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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2010
Anthony F. Beugelsdyk, Wichita, KS (US);
Daniel D. Clarke, Mount Hope, KS (US);
Anthony F. Beugelsdyk, Wichita, KS (US);
Daniel D. Clarke, Mount Hope, KS (US);
Wescon Products Company, Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
An inline conduit switch includes a body having an anchor fitting adapted for mounting to a support and a conduit fitting adapted for mounting a control cable thereto. The conduit fitting is at least partially received in a bore of the anchor fitting for relative axial movement between a first configuration to which the body is normally biased and a second, compressed configuration. First and second electrical contacts are operatively carried by the anchor fitting and the conduit fitting, and are brought into electrically conductive engagement in the second configuration. The inline conduit switch operates to create electrical contact when a control cable is placed in tension, thereby axially shifting the conduit fitting relative to the anchor fitting.