Increased push travel alternative for energy regulator
AssigneeRobertshaw Controls Company
InventorsGustavo Alonso Canales Benavides, Ruben Simon Romero, Javier Tomas Aguilar Fernández
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Abstract
An infinite switch includes a front cover, a back cover, and a base secured between the front cover and the back cover. A floating shaft extending through the front cover and the base. A cam fixed to the base and slidingly receiving an end of the floating shaft. The floating shaft is moveable in an axial direction extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the floating shaft and the cam is fixed to prevent movement in the axial direction.
Claims20
An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a front cover,
- a back cover,
- a base secured between the front cover and the back cover;
- a floating shaft extending through the front cover and the base;
- a cam fixed to the base and slidingly receiving an end of the floating shaft;
- wherein the floating shaft is moveable in an axial direction extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the floating shaft and the cam is fixed to prevent movement of the cam in the axial direction.
An infinite switch, the infinite switch comprising:
- a floating shaft extending through a front cover, a washer, and a base to a cam within the infinite switch;
- a ring fixed to and surrounding the floating shaft;
- a first stop defined by the washer;
- a second stop defined by the cam fixed to the base;
- wherein movement of the floating shaft in directions extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft is limited by the ring as it abuts either the first stop or the second stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.