US3743805A - Lighted actuator assembly - Google Patents

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US3743805A
US3743805A US00219709A US3743805DA US3743805A US 3743805 A US3743805 A US 3743805A US 00219709 A US00219709 A US 00219709A US 3743805D A US3743805D A US 3743805DA US 3743805 A US3743805 A US 3743805A
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Heinemann Electric Co
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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
    • H01H23/025—Light-emitting indicators

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  • the circuit breaker 12 is similar to that described in US. Pat. No. 3,329,913, except that the handle for manually operating the circuit breaker mechanism of US. Pat. No. 3,329,913 has been eliminated and the upper portion of the pivotal link thereof has been altered, as described in detail below.
  • a detailed description of the operating mechanism of that circuit breaker will be omitted herein, the description in US Pat. No. 3,329,913 being hereby incorporated by reference.
  • Multipole operation may be provided by locating several circuit breakers in a side-by-side arrangement and interconnecting the rocker handles of the breakers by means of rods (not shown) which pass through the holes 99 located near opposite ends of the rocker handles 20, FIGS. 1 and 2.

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CA (1) CA991228A (de)
DE (1) DE2302441A1 (de)
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Cited By (6)

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US3995129A (en) * 1974-03-18 1976-11-30 Rudolf Schadow Gmbh Key switch component
US4075449A (en) * 1975-06-30 1978-02-21 Ngk Spark Plug Co. Ltd. Switch with electroluminescent indicator
US4172973A (en) * 1977-07-20 1979-10-30 Fujisoku Electric Co., Ltd. Seesaw switch with light emitting diode element
US4431880A (en) * 1983-02-16 1984-02-14 Carlingswitch, Inc. Rocker switch with integrally defined retention means for resistor and lamp
US4454400A (en) * 1981-12-09 1984-06-12 Carlingswitch, Inc. Switch construction
US20110284349A1 (en) * 2010-05-20 2011-11-24 Hollister Holdings Inc. Function switch on handle of motorcycle

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DE3308253A1 (de) * 1983-03-09 1984-09-13 Brown, Boveri & Cie Ag, 6800 Mannheim Steckdose
GB9412325D0 (en) * 1994-06-20 1994-08-10 Caradon Mk Electric Ltd Improvements to an electrical switch

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US2134696A (en) * 1936-04-25 1938-11-01 Morris L Bigman Illuminated switch
US2246613A (en) * 1938-05-05 1941-06-24 Morris L Bigman Illuminated switch device
US2494560A (en) * 1947-04-09 1950-01-17 Roberts Numbering Machine Co I Glow switch
US3294945A (en) * 1965-03-18 1966-12-27 Westinghouse Electric Corp Switch device with illuminated switch handle
US3435169A (en) * 1967-07-19 1969-03-25 Leviton Manufacturing Co Rocker type electric switch with pilot light

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2134696A (en) * 1936-04-25 1938-11-01 Morris L Bigman Illuminated switch
US2246613A (en) * 1938-05-05 1941-06-24 Morris L Bigman Illuminated switch device
US2494560A (en) * 1947-04-09 1950-01-17 Roberts Numbering Machine Co I Glow switch
US3294945A (en) * 1965-03-18 1966-12-27 Westinghouse Electric Corp Switch device with illuminated switch handle
US3435169A (en) * 1967-07-19 1969-03-25 Leviton Manufacturing Co Rocker type electric switch with pilot light

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3995129A (en) * 1974-03-18 1976-11-30 Rudolf Schadow Gmbh Key switch component
US4075449A (en) * 1975-06-30 1978-02-21 Ngk Spark Plug Co. Ltd. Switch with electroluminescent indicator
US4172973A (en) * 1977-07-20 1979-10-30 Fujisoku Electric Co., Ltd. Seesaw switch with light emitting diode element
US4454400A (en) * 1981-12-09 1984-06-12 Carlingswitch, Inc. Switch construction
US4431880A (en) * 1983-02-16 1984-02-14 Carlingswitch, Inc. Rocker switch with integrally defined retention means for resistor and lamp
US20110284349A1 (en) * 2010-05-20 2011-11-24 Hollister Holdings Inc. Function switch on handle of motorcycle
US8350171B2 (en) * 2010-05-20 2013-01-08 Hau Ju Enterprise Co., Ltd. Function switch on handle of motorcycle

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DE2302441A1 (de) 1973-07-26
FR2168361B1 (de) 1977-02-04
GB1381759A (en) 1975-01-29
FR2168361A1 (de) 1973-08-31
CA991228A (en) 1976-06-15

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