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Switch for power take-off controls

  • US 5,310,974 A
  • Filed: 05/17/1993
  • Issued: 05/10/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical switch apparatus for initiating actuation in an ON position and deactuation in an OFF position of a power take-off drive comprising:

  • a housing in which is mounted a shaft for both axial and rotary movement relative to the housing, one end of the shaft being connected through one end of the housing to an operating member, a pair of diametrically opposed extensions being provided on the shaft and being cooperable, to prevent rotary movement of the shaft, with a selected one of a first diametral slot and a second diametral slot in the OFF and ON positions, respectively, of the switch, the slots being formed in a cylindrical axial extension on said one end of the housing and dividing that extension into two pairs of segments with an axial extent of one pair of segments being less than that of the other pair;

    a rotary member carried by an opposing end of the shaft so as to be rotatable therewith, the shaft being capable of axial movement relative to the rotary member against the action of a biasing means, the shaft being axially moveable by the operating member against the action of the biasing means to disengage the extensions from the first slot, and the shaft then being rotatable by the operating member to a position in which the resilient means will move the shaft axially in the opposite direction so that the extensions engage the second slot so as again to prevent rotary movement of the shaft without first subjecting it to an axial movement; and

    a contact plate carried by the rotary member for rotation therewith and having two electrical contacts disposed thereon, the two electrical contacts being cooperable with corresponding contacts provided on a baseplate, the baseplate being located on the housing on an end opposite the one end, the switch apparatus being in the on position when the contacts engage the corresponding contacts;

    whereby the operating member of the switch apparatus must first be subjected to a linear movement and then subjected to a rotary movement in order to complete actuation of the switch apparatus to render the power take-off drive operative.

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