Swivellable receptacle
OwnerNian Mei Tzeng Jenginventor
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Abstract
A swivellable receptacle includes a swivel device, a conducting device and a fixture. The receptacle has conducting strips. The swivel device has a trough and is mounted on the receptacle. The conducting device has a conductor to be inserting into a trough of the swivel device. A fin extends from the conductor. The fixture comprises studs to press the conductor of the conducting device, whereas the fins of the conducting device will always in touch with the conductor of the receptacle and the stud of the fixture will always in touch with the conductor while the receptacle is swiveling.
Claims6
A swivellable receptacle comprising a receptacle housing, a swivel device, a conducting device, a fixture and a plurality of conducting strips disposed within said receptacle housing, wherein
- said swivel device being secured within said receptacle housing in a rotatable manner and having a plurality of troughs formed therein;
- said conducting device comprising a plurality of conductors respectively inserted into said plurality of troughs, each of said conductors having a fin extending outwardly therefrom;
- said fixture being coupled to said swivel device with said conducting device therebetween and having a plurality of studs extending therefrom to respectively press against said conductors of said conducting device for adding a bias force thereto;
- whereby upon insertion of prongs of an electrical plug into said swivel device, said fins of said conducting device are displaceable to respectively engage with said plurality of conducting strips, and said studs of said fixture securely engaging said conducting device to respectively bias said conductors to securely engage said prongs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.