Patent · US Expired

Battery-powered appliance

US4616169A · kind A · utility

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6References
4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 8, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 8, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S30/01
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Appliance has housing with removable battery-pack section having a front end shaped to slide dovetail fashion up into the appliance housing and a spring-biased latch which holds up the rear of the section. Sets of contacts for discharge and charging have parallel contacts directed in the direction of the installing movement of the section into the housing.

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