CN110165508B - Self-power-off safety socket - Google Patents

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CN110165508B
CN110165508B CN201910417562.9A CN201910417562A CN110165508B CN 110165508 B CN110165508 B CN 110165508B CN 201910417562 A CN201910417562 A CN 201910417562A CN 110165508 B CN110165508 B CN 110165508B
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The invention provides a self-power-off safety socket which comprises a box body and a box cover, wherein an elastic sheet is fixedly connected inside the box body, a conductive strip is fixedly connected to the top of the elastic sheet, a separation seat is fixedly connected inside the box body and positioned on the left side of the elastic sheet, a baffle and a shifting plate are fixedly connected to the left side of the elastic sheet, a conductive sliding plate is movably inserted inside the separation seat, a conductive ball is placed inside a switch seat, an elastic plate is movably hinged inside the separation seat and positioned below the conductive ball, and a binding post is fixedly connected inside the box body and positioned on the left side of the separation seat. When the plug is inserted into the jack, the elastic sheet deforms to drive the shifting plate and the baffle to move left, the shifting plate shifts the elastic plate to push the conductive ball to the partition seat, the baffle prevents the conductive ball from continuously moving downwards, the conductive ball pushes out the two sliding plates to enable the two sliding plates to be respectively contacted with the conductive bar and the binding post, the circuit is communicated, when the plug is extracted, the conductive sliding plates shrink in the partition seat, the circuit is disconnected, and the automatic power-on and power-off functions of the plug when the plug is inserted into and extracted are realized.

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Self-power-off safety socket
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of sockets, and particularly relates to a self-power-off safety socket.
Background
Along with the improvement of aesthetic concepts of people, various requirements are provided for the form of the socket in the decoration of buildings, in some markets and offices, due to the consideration of decoration styles, most people select the buried socket, namely, the socket is installed underground, the problem that the wiring of the socket occupies the indoor space is reduced, the indoor tidiness and attractiveness are improved, and therefore the buried socket is more and more popular in the market.
Usually, the elastic sheet and the binding post of the sockets are connected together, the jacks of the sockets are always in a power-on state, some sockets are provided with a protection door to seal the jacks so as to avoid safety problems that children insert fingers into the jacks and the like, but the power-on state of the jacks is not changed, if the protection door is opened by children unconsciously, the risk of electric shock of the children still exists, in addition, a buried socket is installed under the ground or on the floor, when the socket is not provided with the protection door or the protection door is not tightly sealed, a small metal sheet or water drops and the like can enter the jacks possibly to cause the situation of circuit short circuit, particularly in a shop, the ground is often cleaned and cleaned, small conductive garbage and water drops on the ground can infiltrate into the jacks, the problem is more likely to occur, but in the traditional socket, the elastic sheet and the binding post are fixedly connected into a whole, as long as the low-potential conductor contacts the elastic sheet, current can pass through the elastic sheet, electric shock or short circuit is generated, and the problems cannot be effectively solved.
Therefore, in view of the above, research and improvement are made on the existing structure and defects, and a self-power-off safety socket is provided, so as to achieve the purpose of higher practical value.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention provides a self-power-off safety socket to solve the problem that electric shock and short circuit are easily caused because an elastic sheet and a binding post are fixedly connected into a whole in a traditional socket.
The purpose and the effect of the self-power-off safety socket are achieved by the following specific technical means:
the self-power-off safety socket comprises a box body and a box cover, wherein two elastic sheets are fixedly connected inside the box body, the top of the elastic sheet is fixedly connected with a conductive strip, the inside of the box body and the left sides of the two elastic sheets are both fixedly connected with a separation seat, the left side of the elastic sheet is fixedly connected with a baffle plate extending to the inside of the separation seat, a conductive sliding plate is movably inserted in the inside of the separation seat and positioned above the baffle plate, the conductive sliding plate is provided with a pressure spring, the front surface of the separation seat is fixedly connected with a switch seat, a conductive ball is arranged inside the switch seat, the conductive sliding plate is provided with an arc groove corresponding to the conductive ball, the inner part of the separation seat is provided with a ball groove corresponding to the conductive ball, the inside of the partition seat and the lower part of the conductive ball are movably hinged with an elastic plate, the left side of the elastic plate is fixedly connected with a shifting plate corresponding to the elastic plate, and the inside of the box body is fixedly connected with a binding post on the left side of the partition seat.
Furthermore, the inside of lid just is located the top of shell fragment and is provided with the jack, conducting strip fixed mounting is on the box body, and when the plug board on the plug inserted in the jack, the conducting strip can not remove, and the plug board extrudees the shell fragment and makes it warp.
