Thermostat with mounting and electrical connection means to separate heater

Claim 1

A THERMOSTAT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN INSULATING SUPPORT HAVING A ONE-PIECE MOUNTING PORTION WITH AN ARM EXTENDING OUT LONGITUDINALLY THEREFROM, A FIRST MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PORTION AT A FIRST POINT, EXTENDING UNDER SAID ARM AND CARRYING A FIRST ELECTRICAL CONTACT, A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PORTION AT A SECOND POINT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST POINT, EXTENDING OUT THEREFROM BENEATH AND VERTICALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST MEMBER AND CARRYING A SECOND CONTACDT POSITIONED OPPOSITE SAID FIRST CONTACT, SAID TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER BEING DISTORTABLE SO AS TO CAUSE SAID SECOND CONTACT TO MOVE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FIRST CONTACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEMPERATURE CHANGES SENSED BY SAID TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER, A CURRENT-CARRYING FLEXIBLE RESISTANCE ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID MOUNTING PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY AT SAID SECOND POINT AND EXTENDING OUT THEREFROM IN REGISTRATION WITH AND LOCATED IN CLOSE JUXTAPOSITION TO SAID TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER SO AS TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL THERMAL TRANSFER RELATION THERETO, ELECTRICAL TERMINAL MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AT A THIRD POINT SPACED FROM SAID SECOND POINT, A CONDUCTIVE MEMBER PASSING THROUGH SAID SUPPORT BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD POINTS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID TERMINAL MEANS, SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID SECOND CONTACT AND AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, AND MEANS ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAID TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER FROM SAID CONDUCTTIVE MEMBER, WHEREBY SAID TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MEMBER, SUBSTANTIALLY EXCEPT FOR SAID SECOND CONTACT CARRIED THEREBY, IS OUT OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO SAID SECOND CONTACT BUT IS SENSITIVE TO THE HEAT DEVELOPED IN SAID RESISTANCE ELEMENT BY CURRENT PASSING THROUGH THE LATTER.