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AssigneeSWF-Spezialfabrik fur Autozubehor Gustav Rau GmbH
InventorsHarro Buhl, Herbert Erdelitsch, Otto Machalitzky, Wolf Seitter
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A switch particularly for steering columns of automobiles for the selective operation of both light circuits and windshield wiper and washer circuits comprises a U-shaped spring contact having a first spring contact portion in a first plane and a second spring contact portion in a second plane. The switch includes a lever which is pivotal in both the first and second planes and which carries a rod member which may be engaged with the spring first portion to deflect it into engagement with a fixed contact for example for actuating a windshield wiper washer fluid supply circuit and which may be engaged during its pivotal movement for example in a vertical direction to move the spring second portion to engage a fixed contact which for example may operate a by-pass light circuit. The double spring contact actually includes the first spring portion which extends substantially vertical and at right angles to a horizontal portion. The switching lever is hollow and the rod portion is displaceable therein under a button control to engage one of the several spring contact portions.
A switch, comprising a housing, a U-shaped spring contact in said housing having a first spring contact portion in a first plane and a second spring contact portion in a second plane disposed at an angle from said first plane, a switch lever, means disposed on and within said housing pivotally supporting said switch lever for pivotal movement in said first plane and said second plane, a first contact spaced from said first spring contact portion for operating a first operating circuit, a second contact spaced from said second spring contact portion for operating a second operating circuit, and a switching rod carried on said lever and being movable relatively thereto, said rod being displaceable independently of the pivotal position of said lever and having a rod portion engageable with said second spring contact portion to move it into engagement with said second contact and to permit disengagement therefrom, said lever being pivotal at least in one direction and having a lever portion engageable with said first spring contact portion to move it into engagement with and permit its disengagement from said first contact.
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