Low-profile range control switch

摘要

An infinitely adjustable control switch for controlling electric heaters in a domestic cooking range is disclosed. The control suited provides a boxlike housing which encloses two power switches and a switch for an indicator light. All of the switch components are supported by terminals positioned in a row along one side wall of the housing. Therefore, a unitary multiconductor can be used to simultaneously connect and disconnect all of the terminals. The terminals are installed in grooves formed in the side wall of the housing by lateral straight-end movement through lateral openings and without any movement lengthwise of the terminals. The terminals are then staked and a locking bar is installed to complete the mounting of the terminals and the switch components. Some of the terminals are provided with extension to support switch components at remote locations. Further the housing is provided with projections which position such extensions. The housing is provided with an inclined rearward wall portion to reduce the housing thickness along one edge and to allow the control suited to be mounted in shallow switch recesses having a depth which varies from one location to another.