Electrical appliance with battery charging capability and connection means

An electrical appliance comprising housing structure for accommodating at least one functional component and at least one rechargeable storage cell cooperating with said functional component, said housing structure including a housing frame and a detachable housing portion for mounting on said housing frame to complete said housing structure, storage cell charging circuitry, terminal lug structure connected to said storage cell charging circuitry, appliance plug structure on said housing frame, said appliance plug structure including a connector base having a receiving aperture, contact pin structure provided in said receiving aperture for engagement with a connector of a power cord for supplying electrical power to said storage cell, said detachable housing portion including an approximately U-shaped resilient contact member with two opposed arms for establishing electrical continuity between said storage cell and said contact pin structure when said detachable housing portion is mounted on said housing frame, and breaking said electrical continuity when said detachable housing portion is detached from said housing frame, one said arm being adapted to abut against said terminal lug structure and the other said arm is adapted to abut against said contact pin structure by either direct or indirect means.

An electrical appliance comprising housing structure for accommodating at least one functional component and at least one rechargeable storage cell cooperating with said functional component, said housing structure including a housing frame and a detachable housing portion for mounting on said housing frame to complete said housing structure, storage cell charging circuitry, appliance plug structure on said housing frame, said appliance plug structure including a connector base having a receiving aperture, contact pin structure provided in said receiving aperture for engagement with a connector of a power cord for supplying electrical power to said storage cell, said detachable housing portion including a bottom wall with mounting structure having blind-end bore structure and an opening in said bottom wall which is disposed over said connector base when said detachable housing portion is seated on said housing frame, contact element structure in said blind-end bore structure for establishing electrical continuity between said storage cell and said contact pin structure when said detachable housing portion is mounted on said housing frame, and breaking said electrical continuity when said detachable housing portion is detached from said housing frame.

An electrical appliance comprising housing structure for accommodating at least one functional component and at least one rechargeable storage cell cooperating with said functional component, said housing structure including a housing frame with a bottom wall and a detachable housing portion for mounting on said housing frame to complete said housing structure, storage cell charging circuitry, appliance plug structure on said housing frame, said appliance plug structure including a connector base disposed on said bottom wall of said housing frame and having a receiving aperture, contact pin structure provided in said receiving aperture for engagement with a connector of a power cord for supplying electrical power to said storage cell, said detachable housing portion including contact element structure for establishing electrical continuity between said storage cell and said contact pin structure when said detachable housing portion is mounted on said housing frame, and breaking said electrical continuity when said detachable housing portion is detached from said housing frame, and receptacle structure for receiving said contact element structure on said housing frame adjacent said connector base, said contact element structure being inserted in said receptacle structure when said detachable housing portion is mounted on said housing frame.