Abstract A remote control switching device for the remote control of lighting or power circuits. The device includes a portable electric cord terminating in a plug at one end and a toggle switch assembly at the other end, together with a wall mountable assembly which may contain a conventional electrical outlet or toggle switch or both, together with a special socket to mate with the plug of the end of the portable cord. The contact members of the socket are formed in pairs of contacts each contact of which may be wired to form a series circuit with an electrical supply line connected to the conventional outlet or toggle switch lead of the wall mountable assembly, with each pair of said contacts being engaged together to complete said series circuit, except when a prong of the mating plug of the portable cord engages said pair of contacts. The plug prong is coated on one side with an insulator so that the series switching circuit is only completed, with the plug mated in the socket by the throwing of a toggle switch of the portable electric cord.
A female electrical socket and a mating attachable plug for individually joining some of the electrical conductors in the socket to the conductors of the electrical plug, in which contact making device of the female socket is an assembly of two contact members that are each attachable to individual conduct wires and spring-biased to contact each other except when a male contact of the plug is engaged in the contact assembly, said male contact then acting to separate the two contact members from contacting each other, said male contact being in the form of a metal strip, a section of which is coated with an insulating material and shaped so that, when engaged, the male contact of the plug electrically contacts one of the two contact members of the contact making device of the socket and is insulated electrically from the other contact member of the assembly.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A female electrical socket and a mating attachable plug for individually joining some of the electrical conductors in the socket to the conductors of the electrical plug, in which contact making device of the female socket is an assembly of two contact members that are each attachable to individual conduct wires and spring-biased to contact each other except when a male contact of the plug is engaged in the contact assembly, said male contact then acting to separate the two contact members from contacting each other, said male contact being in the form of a metal strip, a section of which is coated with an insulating material and shaped so that, when engaged, the male contact of the plug electrically contacts one of the two contact members of the contact making device of the socket and is insulated electrically from the other contact member of the assembly.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The combination as recited in claim 1 with the socket fixed to an electrical outlet box fitted with an electrical outlet receptacle, with a contact of said receptacle electrically connected to a contact member of a contact making device of the female socket.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The combination as recited in claim 2 with the male electrical plug connected by an electrical cord to an electrical switch for remote control of the electrical outlet receptacle.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The combination as recited in claim 1, with the socket connected to an electrical box fitted with a switch, with each of the poles of the switch connected to one of the contact members of a said contacting making device.