Patent ID: 6815626
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An overload breaker comprising:a receptacle including a chamber formed therein, and including three slots formed in bottom and communicating with said chamber thereof, said receptacle including a housing provided on top thereof and having a space formed therein and defined by a partition which is located between said housing and said receptacle, a first and a second and a third prongs engaged in said slots of said receptacle respectively, said second prong including a contact provided thereon, a conductor blade including a first end secured to said third prong, and a second end for selectively contacting with said contact of said second prong, and including an intermediate portion located between said first and said second ends thereof, a neon lamp received in said space of said housing, and including a first terminal extended through said partition and coupled to said second prong, and including a second terminal extended through said partition and coupled to said first prong, a resistor coupled to said second terminal of said neon lamp, a switch button pivotally attached to said housing with at least one pivot axle, and including a first end and a second end, and a lever including a first end pivotally coupled to said first end of said switch button, and including a second end having an actuator provided thereon, to engage with said second end of said conductor blade, and to move said second end of said conductor blade relative to said second prong, and to selectively engage and disengage said second end of said conductor blade from said contact of said second prong, said second end of said conductor blade being engageable with said contact of said second prong when said first end of said switch button and said lever are moved toward said second prong, and being movable away from said contact of said second prong when said second end of said switch button is moved toward said second prong, to move said lever away from said second prong.