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Class Number: 337 Class Title: ELECTRICITY: ELECTROTHERMALLY OR THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 WITH DIVERSE ART-TYPE DEVICE 2 WITH SEPARATE DISTINCT DIVERSE ART-TYPE SWITCHING DEVICE (E.G., FLUID-OR MECHANICAL-ACTUATED) 3 .Bimetallic device with other 4 .Fusible element device with other 5 ..Diverse art-type switching device responsive to the condition of fusible element 6 ..With automatic circuit-interrupting device 7 ...Multiphase of multipole 8 ..Manually operable mechanical device 9 ...Knife or blade switch 10 ...Rotary or reciprocating mechanism 11 ..With multiple circuit connector device (e.g., multiple mechanical) 12 WITH DIVERSE ART-TYPE ACTUATOR FOR SINGLE SWITCH 13 .Bimetallic with other 14 ELECTROTHERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES 15 .Shunt or short circuit completion devices 16 ..Bimetallic means 17 ..Fusible material combined with gap 18 ...Gaseous space discharge gap (e.g., air gap) 19 ..Gap with thin film dielectric (e.g., voltage-responsive) 20 ..With significant housing or casing structure 21 .Conductive fluid devices 22 .Fluorescent lamp-starting devices 23 ..With significant heating means 24 ...With shunt or short-circuiting means (for resistor) 25 ..Electric discharge means (e.g., electron-emissive) 26 ..With significant contact structure or composition 27 ...Bimetallic element 28 .Space discharge device (gaps, lightning arrester, etc.) 29 ..Plural 30 ..With explosive or combustible material 31 ..With fusible element (e.g., cutout means) 32 ...With grounding means 33 ...With common structural elements (e.g., fuse provides support or element of spark gap structure 34 ..Housing, casing, mounting or support means 35 .Plural diverse similar art-type devices in single switch 36 .With bimetallic elements (i.e., motion takes place in a plane at right angles to its major axis) 37 ..With manual or other mechanical contact controlling means 38 ...Plural elements combined with single mechanical means 39 ....Independently operative bimetallic elements 40 ....Individually responsive to diverse conditions or diverse characteristics 41 ...Multiple contact or plural circuit control means 42 ....Plural switches 43 .....With interlocking means 44 ....Selectively or alternately actuated 45 ....Single multipole or polyphase control devicee 46 .....With common mechanical actuating or tripping means 47 .....With separate latching or tripping means in each phase 48 ......With common trip-bar means 49 .......Slidable or reciprocal bar 50 .......Rotatable 51 ...Cyclically or periodically actuated 52 ...With spring or other energy storage device 53 ....Snap-action 54 .....With magnetic flux source (e.g., magnetic armature) 55 .....With latching or holding means 56 .....With reclosing or reset means 57 .....With adjusting or calibration means 58 ....Compound motion means 59 .....Toggle 60 .....Floating lever 61 ....Rotary or oscillatory motion device (e.g., spring motor) 62 ....Reciprocating or slidable motion device 63 .....With lost motion coupling means 64 .....With camming or wedging means 65 .....With contact guiding or alignment means 66 .....With push-button actuating means 67 ...With contact pressure maintaining or adjusting means 68 ...With direct contact separating means (e.g., plunger camming means) 69 ...Independently operative (nontrip-free) 70 ...Latch or latch-release means 71 ....Plural or responsive to diverse effects 72 ....With reclosing or reset means 73 .....Automatic 74 ....Trip-free 75 ....Bimetallic element unitary with or comprising latch means 76 ....Performs dual functions (e.g., main contact) 77 ....With external or auxiliary heater 78 ....Utilizing plural bimetallic elements 79 ...With signal or indicating means 80 ...With mercury or other conductive liquid circuit completion means 81 ...Retarded or delayed action type 82 ...With operating range calibration or adjustment means 83 ....Comprising electric shunt or short-circuiting means 84 ....Comprising mechanical means 85 ..Bimetallic element unitary with or directly actuates movable contact means 86 ...Plural contacts or external circuit connection means 87 ....Alternately or selectively actuated 88 ...Retarded or delayed type 89 ...Snap-action 90 ....With magnetic armature or holding means 91 ....With reset means 92 ...Cyclic or repetitively operative (e.g., flashing) 93 ....With interval predetermining or adjustment means 94 ...With operating range, calibration or adjusting means 95 ...With plural or combined elements 96 ....Responsive to diverse conditions or of diverse operative characteristics 97 ..With switch structure protective means 98 ..With contact operation inhibiting means (e.g., meltable or magnetic)) 99 ..With voltage or ambient temperature compensation means 100 ...Auxiliary heating means 101 ...Bimetallic means 102 ..With external or auxiliary