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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/748 ; H01H 3/746 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/748 ; H01H 3/746 ;
Abstract
According to the invention a switching device (,) for an electric heating device is provided with a rod-shaped temperature sensor (,) formed by a ceramic rod (,) and an extension tube (,). The temperature sensor (,) operates a snap-action switch (,) located in a base (,) by means of an actuator separate from the said switch, which has at least one actuating part (,), which is loaded in the actuating direction by a leaf spring (,), the actuating part (,) and leaf spring (,) being in one piece. In a further development of the invention the leaf spring (,) or actuating part (,) can be a receptacle for an adjusting device, preferably an adjusting screw (,).