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Magnetic apparatus for actuating a reed switch and associated system

  • US 5,646,601 A
  • Filed: 05/16/1994
  • Issued: 07/08/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A magnetic apparatus for activating a switch, the magnetic apparatus comprising:

  • a bottom plate presenting a gravity reference plane;

    a first magnet guide supported by the bottom plate in an upright position with respect to the gravity reference plane, the first magnet guide having a first aperture presenting a first aperture plane defining an oblique angle with respect to the gravity reference plane;

    a second magnet guide supported by the bottom plate in an upright position with respect to the gravity reference plane, the second magnet guide having a second aperture presenting a second aperture plane defining an oblique angle with respect to the gravity reference plane; and

    a magnet member including a magnet, the magnet member supported by the first magnet guide and the second magnet guide, the magnet member presenting a slide axis running through the first aperture and the second aperture, the magnet member including a first end and a second end, the first end received in the first aperture, the second end received in the second aperture.

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