Rotary Or Oscillatory Motion Device Patents (Class 337/316)
  • Patent number: 4214224
    Abstract: A multi-function, pyrolytic self-cleaning oven thermostat for regulating bake and clean temperatures and oven door unlatching. The thermostat includes separate bistable and creep-action switch mechanisms actuated by a single thermally expansive hydraulic wafer responsive to oven temperature changes. An axially movable partially threaded shaft, rotatable between two end positions, is provided for operator adjustment of the temperature switching point of the bistable mechanism. At one end position of the rotative shaft a minimum baking temperature switching point is provided while at the other end position a maximum temperature switching point is established for pyrolytic self-cleaning of the oven. A generally linearly increasing temperature range of bistable mechanism switching points is provided from the minimum to the maximum temperature switching point end positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Calvin J. Holtkamp