Thermostat assembly
AssigneeWoodlane Environmental Technology, Inc.
InventorGregory M. McCarren
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Abstract
A thermostat assembly for opening and closing an electrical circuit in response to the temperature within a measurement region. The thermostat assembly includes a relatively low-cost bimetal disc thermostat, but may be used in circumstances where temperature or other conditions exceed the design limitations of the bimetal disc thermostat. An elongated probe has a distal end arranged to extend at least to the measurement region, and a heat-disseminating end in thermal contact with a thermally-conductive outer housing surface of the bimetal disc thermostat.
Claims10
A thermostat assembly for opening and closing an electrical circuit in response to the temperature within a measurement region, said thermostat assembly comprising:
- a bimetal disc thermostat including a thermally-conductive outer housing surface;
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- an elongated probe of thermally-conductive material having a distal end arranged to extend at least to the measurement region, and a heat-disseminating end in thermal contact with said thermally-conductive outer housing surface.
A thermostat assembly for opening and closing an electrical circuit in response to the temperature within a measurement region located on one side of a partition wall having an aperture, said thermostat assembly comprising:
- an elongated probe of thermally-conductive material extending through the aperture to a distal end in thermally conductive relationship with the measurement region;
- said elongated probe having a heat-disseminating end located on the other side of the partition wall;
- a bimetal disc thermostat including a thermally-conductive outer housing surface;
- a bracket holding said bimetal disc thermostat such that said thermally-conductive outer housing surface presses against said heat-disseminating end of said probe;
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- a stop on said elongated probe near said heat-disseminating end positioned for bearing against the other side of the partition wall resisting the force of the outer housing surface against said heat-disseminating end of said probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.