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US 3,997,745 AGranted
Switches
AssigneeFirma J. & J. Marquardt
InventorsErich Marquardt, Werner Storz
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Abstract
The switch is provided with a fixed contact and a movable contact attached to a contact arm which is held by means of a spring in at least one of the portions of said contact arm. The spring and the contact arm are made in one piece to form a bracket-shaped catch element which is pivotally mounted in a bearing in the housing. The spring is stressed at least in the dead center position thereof.
Claims5
In an electric switch comprising:
- a. a housing,
- b. at least one fixed contact mounted in the housing,
- c. a movable contact located for engagement with at least one fixed contact,
- d. a contact arm carrying said movable contact being movable between open and closed positions with a snap over action,
- e. a snap spring controlling the movement of said contact arm, the spring and contact arm being of a one piece construction which together define a U-shaped catch element pivotally mounted in said housing on the web of the U-shaped catch element, and
- f. said spring being stressed at least in a dead centre position between its ends, the improvement being in that two U-shaped elements are provided as a one piece construction defining a single common snap spring which is provided with an arcuate portion in the middle thereof, the apex of the arcuate curved portion facing towards the free ends of the contact arms.
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In an electric switch comprising:
- a. a housing,
- b. at least one fixed contact mounted in the housing,
- c. a movable contact located for engagement with at least one fixed contact,
- d. a contact arm carrying said movable contact being movable between open and closed positions with a snap over action,
- e. a snap spring controlling the movement of said contact arm, the spring and contact arm being of a one piece construction which together define a U-shaped catch element pivotally mounted in said housing on the web of the U-shaped catch element, and
- f. said spring being stressed at least in a dead centre position between its ends, the improvement being in that one end of the spring is pivotably supported on an actuator push rod mounted in the housing of the switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.