Control and signaling device and adapter for a control and signaling device
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorOliver Knoerrchen
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Abstract
A control and signaling device includes a cylindrical main body with two open ends, an operating element, which is designed for insertion into one of the open ends of the main body and has a switching part that is movable relative to the main body. The device also has a multipartite insert element, which is designed for insertion into the main body for bridging at least one portion of a switching path from the switching part to a contact element arranged at another of the open ends, and has an elastic element, which elastically supports a portion, provided for operating the contact element, of the insert element in such a way that a pressure force of the insert element onto the contact element is limited to a prespecified force range.
Claims11
A control and signaling device comprising:
- a cylindrical main body with two open ends,
- an operating element which is designed for insertion into a first one of the open ends of the main body and has a switching part that is movable relative to the main body, and
- a multipartite insert element which is designed for insertion into the main body for bridging at least one portion of a switching path from the switching part to a contact element arranged at a second one of the open ends and has an elastic element which elastically supports a portion, provided for operating the contact element, of the insert element in such a way that a pressure force of the portion on the contact element is limited to a prespecified force range,
- wherein the switching part is axially movable relative to the main body, and wherein the insert element has a pin-shaped central part, which forms the portion provided for operating the contact element, and a bracket which is arranged coaxially with the central part and into which the elastic element can be inserted so that the elastic element is arranged coaxially with the central part and can exert a force on the central part, wherein the bracket is fixed in the switching part, and the central part is mounted in the bracket in an axially movable manner and is pressed against a stop in an axial direction of the contact element by the elastic element arranged coaxially between the bracket and the central part.
A control and signaling device comprising:
- a cylindrical main body with two open ends;
- an operating element which is designed for insertion into one of the open ends of the main body and has a switching part that is movable relative to the main body;
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- a multipartite insert element, which is designed for insertion into the main body for bridging at least one portion of a switching path from the switching part to a contact element arranged on another of the open ends and has an elastic element, which elastically supports a portion, provided for operating the contact element, of the insert element in such a way that a pressure force of the portion on the contact element is limited to a prespecified force range, wherein the switching part is rotationally movable relative to the main body, and wherein the insert element has a central part, which is axially movable relative to the main body by a rotation of the switching part in the main body, and a pressure part, which forms the portion provided for operating the contact element and is mechanically coupled to the central part in such a way that an axial movement of the central part relative to the main body causes a corresponding axial movement of the pressure part, and wherein the pressure part is pressed against a stop in an axial direction of the contact element by the elastic element fixed to the central part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.