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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1978
Charles E Black, III, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Andrew F Raab, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Indak Manufacturing Corp., Northbrook, IL (US);
Abstract
The electrical switch comprises a resinous plastic casing, a carriage slidable in the casing, at least one contactor mounted on the carriage and movable therewith, contact means in the casing and selectably engageable by the contactor, a resinous plastic rocker plate rockably mounted on the front of the casing and having a lever arm swingable with the rocker plate for causing sliding movement of the carriage in response to rocking movement of the rocker plate, the carriage having a slot for receiving the lever arm, a pair of spaced parallel side walls on the casing and having pivot receiving openings, a pair of flexible resilient generally parallel pivot support tabs projecting rearwardly from the rocker plate and having pivot elements pivotally received in the openings for rockably supporting the rocker plate, the pivot elements being insertable into said openings by flexure of the pivot support tabs, a pair of oppositely inclined stop surfaces on the casing and engageable by the rocker plate at the opposite extremes of its rocking movement, a torsion return spring comprising a wire coil with opposite end arms extending therefrom, the casing having a pocket for receiving the coil and slots for receiving the end arms with the spring prestressed, a pair of spring operating tabs projecting rearwardly on the rocker plate for engaging and swinging the opposite end arms of the spring when the rocker plate is swung in opposite directions from a central position, a lamp in the casing for illumination in at least one position of said contactor, and a cover shell mounted on the front of said rocker plate and having a light transmitting element, the rocker plate having an opening therein for transmitting light between the lamp and the light transmitting element.