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US 5,347,208 AGranted
Charging equipment for charging a portable apparatus and separable cell pack
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorShinobu Iida
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Abstract
Charging equipment includes a portable apparatus charging portion for receiving a portable apparatus containing a cell pack to be charged, and a simple cell pack charging portion for receiving a simple cell pack separated from the portable apparatus and charging the same. The charging equipment is able to charge not only a portable charging apparatus containing a cell pack, but also a simple separable cell pack.
Claims1
Charging equipment for charging a portable apparatus containing a separable cell pack therein, comprising:
- a portable apparatus charging portion which receives said portable apparatus containing the separable cell pack for charging said cell pack, said portable apparatus charging portion including a simple cell pack charging portion to receive said cell pack separated from said apparatus for charging said cell pack,
- a charging base portion formed with a U-shaped recess portion for receiving said apparatus containing the cell pack or said cell pack separated from said apparatus, and
- a square pillar portion projecting upwards from and perpendicularly to said recess portion and formed with a flange at an upper portion of the pillar portion,
- said flange, said square pillar portion and said charging base portion constituting said portable apparatus charging portion and said simple cell pack charging portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.