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Differential pressure switch

US3946176A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 4, 1974
Grant dateMar 23, 1976
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Expiry dateDec 4, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H35/38
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A differential pressure module is secured in switching relation to the actuating plunger of an electrical switching mechanism. Comprising the differential pressure module are two piston/cylinder assemblies connected together in back-to-back configuration by secured cross members forming a floating yoke. Each of the assemblies includes a diaphragm in communication with a separate oppositely directed fluid inlet and through which a force differential effective from the separate forces acting in opposition to each other is applied via the yoke against the switch actuator. A cast body intervening between the assemblies defines the fluid inlets while maintaining the pressure of each isolated from the other.

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