Patent ID: 7626482

Claim:
A safety switch comprising a housing being hollow and having a top; a bottom; an on-end; an off-end; two side surfaces; and an opening being formed through the top of the housing; a conducting assembly having two conductors being mounted through the bottom of the housing respectively near the on- and the off-ends, protruding out of the bottom of the housing and each conductor having an inner end; and a bimetal strip being made of two metal sheets with different thermal expansion coefficients and having a stationary end being mounted securely on the inner end of the conductor near the off-end of the housing; and a contacting end being detachably attached to the inner end of the conductor near the on-end of the housing and selectively bending upwards; a switching assembly having a rocker being mounted pivotally in the opening of the housing and having two sides; an activating end and deactivating end, the activating and deactivating ends respectively corresponding to the on- and off-ends of the housing and being alternatively pressed into the housing; a bottom; and a spring mount being formed on and protruding downwards from the bottom of the rocker at the end corresponding to the on-end of the housing; and a connecting arm being mounted pivotally and protruding from the bottom of the rocker at the activating end and being connected to the contacting end of the bimetal strip; and a resilient member being mounted between the on-end of the housing and the spring mount, pressing against the rocker, selectively holding the activating or deactivating end of the rocker pressed.