Screw-driven multiturn electrical device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Asano
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Abstract
An internally threaded carrying member is engaged with a screw thread formed on an operating shaft and is in frictional engagement with a moving member. A first projection is formed at one end part of the operating shaft and a second projection is formed on the internally threaded carrying member so as to correspond to the first projection. Upon the arrival of the internally threaded carrying member at one end of its stroke on the operating shaft together with the moving member as the operating shaft is rotated in one direction, the first projection and the second projection are engaged. Then, the internally threaded carrying member is rotated together with the operating shaft against a frictional resistance exerted thereon by the moving member as the operating shaft is rotated further in the same direction.
Claims2
A screw-driven multiturn electrical device comprising:
- an operating shaft provided with a screw thread in its circumference and having at least one end part provided with a first projection;
- an internally threaded carrying member in engagement with the screw thread of the operating shaft and provided with a second projection that is brought into engagement with the first projection serving as a stopper at the end of the operating shaft;
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- a moving member in frictional engagement with the internally threaded carrying member;
- wherein the moving member moves together with the internally threaded carrying member toward the end of the operating shaft when the operating shaft is rotated in one direction to change the level of electric signal, the internally threaded carrying member is turned together with the operating shaft against a frictional resistance exerted thereon by the moving member after the second projection of the internally threaded carrying member has been brought into engagement with the first projection of the operating shaft, and the second projection is separated from the first projection and the moving member moves axially together with the internally threaded carrying member toward an axially middle part when the rotation of the operating shaft rotating together with the internally threaded carrying member is reversed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.