A handset means for pay phone comprising:
- a handset (1) including a microphone portion (11) with a transmitter (14) formed therein and an earpiece portion (17) with a receiver (171) formed therein, an armored cord (2) remotely securing the handset (1) to a pay phone (5), a reinforcing coupler (3) secured to the microphone portion (11) of the handset (1) for fixing a first end portion of the armored cord (2) in the reinforcing coupler (3) and having a retarding member (36) retained on a transmitter bracket (15) which holds the transmitter (14) therein, said reinforcing coupler (3) retarding an inwardly protruding of the armored cord (2) into the handset for firmly securing the armored cord (2) with the handset (1), and a universal adapter (4) universally mounted on the pay phone (5) and having a second end portion of the armored cord (2) secured in the universal adapter (4) for universally linking the armored cord (2) to the pay phone (5) for ergonomically holding the handset (1) when using the pay phone (5);
- said handset (1) including:
- said microphone portion (11) formed on a lower portion of the handset (1), the transmitter (14) held in the transmitter bracket (15) having a retaining flange (151) circumferentially formed on a circumference of the transmitter bracket (15) with the retaining flange (151) retained between transmitter seat (13) and a microphone cover (12) shielding the seat (13) and the transmitter (14) within the microphone portion (11), collar (16) defining a central opening (161) in the collar (16) integral to a lower portion of the microphone portion (111) for securing the retaining coupler (3) on the collar (16), the earpiece portion (17) formed on an upper portion of the handset (1) opposite to the microphone portion (11) with the receiver (171) held in the earpiece portion (17), and a weight core (18) embedded in an upper portion of the handset (1) adjacent to the earpiece portion (17);
- said armored cord (2) including:
- a communication cord (21) having a transmitting wire (211) electrically connected to the transmitter (14) in the handset (1), a receiving wire loop (212) electrically connected to the receive (171) in the handset (1);
- a flexible hose (22) surrounding the communication cord (21) having a handset end (221)of the hose (22) secured in the reinforcing coupler (3) in the microphone portion (11) and an adaptor end (222) of the hose (22) secured in the universal adapter (4) for remotely securing the handset (1) to the pay phone (5);
- and a reinforcing steel wire (23) securing the handset (1) to the universal adapter (4) universally mounted on the pay phone (5) with a handset-side end (231) of the steel wire (23) secured to the weight core (18) in the handset (1) and with an adapter-side end (232) of the steel wire (23) fixed in the universal adapter (4) and
- said reinforcing coupler (3) including:
- a locking head (32) having a packing member (34) embedded in the locking head (32) for fixing a fixing screw (35) through the locking head (32) and the packing member (34) towards the handset end (221) of the flexible hose (22) of the armored cord (2) passing through a through hole (30) formed in the coupler (3) for fastening the armored cord (2) with the handset (1), a sleeve portion (31) protruding outwardly from the locking head (32) to dispose around the flexible hose (22), both sleeve portion (31) and locking head (32) being made of elastomer materials, a neck portion (33) concentrically recessed in between the locking head (32) and the sleeve portion (31) for engaging the collar (16) of the handset (1) for firmly locking the reinforcing coupler (3) with the handset (1), and a retarding member (36) integrally secured to the transmitter bracket (15) for retaining the locking head (32) of the reinforcing coupler (3) for resisting in inwardly protruding of the reinforcing coupler and the armored cord (2) fixed therein as backed by the transmitter bracket (15) which is retained in between the transmitter seat (13) and the microphone cover (12) for firmly securing the reinforcing coupler (3) and the armored cord (2) with the handset (1).