Abstract:
AN IMMERSION-TYPE ELECTRIC AQUARIUM HEATER CONSISTING OF A HOUSING, SECURABLE TO AN AQUARIUM WALL, IN COMBINATION WITH AN OPEN-NECKED TUBE OPENING INTO AND SUSPENDED FROM THE HOUSING, WITH A HEATING ELEMENT AND A MOUNTING-SUPPORTED TEMPERATURE-RESPONSIVE SWITCH UNIT DISPOSED WITHIN THE TUBE AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN A CIRCUIT TO AN ELECTRIC PLUG, WITH THE CONTACT POINTS OF THE SWITCH UNIT MEMBERS MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, AND A CAPACITOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED ACROSS THE LINES OF THE ELECTRIC PLUG IN A CIRCUIT PARALLEL TO THE CIRCUIT OF THE HEATING ELEMENT.