Switching device for a toy railway
US5704822A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 6, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63H19/32
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A switching device (5) is arranged in a junction element (1), which is to be used in a toy railway and is in the form of a reversible plate. On each flat side, this plate is formed with depressions (2, 2', 2"), which in pairs form an incoming railway track (2) and two outgoing railway tracks (2', 2") extending therefrom. On each flat side, the switching device (5) has a switch plate (6) which is arranged in a recess (7) formed in the respective flat sides and which is pivotable between a first position and a second position, in which it produces a track connection between the incoming railway track (2) and the one or the other of the outgoing railway tracks (2', 2"). The switch plates (6) are interconnected by means of a connecting element (12), which extends through a profile hole (16) in the junction element (1) and which, when the switch plates (6) occupy the first and the second position, engages a first and a second portion (16', 16"), respectively, of a wall delimiting the profile hole (16). The switch plates (6) can be pivoted by axial displacement of an operating rod (17) which, with force fit, extends through a hole (18) in the junction element (1) from the outside thereof…
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