EP0365909A3 - Tumbler-actuated push button element - Google Patents

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EP0365909A3
EP0365909A3 EP19890118763 EP89118763A EP0365909A3 EP 0365909 A3 EP0365909 A3 EP 0365909A3 EP 19890118763 EP19890118763 EP 19890118763 EP 89118763 A EP89118763 A EP 89118763A EP 0365909 A3 EP0365909 A3 EP 0365909A3
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assembly
cam
contact
actuator
actuator assembly
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Adolf H. Martin
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H23/00—Tumbler or rocker switches, i.e. switches characterised by being operated by rocking an operating member in the form of a rocker button
    • H01H23/02—Details
    • H01H23/12—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon
    • H01H23/16—Driving mechanisms
    • H01H23/164—Driving mechanisms with rectilinearly movable member carrying the contacts

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  • Push-Button Switches (AREA)
  • Tumbler Switches (AREA)
  • Mechanisms For Operating Contacts (AREA)
  • Switches With Compound Operations (AREA)
  • Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)
  • Valve-Gear Or Valve Arrangements (AREA)
  • Valve Device For Special Equipments (AREA)

Abstract

An electric switch which translates a pivotable toggle motion to a rectilinear contact engaging and breaking movement, including an actuator assembly and a contact assembly which are clamped together during assembly with a face plate. The actuator assembly facilitates assembly by capturing a pivotable operating lever between a halo which adapts the actuator assembly to a face plate, and a halo adapter which adapts the actuator assembly to the contact assembly. The contact assembly includes a movable contact carrier to which a cam is fixed. The cam includes a recess which defines spaced lateral stops, and a cam surface which slopes axially inward between the spaced lateral stops, with the operating lever having a cam actuator end which enters the recess and rides on the cam surface.
EP89118763A 1988-10-26 1989-10-10 Tumbler-actuated push button element Expired - Lifetime EP0365909B1 (en)

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US262850 1988-10-26
US07/262,850 US4847458A (en) 1988-10-26 1988-10-26 Electric switch

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EP0365909A2 EP0365909A2 (en) 1990-05-02
EP0365909A3 true EP0365909A3 (en) 1991-09-04
EP0365909B1 EP0365909B1 (en) 1995-04-05

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US (1) US4847458A (en)
EP (1) EP0365909B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH02181324A (en)
AT (1) ATE120879T1 (en)
CA (1) CA2001604C (en)
DE (1) DE58909160D1 (en)
ES (1) ES2073420T3 (en)

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US8946576B2 (en) * 2012-11-19 2015-02-03 Pass & Seymour, Inc. Quiet electromechanical switch device

Citations (6)

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US2133545A (en) * 1936-06-11 1938-10-18 Cutler Hammer Inc Electric switch
US2366474A (en) * 1942-07-25 1945-01-02 Arrow Hart & Hegeman Electric Slow break electric switch
US3501599A (en) * 1968-12-19 1970-03-17 Molex Products Co Electrical slide switch with prewired terminals
DE1957118A1 (en) * 1968-11-13 1970-06-11 Co Ler Hammer World Trade Inc Toggle switch
US4400603A (en) * 1981-07-23 1983-08-23 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Electrical switch for alternating current
US4689456A (en) * 1986-04-30 1987-08-25 Adams Elevator Equipment Company Key switch having cooperable cams which translate rotary motion to rectilinear

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2133545A (en) * 1936-06-11 1938-10-18 Cutler Hammer Inc Electric switch
US2366474A (en) * 1942-07-25 1945-01-02 Arrow Hart & Hegeman Electric Slow break electric switch
DE1957118A1 (en) * 1968-11-13 1970-06-11 Co Ler Hammer World Trade Inc Toggle switch
US3501599A (en) * 1968-12-19 1970-03-17 Molex Products Co Electrical slide switch with prewired terminals
US4400603A (en) * 1981-07-23 1983-08-23 Westinghouse Electric Corp. Electrical switch for alternating current
US4689456A (en) * 1986-04-30 1987-08-25 Adams Elevator Equipment Company Key switch having cooperable cams which translate rotary motion to rectilinear

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CA2001604A1 (en) 1990-04-26
ATE120879T1 (en) 1995-04-15
CA2001604C (en) 2000-12-12
ES2073420T3 (en) 1995-08-16
EP0365909B1 (en) 1995-04-05
EP0365909A2 (en) 1990-05-02
DE58909160D1 (en) 1995-05-11
JPH02181324A (en) 1990-07-16
US4847458A (en) 1989-07-11

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