US1894843A - Thermal switch - Google Patents

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US1894843A
US1894843A US532634A US53263431A US1894843A US 1894843 A US1894843 A US 1894843A US 532634 A US532634 A US 532634A US 53263431 A US53263431 A US 53263431A US 1894843 A US1894843 A US 1894843A
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Appelberg Carl Wilhelm
Borgstrom Harry Olof
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H37/00—Thermally-actuated switches
    • H01H37/02—Details
    • H01H37/32—Thermally-sensitive members
    • H01H37/52—Thermally-sensitive members actuated due to deflection of bimetallic element
    • H01H37/56—Thermally-sensitive members actuated due to deflection of bimetallic element having spirally wound or helically wound bimetallic element

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  • the present invention refers to thermal switches in which the separation or bringing together of thecontacts is effected through a change in form or dimensions of heat sensi-l tive members under the influence of temperature fluctuations. More particularly the invention relates to such thermal switches which for the purpose ofincreasing the efficiency of the heat sensitive members are enclosed in evacuated receptacles of glass or t-he like or in such receptacles filled with an inert gas. In such enclosed thermal switches it is of particular importance to obtain a rapid contact movement at the moment of opening and, especially, at the moment of closing the contacts.
  • an improved operation in such thermal switches and, particularly, an increased contact movement is obtained by transforming, by means of an inclined cam surface having a suitably selected ratio of slope, a movement in a certain direction caused by a change in form or dimensions of the heat sensitive member to a preferably increased movement in a direction substantially perpendicular to the former, said latter movement being directly or through the intermedium of a gearing transferred to a movable contact member.
  • the heat sensitive element is, by way of example, made in such a form, for instance in the form of ahelix, that the deformation upon a change in temperature results in a turning movement of a portion of the heat sensitive member which turning movement through co-operation with a helical cam surface is transformed to a more or less simultaneous axial movement.
  • a construction is particularly adapted for use in connection with such thermal switches in which the contact is formed by coaxially disposed metal rods which are displaceable in an axial direction in relation to each other and the adjacent ends of which normally bear against each other.
  • the tWo ends of the helical heat sensitive member may then, for eX- ample, each be connected with one of the two contact rods, one of said rods being in turn connected with the inclined cam surface formed as a part of a screw surface or the like whereas 4the other contact rod is provided with an abutment or the like bearing against said cam surface, said abutment sliding along Said cam surface while the said rods are twisted in relation to each other whereby the turning movement is transformed to an axial movement.
  • Figure l is a longitudinal section through a thermal switch according to the invention having a helical heat sensitive member and Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 in Figure l.
  • a fixed contact rod l is tapped into an insulating bushing 3 disposed in one end wall of a metal receptacle 2.
  • the opposite contact consists of a longer rod 4 coaxial with the rod l and extending through a central aperture in the opposite end wall 5 of the receptacle 2, said aperture serving as a guide for the rod 4 when the latter is moving in an axial direction.
  • the rod l is at its outer end tapped into a round plate 6 secured to the one end of a bimetallic helical spring Z the opposite end of which is rivetted to the inside of an annular extension 8 of the receptacle 2.
  • the rod 4 is provided with an abutment 9 in the shape of a roller or the like engaging a semicylindrical cam surface l0 extending from said end Wall 5.
  • the contacts are normally held pressed together through the spring tension in the helical heat sensitive member 7, which thus here serves a double purpose.
  • the heat sensitive member 7 When heated the heat sensitive member 7 is deformed in such a way that its ⁇ outer end together with the plate 6 and the rod l is subjected to a turning about the axis of said heat sensitive member.
  • the roller or abutment 9 then runs up on the inclined cam surface l0 which has slide down the cam surface 10 whereby the contact rods are powerfully pressed against each other under the iniiuence of the spring pressure.
  • rEhermal switches according to the invention may be made with comparatively very small dimensions, and especially with small transverse dimensions, and are particularly suitable in such cases, when the thermal switch is intended to be enclosed in an evacuated glass receptacle or in a glass receptacle filled with an inert gas. lln thermal switches of this kind it is generally particularly desirable to be able to reduce the dimensions as far as possible because the sensitivity is increased hereby.
  • a thermal switch comprising a receptacle, mutuallyY reciprocable contact members disposed in said receptacle, a heat sensitive member, and cam means for transforming heat deformation movements of said heat sensitive member into contact member reciprocations perpendicular to said deformation movements.
  • a thermal switch comprising a receptacle, mutually reciprocable contact members disposed in said receptacle, ai torsional heat sensitive member, and cam means for transforming torsional heat deformations of said heat sensitive member into axial reciprocations of said contact members.
  • a thermal switch comprising a receptacle, a stationary contact member, a rotatable and axially reciprocable rod-shaped contact member, a stationary support, a bi-metallic heat sensitive helical spring coaxial with said rod-shaped member and at one end secured to said support and at the other end connected to said rod-shaped member, and cam means for transforming reciprocal rotary movements of said rod-shaped member into axial reciprocations thereof.
  • a thermal switch comprising a receptacle, a stationary contact member, a rotatable and axially reciprocable rod-shaped contact member cooperating therewith, a bi-metallic heat sensitive helical spring connecting said rotatable and reciprocable member with said stationary member and being biased to normally hold said two contact members in mutual elastic contact, and cam means for transforming rotary movements of said rodshaped member into axial displacements thereof.

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US2435004A (en) * 1944-05-05 1948-01-27 American Instr Co Inc Thermostatic switch
US2831089A (en) * 1956-12-19 1958-04-15 Honeywell Regulator Co Control apparatus

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DE960910C (de) * 1952-12-09 1957-03-28 Licentia Gmbh Ausloesevorrichtung fuer elektrische Schalter, insbesondere Installationsselbstschalter
DE1002541B (de) * 1954-02-26 1957-02-14 Gerdts Gustav F Kg Vorrichtung zur temperaturabhaengigen Steuerung von Absperr- und Regelorganen

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2435004A (en) * 1944-05-05 1948-01-27 American Instr Co Inc Thermostatic switch
US2831089A (en) * 1956-12-19 1958-04-15 Honeywell Regulator Co Control apparatus

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