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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7525055 | Switch box for power tools with safety systems Switch boxes for power tools with safety systems are disclosed. The switch boxes are particularly useful for woodworking equipment such as table saws equipped with safety systems that detect and react to dangerous conditions. The switch boxes may include a power swi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7238903 | Electrical switching apparatus operating mechanism with operating member therefor, and enclosure assembly employing the same An operating mechanism is for a circuit breaker housed by an enclosure assembly including a panel movable between a closed position and an open position. The operating mechanism includes a linkage and an operating member. The operating mechanism is coupled to the ha... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7060918 | Normal and Emergency Combination Light Switch A standard 2-gang wallbox-mountable light switch assembly comprising two switches for controlling electrical power from two separate circuits, one normal and one emergency power, to two separate lighting loads is disclosed. The assembly comprises two toggle switches... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6617533 | Interlock for a circuit breaker An interlock for two circuit breakers, with the circuit breakers configured in the same electrical circuit and with each circuit breaker having a cross bar and contact assembly. The interlock comprises a pivot pin mounted a spaced distance from the two ci... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6388214 | Mechanical and gate for interlocking electric power switches and distribution system incorporating same A mechanical AND gate has a pivot plate with an elongated slot engaged by an output coupling formed by a pair of pins radially offset from the end of an output shaft. A pair of input couplings secured to the pivot plate at points laterally offset on oppos... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5289146 | Reversing contactor apparatus with locking A reversing contactor apparatus in a single case is disclosed, comprising electro-mechanical locking means. These means which comprise a mobile mechanical locking piece, further having surfaces for actuating locking switches, are placed substantially in t... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5272291 | Dual switch actuator mechanism with Geneva drive plate and follower plates detent assembly A dual switch actuator for coordinated actuation of two high-current switches, each having a switch operator with a shaft. The switch operator shafts are aligned paraxially with a main shaft of the actuator. A Geneva drive plate having an arcuate bearing ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4760278 | Transfer switch The transfer switch assembly typically automatically transfers electrical loads from a normal electrical power source to an emergency electrical power source upon reduction or loss of normal power source voltage. It can also automatically re-transfer the ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4517422 | Electrical switch having interlocked blower and air conditioner switch components for vehicles A combination blower and air conditioner switch is disclosed, comprising a blower switch and an air conditioner switch having respective first and second casings secured together, a blower control member movable along a path between an OFF position remote... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4383147 | Electrical switch having interlocked blower and air conditioner switch components for vehicles A combination blower and air conditioner switch for vehicles, comprising a blower speed control switch component including a blower control member movable from an OFF position to a series of ON positions to provide different blower speeds, an air conditio... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4025742 | Positive mechanical lock-out device Sequential operation of a pair of switches in a required sequence of operation is ensured by means of a telescoping arrangement of tubes which are connected to associated ones of switch operating shafts. A positive stop prevents the movement of one telesc... | 05/24/1977 |
