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US2545548A
US2545548A US54509A US5450948A US2545548A US 2545548 A US2545548 A US 2545548A US 54509 A US54509 A US 54509A US 5450948 A US5450948 A US 5450948A US 2545548 A US2545548 A US 2545548A
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rotor
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clutch
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Gouffon Jean-Jacques
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Paillard SA
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04C—ELECTROMECHANICAL CLOCKS OR WATCHES
    • G04C3/00—Electromechanical clocks or watches independent of other time-pieces and in which the movement is maintained by electric means
    • G04C3/001—Electromechanical switches for setting or display
    • G04C3/005—Multiple switches
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/02—Details
    • H01H19/10—Movable parts; Contacts mounted thereon

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  • switches Numerous types of switches are known of which the rotor, carrying the movable contacts, issubjected to the action of a spring causing its return to the normal or disengaged position and which is provided with a resilient locking device determining the various positions of use of the rotor.
  • the locking device is generally composed of elements mounted on the chassis of the switch and cooperating resiliently with elements secured to the rotor.
  • the control of the setting in the disengaged position is effected by means of a disengaging member separate from the actuating knob enabling the rotor to pass from one position of use to the other.
  • the present invention relates to a switch of the general type defined above, that is to say provided with stationary contacts on a framework, movable contacts secured to a rotor subjected to theaction of at least one return spring into the disengaged position, an actuating member for actuating the said rotor and a resilient locking device determining the various positions of use of the switch and composed of elements secured to the framework and rotary elements.
  • this switch is provided with a clutch normally connecting the rotor to the rotary elements of the resilient locking device and one of the parts of this clutch, movable axially, is connected to a disengaging member producing the disengagement of the corresponding parts of the said clutch and, consequently, the return to the disengaged position of the rotor under the action of its return spring.
  • Fig. 1 is a view in elevation showing the rotor in the disengaged position, the parts of the clutch being disengaged from one another.
  • Fig. 2 is a view in horizontal section of the up per part of the switch, on the line II-II of Fig. 5.
  • Fig. 3 is a view in horizontal section of the lower partsof the switch, on the line III-III of Fig; 4..
  • Fig. 4 is'anew in axial. section. taken at 45' to theiplane of Fig. 5,. on. the line. IV--IV of Fig. 3.
  • a cylindrical wall 18 is provided with a cylindrical wall 18, forming a g V l ig. 5 is a view insection through the axis of the rotor, on the line VV of Fig. 2.
  • the base I of theswitch carries solidly" three stationary contact terminals 2, 3, 4 connected electrically to flexible contact 3 and 4).
  • a chassis or framework 8 is secured to the base I by means of screws 9 I E).
  • Holes H provided in the upper side l-2 of the chassis, enable the switch to be secured to a panel I3 (Fig. 5).
  • the upper side l2 of the chassis has a bore [4 forming a bearing for a shaft [5 carrying a rotor 20.
  • the securing screws 9 and Hi secure the base I to a stiffening bar l6 provided at its centre with a bore I"! forming a second bearing for the shaft Coaxially with the axis or shaft l5, the base lower guide for a helical spring I! coiled around the shaft l5, at a predetermined distance from this.
  • the movable equipment of the switch is pro vided fi'rstl'y with a rotor having a body 29 of insulating material secured rigidly tothe shaft 15 by means of a pin 2
  • the lower face of the insulating body 28 has a groove provided with a ring 22 of conducting material provided with radial tongues 23, 2t, 25 bent at their ends.
  • the tongues constitute the movable contacts of the switch.
  • the ring 22 rests on a plate 26 against which bears a centering dish 2? mounted freely on theshaft l5; and in the interior of the helical spring 19in such a manner as to complete the guiding of the latter in co-operation with the lower guide It.
  • the lower bent end 28' of the spring I9 is fitted into a seating 5i provided in the base i- (Fig. l), whilst its upper end 23, passing through a notch 52 provided in the dish engages with a hole 53 in the plate 25.
  • the helical spring I9 is subjected simultaneously to compression and torsion during the mounting of theswitch in such a manner that it constantly exerts on the movable equipment it, by means of the plate 26, a return couple in the direction of the arrow R, tending to move the rotor into the disengaged position.
  • the insulating body 2! ⁇ of the rotor carries securely on its upper face, a clutch plate 30 provided with projections 3! and having two movable stops 3-2, 33 formed by lugs,
  • the movable equipment also comprises an operating member formed by a rotary handle 34 mounted on a hub 35, secured rigidly to the shaft [5 by means of a pin 36, as also a disengaging knob 31 secured to the handle 34.
