Patent ID: 6910342

Claim:
A high limit electric thermostat having a temperature sensing bulb coupled via a capillary tube to a diastat within the thermostat housing, the diastat deflecting in response to expansion and contraction of fluid within the temperature sensing bulb, the deflection of the diastat acting through a member activates a snap-action mechanism at a particular temperature to transition an actuating mechanism from a first position to a second position to actuate a switch therein, the thermostat comprising: a terminal block having a first channel defined therein; a lock rod affixed to the actuating mechanism and extending through the first channel in the terminal block; a back cover having a second channel defined therein, the second channel terminating in a spring tab; a reset slide slidably accommodated in the second channel, the reset slide having a locking sled extending therefrom; and a bias spring operably positioned between the spring tab and the reset slide to bias the reset slide toward the lock rod.