US PATENT SUBCLASS 337 / 313
.~.~.~ Combined or compound motion device

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337 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: ELECTROTHERMALLY OR THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES

298  DF  THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES {7}
306  DF  .~ Expansible or vaporizable fluid actuated {12}
312  DF  .~.~ With manual or other mechanical contact control means {4}
313.~.~.~ Combined or compound motion device

DEFINITION

Classification: 337/313

(under subclass 312) Subject matter including a mechanical linkage whereby the movement of a movable contact, or contacts, results from a force applied thereto as a result of a motion in a first direction converted to a motion in a second direction; for example, a linear first motion may be converted to a rotary motion about a fixed origin or pivot as by a toggle linkage.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

58+, for similar subject matter in an electrothermally operated switch utilizing bimetallic elements.

350, for similar subject matter in thermally operated switches utilizing bimetallic elements.

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335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets, 191, for electromagnetic switches employing compound motion mechanical contact control means.