GB1219204A - Sealed mercury-wetted contact device - Google Patents

Sealed mercury-wetted contact device

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Publication number
GB1219204A
GB1219204A GB9854/68A GB985468A GB1219204A GB 1219204 A GB1219204 A GB 1219204A GB 9854/68 A GB9854/68 A GB 9854/68A GB 985468 A GB985468 A GB 985468A GB 1219204 A GB1219204 A GB 1219204A
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
copper
platinum
nickel
remainder
weight
Prior art date
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Expired
Application number
GB9854/68A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
Malcolm Barlow
Peter John Planting
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AT&T Corp
Original Assignee
Western Electric Co Inc
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Application filed by Western Electric Co Inc filed Critical Western Electric Co Inc
Publication of GB1219204A publication Critical patent/GB1219204A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/06—Contacts characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved
    • H01H1/08—Contacts characterised by the shape or structure of the contact-making surface, e.g. grooved wetted with mercury
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/02—Contacts characterised by the material thereof
    • H01H1/0201—Materials for reed contacts

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  • Contacts (AREA)
GB9854/68A 1967-03-03 1968-02-29 Sealed mercury-wetted contact device Expired GB1219204A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US62038867A 1967-03-03 1967-03-03
US78747268A 1968-12-27 1968-12-27

Publications (1)

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GB1219204A true GB1219204A (en) 1971-01-13

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GB9854/68A Expired GB1219204A (en) 1967-03-03 1968-02-29 Sealed mercury-wetted contact device

Country Status (7)

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US (2) US3431377A (https=)
AT (1) AT295631B (https=)
BE (1) BE711477A (https=)
DE (1) DE1690535B1 (https=)
FR (1) FR1555269A (https=)
GB (1) GB1219204A (https=)
NL (2) NL6802863A (https=)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
NL137148C (https=) * 1967-03-03
US3495061A (en) * 1968-07-11 1970-02-10 Ibm Contacts for reed switches
US3584173A (en) * 1969-08-13 1971-06-08 Cunningham Corp Reed switch with improved contact isolation
DE2924252A1 (de) * 1979-06-15 1980-12-18 Bosch Gmbh Robert Schaltungsanordnung zur registrierung von fehlausloesungen fuer wenigstens eine dem schutz der insassen eines fahrzeugs bei einem unfall dienenden sicherheitseinrichtung
FR2473217A1 (fr) * 1980-01-08 1981-07-10 Socapex Interrupteur a contacts mouilles et a commande magnetique, et relais electrique comportant un tel interrupteur
DE3269978D1 (en) * 1981-07-24 1986-04-24 Standex Electronics Uk Ltd Mercury containing reed switches
JPH0622087B2 (ja) * 1987-05-25 1994-03-23 松下電工株式会社 封止接点装置
US6979789B1 (en) 2005-03-21 2005-12-27 Agilent Technologies, Inc. Switches having wettable surfaces comprising a material that does not form alloys with a switching fluid, and method of making same

Family Cites Families (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2547536A (en) * 1951-04-03 Formation of a surface easily
NL190202B (nl) * 1953-09-21 Nicholson Terence Peter Cilinderkoppakking voor een verbrandingsmotor.
US2769875A (en) * 1953-09-25 1956-11-06 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Mercury contact switch
US2868926A (en) * 1957-06-25 1959-01-13 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Switch
NL126656C (https=) * 1959-10-22
US3054873A (en) * 1959-11-27 1962-09-18 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Liquid-contact switch
US3146328A (en) * 1961-11-07 1964-08-25 Bell Telephone Labor Inc Non-sticking electrical contacts
BE624902A (https=) * 1961-11-16
US3344373A (en) * 1966-02-07 1967-09-26 Automatic Elect Lab Switching device employing a globule of magnetizable electrically conductive fluid
NL137148C (https=) * 1967-03-03

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
BE711477A (https=) 1968-07-01
FR1555269A (https=) 1969-01-24
NL137148C (https=)
DE1690535B1 (de) 1970-12-23
NL6802863A (https=) 1968-09-04
US3491219A (en) 1970-01-20
AT295631B (de) 1972-01-10
US3431377A (en) 1969-03-04

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