AC PLUG CLICKING MECHANISM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an AC plug accommodatable in a charger upon rotating to be held in the service position and accommodation position using a simple mechanism and reduce the manufacturing costs. SOLUTION: A housing of a charger is equipped with a bearing 8 to support a rotary shaft 4 of an AC plug and a spring holding part 9 to hold a spring member 7. The AC plug is composed of a rotary base 2, a pair of blades 1, a rotary shaft 4, projection 5, and circuit contacts and arranged capable of rotating 90 degs. between the accommodation position and rising position. The spring member 7 is formed by folding up a rod made of an elastic synthetic resin, and in the condition that the AC plug is in the accommodation position, one end of the spring member 7 abuts to the projection resiliently to make holding. In the rising position 90 degs. rotated from the accommodation position, the other end of the spring member 7 abuts to the projection 5 resiliently to make holding. A stable sense of clicking is generated by the use of spring member 7 having a small modulus of elasticity, and wear of the spring member 7 is prevented. The number of components of the clicking mechanism is decreased and the assembling process is simplified, and the costs can be reduced.