Furthermore, the inside of the partition seat is provided with a plate groove and a through groove which respectively correspond to the baffle and the conductive sliding plate, and the plate groove plays a role in limiting and guiding the baffle.
Further, electrically conductive slide includes left slide and right slide, left side slide and right slide are mutually supported L template, the arc groove is the half slot, and the arc groove slope opposite direction on left side slide and the right slide for electrically conductive ball falls on electrically conductive slide back, drives two slides simultaneous reverse movement through two arc grooves.
Further, the hypomere of ball groove is the slope groove, the upper end opening part of switch seat and the top intercommunication of ball groove, the ball hole with ball groove intercommunication is seted up in the front of switch seat, set up the exposure hole on the interior diapire of switch seat, and the diameter that exposes the hole is less than the diameter of conductive ball for the outside of word switch seat is exposed to the bottom of conductive ball, and conductive ball receives the elasticity of diving board and then upsprings upwards, falls in the spacer along the switch seat, then slides the inside of switch seat again along the ball groove.
Further, the front of diving board extends to the front of switch seat, install the extension spring that resets on the diving board for dial the board and can stir down the diving board after removing left, and the diving board upwards rebounds under the effect of extension spring that resets, upwards bounces the electrically conductive ball.
Further, dial the board and include the horizontal pole, the left side fixedly connected with arc board of horizontal pole, the left bottom fixedly connected with kicking block of arc board, dial the top that the board is located the diving board, when dialling the board and remove left, through the kicking block extrusion diving board downwards, then the hollow region of diving board at the arc board is inside to make progress the bounce-back.
Advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. when the plug is inserted into the jack, the plug board extrudes the elastic sheet to deform, the elastic sheet drives the shifting board and the baffle to move leftwards, the shifting board shifts the elastic sheet and pushes the conductive ball into the separation seat, the baffle prevents the conductive ball from continuing to move downwards, the conductive ball pushes the two sliding boards out, the two sliding boards are respectively contacted with the conductive bar and the binding post, and the circuit is communicated through the binding post, the conductive sliding board, the conductive ball, the conductive bar and the elastic sheet, when no plug is arranged in the jack, the conductive sliding plate is contracted in the inner part of the separating seat, the circuit of the conductive strip is disconnected, therefore, no current exists on the conductive strip and the elastic sheet, the self-power-off safety socket ensures that when no plug is inserted, the shell fragment is in the state of outage always, and the effectual traditional socket that has solved, shell fragment and terminal fixed connection are as an organic whole, produce the problem of electric shock and short circuit easily.
2. This from outage safety socket, the deformation that utilizes the shell fragment is circuit intercommunication switch, when the plug inserts, the shell fragment warp, drive the baffle and dial the board and remove left, make electrically conductive slide outwards stretch out, the circuit intercommunication, after the plug is extracted, the shell fragment resets, the baffle with dial the board and remove left, the effect of blockking of baffle has been lost, electrically conductive ball continues to slide and falls inside the switch seat, accomplish and reset, electrically conductive slide contracts the inside of baffle under the pulling of pressure spring, accomplish and reset, the circuit just also breaks off simultaneously, automatic power-on and auto-power-off function when having realized the plug and inserted and extract, the trouble of setting up switch button in addition has been saved, it is more safe convenient to use.
3. Through the intercommunication design with the circuit for the syllogic structure, the left and right sides that separates the seat is the outage region, only when terminal and busbar all with electrically conductive slide contact, the circuit just can be linked together, consequently, even there is tiny rubbish that can electrically conduct or a small amount of drop of water infiltration to the socket inside, at most also can only make one side circuit intercommunication that separates the seat, the state of disconnection is still to whole circuit, still not have the electric current to pass through on the shell fragment, the effectual socket of having avoided is when subaerial or on the floor, because of reasons such as sanitary cleanness lead to the emergence of electric shock or short circuit phenomenon, the security has been improved.
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FIG. 1 is a front cross-sectional view of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top cross-sectional view of the inventive structure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the lid structure of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the direction A-A of the partition seat and the switch seat connecting structure of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken in the direction of C-C of the switch housing of FIG. 4 in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a top cross-sectional view of the conductive slider and spacer coupling structure of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic front view of the spacer structure of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the conductive slider structure of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the paddle structure of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a front cross-sectional view of the invention in the energized state;
figure 11 is a schematic view of the installation of the invention on the ground.
