Push button adapter for slide switch
US4194104A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 1979 |
| Grant date | Mar 18, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01H13/56
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A push button adapter has a housing with an open bottom mounted on top of a slide switch, with the actuating button of the switch extending up into the housing. Slidably mounted in the housing and extending out of one end of it is a push button plunger with a recess therein loosely receiving the actuating button for moving it with the plunger. A coil spring normally holds the plunger in its outermost position with the button at one end of its travel, the plunger being movable into the housing far enough to move the button to its other position. Rotatably mounted in the top of the housing above the plunger is a latch that is turned by means on top of the inwardly moving plunger from a normal position only far enough for it to stop outward movement of the released plunger before it can move the button, the latch turning means being adapted to turn the latch past its plunger-stopping position when the plunger is pushed inwardly against and to then turn the latch to its normal position when the plunger is released so that the plunger will return the button to its original position.
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