Current responsive circuit breaker

Claim 1

A MECHANISM FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER MOUNTED IN A HOUSING HAVING TERMINALS COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED RECIPROCABLE CONDUCTING BREAKER BAR HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY ITS ENTIRE LENGTH CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING CURRENT, A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ONE OF WHICH IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO RECIPROCATE WITH SAID BAR AND THE OTHER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED AND CONNECTED TO A TERMINAL ON THE HOUSING, SAID CONTACTS IN REGISTRY IN THE MAKE POSITION OF THE BREAKER MECHANISM, A BIMETALLIC ELEMENT ONE END OF WHICH IS INSULATEDLY SECURED IN SAID HOUSING, NON-CONDUCTING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID BIMETALLIC ELEMENT, SAID NON-CONDUCTING MEANS CAPABLE OF LOCKING SAID BAR IN ONE POSITION WHEREBY SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS REGISTER WITH EACH OTHER, A FIRST CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONDUCTING BREAKER BAR TO A POINT ALONG THE LENGTH OF SAID ELEMENT FOR CONTROLLING THE EFFECTIVE LENGTH THEREOF, AND A SECOND CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING SAID OTHER END OF SAID ELEMENT TO THE OTHER TERMINAL IN SAID HOUSING, WHEREBY CURRENT IS CAPABLE OF FLOWING THROUGH SAID MECHANISM BETWEEN ITS TERMINALS, AND MEANS URGING SAID BREAKER BAR AND THE ONE CONTACT RECIPROCABLE THEREWITH TO OPEN POSITION UPON DEFLECTION OF SAID BIMETALLIC ELEMENT AND NON-CONDUCTING MEANS FROM SAID BAR UPON A PREDETERMINED CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH SAID ELEMENT, THE DEFLECTION OF SAID NONCONDUCTING MEANS UNLOCKING SAID BAR FOR RECIPROCATION FROM ITS ONE POSITION, THEREBY DISENGAGING SAID CONTACTS AND INTERRUPTING FLOW OF CURRENT THROUGH SAID MECHANISM.