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AUTOMATICALLY RESETTABLE THERMAL SWITCH

  • US 3,706,952 A
  • Filed: 02/02/1972
  • Issued: 12/19/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automatically resettable thermal switch, comprising:

  • a base;

    a resilient member having one end mounted to said base and a free end;

    a rigid member mounted to said base and extending in juxtaposition with said resilient member;

    an eutectic material, having a predetermined phase change temperature range, located between said resilient member and said rigid member for normally securing said resilient member to said rigid member; and

    a bimetal member having one end mounted on said base and a free end, a first contact mounted on said bimetal member and cooperating with a second contact mounted in relation to said base;

    said free end of said bimetal member being constrained from moving said first contact relative to said second contact by said free end of said resilient member until the ambient temperature reaches the predetermined phase change temperature range of said eutectic material.

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