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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2004
Kuan-lin Lin, Taipei, TW;
Kuan-Lin Lin, Taipei, TW;
Hsing Chau Industrial Co., Ltd., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An electric outlet dust protective structure used in an electric outlet to close the front opening of the housing of the electric outlet when the electric outlet is not inserted with an electric plug is disclosed to include a top dust cover, which has a top finger strip and an actuating block with two sloping side edges, left and right side dust covers each having a respective sloping top guide face maintained in contact with the sloping side edges of the actuating block and a respective guide groove coupled to a respective guide rod at the top dust cover for easy downward movement with the top dust cover to open the front opening of the housing, and two spring members that support the left and right side dust covers and the top dust cover in the close position to close the front opening of the housing.