Switch with improved mounting for thermostatic element

Claim 1

A THERMOSTATIC SWITCH COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOUSING BASE HAVING APERTURES AND AT LEAST TWO OPENINGS IN TWO ENDS THEREOF; (B) A SOCKET TERMINAL COMPRISING AN IRREGULAR SHAPED MEMBER HAVING A TAB ON ONE END AN A SOCKET ON THE OTHER END FITTED INTO ONE OF SAID APERTURES, SAID SOCKET END BEING SPRUNG UPWARD ABOVE THE PLANE OF SAID TAB TO BIAS SAID SOCKET IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION AND SAID TAB EXTENDING OUT OF ONE OF SAID OPENINGS AT THE END OF SAID HOUSING BASE; (C) A CONTACT TERMINAL HAVING A CONTACT PLATE ON ONE SURFACE THEREOF FITTED INTO ANOTHER OF SAID APERTURES AND HAVING A PORTION OF SAID TERMINAL EXTENDING OUT THROUGH ANOTHER OF SAID OPENINGS AT THE END OPPOSITE SAID TAB; (D) AN ELONGATED THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT HAVING A CYLINDRICAL MEMBER SECURED AT ONE END AND A CONTACT ON THE OTHER END, SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER RESTING IN SAID SOCKET AND SAID CONTACT ON THE OTHER END OF SAID THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT ENGAGING SAID CONTACT PLATE WHEN THE SWITCH IS CLOSED; AND (E) A TOP HOUSING MEMBER HAVING A STEPPED EXTENSION ACROSS ONE END, SAID TOP HOUSING MEMBER ENCLOSING SAID SOCKET TERMINAL, SAID CONTACT TERMINAL AND SAID THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT UPON SAID HOUSING BASE, SAID STEPPED EXTENSION EXERTING A FORCE ON SAID THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT ADJACENT SAID CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE UPWARD BIAS OF SAID SOCKET TO MAINTAIN CONSTANT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT AND SAID SOCKET, THEREBY TO PERMIT A FREE ROTATION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL ELEMENT IN SAID SOCKET AND A FREE MOVEMENT OF THE SAID THERMOSTATIC ELEMENT IN SAID HOUSING.