Patent ID: 9579531
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A62C,H01H

Claim:
1. A fire protection device for a small electrical device, where the small electrical device includes a housing and electrical components arranged within an interior of the housing; wherein the fire protection device comprises: a bursting capsule located within the interior of the housing; said bursting capsule featuring a hollow space that is completely enclosed and delimited by a vessel wall, wherein a liquid is disposed in the hollow space, which wherein the fire protection device further includes an electrical conductor routed between two contact points formed on the bursting capsule, which electrical conductor is connected between a voltage supply and the electrical components within the housing and the conductor conducts current to the electrical components; and wherein the electrical conductor is formed in such a way that the electrical conductor is automatically and inadvertently destroyed when the bursting capsule ruptures, thereby cutting power to the electrical components of the small electrical device located within the housing.