In the figure: 1-box body, 2-box cover, 3-elastic sheet, 4-conductive strip, 5-spacer, 6-baffle, 7-conductive sliding plate, 701-left sliding plate, 702-right sliding plate, 8-pressure spring, 9-switch seat, 10-conductive ball, 11-arc groove, 12-ball groove, 13-elastic plate, 14-poking plate, 1401-cross bar, 1402-arc plate, 1403-top block, 15-wiring terminal and 16-plug plate.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical means, the original characteristics, the achieved purposes and the effects of the invention easy to understand, the following description and the accompanying drawings further illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention.
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as shown in figures 1 to 11:
the invention provides a self-power-off safety socket, which comprises a box body 1 and a box cover 2, wherein two elastic sheets 3 are fixedly connected inside the box body 1, conductive strips 4 are fixedly connected at the tops of the elastic sheets 3, a separation seat 5 is fixedly connected inside the box body 1 and positioned on the left sides of the two elastic sheets 3, a baffle 6 extending into the separation seat 5 is fixedly connected on the left side of the elastic sheet 3, a conductive sliding plate 7 is movably inserted inside the separation seat 5 and positioned above the baffle 6, a pressure spring 8 is installed on the conductive sliding plate 7, a switch seat 9 is fixedly connected on the front side of the separation seat 5, a conductive ball 10 is placed inside the switch seat 9, an arc groove 11 corresponding to the conductive ball 10 is formed in the conductive sliding plate 7, a ball groove 12 corresponding to the conductive ball 10 is formed in the separation seat 5, an elastic plate 13 is movably hinged inside the separation seat 5 and positioned below the conductive ball 10, a shifting plate 14 corresponding to the elastic plate 13 is fixedly connected on the, the inside of box body 1 just is located the left side fixedly connected with terminal 15 of seat 5.
Wherein, the inside of lid 2 and the top that is located shell fragment 3 are provided with the jack, and conducting strip 4 fixed mounting is on box body 1, and when the plug board 16 on the plug inserted in the jack, conducting strip 4 can not remove, and plug board 16 extrudees shell fragment 3 and makes it warp.
Wherein, the inside of spacer 5 is seted up and is passed through groove and logical groove corresponding with baffle 6 and electrically conductive slide 7 respectively, and the plate groove plays spacing and guide's effect to baffle 6.
Wherein, electrically conductive slide 7 includes left slide 701 and right slide 702, and left side slide 701 and right slide 702 are the L template of mutually supporting, and arc groove 11 is the half slot, and the arc groove 11 incline direction on left side slide 701 and the right slide 702 is opposite for electrically conductive ball 10 falls electrically conductive slide 7 and goes up the back, drives two slides simultaneous reverse movement through two arc grooves 11.
Wherein, the hypomere of ball groove 12 is the slope groove, the upper end opening part of switch seat 9 communicates with the top of ball groove 12, the ball hole with ball groove 12 intercommunication is seted up in the front of switch seat 9, set up the exposure hole on the inner diapire of switch seat 9, and the diameter that exposes the hole is less than the diameter of conductive ball 10, make the outside that word switch seat 9 was exposed to the bottom of conductive ball 10, conductive ball 10 receives upspring to last after the elasticity of diving board 13, fall to in the partition seat 5 along switch seat 9, then slide the inside of switch seat 9 again along ball groove 12.
The front surface of the elastic plate 13 extends to the front surface of the switch base 9, and the elastic plate 13 is provided with a reset tension spring, so that the poking plate 14 can move leftwards and then can poke the elastic plate 13 downwards, and the elastic plate 13 rebounds upwards under the action of the reset tension spring to bounce the conductive ball 10 upwards.
Wherein, dial board 14 and include horizontal pole 1401, the left side fixedly connected with arc board 1402 of horizontal pole 1401, the left bottom fixedly connected with kicking block 1403 of arc board 1402, dial board 14 and be located the top of diving board 13, when dialling board 14 and move left, push down diving board 13 through kicking block 1403, then diving board 13 is upwards bounce-back in the hollow region of arc board 1402.
The specific use mode and function of the embodiment are as follows:
in the invention, the box body 1 is installed under the ground or on the floor, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 11, fig. 1 is a view angle in a direction of B-B in fig. 2, in an initial state, the elastic sheet 3 is in a tightened state, the conductive ball 10 falls inside the switch seat 9, the baffle 6 is positioned at the right side of the ball groove 12, the poking plate 14 is positioned at the right side of the elastic sheet 13, the conductive sliding plate 7 is contracted inside the partition seat 5 under the action of the compression spring 8, the wiring terminal 15, the conductive sliding plate 7 and the conductive strip 4 are not contacted with each other, and a circuit is in a disconnected state.
