACT RECEIVING CHAMBER THROUGH THE OTHER END OF SAID ASSEMBLY; AND A PLURALITY OF TERMINAL MEMBERS, EACH INCLUDING A ONE-PIECE TERMINAL CLAMP MEMBER HAVING A U-SHAPED RESILIENT BASE CLAMP PORTION INCLUDING A PAIR OF LEGS AND A BIGHT PORTION, AND HAVING A PAIR OF RESILIENTLY SPACED CONTACTS EXTENDING FROM ADJACENT EDGES OF THE LEGS IN A FIRST DIRECTION FROM THE BASE PORTION, EACH OF SAID MEMBERS ADDITIONALLY INCLUDING A TERMINAL PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE EDGE OF ONE OF SAID LEGS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A LEAD WIRE, AND A COMPRESSION RING FIXEDLY SECURING THE LEAD WIRE TO SAID TERMINAL PORTION; ONE OF SAID TERMINAL ASSEMBLIES BEING POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID SETS OF OPENINGS WITH SAID BASE PORTION BEING POSITIONED IN A COMPLEMENTARY RECESS IN ONE OF SAID CYLINDERS AND HELD IN SAID RECESS BY AN ADJACENT ONE OF SAID CYLINDERS SO THAT LEAD WIRE EXTENDS THROUGH SAID LEAD WIRE RECEIVING OPENING WITH SAID CONTACT EXTENDING TOWARD SAID SLOTS.