Multiple circuit control switch assembly with momentary action interlocking means

Claim 2

An electric switch including in combination, a housing having cover means with an open space, a plurality of fixed contacts mounted within said housing, a plurality of pushbutton actuators slidably mounted in said housing and having button portions extending out from said housing and having an actuator body portion having resiliently mounted contacts for selectively cooperating with the corresponding ones of said fixed contacts, a plurality of laterally displaceable members slidably positioned within said housing to be selectively engaged by one of said actuator body portions, at least one of said members having an extension arm molded integral to its side face and extending outwardly through said open space in said cover means, and resilient means secured to said extension arm and to said cover means such that when one of said pushbutton actuators is activated and engages said member to displace the same, said resilient means tends to return the same to its undisplaced position.

Claim 3

The switch according to claim 1 wherein said cover means with an open space includes a coverplate having slots therein.

Claim 4

The switch according to claim 2 wherein said coverplate having slots therein includes notches on the edge of said coverplate.

Claim 5

The switch according to claim 1 wherein said body portion of said pushbutton actuator includes a projection thereon, said projection engageable with one of said laterally displaceable members upon the longitudinal displacement of said pushbutton actuator to produce a camming action.

Claim 6

The switch according to claim 4 wherein said laterally displaceable member includes a wedge shaped block having dimensional stability, said wedge surfaces engageable with one of said projections on said body portion to produce a camming action.

Claim 7

The switch according to claim 1 wherein said extension arm is centrally positioned on said side face of said displaceable member.

Claim 8

The switch according to claim 1 wherein said resilient means is a metal spring.

Claim 9

In an electric switch comprising a housing, a plurality of fixed contacts mounted within said housing, a plurality of pushbutton actuators each having a button portion extending outwardly from said housing and having an actuator body portion having resiliently mounted contacts for selectively cooperating with said fixed contacts for completing an electric circuit, and a plurality of laterally displaceable members slidably positioned within said housing to be selectively engageable by one of said actuator body portions, the combination including cover means secured to the housing and having open spaces therein, an extension arm secured to each of said displaceable members on one side face thereof, each of said extension arms extending outwardly through one of said spaces in the switch cover means, and resilient means secured to said extension arm of one of said displaceable members and to said cover means, said resilient means returning said displaceable member to its undisplaced position when said displaceable member is laterally displaced by engagement by said actuator body portion of said pushbutton actuator.

Claim 10

In an electric switch comprising a housing, a plurality of fixed contacts mounted within said housing, a plurality of pushbutton actuators each having a button portion extending outwardly from said housing and having an actuator body portion having resiliently mounted contacts for selectively cooperating with said fixed contacts for completing an electric circuit, and a plurality of laterally displaceable members slidably positioned within said housing to be selectively engageable by one of said actuator body portions, the combination including cover means secured to the housing and having open spaces therein, an extension arm secured to each of said displaceable members on one side face thereof, each of said extension arms extending outwardly through one of said spaces in the switch cover means, and resilient means secured to said extension arm of one of said displaceable members and to said cover means, said resilient means returning said displaceable member to its undisplaced position when said displaceable member is laterally displaced by engagement by said actuator body portion of said pushbutton actuator.

Claim 11

The switch according to claim 8 wherein said cover means secured to said housing and having open spaces therein includes a coverplate having slots therein.

Claim 12

The switch according to claim 9 wherein said coverplate having slots therein fruther includes notches on the edge thereof and resilient means secured to said extension arm and to a selected notch on said coverplate.

Claim 13

The switch according to claim 9 wherein said extension arm secured to each of said displaceable members extends outwardly through one of said slots in said coverplate.