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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:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stewart A Woodward, Morrison, IL (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200 / ; 200 / ;
Abstract
An electrical switch adapted to control a plurality of circuits therethrough has a plurality of push buttons reciprocally movable to effect the control of the circuits and including an 'off' push button operable generally upon the depression thereof to open all of the circuits. Means is responsive to the depression of the 'off' push button for precluding depression of certain of the other of the push buttons, and means actuated by an operator for rendering ineffective the precluding means includes one of the 'off' push button and another of the push buttons.