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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2006
Ellis Paul Lipp, Charlottesville, IN (US);
David E. Zink, Greenwood, IN (US);
Benjamin Franklin Chestnut, Avon, IN (US);
Ellis Paul Lipp, Charlottesville, IN (US);
David E. Zink, Greenwood, IN (US);
Benjamin Franklin Chestnut, Avon, IN (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A device enables a camstack in an appliance timer to be rotated without applying electrical power to the switches of the appliance. The device includes a knob having an elongated actuator extending from a lower surface of the knob to an outboard end, the elongated actuator having a shoulder between the outboard end of the elongated actuator and the knob, a camstack shaft for rotating a camstack used to selectively engage cam followers for controlling operation of an appliance cycle, the camstack shaft including a passageway for telescopically receiving the elongated actuator extending from the knob, a switch actuator having a hub and a radial flange, the hub having a passageway for receiving the outboard end of the elongated actuator up to the shoulder so the actuator is axially moved by depression of the knob, a switch having one contact mounted on one end of a resilient member configured to urge the one contact toward another contact to close the switch, and a slider having a first end and a second end, the first end of the slider contacting the radial flange of the switch actuator and the second end of the slider being coupled to the resilient member of the switch so that depression of the knob moves the radial flange of the switch actuator with respect to the first end of the slider to urge the resilient member and the one contact away from the other contact to open the switch.