IMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO AN ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY GRID OR MOUNTING PLATE

摘要

A MOUNTING PLATE (10) FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY, HAVING A GENERALLY PLANAR AND RECTANGULAR FRONT WALL (20); A PAIR OF SCREW-RECEIVING MOUNTING HOLES (14 AND 15) EXTENDING THROUGH THE FRONT WALL (20), THE MOUNTING HOLES LOCATED ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS BISECTING THE FRONT WALL AND LOCATED ADJACENT RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE EDGES OF THE FRONT WALL. A PAIR OF SLOTS (22), EACH SPACED INWARDS FROM A RESPECTIVE MOUNTING HOLE AND EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDS FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS TOWARDS RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF THE FRONT WALL ARE PROVIDED TO ISOLATE A MOUNTING PANEL (30) WITHIN THE FRONT WALL FROM THE AREAS AROUND THE MOUNTING HOLES (14 AND 15). THEREFORE, TIGHTENING OF SCREWS PASSING THROUGH THE MOUNTING HOLES (14 AND 15) AND INTO A MOUNTING SURFACE DOES NOT RESULT IN ANY APPRECIABLE DEFLECTION OF THE PANEL (30) TOWARDS THE MOUNTING SURFACE. (FIG.1)