Shutter shaft holding structure in adapter with shutter
AssigneeSanwa Denki Kogyo Co., Ltd.
InventorTakashi SATO
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Abstract
The invention provides a shutter shaft holding structure in an adapter with shutter in which the closure of the butt ends of two upper and lower shutter members is always held firmly in the exact position. U-shaped arms (3a, 3b) are protruded in an adapter including shutter members (6a, 6b) in an insertion slot for connecting both male and female plugs (P1, P2) to face to each other, mating concave portions (4a, 4b) are provided in upper and lower positions of each of the arms (3a, 3b) in a leading end side, shutter shafts (5a, 5b) of the shutter members (6a, 6b) are rotatably pivoted to the mating concave portions (4a, 4b), and the shutter shafts are pressed and retained by a cover (8) put on the arms (3a, 3b).
Claims8
A shutter shaft holding structure in an adapter with shutter, the adapter comprising a shutter member in an insertion slot for connecting both male and female plugs, wherein U-shaped arms are protruded in the adapter to face to each other, mating concave portions are provided in the upper and lower positions of each of the arms, shutter shafts formed in respective one ends of the shutter member are fitted into the mating concave portions, and the shutter shafts are pressed by a cover put on the arms, thereby forming the shutter member so as to be axially supported within the adapter rotatably.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.