US PATENT SUBCLASS 337 / 345
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337 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: ELECTROTHERMALLY OR THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES

298  DF  THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES {7}
333  DF  .~ With bimetallic element {9}
334  DF  .~.~ With manual or other mechanical contact control means {10}
342  DF  .~.~.~ With spring or other energy storage means {1}
343  DF  .~.~.~.~ Snap-action {5}
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DEFINITION

Classification: 337/345

(under subclass 343) Subject matter including significant details of a device consisting of two elements joined together end to end at a knee joint and normally not in a common plane whereby upon the application of force to the knee tending to straighten the arrangement the parts which are abutting or joined will receive an endwise pressure thrust thereby operating the parts from a first overcenter (nonaligned) position to a second over center position.

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59, for similar subject matter in an electrothermally actuated switch.