Claims
- 1. In a temperature operated switch construction comprising a housing means, a movable switch arm carried in said housing means, temperature actuated means disposed in said housing means and being operatively interconnected to said switch arm to cause movement of said arm between operating positions thereof in relation to the temperature being sensed by said temperature actuated means, said housing means carrying a switch means that is operatively associated with said switch arm so that said switch means is in a first condition thereof when said switch arm is in a first operating position thereof and said switch means is in a second condition thereof when said switch arm is in a second operating position thereof, the improvement wherein said switch means comprises a reed switch means and wherein said switch arm carries a magnet means for operating said reed switch means to said conditions thereof as said switch arm is moved to said positions thereof, said housing means having spaced apart stop means that are respectively engaged by said switch arm and thereby determine said positions thereof.
- 2. A switch construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said reed switch means comprises a single reed switch.
- 3. A switch construction as set forth in claim 1 wherein said reed switch means comprises a plurality of separate reed switches.
- 4. In a method of making a temperature operated switch construction comprising a housing means, a movable switch arm carried in said housing means, temperature actuated means disposed in said housing means and being operatively interconnected to said switch arm to cause movement of said arm between operating positions thereof in relation to the temperature being sensed by said temperature activated means, said housing means carrying a switch means that is operatively associated with said switch arm so that said switch means is in a first condition thereof when said switch arm is in a first operating position thereof and said switch means is in a second condition thereof when said switch arm is in a second operating position thereof, the improvement comprising the steps of forming said switch means to comprise a reed switch means, disposing a magnet means on said switch arm to be carried thereby for operating said reed switch means to said conditions thereof as said switch arm is moved to said positions thereof, and forming said housing means to have spaced apart stop means that are respectively engaged by said switch arm and thereby determine said positions thereof.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional patent application of its copending parent patent application, Ser. No. 878,672, filed May 5, 1992, which, in turn is a divisional patent application of its copending parent patent application, Ser. No. 688,157, filed Apr. 19, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,148,142.
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