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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:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James A Sandor, Trumbull, CT (US);
Charles Z Krasznai, Fairfield, CT (US);
Charles S Mertler, Jr, deceased, late of Norwalk, OH (US);
Assignee:
HP Intellectual Corp., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219414 ; 219413 ; 337343 ; 337349 ; 337365 ; 337368 ;
Abstract
An electric toaster comprising a heating element; and a combined user actuation and thermostat switch assembly connected to the heating element. The switch assembly comprises a thermostat having a bi-metal electrical contact blade and a snap-acting electrical contact blade, and a user actuated member for moving the snap-acting blade towards the bi-metal blade. The switch assembly provides an electrical path between the heating element and an electrical power supply cord without an additional separate user actuated power switch along the path.