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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1978

Filed:

Jul. 08, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:

Stuart W Grebner, Cleveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ; H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200314 ; 200 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract

A small light duty multi-pole pushbutton switch is disclosed having a plurality of notched contact pins carried by respective legs of a linearly reciprocal pushbutton actuator for wiping bridging engagement with respective pairs of spaced stationary leaf spring contacts. The actuator is telescopically received in one end of a housing for longitudinal movement therein with the legs extending longitudinally thereinto. The leaf spring contacts are mounted by circuit modules at the other end of the housing and extend longitudinally thereinto. In preferred form, the switch may be front of panel mounted in a 3/4 inch square panel hole. The switch may be illuminated and may provide alternate or momentary action.


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