公开(公告)号：US20040040951A1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-04

申请号：US10653268

申请日：2003-09-03

Applicant: ITW Industrial Components S.R.L.

Inventor： Raoul Bianchi

IPC: H05B001/02

CPC classification number: F25D29/00 ,  F25B2400/077 ,  H01H61/02

Abstract: A control unit (3) for controlling an electric household appliance, e.g. a refrigerator, is connected in series with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistive unit (4) which, when supplied with electric current, generates sufficient heat to activate a thermally activated actuating element (6) for selectively turning on/off respective auxiliary switches (9) of the electric household appliance. The thermally activated actuating element (6) includes a temperature-deformable element (7), e.g. a bimetallic plate, the deformation of which is transmitted by kinematic links (10) to a camshaft (8), the cams (12) of which cooperate with the auxiliary switches (9) of the electric household appliance to selectively turn on/off the auxiliary switches (9).

Abstract translation: 一种用于控制家用电器的控制单元（3），例如 冰箱与正温度系数（PTC）电阻单元（4）串联连接，当被供应电流时，它产生足够的热量以激活热启动的致动元件（6），用于选择性地导通/关闭相应的辅助开关 （9）家用电器。 热激活的致动元件（6）包括温度可变形元件（7），例如， 双金属板，其变形由运动连杆（10）传递到凸轮轴（8），其凸轮（12）与家用电器的辅助开关（9）配合以选择性地打开/关闭 辅助开关（9）。