EP1852880B1 - Electric device comprising a visual marking element - Google Patents

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EP1852880B1
EP1852880B1 EP20070290368 EP07290368A EP1852880B1 EP 1852880 B1 EP1852880 B1 EP 1852880B1 EP 20070290368 EP20070290368 EP 20070290368 EP 07290368 A EP07290368 A EP 07290368A EP 1852880 B1 EP1852880 B1 EP 1852880B1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H01H9/182—Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks

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  • the invention relates to the field of electrical equipment.
  • It relates more particularly to a modular electrical device intended to be mounted in an envelope, in particular for electrical power distribution purposes, such as a circuit breaker, a differential switch, a fuse holder.
  • These electrical appliances are of modular type insofar as they comprise two main faces oriented vertically when the electrical appliance is mounted and side faces extending from one to the other of the main faces, the width of these appliances, or the difference between their two main faces, being equal to a multiple of a normalized base width, known as the "module".
  • the rear side face of these electrical devices generally comprises a notch for mounting the device on a rail.
  • Such devices comprise on their front lateral face a visual identification member giving an indication of the nature or the state of the electrical apparatus via, for example, a color, an inscription or a pictogram.
  • the document FR 2 651 917 describes a device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the object of the invention is to improve this type of modular electrical appliance.
  • the invention is directed to a modular electrical apparatus intended to be mounted in an envelope and comprising two main faces and lateral faces extending from one to the other of the main faces, the rear lateral face comprising means retaining device in said casing and the front lateral face comprising a visual registration member, characterized in that it comprises a marker magazine comprising a plurality of visual markers adapted to be put in place in the visual identification member, the access to the mark store to select the visual cue to be visible in the visual cue member being made exclusively by the main faces of the electrical device.
  • This visual identification device can make it possible to inform the user, for example, on the state of an electrical circuit, the presence or absence of voltage in a circuit, a report of state, an alarm.
  • This visual repair member can also be bright.
  • Such an electrical apparatus may be configured at the time of installation to provide a particular visual locator.
  • each of the electrical devices can be adapted to present a specific visual identification member on its front lateral face.
  • one or more of these electrical devices can be mounted in a differentiated electrical panel at its visual location member and as the installation of each device. This differentiation is done by selecting for each a different visual register member chosen in the respective marker magazine. This differentiation is done before the assembly of the modular electrical device, when the main faces are still accessible.
  • the main faces are masked by other nearby electrical devices or by the envelope itself, another visual cue can then no longer be set up in the visual cue member.
  • the marker magazine is disposed on one of the main faces of the electrical apparatus.
  • the visual marker may include the marker magazine and further include means for selecting the visual marker to be visible in the visual marker.
  • the marker magazine comprises a plate bearing the visual references and arranged parallel to the front lateral face.
  • the fiducial magazine comprises a rotary barrel bearing the visual references
  • the visual marker comprises a window made in the front lateral face
  • the selection means comprise means for controlling the adapted rotary barrel. angularly orienting the rotary barrel so as to have vis-à-vis the window the visual cue to be visible in the visual register member.
  • the invention relates to an electrical installation comprising an electrical apparatus as described above, the main faces of which are out of reach.
  • This installation may comprise at least two of said electrical devices arranged against each other so that a main face of each electrical device is out of reach.
  • the installation may also include an envelope in which the electrical apparatus is held, this envelope preventing access to the main faces.
  • the Figures 1 and 2 relate to a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the modular electrical appliance 1 of the figure 1 has two main faces 2, 3 and a rear side face 4 provided with a notch 5 for mounting on a standard rail (not shown) and a front side face 6 provided with a visual registration member 7.
  • the visual identification member 7 comprises a light source 8, such as a light-emitting diode, vis-à-vis a visual cue 9 which is here formed by a transparent colored pellet adapted to filter the light emitted by the light source 8 to give it a predetermined color.
  • a light source 8 such as a light-emitting diode
  • a visual cue 9 which is here formed by a transparent colored pellet adapted to filter the light emitted by the light source 8 to give it a predetermined color.
  • the visual identification member 7 is therefore, in the present example, a light indicator whose color is determined by the visual cue 9.
  • the visual cue 9 is clipped on the visual registration member 7 by means of clipping teeth 10 at a housing forming a clipping means of the visual cue member.
  • the visual registration member also comprises a notch 11 made in one of the main faces 2 and allowing the blade of a screwdriver 12 to be inserted (see FIG. figure 2 ) to unclip the visual cue 9.
  • the electrical apparatus 1 also comprises a marker magazine which is here formed of a recess 13 made in one of the main faces 2 and comprising four housings 14 adapted to each receive by clipping a visual cue 9 'identical to the visual cue 9 in place in the visual locator 7.
  • Each of the visual cues 9 ' has a color or pattern different from the visual cue 9.
  • the marker magazine further comprises four housings 14 each cooperating with a notch 15 forming an oblique surface between the edges of the recess 13 and the housing 14 corresponding. Each of these notches 15 allows to unclip housing 14 the visual reference 9 'corresponding with the blade of a screwdriver.
  • the visual registration member 7 is first configured. If the visual cue 9 in place in the visual cue 7 is not the desired mark, the mark 9 is unclipped through the blade of a screwdriver 12 inserted in the notch 11 while the visual cue 9 ' desired is selected in the marker magazine 13 and is also unclipped using the blade of a screwdriver inserted in the corresponding notch 15.
  • the visual cues 9 and 9 ' are then inverted, the desired visual cue 9' being clipped into the housing of the visual cue unit 7.
  • the electrical apparatus 1 is mounted on its normalized rail so that its main faces 2, 3 are no longer accessible to the user because of its juxtaposition with other side faces of neighboring devices. mounted on the same rail and / or through the envelope in which the electrical apparatus 1 is mounted.
