Structurally interlocked capsule thermostats

Claim 1

A STRUCTURALLY INTERLOCKED CAPSULE THERMOSTAT COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE HOLLOW BODY WITH AT LEAST ONE COUNTER-BORED OPEN END, A HEADER DISPOSED N THE OPEN END, SAID HEADER COMPRIISNG A CORE OF INSULATING MATERIAL SURROUNDED BY A METAL BUSHING, SAID BUSHING BEING PROVIDED WITH A RAISED SHOULDER PORTION, A PORTION OF THE RIM OF THE COUNTER-BORED OPEN END TURNED OVER THE PERIPHERY OF THE SHOULDER AND A PORTION OF THE OUTSIDE SURFACE PORTION ADJACENT THERETO, AN ELECTRIC TERMINAL DISPOSED THROUGH THE HEADER SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER AND EXTENDED OUTWARDLY AND INWARDLY THEREFROM SUBSTANTIALLY ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF THE BODY, THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDED END TERMINATING IN A FLATTENED SURFACE PORTION AND THE INWARDLY EXTENDED END BEING SLOTTED WITH THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THE SLOT COPLANAR WITH THE PLANE OF THE FLATTENED SURFACE PORTION, ONE END OF A BIMETALLIC ELEMENT FIXED TO THE SLOTTED END OF THE TERMINAL AND EXTENDED TOWARD THE OPPOSITE END OF THE BODY, AND MEANS THROUGH A WALL OF THE BODY IN A PLANE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FLATTENED SURFACE PORTION WHEREBY THE CIRCUIT THROUGH THE BODY IS OPENED AND CLOSED AT PREDETERMINED TEMPERATURES.