Manually adjustable housing portions for actuating an electrical appliance switch
AssigneeGMI Holdings, Inc.
InventorsJames F. Smith, Wesley A. Schroeder
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Abstract
An improved switch assembly for an electrical appliance is provided which is easily manipulated when the appliance assumes a variety of operating modes. The switch assembly includes a slidably mounted control unit for opening and closing a switch, the latter being concealed within a housing for the appliance and disposed within an electric circuit for the appliance. The control unit is provided with a plurality of exposed, finger-engageable surfaces to effect selective movement of the unit.
Claims9
An electrical appliance operable in various modes, comprising:
- a housing having first and second exterior surface portions;
- switch means disposed within the housing for opening and closing an electrical circuit for the appliance;
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- manually adjustable control means operatively connected to said switch means for selective manual adjustment between first and second positions to effect opening and closing said electrical circuit;
- said control means having a unitary control member with first and second exposed surfaces in angularly disposed relation, said first surface overlying said first exterior portion of said housing and being oriented for selective manual adjustment between said first and second positions when said appliance is in a first operating mode and said second surface overlying said second exterior portion of said housing and being oriented for selective manual adjustment between said first and second positions when said appliance is in a second operating mode.
An electrical appliance operable in various modes, comprising:
- switch means for opening and closing an electrical circuit for the appliance;
- a housing having a pair of interfitting sections, one section being provided with an interior means for accommodating a first exterior portion of the switch means, and the other housing section being provided with an interior means for engaging a second exterior portion of the switch means, the interior means cooperating with one another when the housing sections are in interfitting relation to fixedly retain the switch means in a predetermined location within the housing interior, said pair of interfitting sections defining first and second exterior surface portions of said housing;
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- manually adjustable control means operatively connected to said switch means for selective adjustment between first and second positions to effect opening and closing said electrical circuit;
- said control means having a unitary control member with first and second exposed surfaces in angularly disposed relation, said first surface overlying said first exterior portion of said housing and being oriented for selective manual adjustment between said first and second portions when said appliance is in a first operating mode and said second surface overlying said second exterior portion of said housing and being oriented for selective manual adjustment between said first and second positions when said appliance is in a second operating mode.
In an electrical appliance operable in various operating modes, and being provided with a housing having interfitting sections providing first and second exterior peripheral segments disposed in substantially orthogonal planes, the improvement comprising a switch assembly mountable on the appliance housing, said assembly including:
- a switch means disposed within the housing for selectively moving between first and second positions to control an electrical circuit to the appliance;
- and manually adjustable control means mountable on the housing and operatively connected to said switch means, said control means being selectively adjustable between said first and second positions, said switch means being responsive to the movement of said control means between said first and second positions;
- said control means including a center portion having exposed finger engagable first and second surfaces, said first surface overlying the first peripheral segment of the housing exterior and being readily accessible to effect movement of said control means between said first and second positions when the appliance is in a first operating mode and said second surface overlying the second peripheral segment of the housing exterior and being readily accessible to effect movement of said control means between said first and second positions when the appliance is in a second operating mode.
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