  • the electrical apparatus 1 being mounted, the configuration of the visual registration member 7 can no longer be changed.
  • the reference magazine 13 of each allows to select different visual references 9 'for the configuration of their respective visual registration member 7 and therefore of finally dispose of a row of differentiated electrical appliances.
  • the Figures 3 to 5D relate to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • the electrical apparatus 16 comprises, in a similar manner to the previous embodiment, two main faces 17, 18 and a rear side face 19 provided with a notch 20 for mounting on a standard rail (not shown) as well as a front lateral face 21.
  • This lateral face 21 is disposed on a lid 22 which can be clipped onto the rest of the electrical apparatus 16 via elastic tabs 23.
  • the cover 22 is shown separated from the rest of the electrical apparatus 16.
  • the visual registration member 22 'of this electrical apparatus 16 comprises two windows 24 formed in the cover 22 and two light sources 25 arranged on the rest of the electrical apparatus 16, vis-à-vis windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.
  • One and / or the other side faces 17, 18 of the electrical apparatus 16 comprise notches 23 'for unclipping the elastic tabs 23 with the blade of a screwdriver.
  • the marker magazine here consists of a plate 26 bearing visual markers 27 and a tab 28 protruding from the cover 22 between the windows 24.
  • the plate 26 has four lateral notches 29 each adapted to cooperate with the tongue 28.
  • the figure 4 shows the plate 26 mounted in the cover 22.
  • Each of the visual references 27 is adapted, when arranged between a light source 25 and a window 24, to filter the light from the light source 25 according to for example a color, a pattern, a pictogram predefined. These filtering properties different from the visual references 27 are materialized in the figures by the marks 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 27E, 27F, 27G, 27H.
  • the tongue 28 cooperates with one of the notches 29 so that the visual references 27C and 27G are arranged in front of the windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.
  • This configuration can be changed by moving the wafer 26 so that the tongue 28 cooperates with another notch 29. From the configuration of the figure 4 , the plate 26 can be moved so that the tongue 28 cooperates with the notch 29 immediately adjacent so that the visual references 27A and 27E are in turn arranged between the light sources 25 and the windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.
  • the wafer 26 can be turned by half a turn about an axis perpendicular to the cover 22 so that the tongue 28 cooperates with one or the other of the notches 29 opposite so as to activate respectively the pins 27B and 27F on the one hand or the marks 27D and 27H on the other hand.
  • the Figures 5A to 5B each represent one of four configurations of the visual registration member 22 'corresponding to the cooperation of the tongue 28 with each of the notches 29.
  • the appearance of the visual registration member 22 ' can be modified to take one of four configurations of FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C or 5D by unclipping the cover 22 while the electrical apparatus 16 is not yet mounted on its rail so as to have access to the notches 23 '.
  • the wafer 26 is then positioned in the cover 22 relative to the tongue 28 so as to occupy the position corresponding to the configuration chosen for the visual registration member 22 ', then the cover 22 is again clipped onto the electrical appliance 16 who is then mounted on his rail.
  • the electrical apparatus adjacent to the electrical apparatus 16 on the rail or the envelope in which the electrical apparatus 16 is mounted prevents access to the main faces 17, 18 and therefore prohibits the modification of the configuration of the organ visual identification 22 'when the electrical apparatus 16 is mounted on its rail.
  • the figure 6 represents in perspective an alternative embodiment of the assembly formed by the cover 22 and the wafer 26.
  • the cover 22 ' has lateral grooves 30.
  • the plate 26 ' here comprises two lateral tabs 31.
  • the plate 26' is mounted in the cover 22 'so as to cooperate with the lateral grooves 30 and so that the lateral tabs 31 cooperate with openings 32 formed in the lateral grooves 30
  • This montage of the plate 26 'in the cover 22' allows these two parts a relative movement in the two directions of translation 33 and 34.
  • the lateral tabs 31 are accessible only by the main faces and allow, without removing the cover 22', to modify the configuration of the visual identification.
  • the Figures 7 to 10 relate to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • the electric apparatus 35 shown in perspective at the figure 7 comprises, as before, two main faces 36, 37, a rear lateral face 38 and a front lateral face 39.
  • the front lateral face 39 comprises a visual identification member 40 having a window 41 vis-à-vis which is disposed a visual cue 42.
  • the cup of the figure 8 shows the internal arrangement of a reference magazine constituted by a cylinder 43 carrying four different visual references 42, 42 '.
  • a light source 44 is fixed to the center of the barrel 43 and is adapted to illuminate the window 41 through the visual cue 42 so that the visual registration member 40 forms a light indicator whose visual characteristics are determined by the visual cue 42 located opposite the window 41.
  • the electrical apparatus 35 also comprises, on one of its main faces 36, a control pin 45 for the barrel 43.
  • the control spindle 45 comprises a slotted head which makes it possible to drive it in rotation to the using a screwdriver, which causes the barrel 43 rotating to replace the visual cue 42 by another visual cue 42 'of the barrel 43.
  • the Figures 9 and 10 relate to two different embodiments of the barrel 43.
  • the barrel 43 ' is formed in one piece by a cylinder 46 of transparent material provided with four angular wedges 47 (only two shims 47 are visible in the partial view of the figure 9 ).
  • the visual references 42, 42 ' are in the form of transparent films each having, for example, a different predetermined color or pattern. These films are advantageously made of flexible material and are wedged against the cylinder 46 by means of the angular wedges 47.
  • the barrel 43 is directly made by the assembly of transparent rigid visual markers 42 and each having, for example, a different color or pattern.
  • the visual markers 42, 42 ' are connected to form a cylinder by means of link 48.
  • the control spindle 45 thus makes it possible, with the aid of a screwdriver, to rotate the barrel 43 in order to make the visual markers 42, 42 'pass in front of the window 41 until the desired visual reference is arranged. vis-à-vis this window 41.
  • This configuration of the visual registration member 40 is possible only when the electrical device 35 is not mounted in its envelope, which allows access to the face main 36 for manipulating the control pin 45.
  • the barrel 43 of the embodiment relating to Figures 7 to 10 can only be formed of an angular portion of a cylinder (and would then be represented by an arc on the profile view of the figure 8 ), this barrel then having a useful rotation angle of less than 360 °, for example of 180 ° only.
  • the visual registration member may be devoid of light source.

