Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Multiple circuit control – Sequential operations
Patent
1994-03-18
1996-04-23
Kincaid, Kristine L.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Multiple circuit control
Sequential operations
200 5C, 200 5035, 200 6R, H01H 926, H01H 2180
Patent
active
055105831
ABSTRACT:
A switch assembly having a rocker type actuator user moveable for actuating plural switches in a housing. The rocker type actuator includes first and second rocker members journalled together for rotation about a common axis. The first member has a paddle extending out of the housing and a first cam portion for actuating a first switch upon initial rotation in one direction. Upon continued rotation in the same direction, overtravel of the first switch is absorbed by a torsion spring which permits resiliently biased lost motion of the first cam with respect to a second cam for subsequent actuation of a second switch. The torsion spring provides a significant increase in the force required to move the actuator between the first and second switch actuation to provide tactiley discernable feedback to the user of the state of switch actuations.
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Eaton Corporation
Friedhofer Michael A.
Johnston Roger A.
Kincaid Kristine L.
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