Relay

Abstract

A safety relay comprising an electrically insulating carrier part, an electromagnetic drive arranged on the carrier part, at least one control contact arranged on the carrier part, at least three load contacts arranged on the carrier part wherein each of the load and control contacts is forcibly guided by a common comb connected with the electromagnetic drive and each load and control contact having two contact springs, each of the contacts springs comprising, a contact head, a spring foot at a distance from the contact head, and at least one fastener part connected with the spring foot, the contact springs being supported solidly with the spring foot in the carrier part wherein at least one of the contacts forms a working contact and another one a resting contact, a rigid stop arranged on the carrier part next to which is located the contact head in the vicinity of one of the contact springs, the other one of the contact springs of the contact engaging the comb in such a way that the movement of the contact spring is mechanically linked with the movements of the comb, at least one insulating dividing wall for separating the contact springs of the load contacts the insulating dividing wall reaching from the spring foot at least to the vicinity of the contact head and extending from one side to the other of the safety relay wherein the dividing wall has an offset on the sides bent in opposite directions, and a continuous separating wall embracing the adjacent contact springs of the load contacts formed by the bent offsets connecting the dividing wall with one of the adjacent dividing walls such that the dividing walls and the offsets form a continuous separating wall.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.