Circuit protecting device

Details Circuit protecting device Circuit protecting device

1992-11-25

1993-09-28

Broome, Harold

Electricity: electrothermally or thermally actuated switches

Electrothermally actuated switches

With bimetallic elements

337 68, 337 91, H01H 7158, H01H 6100

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052489540

ABSTRACT:
A circuit protecting device somprises mainly a housing, an insulation piece, a bimetallic blade, a spring and a press button. The housing has a cover and a main body provided with two partition blocks forming a spring slot and a press button slot communicating with the spring slot. The bimetallic blade has an end fastened to one of two terminals and has another end provided with a contact piece in contact with another one of the two terminals. The spring embracing the outer end of the insulation piece is received in the spring slot of the main body of the housing while the press button is received in the press button slot of the main body of the housing. The inner end of the press button is provided with an insertion hole for receiving therein the outer end of the insulation piece. When a current overload takes place, the heat so generated causes the bimetallic blade to deform so as to force the press button to move outwards until two restrictive flanges of the press button are obstructed by two arresting portions located at the port of the press button slot of the main body of the housing.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3846729 (1974-11-01), Sorimachi
patent: 4068203 (1978-01-01), Unger
patent: 4868535 (1989-09-01), Janniere et al.

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