Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Solid contact – Push button operated
Patent
1991-04-19
1993-07-13
Recla, Henry J.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Solid contact
Push button operated
200527, 200528, H01H 302, H01H 1962
Patent
active
052265293
ABSTRACT:
A pushbutton switch which permits partial actuation without a change of state, including a body, a cover and a contact cup having a plurality of tabs, the cup rotatably mounted on the cover. A plunger and ratchet mechanism mounted in the body incrementally rotate the contact cup and tabs upon successive actuations of the switch. A first terminal mounted on the cover is interruptibly in contact with one of the tabs as they are rotated by operation of the ratchet mechanism, while a second terminal mounted on the cover maintains electrical contact with the contact cup. A plurality of camming ramps formed in the cover are in intermittent communication with the tabs, first lifting them above a planar portion of the first terminal, then permitting one of them to come to rest on the planar portion of the terminal completing an electrical circuit between the first and second terminals. In another embodiment, a third terminal is mounted on the cover in a coplanar spaced apart relationship with the first terminal. Successive actuations of the switch causes the tabs to alternatively come to rest on the first and third terminals completing an electrical circuit through the switch between the second terminal and one of the first or third terminals.
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Barrett Glenn T.
Float Kenneth W.
Hammond Noel B.
Judco Manufacturing Inc.
Recla Henry J.
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