Wall box dimmer
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1. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate (31), said dimmer comprising:
- (a) an enclosure (21) containing a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts (211) interiorly thereof;
(b) a removable bezel kit (22) protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising(i) a bezel,(ii) at least one primary function button (24) operable by a user to initiate a primary function,(iii) a dual function air-gap switch actuator (26) mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and
(c) wherein said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function and the bezel kit is configured to allow various sized buttons to be snapped into the bezel prior to attachment with the dimmer enclosure.
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Abstract
A dual function air-gap switch actuator (26) is incorporated into the generally planar face of a wall box dimmer. The switch actuator is finger operated and provides both a main power disconnect via air-gap contacts (211) and the means (212) to activate a secondary function. The dual function air-gap switch actuator is optionally fitted with an indicator lamp (265).
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38 Claims
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1. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate (31), said dimmer comprising:
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(a) an enclosure (21) containing a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts (211) interiorly thereof; (b) a removable bezel kit (22) protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising (i) a bezel, (ii) at least one primary function button (24) operable by a user to initiate a primary function, (iii) a dual function air-gap switch actuator (26) mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and (c) wherein said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function and the bezel kit is configured to allow various sized buttons to be snapped into the bezel prior to attachment with the dimmer enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate, said dimmer comprising:
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(a) an enclosure; (b) a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts configured as a micro-switch interiorly mounted within said enclosure; (c) a removable color matched bezel kit including components protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising (i) a bezel, (ii) a dual function air-gap switch actuator configured as a lever and mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and (iii) a vertical column of LEDs; (d) wherein the bezel kit is configured to allow various sized buttons operable by the user to initiate a primary function to be snapped into the bezel prior to attachment with the dimmer enclosure; (e) wherein the air-gap contacts are further adapted to open when the bezel kit is separated from the dimmer enclosure; and (f) wherein said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate, said dimmer comprising:
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(a) an enclosure containing a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts interiorly thereof; (b) a removable bezel kit protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising (i) a bezel, (ii) a first primary function button operable by a user to initiate a primary function, (iii) a second primary function button smaller than the first primary function button and operable by a user to initiate a primary function, (iv) a third primary function button smaller than the first primary function button and operable by a user to initiate a primary function, and (v) a dual function air-gap switch actuator mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and (c) wherein said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function and the bezel kit is configured to allow various sized buttons to be snapped into the bezel prior to attachment with the dimmer enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate, said dimmer comprising:
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(a) an enclosure containing a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts interiorly thereof; (b) a removable bezel kit protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising (i) a bezel, (ii) two primary function buttons operable by a user to initiate a primary function, (iii) a vertical column of light-emitting diodes (LED) configured as a bar graph indicator, (iv) a dual function air-gap switch actuator mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and (c) wherein said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A wall box dimmer having a generally planar face and adapted to mount behind a faceplate, said dimmer comprising:
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(a) an enclosure containing a pair of cooperating air-gap contacts interiorly thereof; (b) a removable bezel kit protruding through an opening in said faceplate and further comprising (i) a bezel, (ii) four primary function buttons operable by a user to initiate a primary function, (iii) a vertical column of light-emitting diodes (LED) comprising seven LEDs, spaced to line up with the primary function buttons, with alternate LEDs aligned with corresponding primary function buttons, (iv) a dual function air-gap switch actuator mechanically co-operable with said pair of air-gap contacts and adapted to open and close said pair of air-gap contacts; and (c) wherein (i) said dual function air-gap switch actuator is further adapted to be operable by the user to initiate a secondary function, (ii) said alternate LEDs are adapted to provide corresponding button status, and (iii) the LEDs that are not aligned with corresponding buttons remain powered off. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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