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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Costanzo Gadini, Casale Montferrato, IT;
Fiorenzo Pivetta, Casale Montferrato, IT;
Assignee:
Eltek S.P.A., Casale Monferrato, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219510 ; 219518 ; 219496 ; 219508 ; 2361 / ;
Abstract
A simple, low-cost, reliable thermoactuator device is described, being capable of taking a plurality of stable working position besides its rest position. One and the same body is associated with at least two thermoactuators whose arrangement is such as to make a movable actuation element capable of taking at least three stable working positions, which are obtained as a function of an electric signal to the supply terminals of either one or the other or both of the thermoactuators.