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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 22, 1978
Felix F Esposito, Stratford, CT (US);
Roger P Sepso, Stratford, CT (US);
Robertshaw Controls Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
An electrical switch construction having a frame carrying a movable switch blade and a latch structure for latching the switch blade in one position when the latch structure is latched and for causing the switch blade to be in another position when the latch structure is unlatched, the latch structure comprising an armature movably carried by the frame and a cam movably carried by the frame and being operatively associated with the switch blade to hold the switch blade in the one position thereof when the cam is latched by the armature being in a latching position thereof and being moved to an unlatching position from the cam when the armature is actuated by an electromagnetic actuator. The armature comprises two members secured together, one of the members being formed of plastic material and having a hook end for latching with the cam and the other of the members being formed of metal to be magnetically attracted by the actuator.