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Variable resistor and driving mechanism therefor

US4172248A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 29, 1978
Grant dateOct 23, 1979
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Expiry dateJun 29, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01C10/38
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a variable resistor of a simple construction having a driving mechanism, which can be assembled with ease and which allows contactors movable by an operation lever to be normally held in a predetermined position on a resistance element. The lever can be forcibly moved to vary the output of the resistor, and yet the lever will be returned automatically to its original position when the lever is released from the force exerted thereon.

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