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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1990
Chepur P Rao, North Kingstown, RI (US);
Juan J Barrena, Providence, RI (US);
John J Astley, Barrington, RI (US);
Tower Manufacturing Corporation, Providence, RI (US);
Abstract
A rotary switch for small appliances such as electric fans comprising base and cover assemblies, the former having low, medium and high output terminals and a splice terminal in side-by-side relation along one edge thereof for wedgingly receiving the bared ends of a ribbon cable, or alternatively receiving the bared ends of separate leads, and with the input terminal and the opposite end of the splice terminal being located at the opposite edge of the base. The cover assembly carries a rotor having contacts connected thereto whereby the rotor may be rotated so as to effect an electrical connection between either the low, medium or high output terminal and the input terminal. The cover further has a plurality of partitions which serve to isolate from each other the bared ends of the leads that engage the output terminals, when the cover and base are assembled to each other.