WO2015186869A1

WO2015186869A1 - Electrical outlet

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Publication number: WO2015186869A1
Application number: PCT/KR2014/010086
Authority: WO
Inventors: 기해경
Original assignee: 기해경
Priority date: 2014-06-05
Filing date: 2014-10-24
Publication date: 2015-12-10

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrical outlet for one-touch power switching and, more specifically, to an electrical outlet having a safety device, comprising: a plug connection terminal that is installed in the electrical outlet and connects a plug terminal and an electrode plate to which external power is applied; and a support member (300) that is provided on a side of an insertion hole (222) and slides to fix and release the bottom surface of a vertically moving member (122), wherein the plug connection terminal is brought into close contact with the plug terminal when the plug terminal is inserted and power is applied, and is slightly spaced apart from the side of the plug terminal when power is not applied, thereby making it possible to stably supply power and easily separate a plug from the electrical outlet.

Description

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The present invention relates to an outlet, and more particularly, the power supply is stable in a one-touch power open / closed outlet, and the plug can be easily separated from the outlet, and restrains the lowering of the elevating member for raising and lowering the plug. The present invention relates to an outlet that prevents an electric shock and achieves a power saving.

Recently, the outlet adopts a switch method in which a switch for connecting or disconnecting power is separately provided at the side of the plug terminal insertion hole to which the plug is inserted so that the power supply can be cut off even when the plug is inserted to improve the standby power consumption problem. This switch type is easily inadvertently turned on or off due to the user's carelessness of the switch.In the state where the switch is pressed and the power is applied to the electrode plate, a conductive material such as a metal material is inserted into the plug terminal insertion hole. When this is inserted there was a problem that leads to an electric shock accident, there was a problem that unnecessary power is consumed.

In order to solve the problem of the switch type outlet, Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0201813 proposes an outlet configured not to turn on the power unless it is rotated by a predetermined angle in a plugged-in state, and registered Patent No. 10-0739096 The technology discloses that the power is only energized when the plug is plugged in, and that the plug only has to be plugged to a certain depth.

However, the registered utility model No. 20-0201813 was also inconvenient to rotate the plug, but it was also inconvenient to use the twisted cord line of the plug as the plug rotates. In addition, the registered patent No. 10-0739096 was applied only to the corresponding plug only there is a problem that can not be applied to the commonly used plug, it is inconvenient to use because it is a way to hold or insert the plug by hand, plug terminal Was plugged into the terminal of the outlet, but in a non-powered state, the plug terminal was exposed to the outside, and thus there was a problem that the plug was not firmly fixed.

In other words, the prior art, the plug is firmly fixed to the same as a normal outlet, and at the same time can be simply on / off (On / Off) the plug is plugged in, and inadvertently hand / on / off It did not meet all the conditions that the off operation does not occur.

The present invention was developed in order to solve the problems of the above-described conventional outlet, in the outlet having a plug terminal insertion hole into which the plug terminal is inserted and a lifting member for lifting or lowering in one-touch type by elastic means, When the power is applied while the plug is mounted on the elevating member, the plug is tightly fixed to prevent the plug from coming off from the outlet so that contact failure does not occur and when the power is not applied, the plug can be easily disconnected from the outlet. The purpose is to improve the ease of use.

In addition, a safety device is provided to restrain the lowering of the elevating member to prevent power from being unintentionally transmitted to the plug terminal and to prevent an electric shock accident even when foreign substances such as metal are inserted into the plug terminal insertion hole. The purpose is to provide an outlet.

In addition, there is another purpose to form a step to prevent the entry of foreign matters around the plug terminal insertion port so that foreign matter such as water does not flow into the outlet by taking the step.

A feature of the present invention for achieving the above object is that the elevating member having a plug terminal insertion hole is connected by an electrode plate to which an external power source provided in the body is applied while the elevating member is elevated by a one-touch elevating means. Or a one-touch power opening / closing receptacle for supplying or cutting off power by being separated, comprising: a plug connection terminal protruding into the plug terminal insertion hole and having a spacing between the inner surfaces of the plug terminal being larger than an outer peripheral surface of the plug terminal; Is formed on the inner bottom of the body protrudes upwards, the lifting member is in a one-touch power opening and closing outlet configured to include a fixture for pressing the side of the plug connection terminal when the lowering member is in close contact with the plug terminal. .

