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US3226705A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Miniature alarm

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-10-04
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-10-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kaufman Paul
  • 👤 Speaker Harry Barr

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 23:08
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B13/00; G08B13/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
AN ALARM BREAKWIRE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING; A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS; SAID FIRST END WALL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN; SAID SECOND END WALL HAVING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR THEREOF AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER; A PAIR OF FRAGILE CONDUCTORS PLACED IN SAID CONTAINER; EACH SAID CONDUCTOR BEING INSULATED THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH; ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTORS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING TO THE EXTERERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER; THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR BEING CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTORS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EACH CONDUCTOR BEING COILED IN THE SAME DIRECTION INTO A CYLINDRICAL TUBULAR ROLL WITH THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CHAMBER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CHAMBER AND MOUNTED COAXIALLY THEREWITH; SAID ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR ROLL AND SAID OTHER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR ROLL; THE COILS OF SAID ROLL BEING UNATTACHED TO EACH OTHER WHEREBY SAID TWO CONDUCTORS MAY BE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNWOUND FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID ROLL AND THROUGH SAID OPENING UPON THE APPLICATION OF TENSION TO SAID ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
AN ALARM BREAKWIRE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING; A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND OPPOSED END WALLS; SAID FIRST END WALL HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN; SAID SECOND END WALL HAVING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR THEREOF AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER; A PAIR OF FRAGILE CONDUCTORS PLACED IN SAID CONTAINER; EACH SAID CONDUCTOR BEING INSULATED THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH; ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTORS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING TO THE EXTERERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER; THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR BEING CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF SAID CONDUCTORS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY ADJACENT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EACH CONDUCTOR BEING COILED IN THE SAME DIRECTION INTO A CYLINDRICAL TUBULAR ROLL WITH THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CHAMBER SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID CHAMBER AND MOUNTED COAXIALLY THEREWITH; SAID ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR EXTENDING AXIALLY FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR ROLL AND SAID OTHER END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR EXTENDING FROM THE EXTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR ROLL; THE COILS OF SAID ROLL BEING UNATTACHED TO EACH OTHER WHEREBY SAID TWO CONDUCTORS MAY BE SIMULTANEOUSLY UNWOUND FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID ROLL AND THROUGH SAID OPENING UPON THE APPLICATION OF TENSION TO SAID ONE END OF EACH SAID CONDUCTOR.

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