Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.

Akio Masaki

Kenji Ueda

Kiyoshi Miyamoto

Yoshio Moriyasu

Yasushi Matsuoka

Shunichi Agatahama

Yoshihide Bando

An attachment for an electronic switch having an outlet tube in one embodiment includes a first clamp member including a pair of legs having respective hooks on ends thereof, and a second clamp member having a pair of locking pawls for locking engagement with the hooks, respectively. In a second embodiment the clamp members are identical with a leg and hook and a pawl on each member. The second clamp member having a pair of cavities in which the legs can be fitted, respectively, the first and second clamp members being connectable together to hold the outlet tube of the electronic switch therebetween. The first and second clamp members as connected together are slidable between a first position in which one of the first and second clamp members is displaced away from the other while being retained together by the hooks and the locking pawls and the outlet tube is rotatable between the first and second clamp members, and a second position in which the one of the first and second clamp members is pushed against the other and the outlet tube is fixed in position between the first and second clamp members.

Attachment for electronic switch

An electronic switch includes a detector head in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped having a detecting surface and connecting members disposed on a corner thereof including a surface opposite to the detecting surface, the connecting members being identical in shape when the detecting surface is oriented in either a forward or lateral direction, the connecting members being symmetrically arranged with respect to an edge of the detector head, a head joint having an end to which the detector head is connectable by the connecting members and also having a rotatable annular connector on an opposite end thereof, and a switch box having engagement means for slidable engagement with the annular connector of the head joint so that the head joint can be rotatably mounted on the switch box. The detecting surface can be oriented in all of lateral directions by rotating the head joint. Since the head joint can be rotated without detaching the detector head, the electronic switch can easily detect desired objects which may be differently positioned.

Electronic switch

A miniaturized electromagnetic device is disclosed, which is applicable to an electromagnetic relay of the flat package type. The electromagnetic device comprises a magnetic core having the configuration of the capital letter H, a coil wound round the magnetic core, and a pair of magnetic members for alternatingly forming two closed magnetic circuits in cooperation with said magnetic core, said magnetic members being formed in one-piece with the aid of connecting members of non-magnetic material, one of said magnetic members including a permanent magnet, and each tip of said magnetic member confronting the corresponding tip of said magnetic core and the clearance therebetween being changeable by the magnetic force generated therebetween as said coil is energized.

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Shino, Japan

Akio Masaki