Patent ID: 8246363

Claim:
A safety socket comprising: at least one insertion block, each one of the at least one insertion block having: an inner housing being hollow and having: a bottom wall; a front wall; two sidewalls; an opening formed through the bottom wall; two insertion holes formed through the front wall; and at least one protrusion, each one of the at least one protrusion formed on and protruding from an outside surface of one of the sidewalls of the inner housing adjacent to the front wall; and two support frames securely mounted in the inner housing, and each support frame having a fence securely mounted in the inner housing; a base having: an outer housing being hollow, covered on the at least one insertion block and having: a top wall; a rear wall; two sidewalls; an opening formed through a top wall of the outer housing and facing the opening of each one of the at least one inner housing; and at least one slot, each one of the at least one slot formed through one of the sidewalls of the outer housing to receive a corresponding protrusion; and at least one pair of guide arms, each pair of the guide arms securely mounted on an inside surface of the rear wall of the outer housing to respectively guide the two support frames on a corresponding insertion block; at least one conducting unit, each one of the at least one conducting unit mounted between the two support frames of a corresponding insertion block and having: a ratchet wheel having: a center hole formed through the ratchet wheel; and multiple teeth formed around the ratchet wheel; a pawl, one end of the pawl connected to an inside surface of the front wall of a corresponding inner housing, and the other end abutting against one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel; a driving assembly having: a disk having: multiple locating recesses circumferentially formed in a bottom of the disk; and a center hole formed through the disk; a support arm, one end of the support arm securely mounted on the inside surface of the rear wall of the outer housing; and a locating link pivotally mounted on the other end of the support arm and having: a locating protrusion selectively engaging one of the locating recesses of the disk; and a center hole formed through the locating link; an electrical connection assembly mounted between the ratchet wheel and the driving assembly and having: a carrier taking a form of a solid cylinder, mounted between a corresponding pair of guide arms of the base, and having: multiple longitudinal grooves formed in the carrier; and a spindle formed through the carrier and respectively mounted through the center holes of the ratchet wheel, the disk and the locating link; and multiple conducting rods mounted respectively in the longitudinal grooves, wherein two ends of each conducting rod are securely and respectively connected with the ratchet wheel and the disk.