| 摘要 |
An electrical receptacle shield in the form of a folded thin sheet metal stamping is provided. This shield temporarily covers the front opening of an outlet receptacle. Within the receptacle is electrical wiring and a manual switch that must be protected from any cutting instrument that is used during a installation process. The peripheral wall of the receptacle has a plurality of inwardly directed tabs having forward faces that lie in the plane of the rim of the peripheral wall, and that have openings for the reception of screws by which a finish plate may be secured to the outlet receptacle after its front opening is exposed through the drywall. The shield is in the form of a folded metal sheet that has an inner base section lying in a plane, and pair of inwardly bent, opposed flanges that, in effect, are spring biased outwardly. The arrangement is such that first the flanges can be pressed toward each other, next fitted into the front opening of the outlet receptacle at its walls, and then pressed into the receptacle until a part of the base buts against the tabs and the shield is held in position within the receptacle by the outward spring bias of the flanges. A drill or saw then may be eased into a blind position at the perimeter of the receptacle to cut an opening in a dry wall to expose the receptacle.
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