Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Special application – Liquid or moisture responsive
Patent
1985-05-30
1987-01-13
Marcus, Stephen
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Special application
Liquid or moisture responsive
200 67D, H01H 500
Patent
active
046365974
ABSTRACT:
An electrical snap switch having a pivotably mounted snap switch operating member which is acted upon by a switch spring assembly and which is provided with a wedge-shaped relief segment for interaction with a wedge-shaped relief segment provided on a sliding control member for the control of contact means. A one-piece elongated metal member is provided which serves alternatively as a contact means and as a switch spring means, whereby the snap switch is easy to mount and requires but few relatively simple component parts. The metal member includes a pull section for engagement with the switch operating member and a push section for engagement with a fixed contact member, its free end being provided with a plated contact to enable the metal element to bear against at least one fixed contact member.
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Demeur Basil E.
Knechtel Robert E.
Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
Marcus Stephen
Sholl Linda J.
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