(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein an electrothermal or thermally actuated switch is combined with another device having an added purpose or utility independent of the switch and in which the utility of the other art device is not destroyed by the removal of or deactivation of the switching device and which claimed combination does not include sufficient specific structure of the other art device as to be classified either with the other art device, per se, or elsewhere.
(1) Note. See the appropriate other art class in the Manual of Classification for specific other art devices which may be combined with switching means.