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DOMAINE DE L'INVENTIONFIELD OF THE INVENTION

L'invention concerne le domaine de l'appareillage électrique.The invention relates to the field of electrical equipment.

Elle concerne plus particulièrement un appareil électrique modulaire destiné à être monté dans une enveloppe, notamment à des fins de distribution de courant électrique, tel qu'un disjoncteur, un interrupteur différentiel, un porte-fusible.It relates more particularly to a modular electrical device intended to be mounted in an envelope, in particular for electrical power distribution purposes, such as a circuit breaker, a differential switch, a fuse holder.

Ces appareils électriques sont de type modulaire dans la mesure où ils comportent deux faces principales orientées verticalement lorsque l'appareil électrique est monté et des faces latérales s'étendant de l'une à l'autre des faces principales, la largeur de ces appareils, soit l'écart entre leurs deux faces principales, étant égale à un multiple d'une largeur de base normalisée, connue sous le nom de « module ».These electrical appliances are of modular type insofar as they comprise two main faces oriented vertically when the electrical appliance is mounted and side faces extending from one to the other of the main faces, the width of these appliances, or the difference between their two main faces, being equal to a multiple of a normalized base width, known as the "module".

La face latérale arrière de ces appareils électriques comporte généralement une échancrure servant au montage de l'appareil sur un rail.The rear side face of these electrical devices generally comprises a notch for mounting the device on a rail.

ARRIERE PLAN TECHNOLOGIQUEBACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY

On connaît de tels appareils qui comportent sur leur face latérale avant un organe de repérage visuel donnant une indication sur la nature ou sur l'état de l'appareil électrique par l'intermédiaire, par exemple, d'une couleur, d'une inscription ou d'un pictogramme.Such devices are known which comprise on their front lateral face a visual identification member giving an indication of the nature or the state of the electrical apparatus via, for example, a color, an inscription or a pictogram.

Le document FR 2 651 917 décrit un dispositif selon le préambule de la revendication 1.The document FR 2 651 917 describes a device according to the preamble of claim 1.

OBJET DE L'INVENTIONOBJECT OF THE INVENTION

Le but de l'invention est d'améliorer ce type d'appareil électrique modulaire.The object of the invention is to improve this type of modular electrical appliance.

A cet effet, l'invention vise un appareil électrique modulaire destiné à être monté dans une enveloppe et comportant deux faces principales et des faces latérales s'étendant de l'une à l'autre des faces principales, la face latérale arrière comportant des moyens de maintien dans ladite enveloppe et la face latérale avant comportant un organe de repérage visuel, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un magasin de repères comportant une pluralité de repères visuels adaptés à être mis en place dans l'organe de repérage visuel, l'accès au magasin de repères pour sélectionner le repère visuel à rendre visible dans l'organe de repérage visuel se faisant exclusivement par les faces principales de l'appareil électrique.For this purpose, the invention is directed to a modular electrical apparatus intended to be mounted in an envelope and comprising two main faces and lateral faces extending from one to the other of the main faces, the rear lateral face comprising means retaining device in said casing and the front lateral face comprising a visual registration member, characterized in that it comprises a marker magazine comprising a plurality of visual markers adapted to be put in place in the visual identification member, the access to the mark store to select the visual cue to be visible in the visual cue member being made exclusively by the main faces of the electrical device.

Cet organe de repérage visuel peut permettre de renseigner l'utilisateur, par exemple, sur l'état d'un circuit électrique, la présence ou pas de tension dans un circuit, un report d'état, une alarme. Cet organe de réparage visuel peut également être lumineux.This visual identification device can make it possible to inform the user, for example, on the state of an electrical circuit, the presence or absence of voltage in a circuit, a report of state, an alarm. This visual repair member can also be bright.

Un tel appareil électrique peut être configuré au moment de l'installation pour disposer d'un organe de repérage visuel particulier.Such an electrical apparatus may be configured at the time of installation to provide a particular visual locator.

Un tel appareil électrique peut donc être commandé en plusieurs exemplaires identiques, étant entendu que chacun des appareils électriques pourra être adapté pour présenter un organe de repérage visuel spécifique sur sa face latérale avant.Such an electrical apparatus can therefore be controlled in several identical copies, it being understood that each of the electrical devices can be adapted to present a specific visual identification member on its front lateral face.

Il n'est donc pas nécessaire de stocker plusieurs références d'appareils électriques comportant chacun un organe de repérage visuel différent. En effet, un ou plusieurs de ces appareils électriques peuvent être montés dans un tableau électrique différencié au niveau de son organe de repérage visuel et ce au fur et à mesure de l'installation de chaque appareil. Cette différenciation se fait en sélectionnant pour chacun un organe de repérage visuel différent choisi dans le magasin de repères respectif. Cette différenciation se fait donc avant le montage de l'appareil électrique modulaire, lorsque les faces principales sont encore accessibles.It is therefore not necessary to store several references of electrical devices each having a different visual register member. Indeed, one or more of these electrical devices can be mounted in a differentiated electrical panel at its visual location member and as the installation of each device. This differentiation is done by selecting for each a different visual register member chosen in the respective marker magazine. This differentiation is done before the assembly of the modular electrical device, when the main faces are still accessible.

Une fois l'appareil électrique monté, les faces principales sont masquées par d'autres appareils électriques voisins ou par l'enveloppe elle-même, un autre repère visuel ne pouvant alors plus être mis en place dans l'organe de repérage visuel.Once the electrical device mounted, the main faces are masked by other nearby electrical devices or by the envelope itself, another visual cue can then no longer be set up in the visual cue member.

Selon un mode de réalisation, le magasin de repères est disposé sur l'une des faces principales de l'appareil électrique.According to one embodiment, the marker magazine is disposed on one of the main faces of the electrical apparatus.

Selon des caractéristiques préférées :

  • le magasin de repères comporte un logement pratiqué dans l'une des faces principales ;
  • le magasin de repères comporte des moyens de clipsage pour les repères visuels ;
  • le magasin de repères comporte une rampe de déclipsage associée aux moyens de clipsage pour les repères visuels ;
  • l'organe de repérage visuel comporte un logement formant un moyen de clipsage pour les repères visuels ;
  • l'appareil électrique comporte une source lumineuse disposée dans l'organe de repérage visuel et en vis-à-vis du logement formant un moyen de clipsage pour les repères visuels.
According to preferred characteristics:
  • the landmark magazine has a housing on one of the main faces;
  • the marker magazine has clipping means for visual markers;
  • the marker magazine has an unclip ramp associated with the clipping means for the visual references;
  • the visual marker comprises a housing forming a clipping means for the visual references;
  • the electrical apparatus comprises a light source disposed in the visual identification member and vis-à-vis the housing forming a clipping means for the visual cues.

L'organe de repérage visuel peut inclure le magasin de repères et comporter en outre des moyens de sélection du repère visuel à rendre visible dans l'organe de repérage visuel.The visual marker may include the marker magazine and further include means for selecting the visual marker to be visible in the visual marker.

