(19)
(11) EP 0 274 459 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.07.1988 Bulletin 1988/28

(21) Application number: 88830003.5

(22) Date of filing: 08.01.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: H01H 37/04, H01H 37/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE ES FR GB NL SE

(30) Priority: 09.01.1987 IT 2045787 U

(71) Applicant: PRODIGY ITALIANA S.R.L.
I-20158 Milano (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Pollina, Antonio
    I-20158 Milano (IT)

(74) Representative: Cicogna, Franco 
Ufficio Internazionale Brevetti Dott.Prof. Franco Cicogna Via Visconti di Modrone, 14/A
20122 Milano
20122 Milano (IT)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Thermostat for controlling the operation of apparatus in general


    (57) The thermostat comprises a box-like casing (1) including an expansible plenum member (3) coupled, through a capillary element,to a probe holding an expansible liquid,the plenum member being arranged between an adjustment abutment member (5) and an operating lever (7) which at one end thereof acts on a resilient blade (15) supporting a movable contact (20) coupled to the apparatus electrical input and effective to be selectively contacted both with a first (23) and a second (24) fixed contact .







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