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<p>AN ELECTRICAL SOCKET (100) FOR ALTERNATELY RECEIVING ROUND-PIN AND RECTANGULAR-PIN ARRANGEMENT MAINS POWER ELECTRICAL PLUGS, THE SOCKET (100) COMPRISING: A HOUSING HAVING A FIRST SOCKET REGION (1) FOR RECEIVING A PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PINS OF AT LEAST A FIRST TYPE OF RECTANGULAR-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUG AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF FIRST CONTACT RECEPTACLES (121, 121A) FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID PAIR OF RECTANGULAR PINS; A SECOND SOCKET REGION (2) FOR RECEIVING A PAIR OF ROUND PINS OF AT LEAST A FIRST TYPE ROUND-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUG AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF SECOND RECEPTACLE (122, 122A) FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID ROUND PINS; AND AN EARTH REGION FOR RECEIVING AN EARTH PIN FROM RECTANGULAR-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUGS AND ROUND-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUGS AND INCLUDING A THIRD CONTACT RECEPTACLE (123) FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID EARTH PINS; WHEREIN THE FIRST SOCKET REGION (1) IS ADAPTED TO PREVENT THE RECEPTION OF THE PINS OF ROUND-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUGS AND THE SECOND SOCKET REGION IS ADAPTED TO PREVENT THE RECEPTION OF THE PINS OF RECTANGULAR-PIN ARRANGEMENT ELECTRICAL PLUGS.</p> |