Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Switch activation inhibitor
Patent
1993-10-18
1995-01-10
Recla, Henry J.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Switch activation inhibitor
200 43015, 200 43016, 200 43018, H01H 2710
Patent
active
053809645
ABSTRACT:
A control switch assembly includes a housing having a base with an opening and a pair of side walls on opposite sides of the opening. An actuator member is rotatably mounted in the opening and has a body which forms a pocket. The pocket is open at one end and has a partially cylindrical bottom surface. A lever includes a body at least partially received by the pocket, an arm projecting from the body and an abutment surface. The body has a slot extending therethrough parallel to the pivot pin. The slot is elongated along an plane which is perpendicular to the pivot pin axis so that the pivot pin is slidably and rotatably received by the slot. The lever is slidable with respect to the pivot pin from a raised position wherein the body of the lever is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the pocket to a depressed position wherein the body of the lever engages the bottom surface of the pocket. A pair of springs are biassed to urge the lever to its raised position. A stop member projects from the housing and is engagable with the lever abutment surface to prevent pivoting of the lever in a first direction when the lever is in its raised position. The lever abutment surface being positioned to avoid engagement with the stop member as the lever is rotated in the first direction from its depressed position.
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Easton David J.
Klages Corwin L.
Thompson Carl R.
Deere & Company
Recla Henry J.
Walczak David J.
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