Locator clip
First Claim
1. In an electrically heated appliance, spaced first and second wall portions, a heating element having a tubular sheath with opposed contact ends, means mounting said contact ends to said first wall portion, a temperature probe extending from said second wall portion, and a locator clip mounting said heating element sheath, intermediate said contacts, to said temperature probe, said clip comprising first means for receiving and retaining the heating element sheath, second means adjacent said first means for slidably receiving the temperature probe therein and supporting said clip on said probe with said sheath in contact with said probe, and means for resiliently biasing said probe and said sheath relatively toward engagement with each other.
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Accused Products
Abstract
A locator clip including a central sleeve engageable about a heating element sheath. The clip includes a pair of overlying end panels integral with the sleeve and centrally aperatured to accommodate a temperature probe transversely across the sleeve received sheath. The clip sleeve opens upwardly to expose the sheath to the overlying probe for intimate contact therebetween encouraged by a resilient retaining flap engaging the probe.
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3 Claims
- 1. In an electrically heated appliance, spaced first and second wall portions, a heating element having a tubular sheath with opposed contact ends, means mounting said contact ends to said first wall portion, a temperature probe extending from said second wall portion, and a locator clip mounting said heating element sheath, intermediate said contacts, to said temperature probe, said clip comprising first means for receiving and retaining the heating element sheath, second means adjacent said first means for slidably receiving the temperature probe therein and supporting said clip on said probe with said sheath in contact with said probe, and means for resiliently biasing said probe and said sheath relatively toward engagement with each other.
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