Safety plug unit
OwnerRobert E. Piagetinventor
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Abstract
A male safety plug unit which fits a female unit to form a connection between contacts of the female unit. The male unit includes a body having sockets in end portions. A U-shaped connector member has arms which extend through bores which connect the sockets and includes a central portion exposed in a first one of the sockets. End portions of the arms are exposed in the second socket. An end cap is mounted in said first socket and engages the central portion of the U-shaped connector member to hold the U-shaped connector member in position. A chain socket in the end cap receives a chain link, a fastener extends through walls of the first socket and through walls of the chain socket to hold the chain link, the body, the end cap, and the U-shaped connector member in assembled relation.
Claims7
A safety plug unit which comprises a body, there being sockets in end portions of the body, there being a pair of bores connecting the sockets, a U-shaped connector member having arms which extend through the bores and a central portion exposed in a first one of the sockets, end portions of the arms being exposed in the second socket, there being aligned transverse openings in walls of said first socket, an end cap mounted in said first socket and engageable with the central portion of the U-shaped connector member to hold the U-shaped connector member in position, there being a chain socket and aligned transverse openings in walls of the chain socket in the end cap intersecting the chain socket, a chain link received in the chain socket, and fastener means extending through the chain link, the transverse openings in the walls of the first socket and the transverse openings in the walls of the chain socket to hold the chain link, the body, the end cap, and the U-shaped connector member in assembled relation.
A safety plug unit which comprises a body, there being sockets in end portions of the body, there being a pair of bores connecting the sockets, a U-shaped connector member having arms which extend through the bores and a central portion exposed in a first one of the sockets, end portions of the arms being exposed in the second socket, there being aligned transverse openings in walls of said first socket, and end cap mounted in said first socket and engageable with the central portion of the U-shaped connector member to hold the U-shaped connector member in position, there being a transverse opening in the end cap and fastener means extending through the transverse opening in walls of the first socket and the transverse opening in the end cap to hold the body, the end cap, and the U-shaped connector member in assembled relation.
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