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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:
Oct. 07, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
200242 ; 2001 / ; 2001 / ;
Abstract
A switch including a self-cleaning mechanism comprises a slider movable in directions toward and away from fixed contacts, a moving contact, having flanges, contactable with the fixed contacts, and a spring for pushing the moving contact toward the fixed contacts. The slider has rest portions upon which the flanges abut under the state where the moving contact is in the inclined pose with respect to the slider-moving direction.