US PATENT SUBCLASS 337 / 373
.~.~ Contact structure or composition of material (e.g., mercury)

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337 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: ELECTROTHERMALLY OR THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES

298  DF  THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES {7}
333  DF  .~ With bimetallic element {9}
373.~.~ Contact structure or composition of material (e.g., mercury) {1}
374  DF  .~.~.~> With position adjusting means {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 337/373

(under subclass 333) Subject matter including significant details of contact structure, composition of material or arrangement peculiarly adapted for operation through the agency of at least one thermal responsive bimetallic

element.

(1) Note. For other contact compositions or structures used in devices of this class, see the subclasses listed under SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS in subclass 26.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

109, for similar subject matter in electrothermally responsive switches. See (1) Note above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

29, Metal Working, 874+, for processes of mechanical manufacture of electrical contacts.

200, Electricity: Circuit Makers and Breakers,

238+, for details of contacts, per se.

335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets,

196+, for contact composition or structure in electromagnetically actuated switches.