Device for protecting electrical apparatus

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, HOUSING MEANS AND A RECTIFIER AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING; SAID HOUSING COMPRISING A BOX-LIKE STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST A PAIR OF MALE TERMINAL APERTURES FOR EGRESS OF DEVICE TERMINALS AND AT LEAST A PAIR OF FEMALE TERMINAL APERTURES FOR INGRESS OF MALE TERMINALS FROM AN ELECTRICAL PLUG; SAID RECTIFIER AND CONACT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES WITH APERTURES THERETHROUGH, EACH SERIES STACKED TOGETHER IN CONDUCTING RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIVIDUAL PLATES IN EACH SERIES HAVING THE SAME FORWARD CONDUCTING DIRECTION, A CONDUCTING SUPPORTING LEAD THROUGH, INSULATING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID LEAD THROUGH SAID LEAD THROUGH AND INSULATING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES AND SUPPORTING THEM IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATION WITH OPPOSITE POLARITY, A PAIR OF METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS EACH HAVING A TAB WITH AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH AND AN EXTENDING SPRING PORTION, SAID METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS LOCATED WITH SAID TABS ON SAID LEAD THROUGH AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF PLATES WITH SAID TABS EACH IN CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH AN OPPOSITE END PLATE OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF PLATES AND SAID METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS EXTENDING FROM SAID LEAD THROUGH AND FORMING SPRING MEMBERS OPPOSING THE ADJACENT END PLATE EACH FOR RECEIVING AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING A MALE TERMINAL, AND A PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS EACH HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH THE FOOT OF THE L, SAID PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS EACH LOCATED WITH THE APERTURE IN SAID FEET AROUND SAID LEAD THROUGH AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY TO FORM A PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL DEVICE MALE TERMINALS, SAID FEET BEING INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER, SAID LEAD THROUGH BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS AND THE END PLATE OF ONE OF SAID SERIES AND THE OTHER L-SHAPED TERMINAL ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END PLATE WHEREBY EACH OF SAID L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS AND BOTH SAID SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES ARE CONNECTED IN SERIES OPPOSED RELATION BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS, SAID RECTIFIER AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH SAID FEMALE RECEPTACLES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE APERTURES IN SAID HOUSING FOR INGRESS OF MALT TERMINALS FROM AN ELECTRICAL PLUG AND SAID MALE TERMINALS OF SAID ASSEMBLY PROTRUDING THROUGH SAID HOUSING APERTURES FOR EGRESS OF MALE TERMINALS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, HOUSING MEANS AND A RECTIFIER AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING; SAID HOUSING COMPRISING A BOX-LIKE STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST A PAIR OF MALE TERMINAL APERTURES FOR EGRESS OF DEVICE TERMINALS AND AT LEAST A PAIR OF FEMALE TERMINAL APERTURES FOR INGRESS OF MALE TERMINALS FROM AN ELECTRICAL PLUG; SAID RECTIFIER AND CONACT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A FIRST AND A SECOND SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES WITH APERTURES THERETHROUGH, EACH SERIES STACKED TOGETHER IN CONDUCTING RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIVIDUAL PLATES IN EACH SERIES HAVING THE SAME FORWARD CONDUCTING DIRECTION, A CONDUCTING SUPPORTING LEAD THROUGH, INSULATING MEANS SURROUNDING SAID LEAD THROUGH SAID LEAD THROUGH AND INSULATING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE APERTURES IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES AND SUPPORTING THEM IN FACE-TO-FACE RELATION WITH OPPOSITE POLARITY, A PAIR OF METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS EACH HAVING A TAB WITH AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH AND AN EXTENDING SPRING PORTION, SAID METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS LOCATED WITH SAID TABS ON SAID LEAD THROUGH AND ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF PLATES WITH SAID TABS EACH IN CONDUCTIVE CONTACT WITH AN OPPOSITE END PLATE OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SERIES OF PLATES AND SAID METAL SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS EXTENDING FROM SAID LEAD THROUGH AND FORMING SPRING MEMBERS OPPOSING THE ADJACENT END PLATE EACH FOR RECEIVING AND FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING A MALE TERMINAL, AND A PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS EACH HAVING AN APERTURE THROUGH THE FOOT OF THE L, SAID PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS EACH LOCATED WITH THE APERTURE IN SAID FEET AROUND SAID LEAD THROUGH AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY TO FORM A PAIR OF ESSENTIALLY PARALLEL DEVICE MALE TERMINALS, SAID FEET BEING INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER, SAID LEAD THROUGH BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS AND THE END PLATE OF ONE OF SAID SERIES AND THE OTHER L-SHAPED TERMINAL ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END PLATE WHEREBY EACH OF SAID L-SHAPED MALE TERMINALS IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SPRING CONTACT RECEIVING TERMINALS AND BOTH SAID SERIES OF RECTIFIER PLATES ARE CONNECTED IN SERIES OPPOSED RELATION BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS, SAID RECTIFIER AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY CONTAINED WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH SAID FEMALE RECEPTACLES IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE APERTURES IN SAID HOUSING FOR INGRESS OF MALT TERMINALS FROM AN ELECTRICAL PLUG AND SAID MALE TERMINALS OF SAID ASSEMBLY PROTRUDING THROUGH SAID HOUSING APERTURES FOR EGRESS OF MALE TERMINALS.