Control mechanism

• US 3,072,769 A
• Filed: 06/30/1960
• Issued: 01/08/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John O. Roeser
• Original Assignee: John O. Roeser
• Inventors: Roeser, John O.
• Application Number:
  US04/039,959
• Time in Patent Office: 922 Days
• US Class Current: 200/448
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/14 Operating parts, e.g. push-button
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/20 Driving mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/506 with a make-break action in a single operation

Claims

1. IN A SWITCH OPERATOR FOR USE WITH A SWITCH HAVING A SPRING MEMBER FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF ITS CONTACTS, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A PLUNGER ARRANGED TO OPERATE SAID SPRING MEMBER TO CONTROL SAID CONTACTS, A SECOND PLUNGER IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST PLUNGER, AND RELEASABLE CONTROL MEANS CHARACTERIZED AS BEING FOR RETAINING SAID SECOND PLUNGER IN PREDETERMINED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FIRST PLUNGER SUCH THAT AN OBJECT MOVING SAID SECOND PLUNGER MOVES SAID FIRST PLUNGER TO OPERATE SAID SPRING MEMBER AND CONTACTS WHEREAFTER SAID SECOND PLUNGER IS RELEASED FROM SAID FIRST PLUNGER TO PERMIT SAID SPRING MEMBER AND CONTACTS TO BE RETURNED TO THEIR UNOPERATED CONDITION WHILE SAID SECOND PLUNGER IS STILL OPERATED BY SAID OBJECT.