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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7382692 | Add-on timer for medicine container An add-on timer for a medicine container is provided having a base plate affixed to the top of an existing lid, a housing overlaying and coupled to the base plate, and a timing unit within the housing. The housing is displaceable relative to the base plate by a pers... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341479 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector therein is provided. The protective cover comprises a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for rece... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7223929 | Front or side controlled electrical shutoff apparatus The present invention concerns a shutoff apparatus that can be controlled In either front or side mode, consisting of a minimum number of parts and resulting in a simple, economical, mechanically dependable, and compact unit. The shutoff apparatus (1) include... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7138580 | Protective cover for fastened electrical connectors A protective cover for securely housing at least one fastened electrical connector. The protective cover includes a top section and a bottom section moveably connected to one another, with the cover having a plurality of portals therein for receiving a plurality of ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6974922 | Rotary service switch for the interior of electrical enclosures having a disconnect switch A rotary switch assembly for mounting on a disconnect switch (10) in an electrical enclosure (26) includes a base (50) and a rotor (60) which is rotatably coupled to the base (50). The rotor (60) is first axially depressed a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6939076 | Oil-less rivet system for a reclining chair mechanism An improved rivet system is disclosed. A wall proximity reclining/tilt chair includes the improved rivet system which eliminates the need for oil lubrication and additional bushings. The rivet system is such that installation is simplified and manufacturing inconsis... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6486417 | Circuit breaker on-off switch mechanism A circuit breaker mechanism includes an operating part and an on-off switch part. The operating part includes a handle, a shaft, and a mechanism member. The handle is engages the shaft for rotation. The mechanism member moves responsively to rotation of t... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6100485 | Rotary disconnect switch device for transforming rotary motion into linear motion to open and close electrical contacts A rotary disconnect switch device includes a housing, a handle mounted to the housing to undergo rotatable movement between on and off positions, and a rotary disconnect assembly supported in the housing below the handle. The rotary disconnect assembly in... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6072128 | Multipole electric switch Rotary-controlled multipole electric switch fitted with a handle (4) and a housing (1) in which a cam device transforms the rotation of the handle into a translational movement of contact bridges (21). In order to ensure coordination between a cylindrical... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5769207 | Key operated vehicle anti-theft electrical switching device A vehicle anti-theft device is disclosed. The anti-theft device provides a key operated switch that makes or breaks the electrical continuity of four electrical circuits. These electrical circuits are essential to the operation of the vehicle; therefore t... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5579899 | Switch actuating unit The present invention is a switch actuating unit having at least one electrical or electromechanical limiting position switch, actuatable by a mechanical sensing device. This unit structurally combines the mechanical sensing device and the electrical swit... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5449872 | Compact rotary switching assembly A rotary switch which includes a rotary actuator, a linear switch having a linear actuator and a rotary to linear translator interconnecting the rotary actuator to the linear actuator. Rotation of the rotary actuator causes the translator to move linearly... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5389754 | Printed circuit board mounted guide system A switch mechanism having a set of movable conductive contacts adapted to selectively conductively engage a set of conductive paths formed on a printed circuit board in order to open and close circuit paths created thereby. A contact carrier retains the m... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5224592 | High voltage switch device and high-voltage change-over switch The disclosure relates to high-voltage change-over switches that are used to apply high voltage alternately to two X-ray tubes. Each of the four switch devices constituting a change-over switch includes a fixed contact element connected to an input termin... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5197604 | High-voltage change-over switch with linear movement A change-over switch comprises four input terminals connected in pairs to one of the two poles +HT and -HT of a high voltage generator and four output terminals connected in pairs to one of two X-ray tubes. It includes two identical half change-over switc... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5193665 | Electric plug with disabling means An electric plug including a disabling mechanism to preclude unauthorized use of the plug. The disabling mechanism includes a key cylinder lock assembly including a cam member rotated in response to rotation of the key cylinder, a pair of conductive track... | 03/16/1993 |
| 4841833 | Rotary switch for multiple shot electromagnetic launchers An electromagnetic projectile launcher is provided with a firing switch which alternately opens and closes to repeatedly commutate current from a high current supply to a pair of projectile launching rails. A rotor having a transverse conducting element i... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4709310 | Switch structures in portable flashlights A mount structure for a suspender strap of a portable flashlight includes a female member integrally provided on the body of the flashlight and the male member detachably fitted over the female member by suitable means in a sliding fashion.... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4536628 | Pushbutton switch assembly with integrated lock-down switch The present invention relates to a pushbutton switch assembly for use with telephone sets, having an integrated lock-down switch. With the aid of a rotatable trip cam of the lock-down switch, randomly one of several domes of a rubber-like switching mat of... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4358649 | Rotary switch A rotary switch for insertion in switch panel openings includes a housing (1), knob (3), a detent body (2) for limiting the knob position in the housing, a variable position coupling (7), a switch controlling cam member (8) and spring contact switches (13... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4000382 | Adjustable mechanism for control devices An actuating mechanism for a manual selector-push electrical multiswitch, for example, having an actuating member including a plurality of actuating portions which can be rotatably positioned with respect to the switches to select a predetermined control ... | 12/28/1976 |
