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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268307 | Signal actuator device for a position adjustment control Signal Actuator device, having a support structure; a bottom drive shaft, tunable in a seat of the support structure; a first torsional coupling, integral with and surrounding the bottom drive shaft; at least a first cam torsionally coupled to the first torsional co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6953346 | Method and apparatus for high power switching A high power switching matrix constructed using stacked housings of common rows and common columns joined together by thimble sections. The switching assembly of the switching matrix is isolated from the housing using insulators provided with rotary bearings in whic... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935205 | Switch actuator A switch actuator is provided with a rotor in a housing and a third class lever having a cam follower operatively engaged against a cam surface of the rotor. A fulcrum of the lever is provided at a location relative to the rotor, which location is adjustable relativ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 5921211 | Adjustable interlocking ignition rotor device An adjustable interlocking ignition rotor device 10 includes a first member 12 having a plurality of orifices 34 radially positioned around the axis of the first member 12, a second member 14 having a plurality of orifices 56 radially positioned around th... | 07/13/1999 |
| 4972053 | Power transmission assembly Control apparatus for a power transmission assembly comprising a housing chamber having a switch member with connection leads and a switch actuating mechanism compacting disposed within the housing chamber with a barrier member between the connection lead... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4939320 | Self-setting switch-actuating assembly and method A self-setting switch-actuating assembly includes a pair of cam members and a rotational motion transmitting shaft. The cam members are mounted on the shaft. The shaft is rotatably mounted between a pair of switches and is connected to a rotatable device ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4889964 | Rotating retractable cam limit switch The rotating cam limit switch includes a hub, a position screw arm, a position screw, a position wheel, a retractable cam, a dwell wheel, a dwell screw, a dwell screw arm, a spring wave washer and a locking ring. The hub is to be mounted on a rotating sha... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4885437 | Rotating cam limit switch The rotating cam limit switch includes a hub, a position screw area, a position screw, a position wheel, a retractable cam, a dwell wheel, a dwell screw, a dwell screw arm, a spring wave washer and a locking ring. The hub is to be mounted on a rotating sh... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4488071 | Motor operated mechanism A windshield wiper mechanism includes a motor-driven reciprocating link oscillating on a rotary wiper-arm shaft via an arm secured to the shaft. A limit switch is slidably mounted on a fixed plate through rivets and an elongate slot and a friction materia... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4424423 | Switching mechanism A switching mechanism has disc cams arranged on a shaft for actuating switches positioned beside the shaft. The cam discs are adjusted exclusively by friction contact between these cam discs and at least one supporting member. The friction surfaces are he... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4238654 | Switchgear Switchgear has switches 14 actuated by cam discs 16, 18 mounted on a shaft 12. The angular position of the cams can be adjusted, and they are then held in position by regions of a deformable material 52 which are bent into recesses 38 on a part fixed to t... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4214133 | Rotary shaft position switch A rotary shaft position indicator and control in which a switch is housed within an enclosure sealed against dust, moisture, corrosive or explosive foreign materials and is magnetically actuated in response to rotary shaft position. In one embodiment a pl... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4183230 | Centrifugal governor for engine ignition system A pair of centrifugal governor are combined in an unit for providing a compound spark advance characteristics. A second advance cam and a pair of weights are placed above a first advance cam and a pair of weights. All weight support pins and additional pair of... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4112265 | Rotatable cam limit switch with variable timing and dwell A rotatable cam limit switch with a switch operating cam mounted directly on a continuously rotating drive shaft and axially shiftable relative to the shaft. The drive shaft is also provided with a "fast thread" for adjustable axial positioning of a timin... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4058691 | Adaptor mounting for adjustable distributor contact breaker assembly module A tune up device for a distributor of an internal combustion engine having an adaptor adjustably mounted on the distributor adjacent to the distributor cam, and a replaceable module having contact points positioned on the distributor, wherein once the ada... | 11/15/1977 |
| 4031339 | Modular time sequence controller A modular time sequence controller having multiple timing cams and switches. Modules of switches and cams may be added and removed without disturbing other modules. Clip means for retaining a switch in a module facilitates easy insertion and removal witho... | 06/21/1977 |
| 3968626 | Apparatus for bagging material An apparatus for bagging a comminuted material such as broken or shredded tree bark, shredded insulating materials, plastic pellets, granular fertilizer material, grain or the like has a hopper provided with a discharge chute and bag holder adapted to sen... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3950623 | Automation switching apparatus Apparatus for performing a plurality of switching operations in response to input rotary motion. An input shaft rotatably positioned in a housing has a plurality of cams axially positioned therealong, and a corresponding plurality of cam-operated electric... | 04/13/1976 |
| 3933138 | Spark distributor Spark distribution method and means of the variable magnetic flux type for nternal combustion engines comprising respective cooperative steps and parts in and for a spark distributor including: a spark shaft inside a housing with a gear on the shaft that i... | 01/20/1976 |
