receptacle


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If one of the tabs breaks off, replace the friction receptacle with NSN 5340-01-100-8138.
182.1 and the UL Subject 2682 standard for switch-rated plugs and receptacles.
The port side of the aircraft was very dark, too dark for me to see into the ground-power receptacle. In my rush to get the aircraft prepped, I didn't thoroughly check the receptacle before plugging in the cord.
The new blue trash receptacle holds 65 gallons, and the 96-gallon green receptacle that was being used for trash is now for recyclable materials.
A fluid transfer receptacle for a male incontinence device has been patented.
Unfortunately, while at Yellowstone this summer, I was at a loss to find a receptacle for our plastic bottles, despite the signs around Old Faithful proclaiming that recycled plastic was used to build the "boardwalk." I finally located a person at the Snow Lodge who willingly accepted the bottles.
Of course, even the best laid security plans and awareness training programs cannot protect a facility from an extremist or terrorist planting an explosive device inside a nearby public mailbox or trash receptacle. For this reason, many public mailboxes currently are either being removed or relocated strategically at safe distances away from public meeting places.
The USPS plans to require a change from the current vertical receptacles, which have compartments sized five inches by six inches by 15 inches, to a horizontally configured receptacle measuring three inches by 12 inches by 15 inches.
The Silent Defenders[R] line from United Receptacle incorporates a damper-controlled lid that silently glides closed.
The DPP is a quick disconnect, N series plug that utilizes a positive push/pull coupling design that will mate to any common N type receptacle. The patented push/pull mechanism provides a quick and reliable connection that reduces assembly to a traction of the time required to mate and torque a common threaded N plug.
One dongle adapter uses the slave receptacle on the PC's USB port (Type A), while the other utilizes the printer's master receptacle (Type A).
Well protected against EMI, the TM21 plug and receptacle system are offered with receptacles in single, 1 x 4, 2 x 4 and 2 x 6 ganged jack configurations.
Each ingredient is then dispensed by the most efficient feeder (vibratory, screw and/or airslide) into a receptacle to within 1% accuracy of total ingredient weighment (depending on material characteristics, feed rate requirements, etc.).