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Illuminated two-color selector switch

  • US 4,044,214 A
  • Filed: 03/23/1976
  • Issued: 08/23/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1976
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an illuminated selector switch operator comprising a base member having an axial passage, a rotor rotatably received in the axial passage and drivingly connected to a switch operating means for operating a switch in relation to at least two rotated positions of the rotor, the rotor having an axial passage coaxial with the axial passage of the base, the passages being open at their common ends, a light source removably mounted in the passage of the rotor, and an operating knob removably connected to one of the open ends of the rotor for effecting rotation of the rotor and the knob to the two rotated positions, the improvement comprising a lamp shield removably mounted and fixedly received in the passage of the rotor around the light source and having an aperture in an otherwise closed end for directing light from the light source toward the knob, and the knob having at least two translucent portions one of which is positioned to be in alignment with the aperture in a first rotated position of the knob and the other of which is positioned to be in alignment with the aperture in a second rotated position of the knob.

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