  • the resilient locking device for the rotor defining its positions of service, is provided with a prismatic member 38, called a square, of which the opposite parallel faces cooperate for each position of service'of the switch, with two groups of flexible blades 39-, 40 located on opposite sides of the axial plane of symmetry indicated by the 3 line SS (Fig. 2) and maintained flexed by reason of the fact that the ends of the blades of one group are approached resiliently towards the adjacent ends of the blades of the other group by holding straps 4!, 42 close to the uprights 8 of the chassis.
  • the flexible blades 39, 40 At one end (Figs. 1, 2, 5) the flexible blades 39, 40 have large parts 43, 44, which form stationary damping stops.
  • the square 38 is secured, at its lower end, to a coupling disc 45 extending underneath the flexible blades and having four notches 46 uniformly distributed around its periphery.
  • the square 38 is attached at the top to a section of a cylinder 41 passing through a bore 48, of the chassis 8 beyond which the section has a groove 49 provided with a resilient split ring 50 which bears against the edge of the bore 48 and holds the square in the axial position (Fig. 4).
  • the operator For passing from the disengaged position to the first position of service, the operator turns the operating handle 34 in a clockwise direction through a quarter of a revolution against the action of the return spring 19. As the two parts of the clutch device 30, 45 remain in engagement, the square 38 is set in rotation and moved through a quarter of a revolution.
  • the flexible blades 39, 43 co-operate with two of its opposite faces and lock the rotor in the correct position.
  • the operator can cause the rotor to pass into its second position of service, for which the movable stop 33 of the clutch plate 33 is located in immediate proximity to the wide part 44 of the flexible blades 48 (position 33' shown in broken lines in Fig. 2).
  • the rapid return of the switch into the disengaged position is produced by an axial thrust P applied from the top downwardly (Fig. 1) on the release member 31 which is integral with the handle 34.
  • the whole of the movable equipment is then moved axially in the direction of the arrow P and against the action of the spring I9 until the hub 35 bears against the side l2 of the chassis 8 (Fig. 1).
  • This operation has the effect of disengagin the pins 3
  • the helical torsion spring l9 returns the rotor 30 with its shaft l5 rapidly into the disengaged position.
  • the nose of the stop 32 strikes against the wide part 43 of the flexible blades 39, which results in lessening the shock when stopping the movable equipment.
  • a single helical spring holds the two parts 30, 45 in engagement and ensures the return of the rotor into the disengaged position.
  • a part of the resilient locking device of the rotor that is to say one of the flexible blades, is used for determining the stop position of the movable equipment in the disengaged position whilst absorbing the shock when stopping.
  • the switch is not provided with a release member external to the handle and nevertheless it is possible to dispense with a hollow rotor shaft necessary in other constructions for the mounting of a transmission ensuring the release.
  • the speed of release is independent of the operation of the handle 3%; it may be very high, it being the greater the smaller the mass of the movable equipment.
  • the switch has a small overall size whilst providing suflicient interrupting distances.
  • a switch comprising frame means, an operating shaft mounted for rotation and axial motion in the frame means, a rotor rigid with the shaft, contacts fixed to the rotor, a yieldable member reacting against the frame means and urging the rotor to a certain angular and axial position in which the contacts are disengaged, yieldable means holding the rotor in each of a plurality of positions and including flexible members anchored to the frame means and a rotatable member of non-circular section engaged by the flexible members and held thereby in various angular positions, a clutch device for releasably connecting the rotor to the rotatable member and including an element rigid with the rotatable member, and a second element rigid with the rotor and therefore releasable from the first clutch element by axial motion of the shaft, said yieldable member also urging the rotor toward the rotatable member and thereby the second clutch element to releasably engage the first clutch element.
  • one of the flexible members includes a stop portion engageable by the second clutch element upon return of the rotor to its disengaged position to absorb the shock incident thereto.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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  • Rotary Switch, Piano Key Switch, And Lever Switch (AREA)
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NL94249C (fr) * 1955-02-21
DE1219560B (de) * 1962-07-24 1966-06-23 Rau Swf Autozubehoer Schalter
CN114171340B (zh) * 2022-01-05 2024-06-04 浙江天正电气股份有限公司 一种快速分断机构及旋转开关

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US1146204A (en) * 1913-03-07 1915-07-13 William A Pearce Electric-signal switch.
US1347885A (en) * 1917-01-16 1920-07-27 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Control apparatus
US1391524A (en) * 1919-09-03 1921-09-20 Crouse Hinds Co Cap for conduit outlet-boxes
US2420768A (en) * 1945-01-12 1947-05-20 Jr David D Beveridge Electric switch

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1146204A (en) * 1913-03-07 1915-07-13 William A Pearce Electric-signal switch.
US1347885A (en) * 1917-01-16 1920-07-27 Westinghouse Electric & Mfg Co Control apparatus
US1391524A (en) * 1919-09-03 1921-09-20 Crouse Hinds Co Cap for conduit outlet-boxes
US2420768A (en) * 1945-01-12 1947-05-20 Jr David D Beveridge Electric switch

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