The upper inner circumferential surface of the fastener is formed to protrude an inclined pressing projection, the fastener is formed to have an elastic inward / outward by forming an incision up and down.

In addition, an electrode plate may be integrally provided on an inner surface of the fixture to contact the side of the plug connection terminal and the electrode plate. The fixture may protrude to the side of the electrode plate, and the plug connection terminal contacts the electrode plate located inside the fixture. It may be formed in a shape having a vertical portion facing the side of the plug terminal and a horizontal portion facing the lower surface of the plug terminal, and in the case of having the vertical portion and the horizontal portion, the plug connection terminal is bisected to form an end portion of the horizontal portion. May be formed to overlap each other.

In addition, the plug terminal insertion port is provided on one side so as to be able to move forward and backward to further support and restrain the lowering of the lifting member, the stepped protrusion is formed along the circumference of the inlet side of the plug terminal insertion port.

According to the present invention configured as described above, when the plug is inserted, a gap is generated between the plug connection terminal and the plug terminal, so that the plug is easy to be inserted. The plug terminal and the plug connection terminal are in close contact with each other, and the plug connection terminal is in intimate contact with the electrode plate, so that contact failure does not occur and departure does not occur.

In addition, when the power is turned off, as the elevating member is lifted, the fixture and the plug connection terminal are separated, so that a gap is formed between the plug terminal and the plug connection terminal, so that it is not difficult to separate the plug from the outlet.

Therefore, the present invention not only requires less power in the process of plugging and unplugging the plug, but also maintains a firmly coupled state when the power is applied, thereby enabling stable and convenient use.

In addition, the elevating member to which the plug is inserted is kept elevated by the supporting member, so that even if an unintentional pressing force is applied, the power source is blocked from being connected to the source, and the foreign material except the plug terminal and the electrode plate are contacted with the plug terminal insertion hole. It prevents electric shock and prevents electric shock, and reduces standby power consumption due to unnecessary contact repetition.

In addition, the stepped portion is formed along the circumference of the inlet to prevent foreign substances such as dust or water from entering into the inlet, so that the outlet can be kept clean, and there is an effect of preventing a fire or electric shock. .

1 is a perspective view showing a one-touch power opening and closing outlet having a plug terminal fixing structure according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1

3 is a bottom perspective view showing the elevating member of FIG.

4 and 5 are cross-sectional views showing examples of the operation of the plug connection terminal and the fixture of the present invention.

6 is a cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of a plug terminal fixing structure according to the present invention.

7 is a side cross-sectional view of the main portion of FIG.

8 is a perspective view illustrating the plug connection terminal structure of FIGS. 6 and 7;

Figure 9 is an exploded perspective view showing a one-touch power opening and closing outlet according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a cross-sectional view showing an operating state of the support member for fixing the lifting member.

11 is a bottom perspective view of the elevating member.

12 is a cross-sectional view showing a modified embodiment of the support member for positioning the elevating member.

Figure 13 is a perspective view showing a state of use of the one-touch power opening and closing outlet according to the present invention.

14 is a view showing an outlet equipped with a safety device according to another embodiment of the present invention

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

100: plug 110: plug terminal

210: body 220: elevating member

230: electrode plate 240: connection terminal

250: lifting means 260: fixture

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

One-touch power opening and closing type outlet having a plug terminal fixing structure according to the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 to 5 is formed with one or more through-holes 212 through which the plug 100 is inserted in the upper portion of the electrode connected to the external power source The plate 230 is installed to correspond to the through hole 212 and the insertion hole 222 is inserted into the through hole 212 of the body 210 and the plug terminal 110 is formed, respectively, is lowered One or more elevating means for elevating and elevating the elevating member 220, the elevating member 220 is provided with a plug connection terminal 240 for energizing the electrode plate 230 and the plug terminal 110. And a fixing part 260 protruding upward from the electrode plate 230 side of the body 210 to press the plug connection terminal 240 toward the plug terminal 110.