heating means 103 ...With heater-adjusting, shunting or short-circuiting means 104 ...Plural heating means 105 ...With electrical power supply or current control means 106 ....Inductive means (e.g., tansformer) 107 ...Significant heating element structure or composition 108 ....Arc or spark gap 109 ..Contact composition or structure 110 ..With arc-suppression or blowout means 111 ..Bimetallic structure or composition of material 112 ..Housing, casing or support means 113 ...With external circuit connection means 114 .Expansible or vaporizable fluid-actuated (e.g., mercury vapor) 115 ..With manual or other mechanical contact actuating means 116 ...Cyclically or periodically operative 117 ...Utilizing diaphragm or bellows means 118 ...With restoring or resetting means 119 ..Utilizing capillary tube or bore means 120 ..With external heating means (external from fluid; may be the container) 121 ..With housing or casing 122 ..With contact or electrode structure or material (e.g., carbon) 123 .With longitudinally expansible solid element (e.g., rod, wire strip, etc.) 124 ..With voltage or ambient temperature compensation means 125 ..With electrical shunting or short-circuiting means 126 ..With manual or other mechanical contact actuating means 127 ...With delayed action or timing means 128 ...Latching or tripping means 129 ....With adjustment or calibration means 130 ....With reset or reclosing means 131 ...Snap-action (e.g., bistable) 132 ....With toggle spring 133 ....With stop means (e.g., motion limiting) 134 ....With magnetic biasing or holding means 135 ....With flexible vane or plate 136 .....With preset deformation 137 ..Contact structure or composition 138 ..Cylically or periodically operated (e.g., flasher) 139 ..With significant expansible element structure or composition of material 140 ...Wire or other stranded element 141 ..With external or auxiliary heating means 142 .Fusible element actuated 143 ..With manual or other mechanical contact control means 144 ...Plural fuses combined with single mechanical means 145 ...Multiple contact or plural circuit control means 146 ....Multipole or polyphase 147 ...Snap-action mechanical device 148 ...Reciprocal or rectilinear sliding motion actuating means (e.g., spring loaded plunger or striker pin) 149 ...Rotary or oscillatory motion device 150 ...Latching trip or holding means (actuated by condition by fuse element)) 151 ....Ratchet and pawl 152 ....Thin film or resoldering (e.g., eutetic alloy) 153 ....With external or auxiliary heating means 154 ....Tripping or release means 155 ...With reclosing or reset means 156 ...Manually operated shunting, disconnect or load-break device 157 ....Mechanical fuse link rupturing means 158 ..Current limiting devices (e.g., high voltage fuses) 159 ...Comprising significant fuse link or element structure or arrangement 160 ....With fusible metal overlay (e.g., alloy-forming) 161 ....Plural elements 162 .....With diverse characteristics 163 ..Delayed action (i.e., time lag) 164 ...Utilizing plural fusible elements 165 ...With biased direct circuit opening means 166 ...With heat absorption, conducting or storage means 167 ..Convertible (e.g., fused to nonfused) 168 ..Cutout or disconnect type (an assembly) of a fuse support and fuse holder with or without a fuse link) 169 ...With kickout means 170 ....Fusible element controlled 171 ...With dropout features (i.e., the fuse tube will be separated, or drop away from, at least on the main circuit contacts) 172 ....Utilizing combined mechanical motions (e.g., sliding with pivotal) 173 ....Utilizing sliding or reciprocating motions 174 ....With holding, latch or trip means 175 .....Combined latch or trip 176 .....Fusible element controlled 177 ......With fuse link extracting means 178 ......Spring biased 179 ......With delayed action 180 ...Line terminal or contact structure 181 ....Directly connected by fusible element (e.g., in line-type fuse) 182 ..With external or auxiliary heating means 183 ...Resistive heater 184 ....Directly in series with or completing controlled circuit 185 ...Comprising or including heat storage or accumulator means 186 ..Housing, casing or support means 187 ...With external circuit connection means 188 ....Plural conductor connector means 189 .....Distribution or load center type (e.g., plural outputs) 190 ....With fuse element tensioning or clamping means 191 ....Cable or busbar attachment means 192 .....Socket or thimble 193 .....Line tap, hook or clamp 194 ....With relatively movable cooperative elements (e.g., pull out) 195 .....With spring biasing means 196 .....Door or closure controlled 197 ....Plural diverse (e.g., male and female connectors) 198 ....Prong or blade (e.g., plug-type housing) 199 ...With electrical ground, shield or barrier 200 ...Ceiling block fixture type (e.g., Rosette) 201 ...With plural interfitting or interlocking sections 202 ...Bushing or insulatorr 