Mounting assembly for heater thermostat control

Patent · Tue Apr 14 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6494402

Murphy, M A

This patent describes an assembly for mounting a thermostat control on the outer wall of a heater tank including an external spud in which a heating element is mounted. The mounting assembly comprises: a first bracket made from a spring material and including a body having an opening adapted to lockingly fit over the tank spud. The first bracket further includes a pair of laterally-spaced legs extending from the body and having a bent upper end portion adapted to apply spring pressure toward the tank outer wall when the first bracket is locked on the tank spud. Each of the legs includes in the upper end portion an elongated slot having an upper end; a second bracket carrying the thermostat control and having a pair of laterally -spaced, upstanding ears adapted to fit beneath the upper end portions of the legs. Each of the ears includes a nib received in a slot for interlocking the first and the second brackets and having an upper edge adapted to engage the upper end of the slot and cooperate therewith to urge the thermostat control into firmer contact with the tank outer wall in response to upward vertical movement of the second bracket relative to the first bracket; and the assembly further characterized by a retaining lip on the first bracket, the lip located between the legs and positioned to bear against the end wall of the thermostat control when the parts are in assembled position and an outward horizontal load is applied.

• Assignee: Apcom, Inc., Franklin, TX
• Patent Number(s): US 4657215
• OSTI ID: 6494402
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320106* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Building Equipment-- (1987-)
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FASTENERS
FASTENING
HEATERS
JOINING
MACHINE PARTS
POSITIONING
SPACE DEPENDENCE
SPACE HEATERS
SPRINGS
TANKS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
THERMOSTATS