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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael S. Osvatic, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jarod M. Sulik, Elkhorn, WI (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 1/64 (2006.01); H01H 1/66 (2006.01); H01H 9/02 (2006.01); H01H 9/04 (2006.01); H01H 13/18 (2006.01); H01H 3/42 (2006.01); H01H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 9/047 (2013.01); H01H 13/183 (2013.01); H01H 3/42 (2013.01); H01H 5/06 (2013.01); H01H 2223/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switch suitable for use in contaminated environments provides for internal support of the operator allowing an oversized opening in the housing of the switch through which the operator extends. In this way contamination on the outer surface of the operator may be accommodated without a jamming of the operator in the retracted position.