Patent ID: 7218200
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A manual-reset thermostat comprising: a movable contact disposed above a stationary contact and urged downward so as to come into contact with said stationary contact; a movable operating member comprising a distal end adjacent to the movable contact and a proximal end adjacent to a guide pin whose distal end is moved upward by allowing the proximal end thereof to be pressed downward, said movable operating member separating said movable contact from said stationary contact upward by moving the distal end thereof upward; said guide pin that presses the proximal end of said movable operating member downward in response to the reverse action of a bimetal; and a reset shaft that returns said bimetal to an initial state via said guide pin, said reset shaft pressing said movable operating member upward, said movable operating member pressing said guide pin upward and also pressing said movable contact upward.