Temperature control attachment for a utensil

Claim 1

AN ATTACHMENT FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED UTENSIL COMPRISING: A HOLLOW HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID UTENSIL AND HAVING TERMINALS ADAPTED TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH A HEATING ELEMENT IN SAID UTENSIL, ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS IN SAID HOUSING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS AND AN EXTERNAL SOURCE OF POWER, A PROBE EXTENDING FROM THE INTERIOR OF SAID HOUSING OUTWARDLY THEREBEYOND AND ADAPTED TO PENETRATE SAID UTENSIL, A PAIR OF MOVABLE ARMS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, SPACED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND CARRYING ENGAGEABLE CONTACTS, MANUAL MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF ONE OF SAID ARMS, THE OTHER OF SAID ARMS COMPRISING A THERMOSTATICALLY BENDABLE STRIP THE THERMOSTATIC CONDITION OF WHICH CONTROLS THE POSITION OF THE CONTACT CARRIED BY SAID OTHER OF SAID ARMS, SAID CONTACTS COMPRISING A SWITCH CONNECTED IN SAID ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS, SAID THERMOSTATICALLY BENDABLE STRIP BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MEANS SO AS TO BE THERMOSTATICALLY AFFECTED BY CURRENT FLOW IN SAID CIRCUIT MEANS, SAID PROBE BEING APPRECIABLY SPACED FROM SAID THERMOSTATICALLY BENDABLE STRIP BEING OUT OF CONDUCTIVE THERMAL CONNECTION THEREWITH, AND BEING OPERATIVELY THERMALLY CONNECTED THERETO SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY VIA THE OPEN SPACE INSIDE SAID HOUSING, THE POSITION OF SAID THERMOSTATICALLY BENDABLE STRIP VARYING IN PART IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OF SAID OPEN SPACE INSIDE SAID HOUSING.