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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Scott Carpenter, Sellersburg, IN (US);
General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Louisville, KY (US);
Abstract
A magnetically-triggered proximity switch includes an actuator assembly disposed within a switch body, and the actuator assembly includes an actuator body extending along an actuator axis. A primary contact and a secondary contact is each coupled to the actuator body and may be separated from a center contact along the actuator axis. The actuator assembly is pivotable between a first switch position and a second switch position about a pivot axis. In the first switch position, the center contact is in contact with a common contact and the first contact is in contact with a primary contact, thereby completing a circuit between a common arm and a primary arm. In the second switch position, the center contact is in contact with the common contact and the second contact is in contact with a secondary contact, thereby completing a circuit between the common arm and a secondary arm.