Electricity: circuit makers and breakers – Special application – Portable light
Patent
1975-09-05
1977-05-24
Scott, James R.
Electricity: circuit makers and breakers
Special application
Portable light
200 16R, 200 18, 200153L, 200153LA, 200295, H01H 1502, H01H 902, F21V 2304
Patent
active
040257436
ABSTRACT:
The switch includes a slide, mounted for movement along the housing between first, second and third positions, and carrying a depressable pushbutton. A flexible contact is movable by the pushbutton to a position wherein it is operatively connected to a fixed contact to complete the electrical circuit. The pushbutton and the flexible contact each have corresponding camming and non-camming surfaces thereon which respectively interact to move the flexible contact towards the fixed contact. The corresponding camming surfaces interact only as the slide is moved from the second to the third position. The corresponding non-camming surfaces interact only when aligned and the pushbutton is depressed. Since none of the surfaces operatively interact as the slide is moved from the first toward the second position, wearing of the interacting surfaces is substantially reduced.
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Bright Star Industries, Inc.
Scott James R.
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