When a plug is inserted into the socket, the plug board 16 on the plug extrudes the elastic sheet 3 to deform, the elastic sheet 3 drives the shifting board 14 and the baffle 6 to move leftwards, the shifting board 14 downwards shifts the elastic sheet 13, then the elastic sheet 13 upwards jacks up the conductive ball 10 when rebounding upwards, the conductive ball 10 falls on the conductive sliding plate 7 along the switch seat 9 and continuously falls along the arc groove 11, the inclination directions of the two sliding grooves 11 are opposite, therefore, the falling conductive ball 10 extrudes the left sliding plate 701 and the right sliding plate 702 to respectively move towards two sides, finally, the left sliding plate 701 contacts with the wiring terminal 15, the right sliding plate 702 contacts with the conductive bar 4, the circuit is communicated, meanwhile, the baffle 6 moving leftwards prevents the conductive ball 10 from continuously falling, the conductive ball 10 is fixedly clamped between the two sliding plates, the stability of the whole structure is further ensured, and the circuit is ensured to be always communicated when the plug is inserted, as shown in fig. 10.
When the plug is pulled out, the elastic sheet 3 is reset and tightened inwards, the shifting plate 14 and the baffle 6 are driven to move rightwards to reset, the blocking of the baffle 6 is lost, the conductive ball 10 falls into the switch seat 9 along the ball groove 12, and the reset of the conductive ball 10 is completed; the conducting sliding plate 7 is driven by the pressure spring 8 to contract again in the partition seat 5 without the clamping position of the conducting ball 10, and the conducting sliding plate 7 is reset; because terminal 15 and busbar 4 all separate with conductive slide 7, consequently, the circuit just also breaks off, and overall structure resumes initial condition, compares with traditional increase switch button, and this from outage safety socket has realized that the plug inserts and when extracting, the function of automatic circular telegram and outage, not only safe in utilization need not to go to start switch button again moreover, and easy operation is convenient.
While there have been shown and described what are at present considered the fundamental principles of the invention, the essential features and advantages thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited by the embodiments described above, which are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention, but rather, is capable of numerous changes and modifications in various forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, and it is intended that the invention be limited not by the foregoing descriptions, but rather by the appended claims and their equivalents.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. From outage safety socket, including box body (1) and lid (2), its characterized in that: the conductive switch box is characterized in that an elastic sheet (3) is fixedly connected inside the box body (1), a conductive strip (4) is fixedly connected to the top of the elastic sheet (3), a partition seat (5) is fixedly connected inside the box body (1) and positioned on the left side of the elastic sheet (3), a baffle (6) extending into the partition seat (5) is fixedly connected to the left side of the elastic sheet (3), a conductive sliding plate (7) is movably inserted inside the partition seat (5) and positioned above the baffle (6), a pressure spring (8) is installed on the conductive sliding plate (7), a switch seat (9) is fixedly connected to the front side of the partition seat (5), a conductive ball (10) is placed inside the switch seat (9), an arc groove (11) corresponding to the conductive ball (10) is formed in the conductive sliding plate (7), a ball groove (12) corresponding to the conductive ball (10) is formed in the partition seat (5), an elastic plate (13) is movably hinged inside the separation seat (5) and below the conductive ball (10), a poking plate (14) corresponding to the elastic plate (13) is fixedly connected to the left side of the elastic plate (3), a binding post (15) is fixedly connected inside the box body (1) and on the left side of the separation seat (5), the conductive strip (4) is fixedly mounted on the box body (1), the conductive sliding plate (7) comprises a left sliding plate (701) and a right sliding plate (702), the left sliding plate (701) and the right sliding plate (702) are L-shaped plates which are matched with each other, the arc groove (11) is a semicircular groove, the inclination directions of the arc grooves (11) on the left sliding plate (701) and the right sliding plate (702) are opposite, the lower section of the ball groove (12) is a sloping groove, an upper end opening of the switch seat (9) is communicated with the top of the ball groove (12), a ball hole communicated with the ball groove (12) is formed in the front of the switch seat (9), the utility model discloses a switch seat, including switch seat (9), bounce board (14), horizontal pole (1401), left side fixedly connected with arc board (1402) of horizontal pole (1401), arc board (1402) left bottom fixedly connected with kicking block (1403), it is located the top of bounce board (13) to dial board (14), has seted up the exposure hole on the interior diapire of switch seat (9), the front of bounce board (13) extends to the front of switch seat (9), it installs the extension spring that resets on bounce board (13), it includes horizontal pole (1401) to dial board (14), the left side fixedly connected with arc board (1402) of horizontal pole (.
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CN202534828U (en) * 2012-05-12 2012-11-14 郑菡仪 Improved safety socket
CN205335557U (en) * 2016-01-14 2016-06-22 华南理工大学 Automatic outage electric shock socket
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