RICARDO LOPEZ, JR
Electrician at Chandler Dr, Baytown, TX
License number
Texas 382905
Expiration Date
Oct 18, 2017
Category
Apprentice Electrician
Address
Address
109 Chandler Dr, Baytown, TX 77521
Phone
(281) 908-6466
Professional information
Safety Device For Live Electrical Wire
US Patent:
2012022, Sep 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar 12, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/417621
Inventors:
Ricardo Nieto Lopez - Baytown TX, US
International Classification:
H02G 15/02
US Classification:
174 74 A
Abstract:
The present invention provides a safety device for protecting a person from an electrical shock while working on a live electrical wire connected to a terminal within an electric meter or circuit breaker box. The safety device comprises an inner cylinder slideably engaged within an outer cylinder and a spring disposed between the two cylinders for extending the outer cylinder axially outwardly with respect to the inner cylinder. The cylinders are made of nonconducting material. The inner cylinder engages insulation that covers the wire proximate to a bare end of the wire, which is connected to the terminal by a screw. When the person loosens the screw and the wire becomes disconnected from the terminal, the spring forces the outer cylinder outwardly to cover the bare end of the wire, which helps to protect the person from electrical shock.