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Electrical and fluid control switches

US4251698A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 6, 1978
Grant dateFeb 17, 1981
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Expiry dateApr 6, 1998

Classification

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

Abstract

The combined electrical and fluid control switch comprises a casing, a carriage movable therein for operating electrical switching means and fluid control means in the casing, valve ports in the rear casing wall and connecting with nipples thereon, a rearwardly projecting connector locating post on the rear wall adjacent the nipples, detent recesses alternating with detent bumps on the rear side of the carriage, a detent ball engageable with the detent recesses and bumps and guided in a bore in the post, and a coil spring compressed in the bore behind the wall. The front casing wall may have a guide slot for slidably receiving a pair of guide tabs projecting forwardly from the carriage, a gap being provided between the tabs for receiving an operating member, the front casing wall being formed with a notch along the guide slot for entry of the operating member.

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