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Armored axially displaceable sealing apparatus

US4825023A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1986
Grant dateApr 25, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H13/063
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An axially displaceable armored sealing apparatus for push button switches and the like. The apparatus includes a sealed nut unit connected to an anvil for actuating the plunger of a switch by means of a flexible elastomeric member forming a cavity for the plunger of the switch. The anvil is connected to a moveable armored cap that fits over the end of a stationary metal cylinder supported by the nut and which cap is axially displaceable with respect to the stationary cylindrical portion of the sealing apparatus. The displacement required to actuate the switch is less than the displacement necessary to cause the movable armored cap to contact either the flexible elastomeric member or the stationary cylindrical portion of the sealing apparatus.

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