US PATENT SUBCLASS 337 / 60
.~.~.~.~.~ Floating lever

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337 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: ELECTROTHERMALLY OR THERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES

14  DF  ELECTROTHERMALLY ACTUATED SWITCHES {9}
36  DF  .~ With bimetallic elements (i.e., motion takes place in a plane at right angles to its major axis) {10}
37  DF  .~.~ With manual or other mechanical contact controlling means {12}
52  DF  .~.~.~ With spring or other energy storage device {4}
58  DF  .~.~.~.~ Compound motion means {2}
60.~.~.~.~.~ Floating lever

DEFINITION

Classification: 337/60

(under subclass 58) Subject wherein at least one structural element, comprising the mechanical contact controlling means, consists of a lever of the first, second or third class with no fixed pivot, that is, when forces are applied at two points motion takes place about a third point, the third point being movable in space, the torque about the third point being variably related to its position.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

74, Machine Element or Mechanism,

519+, for mechanical movements comprising lever structure.