Electrical activating assembly and closure member therefor
AssigneeH. H. Robertson Company
InventorsRodney W. Gartner, Charles R. Gray, John O. Hazen
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Abstract
An electrical activating assembly provides a flush-with-the-surface electrical receptacle. The assembly includes a closure member providing access to a simplex or duplex receptacle supported by a support plate substantially flush with a barrier upper surface. The closure member includes a perimeter bead extending upwardly from the member upper face to provide a cover socket. A cover fitting within the cover socket is pivotally and removably connected to the perimeter bead for access to the receptacle. An alternative closure member is disclosed for use with a high voltage simplex receptacle. A cover fits within the cover socket, is secured to the receptacle, and includes an access opening exposing the outlet.
Claims23
A closure member for an electrical outlet comprising:
- p1 a plate having perimeter edges, a plate outer face and a plate inner face;
- an access opening in said plate disposed between the bilateral axis of said plate and one of said perimeter edges;
- a perimeter bead surrounding said access opening and being inwardly inset from said perimeter edges, said perimeter bead extending outwardly from said plate outer face and having a bead outer surface remote from said plate outer face, a portion of said plate outer face being enclosed by said perimeter bead;
- a cover socket formed by said portion and said perimeter bead;
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- a cover fitting within said cover socket and being supported thereby substantially flush with said bead outer surface.
An assembly for use with an electrical distribution system to provide an electrical receptacle substantially flush with the outer surface of a barrier, said assembly including rim means presenting a rim opening, support means adapted to support an electrical receptacle, and closure means for capping said rim opening, said closure means comprising:
- a substantially flat plate covering said rim opening and having perimeter edges and a plate outer face to be disposed flush with the outer surface of the barrier with which the assembly is used and a plate inner face, said plate having an access opening between the bilateral axis of said plate and one of said perimeter edges providing access to the outlet of the receptacle to be supported by said support means, and a perimeter bead surrounding said access opening, said perimeter bead extending outwardly from said plate outer face and having a bead outer surface remote from said plate outer face, a portion of said plate outer face being enclosed by said perimeter bead;
- a cover socket formed by said portion and said perimeter bead;
- a cover fitting within said socket and supported thereby substantially flush with said bead outer surface;
- and fastening means for securing said plate to said support means.
A barrier including a layer of settable material presenting a barrier outer surface;
- a chamber in said barrier including a barrier opening at said barrier outer surface;
- an electrical receptacle presenting at least one outlet;
- support means supporting said receptacle within said barrier opening and proximate to and substantially parallel with said barrier outer surface;
- and closure means supported in capping relation with said barrier opening and providing access to said receptacle;
- said closure means comprising:
- a plate having perimeter edges and a plate outer face substantially flush with said barrier outer surface, said plate including an access opening between the bilateral axis of said plate and one of said perimeter edges providing access to said outlet, and a perimeter bead surrounding said access opening, said perimeter bead extending outwardly from said plate outer face and having a bead outer surface remote said plate outer face, a portion of said plate outer face being enclosed by said perimeter bead;
- a cover socket formed by said portion and said perimeter bead;
- a cover fitting within said socket and being supported thereby substantially flush with said bead outer surface;
- fastening means securing said plate to said support means;
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- a decorative covering overlying said barrier outer surface and that portion of said plate outer face presented exteriorly of said perimeter bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.