Looking at the configuration of the present invention in more detail, the body 210 is formed to be divided into upper and lower bifurcating means (bolts, etc.), as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the upper body 210 One or more through holes 212 are formed in the lower body 210b, and an electrode plate 230 electrically connected to the plug terminal 110 and connected to an external power source is installed in the lower body 210b. The plug terminal 110 connection portion is spaced apart from the inner surface of the lower body 210b and has elastic restoring force.

And the lifting member 220 is inserted into the through hole 212 of the body 210, as shown in Figure 3, respectively, a plurality of insertion holes 222 to be inserted into the plug terminal 110 is formed, respectively, when descending A plug connection terminal 240 for energizing the electrode plate 230 and the plug terminal 110 is provided.

The plug connection terminal 240 includes a plurality of vertical portions 242 facing both sides of the plug terminal 110 and a plurality of horizontal portions 244 facing the lower surface of the plug terminal 110. Divided into a ',' 'shape, the horizontal parts 244 are provided to overlap each other, such that the electrode plate 230 and the horizontal parts 244 positioned inside the fixture 260 are in contact with each other.

In addition, since the plug connection terminal 240 is formed in such a way that the lower side is blocked, the external operation is performed even when the plug connection terminal 240 is operated using a long thin metal material such as wire or chopsticks from the outside. Because it does not continue until the curiosity of curious infants, the risk of electric shock is prevented.

The plug connection terminal 240 formed as described above is installed on the elevating member 220 such that the inward surface thereof is spaced apart from the outer circumference of the plug terminal 110 by a predetermined distance (0.5 to 0.7 mm), for example, the insertion hole 222. The concentrically extending and is fixedly installed on the inner circumferential surface of the plug terminal guide (not shown) or alternatively installed independently of the insertion hole 222 below.

And, the elevating means 250 is used alternatively from the closed guide groove type cam tracks or toothed cam tracks, such a configuration is because there are a number of prior art, including Korea Utility Model Registration Application No. 20-2009-0007625 Description is omitted.

2, 4, and 5, the fixing member 260 protrudes upward on the electrode plate 230 side of the body 210, and the lifting member 220 descends while the plug is inserted. By pressing the side of the connection terminal 240 toward the plug terminal 110, by forming a pressing projection 262 on the upper inner side surface is the shortest distance between the inner surface of the pressing projection 262 is the plug terminal 110 It is formed to be the same or somewhat smaller than the outer circumferential surface diameter so that the plug terminal 110 can be fixed firmly.

At this time, the pressing protrusion 262 is formed to be inclined to guide the insertion into the fixture 260 of the plug connection terminal 240, and the cutout portion 264 is formed in the fixture 260 up and down inside / Formed to have an elastic to the outside to facilitate the insertion of the plug terminal 110 while forming a sufficient pressing force.

According to the present invention configured as described above, when the plug terminal 110 is inserted into the insertion hole 222 in a state where the elevating member is elevated, a gap is generated between the plug terminal 110 and the plug connection terminal 240 and the plug connection is performed. Since the terminal 240 and the electrode plate 230 are also spaced apart, the power is not applied to the plug and can be easily separated and inserted.

When the elevating member 220 is lowered afterwards, the elevating member 220 is fixed by the cam track at the lowered position and at this time, the fixture 260 presses the plug connection terminal 240 from the side. The plug connection terminal 240 and the plug terminal 110 are in intimate contact with each other, and the vertical portion of the plug connection terminal 240 is bent inward so that the bottom portion protrudes slightly under the influence thereof, thereby being in close contact with the electrode plate 230. As the power is applied to the plug, the plug is firmly supported so as not to be detached from the outlet.