203 ...With gaseous venting or expulsion means (from the housing) 204 ...With oil or other liquid 205 ...With locking, sealing or guard means 206 ...With operational condition indicating means 207 ...With external support or attaching means (e.g., hook) 208 ...With fuse carrier attachment means 209 ....Adaptor means 210 ....Combined with lockout or other circuit closure prevention means 211 ....With pull out or ejector means (for tube) 212 ....Door-supported 213 ....Peculiarly adapted for cartridge fuse 214 .....With clamping, latch, or other attachment means 215 ......Spring clip 216 ....Peculiarly adapted for plug-type fuse carrier (e.g., fuse block) 217 ..Fuse link extraction or expulsion means 218 ...Combined with contact structure 219 ...Spring means 220 ...Pressure responsive 221 ..With electrical shunt circuit means (may also be fusible) 222 ..With switch protective means (for fuse structure) 223 ...Against shock or recoil 224 ...Against corona (e.g., shield) 225 ..With overfusing or tamper prevention means 226 ...Special adaptor or other selective means 227 ..Fuse link carrier or holder 228 ...Cartridge or tube 229 ....With plural fuse links or elements 230 .....Selectively or successively insertable in common circuit 231 ....With fuse link attaching support or securing means 232 .....Soldered or brazed joint 233 .....Rigid bar means 234 .....Locking or clamping means 235 .....Threaded screw or stud 236 .....Wedging or camming means 237 .....Replaceable or readily interchangeable 238 ....With fuse link tensioning means 239 .....Spring or other energy storage means 240 ......With strain member 241 ....With indicating or inspection means 242 .....Glow lamp 243 .....Chemical means 244 .....Movable or displaceable element (e.g., plunger or semaphore) 245 ....With handle or other manipulating means 246 ....Cartridge or tube structure or material of construction 247 .....Plural tubes (e.g., telescoping) 248 ....Ferrule, cap or other seal means 249 ....With gas expulsion means 250 .....Venting, cooling or deionizing 251 ....Contact or terminal structure 252 .....Attaching or securing means (to the tube or to the fusible element) 253 ......Locking, clamp or wedge means 254 .......Knife blade contact with slotted disk 255 ...Plug 256 ....Plural fusible elements in a single carrierr 257 .....Selectively or successively insertable in protected circuit 258 ......Selection means 259 .......Rotatable relatively movable 260 ....With fuse element attachment or securing means 261 .....Resilient biasing or retaining means 262 .....Particularly adapted for specific fuse element 263 ......Cartridge or capsule enclosed 264 .....Readily replaceable or detachable element 265 ....With indicating means 266 .....Glow lamp or other incandescent means 267 .....Plunger or semaphore type 268 ....Contact or terminal structure 269 .....Plural diverse (e.g., male and female) 270 ....Structure or composition of material 271 .....Part of or structurally adapted for use with particular socket means 272 .....With venting means 273 ..With arc suppression or extinguishing means 274 ...Plural (e.g., auxiliary fuse) 275 ....With draw-out rod 276 ...Dielectric filler material or compound (e.g., quartz) 277 ....Liquid (e.g., hydrocarbon) 278 ....Dielectric gap or barrier means (e.g., wedging dielectric) 279 ...Deionizing gas or vapor generating material 280 ...Cooling, condensing or absorbing means 281 ...Blowout means (e.g., gaseous) 282 ...Arcing chamber or passage structure 283 ..Plural independent fuses 284 ...Selectively or sequentially inserted in same protected circuit 285 ....Automatic selective means (e.g., repeater type) 286 .....With delayed action selective means 287 ......Hydraulic or pneumatic 288 .....Transfer or interlock means 289 ....Rotary selector means 290 ..Fusible link or element structure or material 291 ...With strain-relief means 292 ...Plural series-connected conductive elements forming a single link 293 ...Plural parallel fusible elements 294 ...Continuous strand adapted for successive insertion in protected circuit 295 ...With particular geometrical shape or configuration 296 ...Composite (e.g., with overlay) 297 ...With nonconductive core (e.g., printed circuit) 298 THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES 299 .Plural diverse actuating means in single switch 300 .Responsive to plural external conditions (e.g., temperature and humidity) 301 .With mechanical timing means (e.g., clockwork) 302 ..Periodic or cyclically operative 303 ...With predetermined operative cycle adjusting means 304 ..With predetermined operative temperature range 305 ...Utilizing cam or eccentric 306 .Expansible or vaporizable fluid actuated 307 ..Plural expansible elements with single switch 308 ...Individually responsive to diverse conditions or of diversee characteristics 309 ..Multiple contacts or external circuit completion means 310 ...Plural