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US 4,896,004 AGranted
Low-profile range control switch
AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorMousa Aframian
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AssigneeWhite Consolidated Industries, Inc.
InventorMousa Aframian
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An infinitely adjustable control switch for controlling electric heaters in a domestic cooking range is disclosed. The control suited provides a boxlike housing which encloses two power switches and a switch for an indicator light. All of the switch components are supported by terminals positioned in a row along one side wall of the housing. Therefore, a unitary multiconductor can be used to simultaneously connect and disconnect all of the terminals. The terminals are installed in grooves formed in the side wall of the housing by lateral straight-end movement through lateral openings and without any movement lengthwise of the terminals. The terminals are then staked and a locking bar is installed to complete the mounting of the terminals and the switch components. Some of the terminals are provided with extension to support switch components at remote locations. Further the housing is provided with projections which position such extensions. The housing is provided with an inclined rearward wall portion to reduce the housing thickness along one edge and to allow the control suited to be mounted in shallow switch recesses having a depth which varies from one location to another.
A control switch terminal assembly comprising a housing having a back wall and a front face, said housing providing a side wall portion extending from said back wall toward said front face and terminating at a location spaced from said front face:
A thermal cycling switch having a housing of insulating material having an end wall, a plurality of side walls extending from said end wall and defining a face, at least one of said side walls being planar and terminating in an edge a spaced distance from said face, a cover extending over said face and secured to said housing, said housing and said cover defining a cavity, a rotatable operating cam mounted centrally in said housing, first and second switches in said cavity, said first switch being positioned between said cam and said planar side wall, said second switch being positioned between said cam and the side wall opposite said planar side wall, said planar wall having a plurality of slots extending from said edge toward said end wall, each of said switches including at least two terminals with each terminal extending through one of said slots from said cavity to the exterior of said housing, each of said terminals being staked to said planar wall to hold said terminal and the connected portion of the switch in position in said cavity, and a locking bar secured in said housing generally in alignment with said planar wall and extending between said edge and said face to clamp said terminals in said slots.
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