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Thermostat assembly

  • US 4,257,555 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1980
  • Issued: 03/24/1981
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/1979
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A thermostat assembly comprising:

  • a housing assembly;

    a plurality of switches mounted on said assembly for selective operation by the user;

    an indicator mounted on said assembly for signaling to the user;

    a circuit unit mounted within said assembly and interconnected to receive signals from said switching means and to deliver signals to said indicator;

    a temperature sensor mounted within said assembly and responsive to ambient air temperature to deliver a temperature-representative signal to said circuit unit;

    connecting means for coupling said circuit unit to an external device to be controlled in response to operation of said switching means and governed in response to said temperature-representative signal;

    a cover openably secured to said housing assembly in a position to overlie said switching assembly and said indicator;

    a switch operator included in said a plurality of switches and facing said cover;

    and means on said cover disposed in alignment over said switch operator and movable in response to pressure applied to said cover by the user to actuate said switch operator, so that depression of said cover will actuate only said switch operator to send a signal to said indicator.

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