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ELECTRICAL FITTING INCORPORATING EQUIPMENT GROUND IN CONNECTION WITH TWO-WIRE AND THREE-WIRE RECEPTACLES

  • US 3,739,317 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1971
  • Issued: 06/12/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical fitting comprising a body, a pair of male elements carried by said body with each being of a configuration and orientation within said body permitting connective reception in complementary conductor female elements of either a two-wire or three-wire receptacle, a third male ground element carried by said body being removably affixed to said body selectively in a first position and while so affixed is electrically connected to ground within said electrical fitting and oriented within said body to permit connective reception in the complementary female ground element of said three-wire receptacle;

  • said body having a configuration defining an aperture with a recessed portion within said body extending generally in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of said third male ground element when in said first position within said body, said aperture being on the face portion of said electrical fitting which is opposite an electrically conductive fastener holding the cover plate of said two-wire receptacle during connective reception of said electrical fitting with said two-wire receptacle, that portion of said body defining said recessed portion being electrically connected to ground and of a configuration allowing said third male ground element to be selectively contained and grounded therein in a second oriented position permitting selective connection of said electrical fitting to said two-wire receptacle, said third male ground element in said second oriented position with an end portion thereof in abutment with said fastener of said cover plate of said two-wire receptacle during connective reception of said complementary pair of male and female elements, said abutment completing an electrical ground connection between said electrical fitting and said twowire receptacle.

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