Selon un mode de réalisation, le magasin de repères comporte une plaquette portant les repères visuels et disposée parallèlement à la face latérale avant.According to one embodiment, the marker magazine comprises a plate bearing the visual references and arranged parallel to the front lateral face.

Selon des caractéristiques préférées :

  • les moyens de sélection comportent une languette solidaire de l'organe de repérage visuel et des encoches pratiquées dans la plaquette ;
  • l'organe de repérage visuel comporte un couvercle muni d'une fenêtre, la plaquette étant montée dans le couvercle ;
  • la plaquette est montée mobile en translation dans le couvercle :
  • les moyens de sélection comportent une patte de commande saillante de la plaquette et adaptée à commander la translation de la plaquette par rapport au couvercle, cette patte de commande étant accessible exclusivement par une face principale de l'appareil électrique.
According to preferred characteristics:
  • the selection means comprise a tab secured to the visual registration member and notches formed in the wafer;
  • the visual registration member comprises a cover provided with a window, the plate being mounted in the cover;
  • the plate is movably mounted in translation in the lid:
  • the selection means comprise a control lug protruding from the wafer and adapted to control the translation of the wafer relative to the cover, this control lug being accessible exclusively by a main face of the electrical apparatus.

Selon un mode de réalisation, le magasin de repères comporte un barillet rotatif portant les repères visuels, et l'organe de repérage visuel comporte une fenêtre pratiquée dans la face latérale avant, et les moyens de sélection comportent des moyens de commande du barillet rotatif adaptés à orienter angulairement le barillet rotatif de sorte à disposer en vis-à-vis de la fenêtre le repère visuel à rendre visible dans l'organe de repérage visuel.According to one embodiment, the fiducial magazine comprises a rotary barrel bearing the visual references, and the visual marker comprises a window made in the front lateral face, and the selection means comprise means for controlling the adapted rotary barrel. angularly orienting the rotary barrel so as to have vis-à-vis the window the visual cue to be visible in the visual register member.

Selon des caractéristiques préférées :

  • le barillet rotatif comporte un cylindre monté tournant autour de son axe longitudinal ;
  • ledit cylindre est transparent et muni sur sa surface interne de cales angulaires adaptées à maintenir les repères visuels entre elles ;
  • ledit cylindre est formé de l'assemblage des repères visuels grâce à des rails de liaison ;
  • l'organe de repérage visuel comporte en outre une source lumineuse disposée sur l'axe de rotation du cylindre ;
  • les moyens de commande du barillet rotatif comportent un organe de manoeuvre rotatif muni d'une tête manoeuvrable exclusivement depuis une face principale.
According to preferred characteristics:
  • the rotary barrel comprises a cylinder mounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis;
  • said cylinder is transparent and provided on its inner surface with angular wedges adapted to maintain the visual references between them;
  • said cylinder is formed of the assembly of visual cues through connecting rails;
  • the visual marker member further comprises a light source disposed on the axis of rotation of the cylinder;
  • the control means of the rotary barrel comprise a rotary actuator provided with a head operable exclusively from a main face.

Selon un autre objet, l'invention vise une installation électrique comportant un appareil électrique tel que décrit ci-dessus, dont les faces principales sont hors d'accès.According to another object, the invention relates to an electrical installation comprising an electrical apparatus as described above, the main faces of which are out of reach.

Cette installation peut comporter au moins deux desdits appareils électriques disposés l'un contre l'autre de sorte qu'une face principale de chaque appareil électrique soit hors d'accès.This installation may comprise at least two of said electrical devices arranged against each other so that a main face of each electrical device is out of reach.

L'installation peut également comporter une enveloppe dans laquelle est maintenu l'appareil électrique, cette enveloppe empêchant l'accès aux faces principales.The installation may also include an envelope in which the electrical apparatus is held, this envelope preventing access to the main faces.

BREVE DESCRIPTION DES DESSINSBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaissent à la lumière de la description qui va suivre d'un mode de réalisation préféré donné à titre d'exemple non limitatif, description faite en référence aux dessins annexés dans lesquels :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective d'un appareil électrique selon un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue partielle de côté de l'appareil électrique de la figure 1 montrant de profil l'organe de repérage visuel ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective éclatée d'un appareil électrique selon un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 4 représente l'un des composants de l'appareil électrique de la figure 3 ;
  • les figures 5A à 5D représentent chacune l'organe de repérage visuel de l'appareil électrique de la figure 3 dans une configuration particulière ;
  • la figure 6 représente en perspective l'un des composants de l'appareil de la figure 3 selon une variante de ce deuxième mode de réalisation ;
  • la figure 7 est une vue en perspective d'un appareil électrique selon un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention ;
  • la figure 8 est une vue partielle de côté en coupe de l'appareil de la figure 7 ;
  • la figure 9 est une vue de détail partielle du magasin de repères de l'appareil de la figure 7 ; et
  • la figure 10 est une vue similaire à la figure 9 et représente une variante de réalisation du magasin de repères de l'appareil électrique selon ce troisième mode de réalisation.
Other features and advantages of the invention appear in the light of the description which follows of a preferred embodiment given by way of non-limiting example, description made with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
  • the figure 1 is a perspective view of an electrical apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention;
  • the figure 2 is a partial side view of the electrical appliance of the figure 1 showing in profile the visual locator;
  • the figure 3 is an exploded perspective view of an electrical apparatus according to a second embodiment of the invention;
  • the figure 4 represents one of the components of the electrical apparatus of the figure 3 ;
  • the Figures 5A to 5D each represent the visual identification device of the electrical apparatus of the figure 3 in a particular configuration;
  • the figure 6 represents in perspective one of the components of the apparatus of the figure 3 according to a variant of this second embodiment;
  • the figure 7 is a perspective view of an electrical apparatus according to a third embodiment of the invention;
  • the figure 8 is a partial side sectional view of the device of the figure 7 ;
  • the figure 9 is a partial detail view of the device benchmark magazine the figure 7 ; and
  • the figure 10 is a view similar to the figure 9 and represents an alternative embodiment of the benchmark magazine of the electrical apparatus according to this third embodiment.

DESCRIPTION DETAILLEE D'UN EXEMPLE DE REALISATIONDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF AN EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT

Les figures 1 et 2 sont relatives à un premier mode de réalisation de l'invention.The Figures 1 and 2 relate to a first embodiment of the invention.