After the lifting and lowering of the elevating member 220, the plug connection terminal 240, the plug terminal 110, and the electrode plate 230 are spaced apart from each other, so that power is not applied and the plug is disconnected from the outlet. Even when the resistance does not occur it can be easily separated.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the electrode plate 230 has been described as an example under the body, but the electrode plate 230 may be integrally provided on the inner surface of the fixture 260 as shown in FIG. 5. In this case, the plug connection terminal 240 may be possible without the horizontal portion.

In the above-described embodiment, the plug connection terminal 240 is directly installed on the upper bottom surface of the elevating member 220, but as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the plug terminal 110 is disposed on the upper bottom of the elevating member 220. The guide 224 is formed to protrude, the guide 224 has a side is open, the fastening rod 226 is formed on the guide 224 side of the lower surface of the elevating member 220 is extended At the end of the fastening rod 226, a plug connection terminal 240 is installed in contact with the plug terminal 110 through an opening of the guide 224, and the plug connection terminal 240 is provided at the body 210. A fixture 260 protruding from the plug terminal 110 in close contact with the plug terminal 110.

As shown in FIG. 8, the plug connection terminal 240 is a vertical plane connecting the upper horizontal plane 242, the lower horizontal plane 244, and the plug terminal 110 side ends of the upper and lower

horizontal planes

242 and 244. 246 is formed, and contact surfaces 248 for contacting the plug terminals 110 are further formed on both sides of the vertical surface 246, and the contact 249 is formed on the lower horizontal surface 244. The electrode plate 230 of the body 210 is provided at a position corresponding to the contact point 249.

Accordingly, as shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, when the elevating member 220 descends while the plug terminal 110 is inserted into the guide 224, the contact surface 248 is inserted into the fixture 260 while being pressed. Then, the contact 249 and the electrode plate 230 is connected so that power is applied to the plug terminal 110 and the plug terminal 110 is not easily separated from the body 210.

And, the outlet of the present invention, as shown in Figures 9 to 14 is provided on one side of the insertion port 222, the support member 300 is provided so as to be able to move forward and backward to suppress and release the lifting of the elevating member 122 It is configured to include.

On the other hand, the support member 300 is provided to be protruded into the insertion hole 222, so as not to lower by fixing the lifting position of the above-mentioned lifting member 220 when protruding into the insertion hole.

That is, the support member 300 is to prevent the lifting member 220 from being pushed into the insertion hole 222 by the pressing load applied from the outside, the lifting member 220 is provided on one side of the lifting member The slide is moved forward and backward to fix and release the bottom of one side of the 122, the operation unit 310 for restraining and releasing the lifting position of the elevating member 122 is exposed to the outside of the body to be operable by the user in the plug insertion process It is made of a structure that can be easily operated by the user.

10 illustrates an operating state of the support member 300. The support member 300 is accommodated in the transfer groove 270 formed on the housing 210 and slides back and forth along the transfer groove 270. 222) Fix or release the bottom of the elevating member 220 inserted into the inside.

The support member 300 supports the elevating member 220 and prevents the lowering by the external operation of inserting the plug or pressing the elevating member 220, and thus the connection terminal 240 of the elevating member 220. Direct contact of the electrode plate 230 provided inside the housing 210 is blocked, and stable pressing load applied to the elevating member 220 on the bottom of the support member 300 to prevent deformation and damage caused by external force. It is preferable that a strength reinforcing structure such as a separate rib is formed so as to be supported.

In this case, each connection terminal 240 is applied with a metal material having excellent electrical conductivity, such as copper or its alloy material, so as to prevent the current supply efficiency from being lowered by indirect contact. As shown in Fig. 11, the

cover members

240a and 240a may be combined.

