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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert W Foster, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Donald J Kempiak, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Associated Mills Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 42 ; 361 50 ; 340650 ;
Abstract
An immersion detector comprises a pair of spring biased circuit breaking contacts for removing power from an appliance. The appliance has a sensing circuit which may become energized if it is dropped into a body of an electrically conductive liquid, such as a sink full of water. An SCR is connected to each side of the line and is triggered by an energization of said sensing circuit so that it is irrelevant which side of the line is hot and which side is at neutral. When either SCR conducts, a solenoid releases the spring bias which causes the circuit breaking contacts to fly apart.