L'appareil électrique modulaire 1 de la figure 1 comporte deux faces principales 2, 3 ainsi qu'une face latérale arrière 4 munie d'une échancrure 5 pour son montage sur un rail normalisé (non représenté) et une face latérale avant 6 munie d'un organe de repérage visuel 7.The modular electrical appliance 1 of the figure 1 has two main faces 2, 3 and a rear side face 4 provided with a notch 5 for mounting on a standard rail (not shown) and a front side face 6 provided with a visual registration member 7.

En référence à la figure 2, l'organe de repérage visuel 7 comporte une source lumineuse 8, telle qu'une diode électroluminescente, en vis-à-vis d'un repère visuel 9 qui est ici formé d'une pastille colorée transparente adaptée à filtrer la lumière émise par la source lumineuse 8 pour lui donner une couleur prédéterminée.With reference to the figure 2 , the visual identification member 7 comprises a light source 8, such as a light-emitting diode, vis-à-vis a visual cue 9 which is here formed by a transparent colored pellet adapted to filter the light emitted by the light source 8 to give it a predetermined color.

L'organe de repérage visuel 7 est donc, dans le présent exemple, un voyant lumineux dont la couleur est déterminée par le repère visuel 9.The visual identification member 7 is therefore, in the present example, a light indicator whose color is determined by the visual cue 9.

Le repère visuel 9 est clipsé sur l'organe de repérage visuel 7 par l'intermédiaire de dents de clipsage 10 au niveau d'un logement formant un moyen de clipsage de l'organe de repérage visuel.The visual cue 9 is clipped on the visual registration member 7 by means of clipping teeth 10 at a housing forming a clipping means of the visual cue member.

L'organe de repérage visuel comporte également une entaille 11 pratiquée dans l'une des faces principales 2 et permettant d'y insérer la lame d'un tournevis 12 (voir figure 2) pour déclipser le repère visuel 9.The visual registration member also comprises a notch 11 made in one of the main faces 2 and allowing the blade of a screwdriver 12 to be inserted (see FIG. figure 2 ) to unclip the visual cue 9.

L'appareil électrique 1 comporte également un magasin de repères qui est ici formé d'un évidement 13 pratiqué dans l'une des faces principales 2 et comportant quatre logements 14 adaptés à recevoir chacun par clipsage un repère visuel 9' identique au repère visuel 9 en place dans l'organe de repérage visuel 7.The electrical apparatus 1 also comprises a marker magazine which is here formed of a recess 13 made in one of the main faces 2 and comprising four housings 14 adapted to each receive by clipping a visual cue 9 'identical to the visual cue 9 in place in the visual locator 7.

Chacun des repères visuels 9' présente une couleur ou un motif différent du repère visuel 9.Each of the visual cues 9 'has a color or pattern different from the visual cue 9.

Le magasin de repères comporte de plus quatre logements 14 coopérant chacun avec une encoche 15 formant une surface oblique entre les bords de l'évidement 13 et le logement 14 correspondant. Chacune de ces encoches 15 permet de déclipser du logement 14 le repère visuel 9' correspondant à l'aide de la lame d'un tournevis.The marker magazine further comprises four housings 14 each cooperating with a notch 15 forming an oblique surface between the edges of the recess 13 and the housing 14 corresponding. Each of these notches 15 allows to unclip housing 14 the visual reference 9 'corresponding with the blade of a screwdriver.

L'installation d'un tel appareil électrique 1 se déroule de la manière indiquée ci-après.The installation of such an electrical appliance 1 takes place as indicated below.

Alors que l'appareil électrique 1 n'est pas encore monté sur son rail normalisé, l'organe de repérage visuel 7 est tout d'abord configuré. Si le repère visuel 9 en place dans l'organe de repérage visuel 7 n'est pas le repère voulu, le repère 9 est déclipsé grâce à la lame d'un tournevis 12 insérée dans l'entaille 11 tandis que le repère visuel 9' désiré est sélectionné dans le magasin de repère 13 et est également déclipsé à l'aide de la lame d'un tournevis insérée dans l'encoche 15 correspondante.While the electrical apparatus 1 is not yet mounted on its standard rail, the visual registration member 7 is first configured. If the visual cue 9 in place in the visual cue 7 is not the desired mark, the mark 9 is unclipped through the blade of a screwdriver 12 inserted in the notch 11 while the visual cue 9 ' desired is selected in the marker magazine 13 and is also unclipped using the blade of a screwdriver inserted in the corresponding notch 15.

Les repères visuels 9 et 9' sont ensuite intervertis, le repère visuel 9' désiré étant clipsé dans le logement de l'organe de repérage visuel 7.The visual cues 9 and 9 'are then inverted, the desired visual cue 9' being clipped into the housing of the visual cue unit 7.

Une fois cette étape de configuration effectuée, l'appareil électrique 1 est monté sur son rail normalisé de manière que ses faces principales 2, 3 ne soient plus accessibles à l'utilisateur en raison de sa juxtaposition avec d'autres faces latérales des appareils voisins montés sur le même rail et/ou grâce à l'enveloppe dans laquelle l'appareil électrique 1 est monté.Once this configuration step is performed, the electrical apparatus 1 is mounted on its normalized rail so that its main faces 2, 3 are no longer accessible to the user because of its juxtaposition with other side faces of neighboring devices. mounted on the same rail and / or through the envelope in which the electrical apparatus 1 is mounted.

L'appareil électrique 1 étant monté, la configuration de l'organe de repérage visuel 7 ne peut alors plus être modifiée.The electrical apparatus 1 being mounted, the configuration of the visual registration member 7 can no longer be changed.

Si plusieurs de ces appareils électriques 1 sont destinés à être montés côte à côte sur le même rail, le magasin de repères 13 de chacun permet de sélectionner des repères visuels 9' différents pour la configuration de leur organe de repérage visuel 7 respectif et donc de disposer au final d'une rangée d'appareils électriques différenciés.If several of these electrical devices 1 are intended to be mounted side by side on the same rail, the reference magazine 13 of each allows to select different visual references 9 'for the configuration of their respective visual registration member 7 and therefore of finally dispose of a row of differentiated electrical appliances.

