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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING ELECTRONIC JACKS OF DEBRIS

  • US 20130167874A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2012
  • Published: 07/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for cleaning a jack comprising a switch, the method comprising:

  • inserting an adaptor plug into the jack, wherein the inserting causes the switch to change from a closed state of the switch to an open state of the switch; and

    once the adaptor plug has been inserted into the jack and once the switch has changed from the closed state to the open state, forcing a gas successively through an internal hollow channel within the adaptor plug and through a hole in the adaptor plug that is in communication with both the internal hollow channel and the outside of the adaptor plug, wherein the forced gas removes debris that was trapped under the switch when the switch was in the closed state.

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