Safety Switch
AssigneeEuchner GmbH + Co. KG
InventorIlo Grimm
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Abstract
A safety switch (2) with a latching unit (12), by means of which an associated actuator (3) is held in a latched position. The latching unit (12) has an arrangement of latching jaws (14). Each latching jaw (14) is spring-mounted by means of a spring unit (15). The latching jaws (14) are concentrically arranged and each face one another with a first free end and delimit an insertion opening (A). The latching jaws (14) are held in latched position by the spring forces generated by the spring units (15). The latching jaws (14) can be displaced against the spring forces of the spring unit (15), which serves to enlarge the insertion opening (A).
Claims15
Safety switch (2) with a latching unit (12), by means of which an associated actuator (3) is held in a latched position, characterized in that the latching unit (12) has an arrangement of latching jaws (14), wherein each latching jaw is spring-mounted by means of a spring unit (15), that the latching jaws (14) are concentrically arranged and each, with a first free end, face one another and delimit an insertion opening (A), that the latching jaws are held in latched positions by means of the spring forces generated by the spring units (15), and that the latching jaws (14) can be displaced against the spring forces of the spring unit (15), whereby the insertion opening (A) is enlarged.
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