Power control relay for electrical outlets which maintains position in absence of solenoid energization

A power control relay for electrical outlets comprising in combination:

• a pair of contacts, one of said contacts of said pair movable relative to the other of said contacts;
• a first solenoid with a plunger movable between a first position and a second position;
• a second solenoid with a plunger movable between a first position and a second position;
• a circuit coupled to said first solenoid and said second solenoid;
• said circuit briefly energizing said first solenoid to drive its plunger to its first position in response to a close contact signal;
• said circuit briefly energizing said second solenoid to drive its plunger to its first position in response to an open contact signal;
• means to mechanically link said first and second solenoid plungers to said one relatively movable contact;
• said first solenoid plunger closing said contacts by means of said means to mechanically link as it moves to its first position with said means to mechanically link exerting a force sufficient to maintain said first plunger in its first position in the absence of an energizing current in said first solenoid and said second solenoid;
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• said second solenoid plunger opening said contacts by means of said means to mechanically link as said second solenoid plunger moves to its first position with said means to mechanically link exerting a force to maintain said second plunger in its first position in the absence of an energizing current in said first solenoid and said second solenoid.