US2622169A - Circuit breaker - Google Patents

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US2622169A
US2622169A US162492A US16249250A US2622169A US 2622169 A US2622169 A US 2622169A US 162492 A US162492 A US 162492A US 16249250 A US16249250 A US 16249250A US 2622169 A US2622169 A US 2622169A
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John B Cataldo
Elbert De F Tidd
Albert N Cook
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John B Pierce Foundation
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Priority to BE502219D priority Critical patent/BE502219A/xx
Priority to NL76958D priority patent/NL76958C/xx
Priority to NL6814639.A priority patent/NL160091B/xx
Priority to US162492A priority patent/US2622169A/en
Application filed by John B Pierce Foundation filed Critical John B Pierce Foundation
Priority to GB5277/51A priority patent/GB684736A/en
Priority to FR1037631D priority patent/FR1037631A/fr
Priority to DEP5292D priority patent/DE892468C/de
Priority to CH297577D priority patent/CH297577A/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H77/00—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting
    • H01H77/02—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism
    • H01H77/04—Protective overload circuit-breaking switches operated by excess current and requiring separate action for resetting in which the excess current itself provides the energy for opening the contacts, and having a separate reset mechanism with electrothermal opening
US162492A 1950-05-17 1950-05-17 Circuit breaker Expired - Lifetime US2622169A (en)

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BE502219D BE502219A (xx) 1950-05-17
NL76958D NL76958C (xx) 1950-05-17
NL6814639.A NL160091B (nl) 1950-05-17 Deflectiesysteem voor een lichtbundel, alsmede optisch systeem, waarbij de plaats van het focus geregeld wordt.
US162492A US2622169A (en) 1950-05-17 1950-05-17 Circuit breaker
GB5277/51A GB684736A (en) 1950-05-17 1951-03-05 Improvements in or relating to thermally-operated circuit breakers
FR1037631D FR1037631A (fr) 1950-05-17 1951-03-15 Perfectionnements aux interrupteurs automatiques
DEP5292D DE892468C (de) 1950-05-17 1951-03-25 Elektrischer Stromunterbrecher
CH297577D CH297577A (fr) 1950-05-17 1951-05-16 Interrupteur automatique.

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CH (1) CH297577A (xx)
DE (1) DE892468C (xx)
FR (1) FR1037631A (xx)
GB (1) GB684736A (xx)
NL (2) NL76958C (xx)

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US2714643A (en) * 1952-12-27 1955-08-02 Charles W Mitchell Fire detecting unit
US2861151A (en) * 1957-04-22 1958-11-18 Westinghouse Electric Corp Temperature-controlled apparatus
US2901575A (en) * 1957-08-16 1959-08-25 Texas Instruments Inc Electrical switch
US3379843A (en) * 1966-09-07 1968-04-23 Ite Circuit Breaker Ltd Simplified circuit breaker device with manual on-off control and manual reset
US10861662B2 (en) 2018-01-16 2020-12-08 Marcel P. HOFSAESS Temperature-dependent switch
US11217409B2 (en) 2019-05-09 2022-01-04 Marcel P. HOFSAESS Temperature-dependent switch

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DE1161343B (de) * 1964-01-16 Licentia Gmbh Thermoschutzschalter
DE1139183B (de) * 1957-03-28 1962-11-08 Texas Instruments Inc Mechanisch rueckstellbarer Bimetall-Schnappschalter
GB799002A (en) * 1958-05-16 1958-07-30 Alfred Odenwald Improvements in or relating to thermostats
NL249311A (xx) * 1959-03-27 Auge & Cie Ets
DE1161623B (de) * 1959-04-08 1964-01-23 Texas Instruments Inc Thermo-Schaltglied
DE3625057C2 (de) * 1986-07-24 1999-07-08 Dautel Emil Gmbh Fußtaster für die Betätigung von Hubplattformen

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US2293179A (en) * 1941-02-26 1942-08-18 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Circuit breaker
US2399406A (en) * 1943-07-28 1946-04-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp Electrical apparatus
US2425717A (en) * 1942-06-25 1947-08-19 F A Smith Mfg Company Thermostatic switch assembly
US2498039A (en) * 1945-05-12 1950-02-21 Metals & Controls Corp Thermostatic circuit breaker with contact arc prevention
US2508637A (en) * 1948-05-22 1950-05-23 Adrian Medert Combined plug and circuit breaker
US2543040A (en) * 1946-09-24 1951-02-27 Charles S Mertler Snap-action thermostatic switch

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US2032136A (en) * 1934-09-13 1936-02-25 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Manual reset thermostat

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2293179A (en) * 1941-02-26 1942-08-18 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Circuit breaker
US2425717A (en) * 1942-06-25 1947-08-19 F A Smith Mfg Company Thermostatic switch assembly
US2399406A (en) * 1943-07-28 1946-04-30 Westinghouse Electric Corp Electrical apparatus
US2498039A (en) * 1945-05-12 1950-02-21 Metals & Controls Corp Thermostatic circuit breaker with contact arc prevention
US2543040A (en) * 1946-09-24 1951-02-27 Charles S Mertler Snap-action thermostatic switch
US2508637A (en) * 1948-05-22 1950-05-23 Adrian Medert Combined plug and circuit breaker

Cited By (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2714643A (en) * 1952-12-27 1955-08-02 Charles W Mitchell Fire detecting unit
US2861151A (en) * 1957-04-22 1958-11-18 Westinghouse Electric Corp Temperature-controlled apparatus
US2901575A (en) * 1957-08-16 1959-08-25 Texas Instruments Inc Electrical switch
US3379843A (en) * 1966-09-07 1968-04-23 Ite Circuit Breaker Ltd Simplified circuit breaker device with manual on-off control and manual reset
US10861662B2 (en) 2018-01-16 2020-12-08 Marcel P. HOFSAESS Temperature-dependent switch
US11217409B2 (en) 2019-05-09 2022-01-04 Marcel P. HOFSAESS Temperature-dependent switch

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FR1037631A (fr) 1953-09-22
GB684736A (en) 1952-12-24
BE502219A (xx)
CH297577A (fr) 1954-03-31
NL160091B (nl)
NL76958C (xx)
DE892468C (de) 1953-10-08

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