Controls
AssigneeStrix Limited
InventorVincent Joseph Garvey
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Abstract
A control assembly for a cordless liquid heating apparatus comprises a control for mounting to the liquid heating apparatus and a cordless base connector adapted to supply electrical power to the control. The control assembly comprises a switch arrangement for making or breaking an electrical circuit for supplying power to the liquid heating apparatus. The switch arrangement comprises a fixed contact member provided on the cordless base connector, a moveable contact member mounted on a switch lever provided on the control, and resilient means, separate from and acting on the switch lever, so as to bias the moveable contact member into electrical contact with the fixed contact member. The control comprises one or more temperature-sensitive actuators arranged to act on the switch levers.
Claims28
A control assembly for a cordless liquid heating apparatus comprising:
- a control for mounting to the liquid heating apparatus;
- and a cordless base connector adapted to supply electrical power to the control, wherein the control assembly comprises a switch arrangement for making or breaking an electrical circuit for supplying power to the liquid heating apparatus, the switch arrangement comprising:
- a fixed contact member provided on the cordless base connector, a moveable contact member mounted on a switch lever provided on the control, and resilient means, separate from and acting on the switch lever, so as to bias the moveable contact member into electrical contact with the fixed contact member.
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A control for a liquid heating apparatus, comprising a switch arrangement for making or breaking an electrical circuit for supplying power to the liquid heating apparatus, the switch arrangement comprising:
- a fixed contact member, a moveable contact member mounted on a switch lever, a temperature-sensitive actuator mounted on the control such that when the control is mounted on the liquid heating apparatus the temperature-sensitive actuator makes thermal contact with, and is sensitive to the temperature of, the liquid heating apparatus, the temperature-sensitive actuator being arranged to act on the switch lever such that the switch lever moves the moveable contact member away from the fixed contact member when the liquid heating apparatus reaches a predetermined temperature condition, and resilient means, separate from and acting on the switch lever, so as to bias the moveable contact member into electrical contact with the fixed contact member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.