Abstract: An electrical receptacle includes a housing that is defined by identical nonconductive housing halves which are held in side-by-side assembled relationship by a metal mounting bracket. The mounting bracket carries a ground wire connection screw that extends through a rear wall of the housing and threads into a threaded rear end region of a metal post which extends centrally through the housing to provide a threaded front end region configured to receive a cover plate mounting screw. Two nonconductive rotors are journaled by the housing for independent rotation between "off" positions and various "on" orientations for selectively supplying electrical energy to sets of female contacts that are carried by the rotors. A leaf spring is carried within the hollow interior of the housing for engaging detent formations of the rotors for releasably retaining the rotors in "off" and "on" orientations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 19, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 19, 1999
Assignee:
Marc A. Schlessinger
Inventors:
Marc A. Schlessinger, Myron E. Ullman, Jr.