Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Special application – Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device
Patent
1990-05-30
1993-02-16
Scott, J. R.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Special application
Actuated concurrently with operation or use of art device
200 6159, 200 85R, 200332, H01H 316
Patent
active
051873362
ABSTRACT:
An electrical switch assembly operable by means of a force applied in a first direction and including a switch having an switch actuator member responsive to a force applied thereto in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The switch assembly further comprises a transfer actuator having a force receiving portion facing the first direction and an end portion flexibly connected at a first end thereof to the force receiving portion and at a second end thereof bearing against a surface slidably in the second direction. A tab connected to the end portion and movable therewith is operably aligned with the switch actuator member. A force applied in the first direction to the force receiving portion of the transfer actuator is transferred to the second direction to operate the switch. This is accomplished by means of the transfer actuator having a shape that flattens out when a force is applied thereto from the first direction. It is this flattening out into the second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, which is utilized to operate the switch.
In a further aspect, there is provided a waterproof switch suitable for outdoor use having a housing having a flexible membrane forming a wall thereof, an electric switch located inside the housing and having leads connected thereto that extend from the inside to the outside of the housing, and a transfer actuator internal to the housing, adjacent to the membrane, and aligned to operate the electric switch.
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Kumar Chockalingam
Lang Harold K.
Scott J. R.
The Cherry Corporation
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