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Electrical switch combined with fluid control device

US4054761A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1976
Grant dateOct 18, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 17, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H3/0206
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A combined electrical switch and fluid control device, in which the switch comprises a casing having an insulating wall, a slider movable in the casing and carrying a contactor having first and second contact points, and first and second contact bars mounted on the insulating wall opposite the contactor, the first bar being engageable by the first contact point, the first and second bars having first and second segments projecting laterally therefrom for successive engagement by the second contact point, the first and second segments having a narrow gap therebetween of less width than the width of the second contact point, whereby such point wll ride between such segments without engaging the insulating wall to avoid burning of such wall and to avoid contamination of the second contact point by such wall.

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