Safety switch assembly
AssigneeEJA Limited
InventorDavid Holt
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Abstract
A rotary safety switch assembly is disclosed in which electrical contacts are movable from a power supply OFF position to a power supply ON position by movement of a rotary member contained within a housing, the electrical contacts comprising first stationary contacts and second movable contacts, and in which the first stationary contacts are carried by a housing part and the second movable contacts are carried by the rotary member and are movable therewith in an arc about said predetermined axis to make and break contact with the first stationary contacts in response to movement of the rotary member by the actuator.
Claims36
A safety switch assembly comprising:
- a housing containing electrical contacts movable from a power supply OFF position to a power supply ON position by movement of a rotary member contained within the housing and configured to rotated about a predetermined axis by an actuator insertable into the housing,
- wherein the electrical contacts comprise first stationary contacts and second movable contacts, and
- wherein the first stationary contacts are carried by a housing part and the second movable contacts are carried by the rotary member and are movable therewith in an arc about said predetermined axis to make and break contact with the first stationary contacts in response to movement of the rotary member by the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.