Multiple service extension cord

Abstract

Abstract The device comprises a conventional multiple service extension cord in which the multiple service tap is reduced to a minimum size of a small rectangular block. Further savings are accomplished by providing a single pair of contact elements for receiving a pair of male contact plug elements from opposite directions. The contact elements are designed so that they can be stamped from a single piece of stock requiring no assembly operations. The transverse passageways for receiving the male contact elements are offset so that one pair of contact elements enter a passageway which leads below the service contacts and the opposite pair of male contacts enter a passageway which is offset to swing above the contacts. This results in a reduction in size. Since the plastic dielectric material from which the service tap is molded is fairly expensive, the reduction in weight results in a considerable saving in costs. Furthermore, the contact elements also are reduced to an irreducible minimum of contact areas. This is also an expensive metal and any reduction here also results in a cost reduction. The rectangular block construction permits safety in that the block can be stepped on without injuring the parts.

Inventors

• 👤 P Danesi

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