Thermally actuated double throw switch mechanism

Claim 1

A SWITCH MECHANISM COMPRISING: (A) SUPPORT MEANS, (B) A FIXED CONTACT MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS, (C) A FLEXIBLE SPRING ARM HAVING ONE END SECURED TO SAID SUPPORT MEANS, (D) A MOVABLE CONTACT CARRIED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID SPRING ARM AND NORMALLY URGED BY SAID SPRING ARM IN A FIRST DIRECTION TOWARD SAID FIXED CONTACT, (E) AN ELONGATED ACTUATOR MEMBER FORMED OF A RELATIVELY RIGID MATERIAL WITH RESPECT TO SAID SPRING ARM AND HAVING ONE END FIXED TO THE END OF SAID SPRING ARM ON WHICH SAID MOVABLE CONTACT IS CARRIED, AND EXTENDING ALONG ONE SIDE OF SAID SPRING ARM REMOTE FROM SAID FIXED CONTACT AND HAVING THE OTHER END TERMINATING ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID SPRING ARM AND BEING MOVABLE LATERALLY THEREFROM, (F) SAID SPRING ARM NORMALLY BIASING SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER TOWARD SAID SPRING ARM, AND (G) MEANS FOR APPLYING A MOVING FORCE TO SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER BETWEEN THE ENDS THEREOF IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE DIRECTION SO AS TO TEND TO SEPARATE SAID OTHER END OF SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER FROM SAID SPRING ARM AND FLEX SAID CONTACT CARRYING END OF SAID SPRING ARM TO IMPART A ROLLING ACTION OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACT ON SAID FIXED CONTACT BEFORE SAID MOVBLE CONTACT IS MOVED AWAY FROM SAID FIXED CONTACT.