On the other hand, the support member 300 is to prevent the lifting position restraint of the elevating member 220 is not made due to the user's mistake of operation, that is, the user advances the support member 300 in a state where the plug is lifted In order not to prevent the plug from being lowered state, by applying an elastic restoring means 320 such as a spring so that the forward force is always applied, it is possible to automatically lift the lifted state without a separate operation, In this case, the lifting member and the friction surface of the support member 300 are formed to be inclined to solve the problem that the lifting member is suppressed by maintaining the forward state during the lifting operation of the lifting member.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 12, the elastic restoring means 320 elastically supports the support member 300 so that the end of the support member 300 is always protruded into the insertion hole 222 so that the user supports the support member 300. Since the plug can be inserted only in a state in which it is stored in the transfer groove 270 by pulling a), the elevating member 220 is fixed due to a malfunction or an operation mistake such as an unintentional lowering of the elevating member 220. It prevents you from losing.

In addition, the insertion hole 222 protrudes from the stepped portion 280 along the circumference of the inlet side. Step 280 serves as a blocking structure for preventing foreign matter from flowing into the outlet when the outlet is installed in a vertical or horizontal direction.

In the one-touch power opening and closing type outlet of the present invention configured as described above, the lifting member is lowered only when the support member 300 is retracted as shown in FIG. 13, and the lifting position of the lifting member is increased when the support member 300 is advanced. Is fixed.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the one-touch power opening / closing type outlet in which the power is turned on / off by one touch has been described as an example. However, as shown in FIG. 14, the supporting member 300 of the present invention is provided in the elevating member having no power on / off function. In this example, the suppression of the lowering of the elevating member by the support member 300, that is, the elevating position fixing action is the same, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Claims

The elevating member 220 having the plug terminal insertion hole 222 is moved up and down by the one-touch lifting means 250 while the electrode plate 230 and the plug terminal to which an external power source provided in the body 210 is applied. In the one-touch power opening and closing outlet for supplying or cutting off power by connecting or disconnecting 110,

The plug connection terminal 240 is installed on the lower surface of the elevating member 220 to contact the plug terminal 110 penetrating the plug terminal insertion hole 222 to electrically conduct the plug terminal 110 and the electrode plate 230. )Wow;

Protruding upwardly formed on the inner bottom of the body 210, the lifting member 220 presses the side of the plug connection terminal 240 when the lowering member 220 is lowered, the plug terminal 110 and the plug connection terminal 240 is closely Fasteners 260 to be brought into contact;

One-touch power opening and closing outlets, characterized in that configured to include.
The one-touch power switch according to claim 1, wherein the upper inner circumferential surface of the fixture 260 protrudes from the inclined pressing projection 262.
The one-touch power switch according to claim 1, wherein the fixture 260 is formed to have an inward / outward elasticity by forming an incision 264 in the vertical direction.
The method of claim 1,

The inner surface of the fixture 260, the electrode plate 230 is integrally provided with a one-touch power opening and closing type outlet, characterized in that the side of the plug connection terminal 240 and the electrode plate 230 in contact.
The method of claim 1, wherein the fixture 260 is formed to protrude on the side of the electrode plate 230, the plug connection terminal 240 and the plurality of vertical portion 242 facing both sides of the plug terminal 110 and Divided into '┗', '┛' shape having a plurality of horizontal portion 244 facing the lower surface of the plug terminal 110 is provided so that the horizontal portion 244 overlap each other, the inside of the fixture 260 One-touch power switch type, characterized in that the electrode plate 230 and the horizontal portion 244 is located in contact.
The safety device of claim 1, further comprising a support member 300 provided at one side of the insertion hole 222 so as to be moved forward and backward to fix and release the lifting position of the elevating member 122. Equipped outlet.
It comprises a housing 210 having an insertion hole 222 is formed and the electrode plate 230 therein, and the elevating member 220 is formed so that the plug terminal insertion hole is formed and raised and lowered on the insertion hole 222 In the outlet which becomes

The insertion hole 222 is provided with a safety device, characterized in that it further comprises a support member 300 is provided so as to be able to move forward and backward to fix and release the lifting position of the elevating member 122.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Outlet with a safety device, characterized in that the stepped 280 protruding along the periphery of the inlet side of the insertion port (222).
According to claim 7, wherein the support member 300 is applied to the elastic restoring means 320 so that the forward force is always applied, the lifting device and the friction surface is provided with a safety device, characterized in that formed in the inclined surface Outlet.