Pour reconfigurer l'organe de repérage visuel 7, il est nécessaire de démonter l'appareil électrique 1 de son rail.To reconfigure the visual registration member 7, it is necessary to disassemble the electrical device 1 of its rail.

Les figures 3 à 5D sont relatives à un deuxième mode de réalisation de l'invention.The Figures 3 to 5D relate to a second embodiment of the invention.

En référence à la figure 3, l'appareil électrique 16 comporte, de manière similaire au mode de réalisation précédent, deux faces principales 17, 18 ainsi qu'une face latérale arrière 19 munie d'une échancrure 20 pour son montage sur un rail normalisé (non représenté) ainsi qu'une face latérale avant 21. Cette face latérale 21 est disposée sur un couvercle 22 clipsable sur le reste de l'appareil électrique 16 par l'intermédiaire de pattes élastiques 23. Sur cette figure 3, le couvercle 22 est représenté séparé du reste de l'appareil électrique 16. L'organe de repérage visuel 22' de cet appareil électrique 16 comporte deux fenêtres 24 pratiquées dans le couvercle 22 ainsi que deux sources lumineuses 25 disposées sur le reste de l'appareil électrique 16, en vis-à-vis des fenêtres 24 lorsque le couvercle 22 est en place.With reference to the figure 3 , the electrical apparatus 16 comprises, in a similar manner to the previous embodiment, two main faces 17, 18 and a rear side face 19 provided with a notch 20 for mounting on a standard rail (not shown) as well as a front lateral face 21. This lateral face 21 is disposed on a lid 22 which can be clipped onto the rest of the electrical apparatus 16 via elastic tabs 23. On this figure 3 , the cover 22 is shown separated from the rest of the electrical apparatus 16. The visual registration member 22 'of this electrical apparatus 16 comprises two windows 24 formed in the cover 22 and two light sources 25 arranged on the rest of the electrical apparatus 16, vis-à-vis windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.

L'une et/ou l'autre des faces latérales 17, 18 de l'appareil électrique 16 comportent des entailles 23' permettant de déclipser les pattes élastiques 23 à l'aide de la lame d'un tournevis.One and / or the other side faces 17, 18 of the electrical apparatus 16 comprise notches 23 'for unclipping the elastic tabs 23 with the blade of a screwdriver.

Le magasin de repères est ici constitué d'une plaquette 26 portant des repères visuels 27 et d'une languette 28 saillante du couvercle 22 entre les fenêtres 24. La plaquette 26 comporte quatre encoches latérales 29 adaptées chacune à coopérer avec la languette 28.The marker magazine here consists of a plate 26 bearing visual markers 27 and a tab 28 protruding from the cover 22 between the windows 24. The plate 26 has four lateral notches 29 each adapted to cooperate with the tongue 28.

La figure 4 montre la plaquette 26 montée dans le couvercle 22.The figure 4 shows the plate 26 mounted in the cover 22.

Chacun des repères visuels 27 est adapté, lorsqu'il est disposé entre une source lumineuse 25 et une fenêtre 24, à filtrer la lumière issue de la source lumineuse 25 selon par exemple une couleur, un motif, un pictogramme prédéfini. Ces propriétés de filtrage différentes des repères visuels 27 sont matérialisées sur les figures par les repères 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 27E, 27F, 27G, 27H.Each of the visual references 27 is adapted, when arranged between a light source 25 and a window 24, to filter the light from the light source 25 according to for example a color, a pattern, a pictogram predefined. These filtering properties different from the visual references 27 are materialized in the figures by the marks 27A, 27B, 27C, 27D, 27E, 27F, 27G, 27H.

Sur le montage de la figure 4, la languette 28 coopère avec l'une des encoches 29 de telle sorte que les repères visuels 27C et 27G soient disposés en face des fenêtres 24 lorsque le couvercle 22 est en place.On the assembly of the figure 4 , the tongue 28 cooperates with one of the notches 29 so that the visual references 27C and 27G are arranged in front of the windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.

Cette configuration peut être changée en déplaçant la plaquette 26 de sorte que la languette 28 coopère avec une autre encoche 29. A partir de la configuration de la figure 4, la plaquette 26 peut être déplacée pour que la languette 28 coopère avec l'encoche 29 immédiatement voisine de sorte que les repères visuels 27A et 27E soient à leur tour disposés entre les sources lumineuses 25 et les fenêtres 24 lorsque le couvercle 22 est en place.This configuration can be changed by moving the wafer 26 so that the tongue 28 cooperates with another notch 29. From the configuration of the figure 4 , the plate 26 can be moved so that the tongue 28 cooperates with the notch 29 immediately adjacent so that the visual references 27A and 27E are in turn arranged between the light sources 25 and the windows 24 when the cover 22 is in place.

De même, la plaquette 26 peut être retournée d'un demi-tour autour d'un axe perpendiculaire au couvercle 22 de manière que la languette 28 coopère avec l'une ou l'autre des encoches 29 opposées de manière à activer respectivement les repères visuels 27B et 27F d'une part ou les repères 27D et 27H d'autre part.Similarly, the wafer 26 can be turned by half a turn about an axis perpendicular to the cover 22 so that the tongue 28 cooperates with one or the other of the notches 29 opposite so as to activate respectively the pins 27B and 27F on the one hand or the marks 27D and 27H on the other hand.

Les figures 5A à 5B représentent chacune l'une des quatre configurations de l'organe de repérage visuel 22' correspondant à la coopération de la languette 28 avec chacune des encoches 29.The Figures 5A to 5B each represent one of four configurations of the visual registration member 22 'corresponding to the cooperation of the tongue 28 with each of the notches 29.

De même que pour le mode de réalisation précédent, l'apparence de l'organe de repérage visuel 22' peut être modifiée pour prendre l'une des quatre configurations des figures 5A, 5B, 5C ou 5D en déclipsant le couvercle 22 alors que l'appareil électrique 16 n'est pas encore monté sur son rail de manière à avoir accès aux entailles 23'.As for the previous embodiment, the appearance of the visual registration member 22 'can be modified to take one of four configurations of FIGS. 5A, 5B, 5C or 5D by unclipping the cover 22 while the electrical apparatus 16 is not yet mounted on its rail so as to have access to the notches 23 '.

