Abstract: A switch device may include a pressing member, an urging member, fixed contacts, at least one movable contact swingable in a direction intersecting with a movement direction of the pressing member and connecting and disconnecting between the fixed contacts. The pressing member may include a slider portion extending in a direction oblique to the movement direction and slidable along the movable contact. The movable contact may be pressed by the slider portion in the pressing member sliding to swing and come in contact with and separate from at least one of the fixed contacts in response to the pressing member moving from a reference position to a pressed position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary contact block. The auxiliary contact block comprises a housing and a tool free latching mechanism. The tool free latching mechanism further comprising a stationary member integral to the housing and a latching bar. The latching bar comprising a button in communication with a moveable member by a central body.

Abstract: An auxiliary switch actuating mechanism is for a circuit breaker including a housing, separable contacts, an operating mechanism with an operating handle interconnected to the separable contacts by a linkage assembly, and an auxiliary switch having a contact member. The auxiliary switch actuating mechanism includes an actuating lever with first and second ends and a pivot portion engaging the housing proximate the auxiliary switch. A torsion spring biases the actuating lever towards engaging and actuating the contact member of the auxiliary switch. The contact member is actuated when the separable contacts are not tripped open and the linkage assembly is not collapsed. When the circuit breaker trips, the linkage assembly collapses, engaging and pivoting the actuating lever, in order to overcome the bias and disengage and deactivate the contact member.

Abstract: A coil body with an upper section and at least one lower section which has a downward cone shape. The coil body is manufactured from a thermosetting plastic by an injection molding process such that the lower section is provided along its full length with a thin molded tab. Furthermore, an injection mold for forming of the coil body is provided. The lower section of the mold is equipped with at least one blind cavity which is connected to the mold cavity via a gap running the entire height of the mold cavity.

Abstract: An auxiliary contact device is taught for utilization with a motor controller or a contactor. A linear cam arrangement is utilized with a rooted flexure arm to cause the contact end of the flexure arm to move in relationship with the linear travel of the stroker carrying the cam surface into a disposition of electrical continuity with a fixed contact. Subsequent linear movement of the stroker in the same direction continues to move the cam surface thereof over an offset in the flexure member after contact has been made. This causes a wiping action between the abutting contact surfaces. The arrangement may be utilized in either the normally open or normally closed disposition. It may be used on multipole devices and the stroker member may be modified for matching a common auxiliary contact assembly arrangement with various kinds of main contactors or controllers or to change timing of contact status change.

Abstract: A motor safety switch which eliminates much of the costs of conventional wiring, material and labor, the motor safety switch being formed of a plurality of assembled independent components; a first of the components including a switch unit having a contact system, a thermal tripper and a magnetic tripper; a second of the components being an electromagnetic drive unit; a third of the components being a modular contact unit; and the independent components are maintained by mechanical connectors in selected assembled relationship to include either all of the aforementioned independent components or selective subassemblies thereof.

Abstract: An auxiliary contact for field or factory addition to a contactor or motor starter of the type including a housing wall and an operator element movable between alternate positions upon activation. The auxiliary contact includes a body of insulating material adapted to be detachably mounted on an outside surface of said housing wall of the contactor adjacent the movable operator element thereof. A fixed electrical contact is mounted in the body and includes an externally accessible connector and a movable electrical contact also mounted in the body, includes an externally accessible connector. The movable contact includes a cam that is positioned to engage the operator element upon movement thereof in order to make and break contact with the fixed contact in response to activation of said operator element.

Abstract: An electric circuit breaker with blow open contact arm characterized by a pair of separable contacts one of which is mounted on a contact arm that is rotatably mounted on mounting bracket. The contacts maintain a repulsion magnetic force which operates to separate the contacts when a predetermined current overload occurs. A trip mechanism is connected to the mounting bracket or automatic opening of the contacts in response to a predetermined current overload condition. The contact arm comprising a cam and the mounting bracket comprising a cooperable cam follower whereby the contact arm is movable to an open contact independently of the mounting bracket.

Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor having normally open and normally closed contact pairs 22, 26 includes a movable crossbar 12 having apertures 14 with sloping guide surface 18', 18" for guiding movable contact members 16 disposed in the apertures. These sloping surfaces serve to jam the crossbar against the base 10 of the contactor when the crossbar is moved in a direction to open fused contact pairs, to thereby prevent the normally open and normally closed contact pairs from being closed at the same time.

Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor having normally open and normally closed contact pairs 22, 26 includes a movable crossbar 12 having apertures 14 each defining two guide surfaces 18a, 18b; 18c, 18d inclined at different angles for guiding spring biased movable contact members 16 disposed in the apertures. These inclined surfaces serve to jam the crossbar against the base 10 of the contactor when the crossbar is moved in a direction to open fused contact pairs during the initial spring decompression movement of the crossbar, to thereby prevent the normally open and normally closed contact pairs from being closed at the same time.

Abstract: An electro-magnetically controlled apparatus is provided having in a box an electro-magnet adapted to move an armature subjected to the force of a return spring developing an initial force, a contact holder associated with the armature and presenting side by side a plurality of pairs of housings each comprising a lower housing close to the armature, and an upper housing placed above, a plurality of mobile reversible bridge contacts, respectively placed in the respective housings and each receiving the action of a pressure spring which urges them against a cross piece separating two housings of a pair, these bridge contacts being adapted to cooperate each one with a pair of fixed reversible contacts disposed in the case so as to form one of the possible configurations of opening or closing switches placed in power or signalling circuits. The contact holder (9) comprises four pairs or superimposed housings (10.sub.U --11.sub.U, 10.sub.V --11.sub.V, 10.sub.W --11.sub.W, 10.sub.X --11.sub.X).

Abstract: A removable group of auxiliary switches is mounted on the upper surface (4) of the contactor housing by hinging means (28, 29) and resilient locking (32, 33) placed respectively in the area of the base (8) and of partitions (5) which separate the principal terminals (6). The group comprises two switches (make and break). Coupling in this manner makes it possible to increase the number of auxiliary switches without increasing the contactor's frontal or lateral congestion.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay having a three part housing. A first or base housing part positions a magnet coil and a stationary magnet pole piece. A second or front housing part positions springs for positioning the coil in the base part, provides a seat for armature return springs and a guide for an assembly including a magnetic armature. A third or a middle housing part maintains the return springs and armature assembly assembled in the front housing part. The front and middle housing parts have rectangularly shaped confronting surfaces which are spaced so the areas of engagement between the middle housing part and the front part are limited to the areas at the four corners of the front and the middle housing parts. The relay also includes a movable contact actuator that is held captive by a cover for the relay.

Abstract: A thermal overload relay for a three-phase power supply circuit having an auxiliary normally open (N.O.) or a normally closed (N.C.) contact unit (FIG. 5, FIG. 6) selectively addable in the field. The relay is provided with the standard normally closed contact by way of a subassembly (20) that is installed by the manufacturer for circuit protective purposes and a slot (12p) and securing means (12n, 77) alongside this subassembly for receiving an auxiliary contact unit (57) that can be inserted and secured by a screw (77) in the field. A contact operating lever (54) is constructed so that it will actuate the auxiliary contact unit (57) at the end of the trip stroke thereby affording redistribution or retiming of the spring forces that will enhance the tripping function because less initial spring force is required at the beginning of the trip stroke. The N.O. and N.C.

Abstract: Electromagnetically operated contactor employing contact modules which are converted from normally open to normally closed and from normally closed to normally open operation by inverting the contact module in the contactor. The contact terminals of the contact module are clamped by various arrangements against conductive members of the contactor. Wiring terminals for connecting external wiring to the conductive members are spaced from the arrangement for clamping the contact terminals to the conductive members. Thus, the wiring terminals and the external wiring do not interfere with the module or arrangement for clamping, and the module may be removed, inverted, and replaced without disturbing the external wiring connections.

Abstract: An auxiliary interlock switch for a DC contactor has a reciprocable one-piece insulating contact carrier and plural bridging contacts interchangeably mounted thereon in alternative positions to provide different desired arrangements of normally open and normally closed contact sets with the stationary contact posts. The contact carrier has a return spring compressed within a spring-receiving cavity and elongated abutment-receiving apertures registering with opposite ends of said cavity through which an abutment member, that is releasably assembled to the contact carrier, may interchangeably freely extend to permit relative movement therebetween and against which one end of the return spring reacts to resiliently bias the contact carrier against reciprocation in one direction.

Abstract: The relay contact adjusting arrangement of this invention involves the positioning of the header assembly and motor assembly of the relay in a fixed spaced relationship prior to final assembly, with the fixed and movable contacts in opposed pairs, and associated with an optical comparator so that enlarged images of the opposed contacts can be seen, after which adjusting tools are used to bend the supports of the fixed contacts for adjusting the spacing successively for each opposed pair of contacts to a spacing indicated on the screen of the comparator. The device includes a means for energizing the relay coil to hold the armature in a desired position while the adjustment takes place, and provides for the indexing of the assemblies through 180.degree. to allow both the normally open and normally closed contacts to be viewed on the comparator screen.