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An electronic thermometer has at least first and second use configurations. In moving from one use configuration to another, probe arm swings about an axis that is located closer to one end of an elongate thermometer body than it is to the other end. In one of the configurations, a portion of the length of the probe arm is received within a channel in the body. One end of the body has an electric lamp that may be turned on and off by a switch. A switch button is located in the bottom of the channel. A user may press against the side of the probe arm which in turn will press against the switch button, thereby taming the lamp on or off.

Thermometer with probe-switched lamp

A multi-configuration electronic thermometer operates in any of a plurality of modes, including a rectal mode, an underarm mode and an oral mode. A probe arm swings about an axis that is located closer to one end of an elongate thermometer body than it is to the other end. In a first, rectal configuration, only a limited length of the probe arm extends beyond a front end of the thermometer body. In a second configuration, the probe arm is swung to a position such that its free end is farther from a second end of the body than it was from the first end while in the first configuration. The probe arm is spring-loaded to lock to a user-selected one of the configurations and is torsionally biased to the more compact, first configuration. Different sensing algorithms are used depending on the mode selected.

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