Abstract: An electrical connector for a cordless appliance such as a water jug comprises a male pin part 70 mounted to the appliance and a female socket part 81 mounted to a base 90 for the appliance. The forward edge parts 100 of the socket side walls 94 engages with a shroud portion 91 of the male part 70, and the socket side walls 94 have recesses 95. This allows the lateral pivoting of the male part 70 with respect to the female part 81 while still providing for alignment of the terminal pins within the socket apertures 80. This facilitates engagement and disengagement of an appliance from its base without causing bending or stressing of the terminal pins.

Abstract: A thermally-sensitive electrical control is mounted to the head of an electric immersion heater of an electric kettle or like container. The control has an outer periphery of less radial extent than the head so as to be passable, during assembly, through an opening in the wall of the associated container such that the head may be positioned in the opening with the control mounted thereto by insertion of the control through the opening from inside the container. The control includes an electric switch and a snap-action, overheat sensing bimetallic actuator disposed on the side of a body portion of the control which faces the head when the control is mounted thereto and a snap-action steam responsive bimetallic actuator mounted to the opposite side of the body portion. The switch is operated by the bimetallic actuators through an over-center mechanism disposed on the opposite side of the body portion and connected to the switch by a U-shaped link slidbly mounted in the body portion.

Abstract: An electrical interconnector, e.g. a male pin plug, comprises electrical connector members and associated terminals which are formed from sheet metal. The terminals include at least one (1) tooth adapted to pierce the insulation to make contact with the conductors of a multi-strand cable when the cable is forced into a groove which is sized and shaped to function as a trap which captures and guides the cable.