Thermo-sensing unit

Claim 1

A TEMPERATURE SENSING UNIT FOR A VESSEL HEATED ON A SURFACE UNIT SEPARATELY CONNECTED BY RIGID CONNECTIONS TO A RANGE TERMINAL BLOCK, SAID TEMPERATURE SENSING UNIT COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BODY HAVING A SURFACE DEFINING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED APERTURE, MOUNTING MEANS ON SAID BODY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SURFACE UNIT TO MOUNT SAID BODY FIXED RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE UNIT, A TOP HAVING A DOWNWARDLY SLOPING SKIRT WITHIN SAID BODY AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID APERTURE DEFINING SURFACE, HEAT RESPONSIVE CAP MEANS ON THE UPPER END OF SAID TOP, SPRING MEANS WITHIN SAID BODY URGING SAID CAP MEANS UPWARDLY ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE SURFACE UNIT TO ENGAGE THE UNDERSIDE OF ANY VESSEL ON THE SURFACE UNIT, A TERMINAL SUPPORT WASHER DISPOSED IN SAID BODY, TWO TERMINALS INSULATIVELY CARRIED IN SAID SUPPORT WASHER, TWO ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ON SAID HEAT RESPONSIVE CAP MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TWO TERMINALS, FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS FIXEDLY DISPOSED PARALLEL TO AND OUTBOARD OF THE RIGID CONNECTIONS OF THE SURFACE UNIT, THE INNER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS TERMINATING GENERALLY CENTRALLY UNDER SAID TEMPERATURE SENSING UNIT, FLEXIBLE LEAD WIRES INTERCONNECTING SAID TERMINALS AND THE INNER ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS, AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS PROVIDING FOR EXTERNAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AT THE RANGE TERMINAL BLOCK.