US3523165A - Multicontact switch - Google Patents

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US3523165A
US3523165A US697722A US69772268A US3523165A US 3523165 A US3523165 A US 3523165A US 697722 A US697722 A US 697722A US 69772268 A US69772268 A US 69772268A US 3523165 A US3523165 A US 3523165A
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Gennady Kuzmich Datchenko
Boris Vasilievich Lyalin
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Priority to CH85368A priority patent/CH474831A/de
Priority to DE1968K0064550 priority patent/DE1640758B1/de
Priority to GB5081/68A priority patent/GB1148705A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
    • H01H1/36—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by sliding
    • H01H1/46—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by sliding self-aligning contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H1/00—Contacts
    • H01H1/12—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage
    • H01H1/36—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by sliding
    • H01H1/44—Contacts characterised by the manner in which co-operating contacts engage by sliding with resilient mounting

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  • a multicontact switch in which current carrying brushes are mounted on a displaceable yoke by two crossing axles one of which is oriented in the direction of displacement of the yoke and is pivotably connected to a clamp which is slidable in the yoke while the other axle pivotably supports the brushes.
  • the brushes face contacts on a fixed base and the axles lie in a common plane substantially disposed at the level of the opposed surfaces of the brushes and contacts.
  • the present invention relates to switching devices, and more particularly to multicontact switches.
  • rotary switches contain make-and-break contact sets arranged in concentric circles on an insulation base around an axle on which a rotary yoke is attached.
  • This yoke carries laminated brushes with their loose ends locked in turning joints which insure limited swings of the brushes in one plane.
  • the brush pressure on the contact surface is distributed irregularly in such switches and may cause misalignments and brush jamming, which result in intense and uneven wear of switch contacts. The latter fact impairs the accuracy and stability of the measuring instrument in which the switch is utilized.
  • the brushes are attached to the yoke so that they are free to rotate about crossing axles disposed at the level of the contact surface in a plane coinciding or nearly coinciding with that of the opposed faces of the brushes and the contacts.
  • the brushes are mounted on perpendicular pivotally connected axles associated with a common clamp which is mounted loosely in the yoke and is urged towards the contacts to insure pressing of the brush faces against the contact surfaces.
  • make-andbreak contacts 2 mounted on an insulation base 1 are make-andbreak contacts 2 arranged in pairs along concentric circles around the axis of a central pin 3.
  • a rotary yoke 4 is mounted on shaft 3 and is provided with a hole 5 in which a clamp 6 carrying laminated ice current-carrying brushes 7 in pairs, is mounted freely.
  • the brushes 7 are attached, by means of angle members 8, to an axle 9 so as to be free to rotate about this axle.
  • Axles 9 and 10 are perpendicular to each other and disposed at the level of the contact surface in a plane which is adjacent to or coincident with that of the opposed working faces of brushes 7 and contacts 2.
  • a spring 11 is compressed between the end of clamp 6 and a cleat 12 and urges the clamp towards contacts 2. This insures constant and uniform pressure of the working faces of brushes 7 against the contact surfaces.
  • the above-mentioned arrangement of axles 9 and 10 and of brushes 7 insures substantially complete coincidence of the plane of action of the force causing displacement of brushes 7, when yoke 4 is turning, with that of the friction force resisting this displacement.
  • a multicontact switch comprising abase, make-andbreak contacts mounted separately on said base, a yoke supported for displacement relative to said base and said contacts thereon, current-carrying brushes attached to said yoke for making contact with said contacts, said brushes and contacts having opposed surfaces and means attaching said brushes to said yoke for rotation about intersecting axes disposed in a plane substantially coinciding with the opposed surfaces of the brushes and said contacts, said means comprising a pair of intersecting axles respectively extending along said axes in said plane and supporting said brushes for pivotal movement about said axes.
  • said means further comprises a clamp supporting said axles and mounted freely in said yoke and urged towards said contacts for urging the brush surfaces against the contact surfaces.
  • a switch as claimed in claim 2 comprising spring means acting on said clamp and yoke to urge the clamp resiliently towards said contacts.
  • a switch as claimed in claim 2 comprising means connecting said brushes to said other axle for rotation thereabout, said one axle being pivotably connected to said clamp.

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  • Mechanisms For Operating Contacts (AREA)
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US697722A 1968-01-04 1968-01-15 Multicontact switch Expired - Lifetime US3523165A (en)

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FR134918A FR1566224A (enExample) 1968-01-04 1968-01-04
AT34568A AT284241B (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-12 Drehschalter, insbesondere Stufendrehschalter
US697722A US3523165A (en) 1968-01-04 1968-01-15 Multicontact switch
CH85368A CH474831A (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-19 Umschalter für elektrische Stromkreise
DE1968K0064550 DE1640758B1 (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-25 Drehschalter fuer elektrische stromkreise
GB5081/68A GB1148705A (en) 1968-01-04 1968-01-31 Multicontact switch

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR134918A FR1566224A (enExample) 1968-01-04 1968-01-04
AT34568A AT284241B (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-12 Drehschalter, insbesondere Stufendrehschalter
US697722A US3523165A (en) 1968-01-04 1968-01-15 Multicontact switch
CH85368A CH474831A (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-19 Umschalter für elektrische Stromkreise
DE1968K0064550 DE1640758B1 (de) 1968-01-04 1968-01-25 Drehschalter fuer elektrische stromkreise
GB5081/68A GB1148705A (en) 1968-01-04 1968-01-31 Multicontact switch

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US4002870A (en) * 1974-07-18 1977-01-11 Arrow-Hart, Inc. Arcing contact for a high current switch
US4368365A (en) * 1979-10-18 1983-01-11 Valeo Switching device, notably for the control of an electrical motor in an automotive vehicle

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US2097019A (en) * 1934-07-24 1937-10-26 Oren C Clough Fuse switch
US2186165A (en) * 1938-07-08 1940-01-09 Oren C Clough Fuse switch
US2430215A (en) * 1945-04-25 1947-11-04 Daven Company Contact switch
US2877314A (en) * 1954-11-10 1959-03-10 Jr Jay W Grear Electric contact means
US3135840A (en) * 1962-07-19 1964-06-02 Electro Mechanical Res Inc High-speed commutators for switching units

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DE1059536B (de) * 1956-10-23 1959-06-18 Telefunken Gmbh Lagerung von Kontaktstuecken fuer Stufendrehschalter
DE1146944B (de) * 1961-03-07 1963-04-11 Lothar Grosser Anordnung zur Halterung und Fortbewegung von Kontaktbruecken fuer Drehschalter

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2097019A (en) * 1934-07-24 1937-10-26 Oren C Clough Fuse switch
US2186165A (en) * 1938-07-08 1940-01-09 Oren C Clough Fuse switch
US2430215A (en) * 1945-04-25 1947-11-04 Daven Company Contact switch
US2877314A (en) * 1954-11-10 1959-03-10 Jr Jay W Grear Electric contact means
US3135840A (en) * 1962-07-19 1964-06-02 Electro Mechanical Res Inc High-speed commutators for switching units

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4002870A (en) * 1974-07-18 1977-01-11 Arrow-Hart, Inc. Arcing contact for a high current switch
US4368365A (en) * 1979-10-18 1983-01-11 Valeo Switching device, notably for the control of an electrical motor in an automotive vehicle

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FR1566224A (enExample) 1969-05-09
DE1640758B1 (de) 1972-03-09
GB1148705A (en) 1969-04-16
CH474831A (de) 1969-06-30
AT284241B (de) 1970-09-10

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