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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1993
Takashi Hosoi, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Kikukawa, Hanno, JP;
Keizo Ohgami, Tokyo, JP;
Takaichi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An expansion device which includes a device body which has first and second side surfaces and a bottom surface continuous with the first and second side surfaces. A power cord of the device leads out from the first side surface, and a plug is provided at an extended end of the power cord. The plug is adapted to be connected to a power socket of the electronic apparatus. The device body includes a guide groove formed in the bottom surface, in which part of the power cord is removably fitted. The guide groove includes a first portion having one end open to the first side surface and the other end in the bottom surface, a second portion extending from the other end of the first portion to the first side surface, and a third portion extending from the other end of the first portion to the second side surface.