Bizarre Patents
A Receptacle for supporting, rotating and sculpting a portion of ice cream or similarly malleable food while it is being consumed.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6525639 | Power source electrical switch An electrical switch comprises a housing in which at least two power source terminals and a conductive piece are disposed such that the conductive piece is fastened at one end with one of the two power source terminals for electrically conducting or inter... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6515569 | Circuit breaker with bypass conductor commutating current out of the bimetal during short circuit interruption and method of commutating current out of bimetal The high transient current sustained by arcing during opening of the main contacts of a miniature circuit breaker is commutated out of the bimetal by deflection of the bimetal in response to the overcurrent to close secondary contacts on the free end of t... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6512441 | Push-button switch of overload protection (II) A push-button switch with overload protection is disclosed. The switch comprises a housing, a conducting unit, and an actuating unit. The conducting unit comprises several terminals, a normal-open first conducting leaf and a thermally deflecting bimetal s... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6496095 | Switch with an override interruption structure A push button switch includes a box with a button movably inserted in the box and an oscillation member is pivotally connected to a terminal plate. A bimetal plate is connected to the other terminal plate. A curved spring is connected to the oscillation m... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6483416 | Overload protection device of a press type switch The present invention relates to an overload protection device of a press type switch in which the switch main body has slide grooves within the bouncing range of the free end of the conductive strip. The shape of the slide grooves is formed by a pluralit... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480090 | Universal device for safety switches The present invention relates to a universal device for safety switches which is used to control a conductive strip and serves as On/Off switching agent. The attachment is slopingly mounted in the switch housing. And the push-pull body used to move the co... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6472971 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes main circuit contact shoes disposed in a circuit breaker case and urged by a contact spring, a contact opening and closing mechanism located above the contact shoes and including an opening and closing lever, a toggle link, an o... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6445273 | Overload-protection push-button switch with automatic resetting mechanism An overload-protection push-button switch with automatic resetting mechanism is disclosed. The switch is characterized in that a pressing stem actuates a conducting leaf via an enabled rocking lever, and that a wrecking bar is provided to dislocate the po... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6377159 | Push button circuit breaker switch A circuit breaker switch essentially comprising a push button switch, an alloy metal having one end connected to a contact of a circuit of the switch and the other end being mounted to the circuit of the switch. If the current to the switch does not excee... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377158 | Push button current cut-off safety switch A push button current cut-off safety switch comprising a housing having an opening; a push button mounted within the housing and being fitted to said opening; a push rod being mounted below said push button and including a triangular passage and an insula... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6353380 | Power switch device A power switch device includes a switch body with a switch contact device pivotally connected to a switch cover body. An alloy piece is connected to one of two contact terminals and a second contact joint to which the other contact terminal disengagably c... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6335674 | Circuit breaker with a push button A circuit breaker with a push button includes an electrical breaker having a casing having an opening defined therein with a hole defined in each side near the opening. A first prong and a second prong each attached to and extending through the casing. An... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6307460 | Power switch device A power switch device includes a switch box with a button pivotally connected thereto which is pivotally connected to an actuating member. An engaging member is movably connected to the actuating member and removably engaged with a block. A head connected... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6307459 | Power switch device A switch structure comprises a control element, which comprises an alloy piece and a swing contact device. The alloy piece includes an actuating piece with a convex part, which has a upper side normally pushing the lower surface of the end part in the swi... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6275133 | Switch structure A switch structure comprises a control element, which comprises an alloy piece and a swinging device. The swinging device has an actuating element used to actuate the swinging device when the actuating element is pushed. When the alloy piece is overheated... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6252489 | Switch structure A switch structure which includes an alloy piece, a contact control device, and a push device is disclosed. The contact control device includes an elastic part and connects to an end part so that the end part may reciprocally move with respect to the cont... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6249209 | Switch structure having a current overloading protection mechanism A switch structure comprises a switch case, a switch, a contact reed, a control element, a swinging device, and an alloy piece. The swinging device is assembled with the control element. The switch is coupled with the contact reed. When the alloy piece is... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6160470 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker includes an upper rail mounting device defined by a line terminal having a pair of spaced-apart jaws. A bimetal is adjusted by means of a calibration screw. An aperture is provided in an upper sidewall portion of a base of the circuit br... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6154116 | Thermal circuit breaker switch The thermal circuit breaker and switch has fixed and movable contacts, and non-conductive contact and trip actuators. The movable contact is provided on the free end of a lever arm that normally biases the movable contact toward its open position. The con... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6121868 | Electric switch device which can prevent damage to it and devices connected to it The present invention provides an electric device comprising two electric terminals, a button mechanism having a push button that can depressed to toggle between "on" and "off" statuses, and a conductive reed that conducts electric current between the two... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6104273 | Calibration assembly and process for use in a circuit protective device In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a calibration arrangement and process for use in a circuit protective device are presented. An exemplary calibration assembly for use in the calibration process of the present invention includes a split clamp a... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6094126 | Thermal circuit breaker switch The thermal circuit breaker and switch has fixed and movable contacts, and non-conductive contact and trip actuators. The movable contact is provided on the free end of a lever arm that normally biases the movable contact toward its open position. The con... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6072381 | Small-sized simple switch for protecting circuit A small-sized simple switch for circuit protection of the present invention is simple in structure and easy to operate, and can be readily switched for safety protection of circuits. An alloy plate of the present invention is highly resilient. When in ove... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6057751 | Overheat and overload sensing device An overheat and overload sensing device includes a thermal sensor (such as a thermal regulator) and a breaker connected in parallel and used to cut off a power supply in case of current overload. The thermal sensor usually disposed near a heat source can ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5936505 | Circuit breaker A circuit breaker has a body providing a lever pivotally mounted on the upper end thereof. Two terminals are disposed within the body, wherein the first terminal forms a bimetal thereon. The terminals are electrically connected with each other in a normal... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5933069 | Electrical breaker An electrical breaker includes a casing with a pushbutton pivotally connected to the top thereof, an alloy plate extending from one of two inside walls of the casing and connected to a first prong extending from the casing, a push member and an L-shaped m... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5892426 | Safety switch with security structure A titterboard type switch with security structure, wherein a relay unit is disposed between two terminal legs connected with power wires and an electrothermal conductor is connected between the relay unit and one of the terminal legs, whereby when powered... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5889457 | Overload protective circuit breaker switch An overload protective circuit breaker switch including: a first fixed contact and a second fixed contact adapted to connect an electric appliance to power supply; a movable contact adapted to form with the first fixed contact and the second fixed contact... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5847638 | Thermal circuit protector and switch The circuit protector and switch has fixed and movable contacts. The movable contact is provided on the free end of a lever that is made in part from a bi-metallic element. Normally, this lever serves to open or close the contacts as a rocker is moved bet... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5828284 | Circuit overload protective device A circuit overload protective device includes a body having a button pivotally disposed thereto and a bimetallic strip disposed thereto which has a first contact point disengagably contacting a second contact point on the body. A first member and a second... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5694106 | Safety switch with overload protection circuit An improved safety switch with overload protection circuit includes a housing having a lamp cover and three connecting plates disposed in a receptacle. One connecting plate is provided with a bi-metal plate having a platinum contact, and one is provided w... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5541569 | Switch having a circuit breaker A switch having a circuit breaker comprising a housing into which an electric current is permitted to enter via a first wire connecting piece before arriving at a neon lamp via a movable piece, a fixation piece, a press tip and a spring. The press tip and... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5453725 | Overcurrent breaker switch An overcurrent breaker switch includes an upper housing including a lever block with a push rod and a lower housing engaged with the upper housing. First and second blades are mounted to the lower housing, the second blade having a dual metal plate mounte... | 09/26/1995 |
| 4808961 | Thermally-sensible overcurrent protective relay including contact toggle mechanism In an overcurrent protective relay thermally operable by a bimetal, a movable contact mechanism is employed by utilizing a snap inversion mechanism. A normally-closed contact is employed with having an overtravel to achieve the reliable contacting. A manu... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4258349 | Double-pole rocker switch with thermal protection A double-pole rocker switch with thermal overload protection is constructed as a fully functional sub-assembly which may be tested and adjusted prior to insertion in a tubular housing. The sub-assembly is held in the housing by releasable locks for subseq... | 03/24/1981 |
