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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Robert Z Kopelman, Rockville Center, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
A temperature sensitive circuit interrupting arrangement includes a temperature controlled relay that will open to disconnect a load, such as a common household appliance or utensil, from a power source when the amount of heat produced by any one of a plurality of electrically conductive items coupling power from the power source to the load causes a sensed temperature to rise above a pre-determined safety limit temperature. The rise in the sensed temperature may be due to a poor (resistive) contact, an over-current condition due to a malfunction of the load, or other common causes. The circuit interrupting arrangement may be incorporated in many forms of electrical devices including male plugs, female sockets, switches, dimmers, multi-outlet power strips, power cords, and ground fault interrupters.