independent switches 311 ...Selective, sequentially or alternately actuated 312 ..With manual or other mechanical contact control means 313 ...Combined or compound motion device 314 ...Reciprocating or sliding motion 315 ....Piston or plunger 316 ...Rotary or oscillatory motion device 317 ...With spring or other energy storage means 318 ....Snap-action 319 .....With adjusting, calibrating or compensating means 320 ..With diaphragm or bellows structure 321 ...Combined with capillary tube or bore 322 ..With bourdon tube 323 ..With operating range calibration or adjustment means 324 ..With auxiliary heater 325 ..With latching, locking or holding means 326 ..Fluid or fluid pressure generating means 327 ..Housing, casing or support means 328 ...With pressure relief (e.g., venting) 329 ..Contact structure or composition of material 330 ...With relative position adjustment means 331 ...Comprising conductive liquid (e.g., mercury) 332 ..With signaling, alarm or visual indicator means 333 .With bimetallic element 334 ..With manual or other mechanical contact control means 335 ...Plural elements combined with single mechanical means 336 ....Individually responsive to diverse conditions or of diverse operating characteristics 337 ...Multiple contact or plural circuit control means 338 ....Plural separate switches 339 .....With interlocking 340 ....With contacts selectively, alternately or sequentially actuated 341 ...With time-delay means 342 ...With spring or other energy storage means 343 ....Snap-action 344 .....With magnetic flux source (e.g., magnetic armature) 345 .....With toggle linkage 346 .....With frictional coupling or lost motion means 347 .....With adjusting or calibration means 348 .....With reset or reclosing means 349 ...With contact biasing, pressure control or adjusting means 350 ...Compound motion means 351 ...Rotary or oscillatory motion means 352 ....With frictional clutch drive means 353 ....Including cam and follower 354 ...Reciprocating or slidable motion means 355 ...Independently operative 356 ...Latch or latch-release means 357 ....Adjustable 358 ....With reclosing or reset means 359 ....With bimetallic element comprising or unitary with latch 360 ..With operating range calibration or adjustment means 361 ...Utilizing cam or roller 362 ..Bimetallic element unitary with or directly actuates contacts 363 ...Multiple contacts or external circuit control meanss 364 ....Alternately or selectively actuated 365 ...Snap-action 366 ....With magnetic flux source 367 ....With reset means 368 ....With adjustment or calibration means 369 ...Cyclically or repetitively operative 370 ...With plural bimetallic elements 371 ....Of diverse operating characteristics or responsive to diverse conditions 372 ...Element attachment or mounting means 373 ..Contact structure or composition of material (e.g., mercury) 374 ...With position adjusting means 375 ....Leaf spring with direct thrust element 376 ..With signal or indicating means 377 ..With auxiliary heating means 378 ..With compensation means (e.g., ambient temperature) 379 ..Bimetallic element structure or composition of material 380 ..Housing, casing or support structure 381 ...With significant external circuit connection means 382 .With longitudinally expansible solid element 383 ..With plural contacts or external circuit completion means 384 ..With manual or other mechanical contact control means 385 ...Latching or tripping means 386 ...Comprising mechanical advantage or force multiplying means 387 ...Comprising frictional clutch or lost motion means 388 ...With spring or other energy storage means 389 ....Comprising resilient leaf spring 390 ....Snap-action 391 .....With flexible vane or plate 392 ..With operating range calibration or adjusting means 393 ..Expansible solid structure or composition of material 394 ...Rod, tube or cylinder 395 ...Wire or stranded material 396 ...Diaphragm, strip or ribbon 397 ..Plural deformable elements in single switch 398 ..Housing, casing or support means 399 ..Contact or terminal structural or composition of material 400 ...With position adjustment means 401 .With fusible, combustible or explosive material 402 ..With manual, gravity-actuated or other mechanical contact control means 403 ...Automatic cutout or disconnect type 404 ....With fusible element directly connecting contacts 405 ....With fusible element opening the circuit (no mechanical contacts) 406 ...Multiple contacts or plural circuit control means 407 ...Utilizing spring or other energy 408 ....Reciprocating or slidable motion device 409 .....Plunger or piston 410 ....Rotatable 411 ...Latch, trip or holding means 412 ..Plural independent fuse elements with single circuit completion means 413 ..Contact structure or composition of material 414 ..Housing, casing or support means 415 ...Flexible or resilient 416 ..Fusible, link or element structure or composition of material 417 DETAILSS