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US 4,393,360 AGranted
Electrical switch structure
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsKaneyasu Arakawa, Shigeo Mizuno
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Abstract
An electrical switch structure comprising a lever rotatably mounted between neutral position and actuated position, a switching element ON-OFF operated by said lever, a latching means to latch said lever in the actuated position and an unlatching means to rotate back said lever to the neutral position. In one type of the switch said latching means is accomplished by the energization of a solenoid, in other type of the switch said unlatch means being accomplished by said energization of the solenoid.
Claims5
An electrical switch comprising:
- a lever rotatably mounted in a case for movement between a neutral position and an actuated position,
- a switch member positioned in said case comprising a pair of normally open contacts,
- means on said lever to close said contacts when said lever moves to said actuated position,
- latch means to hold said lever in said actuated position comprising a first, central detent portion and at least one other detent portion juxtaposed to said first portion,
- spring biased roller means carried by said lever to engage said first detent portion when the lever is in said neutral position and to engage said other detent portion when in said actuated position, and
- solenoid means to move said latch means to return said lever from said actuated position to said neutral position when required to return said contacts to said normally open condition.
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