Patent ID: 7539402

Claim:
Electrical apparatus for heating liquid, comprising: a housing ( 10 ), electrical heating means, a switch ( 15 ) for triggering electrical heating means, a button ( 16 ) which is arranged in an opening ( 17 ) provided in the housing ( 10 ), and which has an actuating surface ( 18 ) and a finger ( 20 ) secured to each other, the button ( 16 ) being mounted swingably about an axis (X), between an on position and an off position, an actuating lever ( 28 ) of the switch ( 15 ) having a first end ( 30 ) connected to the finger ( 20 ) and a second end ( 32 ) connected to the switch ( 15 ), the lever ( 28 ) being movable between an active position in which the switch is closed and an inactive position in which the switch ( 15 ) is open, the lever ( 28 ) being disposed in active position by the swinging of the button ( 16 ) into the on position and into inactive position by the swinging of the button ( 16 ) to the off position, characterized in that the button ( 16 ) is returned by at least one resilient member ( 26 ) into an intermediate so-called neutral position, between the on position and the off position, and in that the connection end ( 30 ) of the lever ( 28 ) and the finger ( 20 ) is a loose connection adapted to permit free clearance of the button ( 16 ) between the on position and the neutral position when the lever ( 28 ) is in active position, and a free clearance of the button ( 16 ) between the off position and the neutral position when the lever ( 28 ) is in inactive position.