La plaquette 26 est ensuite positionnée dans le couvercle 22 relativement à la languette 28 de manière à occuper la position correspondant à la configuration choisie pour l'organe de repérage visuel 22', puis le couvercle 22 est à nouveau clipsé sur l'appareil électrique 16 qui est ensuite monté sur son rail.The wafer 26 is then positioned in the cover 22 relative to the tongue 28 so as to occupy the position corresponding to the configuration chosen for the visual registration member 22 ', then the cover 22 is again clipped onto the electrical appliance 16 who is then mounted on his rail.

Ici encore, les appareils électriques voisins de l'appareil électrique 16 sur le rail ou l'enveloppe dans laquelle l'appareil électrique 16 est monté empêchent l'accès aux faces principales 17, 18 et interdisent donc de modifier la configuration de l'organe de repérage visuel 22' lorsque l'appareil électrique 16 est monté sur son rail.Here again, the electrical apparatus adjacent to the electrical apparatus 16 on the rail or the envelope in which the electrical apparatus 16 is mounted prevents access to the main faces 17, 18 and therefore prohibits the modification of the configuration of the organ visual identification 22 'when the electrical apparatus 16 is mounted on its rail.

La figure 6 représente en perspective une variante de réalisation de l'ensemble formé par le couvercle 22 et la plaquette 26. Selon cette variante, le couvercle 22' comporte des rainures latérales 30.The figure 6 represents in perspective an alternative embodiment of the assembly formed by the cover 22 and the wafer 26. According to this variant, the cover 22 'has lateral grooves 30.

La plaquette 26' comporte ici deux pattes latérales 31. La plaquette 26' est montée dans le couvercle 22' de manière à coopérer avec les rainures latérales 30 et de manière que les pattes latérales 31 coopèrent avec des ouvertures 32 pratiquées dans les rainures latérales 30. Ce montage de la plaquette 26' dans le couvercle 22' permet à ces deux pièces un mouvement relatif selon les deux directions de translation 33 et 34.The plate 26 'here comprises two lateral tabs 31. The plate 26' is mounted in the cover 22 'so as to cooperate with the lateral grooves 30 and so that the lateral tabs 31 cooperate with openings 32 formed in the lateral grooves 30 This montage of the plate 26 'in the cover 22' allows these two parts a relative movement in the two directions of translation 33 and 34.

Selon cette variante, lorsque le couvercle 22' est monté sur le reste de l'appareil électrique, les pattes latérales 31 sont accessibles uniquement par les faces principales et permettent, sans démonter le couvercle 22', de modifier la configuration de l'organe de repérage visuel.According to this variant, when the cover 22 'is mounted on the rest of the electrical apparatus, the lateral tabs 31 are accessible only by the main faces and allow, without removing the cover 22', to modify the configuration of the visual identification.

Les figures 7 à 10 sont relatives à un troisième mode de réalisation de l'invention.The Figures 7 to 10 relate to a third embodiment of the invention.

L'appareil électrique 35 montré en perspective à la figure 7 comporte, comme précédemment, deux faces principales 36, 37, une face latérale arrière 38 et une face latérale avant 39.The electric apparatus 35 shown in perspective at the figure 7 comprises, as before, two main faces 36, 37, a rear lateral face 38 and a front lateral face 39.

La face latérale avant 39 comporte un organe de repérage visuel 40 présentant une fenêtre 41 en vis-à-vis de laquelle est disposé un repère visuel 42.The front lateral face 39 comprises a visual identification member 40 having a window 41 vis-à-vis which is disposed a visual cue 42.

La coupe de la figure 8 montre l'agencement interne d'un magasin de repères constitué ici d'un barillet 43 portant quatre repères visuels 42, 42' différents.The cup of the figure 8 shows the internal arrangement of a reference magazine constituted by a cylinder 43 carrying four different visual references 42, 42 '.

Une source lumineuse 44 est fixée au centre du barillet 43 et est adaptée à éclairer la fenêtre 41 à travers le repère visuel 42 de sorte que l'organe de repérage visuel 40 forme un voyant lumineux dont les caractéristiques visuelles sont déterminées par le repère visuel 42 se trouvant en vis-à-vis de la fenêtre 41.A light source 44 is fixed to the center of the barrel 43 and is adapted to illuminate the window 41 through the visual cue 42 so that the visual registration member 40 forms a light indicator whose visual characteristics are determined by the visual cue 42 located opposite the window 41.

En référence à la figure 7, l'appareil électrique 35 comporte également, sur l'une 36 de ses faces principales, un axe de commande 45 pour le barillet 43. L'axe de commande 45 comporte une tête fendue qui permet de l'entraîner en rotation à l'aide d'un tournevis, ce qui entraîne le barillet 43 en rotation afin de remplacer le repère visuel 42 par un autre repère visuel 42' du barillet 43.With reference to the figure 7 , the electrical apparatus 35 also comprises, on one of its main faces 36, a control pin 45 for the barrel 43. The control spindle 45 comprises a slotted head which makes it possible to drive it in rotation to the using a screwdriver, which causes the barrel 43 rotating to replace the visual cue 42 by another visual cue 42 'of the barrel 43.

Les figures 9 et 10 sont relatives à deux modes de réalisation différents du barillet 43.The Figures 9 and 10 relate to two different embodiments of the barrel 43.

Selon la figure 9, le barillet 43' est formé d'une seule pièce par un cylindre 46 de matériau transparent muni de quatre cales angulaires 47 (seules deux cales 47 sont visibles sur la vue partielle de la figure 9). Les repères visuels 42, 42' sont réalisés sous forme de films transparents présentant chacun, par exemple, une couleur ou un motif prédéterminé différent. Ces films sont avantageusement en matériau souple et sont calés contre le cylindre 46 par l'intermédiaire des cales angulaires 47.According to figure 9 , the barrel 43 'is formed in one piece by a cylinder 46 of transparent material provided with four angular wedges 47 (only two shims 47 are visible in the partial view of the figure 9 ). The visual references 42, 42 'are in the form of transparent films each having, for example, a different predetermined color or pattern. These films are advantageously made of flexible material and are wedged against the cylinder 46 by means of the angular wedges 47.

Selon la figure 10, le barillet 43" est directement réalisé par l'assemblage de repères visuels 42 rigides transparents et présentant chacun, par exemple, une couleur ou un motif différent. Les repères visuels 42, 42' sont reliés pour former un cylindre grâce à des rails de liaison 48.According to figure 10 the barrel 43 "is directly made by the assembly of transparent rigid visual markers 42 and each having, for example, a different color or pattern.The visual markers 42, 42 'are connected to form a cylinder by means of link 48.

L'axe de commande 45 permet ainsi, à l'aide d'un tournevis, de faire tourner le barillet 43 afin de faire défiler devant la fenêtre 41 les repères visuels 42, 42' jusqu'à ce que le repère visuel désiré soit disposé en vis-à-vis de cette fenêtre 41. Cette configuration de l'organe de repérage visuel 40 n'est possible que lorsque l'appareil électrique 35 n'est pas monté dans son enveloppe, ce qui permet d'accéder à la face principale 36 pour la manipulation de l'axe de commande 45.The control spindle 45 thus makes it possible, with the aid of a screwdriver, to rotate the barrel 43 in order to make the visual markers 42, 42 'pass in front of the window 41 until the desired visual reference is arranged. vis-à-vis this window 41. This configuration of the visual registration member 40 is possible only when the electrical device 35 is not mounted in its envelope, which allows access to the face main 36 for manipulating the control pin 45.

Des variantes de réalisation de l'appareil électrique peuvent être envisagées sans pour autant sortir du cadre de l'invention notamment, le barillet 43 du mode de réalisation relatif aux figures 7 à 10 peut n'être formé que d'une portion angulaire de cylindre (et serait alors représenté par un arc de cercle sur la vue de profil de la figure 8), ce barillet ayant alors un angle de rotation utile inférieur à 360°, par exemple de 180° seulement. De même, l'organe de repérage visuel peut être dépourvu de source lumineuse.Alternative embodiments of the electrical apparatus can be envisaged without departing from the scope of the invention in particular, the barrel 43 of the embodiment relating to Figures 7 to 10 can only be formed of an angular portion of a cylinder (and would then be represented by an arc on the profile view of the figure 8 ), this barrel then having a useful rotation angle of less than 360 °, for example of 180 ° only. Similarly, the visual registration member may be devoid of light source.

Claims (22)

  1. A modular electrical device (1, 16, 35) intended to be mounted in an enclosure and comprising two main faces and lateral faces extending from one of the main faces to the other, the rear lateral face (4, 19, 38) comprising means (5, 20) for holding in said enclosure and the front lateral face (6, 21, 39) comprising a visual marking member (7, 22', 40), characterised in that it comprises a store of markers comprising a plurality of visual markers (9', 27, 42') adapted to be placed in the visual marking member (7, 22', 40), access to the store of markers for selecting the visual marker to be rendered visible in the visual marking member (7, 22', 40) being effected exclusively by way of the main faces (2, 3, 17, 18, 36, 37) of the electrical device.
  2. An electrical device according to claim 1 characterised in that the store of markers is disposed on one of the main faces (2) of the electrical device (1).
  3. An electrical device according to claim 2 characterised in that the store of markers comprises a housing (13) provided in one of the main faces (2).
  4. An electrical device according to one of claims 2 and 3 characterised in that the store of markers comprises clipping means (14) for the visual markers (9').
  5. An electrical device according to claim 4 characterised in that the store of markers comprises an unclipping ramp (15) associated with the clipping means for the visual markers (9').
  6. An electrical device according to one of claims 2 to 5 characterised in that the visual marking member (7) comprises a housing forming a clipping means for the visual markers (9, 9').
  7. An electrical device according to claim 6 characterised in that it comprises a light source (8) disposed in the visual marking member (7) and in facing relationship with the housing forming a clipping means for the visual markers (9, 9').
  8. An electrical device according to claim 1 characterised in that the visual marking member (22', 40) includes the store of markers and that it further comprises means for selecting the visual marker (27, 42) to be rendered visible in the visual marking member (22', 40).
  9. An electrical device according to claim 8 characterised in that the store of markers comprises a plate portion (26) which carries the visual markers (27) and which is disposed parallel to the front lateral face (21).
  10. An electrical device according to claim 9 characterised in that the selecting means comprise a tongue portion (28) fixed with respect to the visual marking member (22') and notches (29) in the plate portion (26).
  11. An electrical device according to one of claims 9 and 10 characterised in that the visual marking member (22') comprises a cover (22) provided with a window (24), the plate portion (26) being mounted in the cover (22).
  12. An electrical device according to claim 11 characterised in that the plate portion (26) is mounted movably in translation in the cover (22).
  13. An electrical device according to claim 12 characterised in that the selecting means comprise a control lug (31) projecting from the plate portion (26') and adapted to control the translatory movement of the plate portion (26') with respect to the cover (22'), said control lug (31) being accessible exclusively by way of a main face (17, 17) of the electrical device (16).
  14. An electrical device according to claim 8 characterised in that the store of markers comprises a rotatable drum (43) bearing the visual markers (42) and that the visual marking member (40) comprises a window (41) in the front lateral face (39), and that the selecting means comprise means (45) for controlling the rotatable drum (43) which are adapted to angularly orient the rotatable drum (43) in such a way as to place the visual marker (42) to be rendered visible in the visual marking member (40) in facing relationship with the window (41).
  15. An electrical device according to claim 14 characterised in that the rotatable drum comprises a cylinder mounted rotatably about its longitudinal axis.
  16. An electrical device according to claim 15 characterised in that said cylinder (46) is transparent and provided on its inside surface with angular holders (47) adapted to hold the visual markers (42) between them.
  17. An electrical device according to claim 15 characterised in that said cylinder is formed by the assembly of the visual markers (42) by means of connecting rails (48).
  18. An electrical device according to one of claims 15 to 17 characterised in that the visual marking member (40) further comprises a light source (44) disposed on the axis of rotation of the cylinder.
  19. An electrical device according to one of claims 14 to 18 characterised in that the rotatable drum control means comprise a rotatable operating member provided with a head (45) which can be operated exclusively from a main face (36).
  20. An electrical installation comprising an electrical device (1, 16, 35) according to one of claims 1 to 19, the main faces (2, 3, 17, 18, 36, 37) of the electrical device being inaccessible.
  21. An installation according to claim 20 characterised in that it comprises at least two of said electrical devices (1, 16, 35) disposed one against the other in such a way that a main face of each electrical device is inaccessible.
  22. An installation according to one of claims 20 and 21 characterised in that it comprises an enclosure in which the electrical device (1, 16, 35) is held, said enclosure preventing access to the main faces (2, 3, 17, 18, 36, 37).
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