ES444533A1 - An electrical switch. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

An electrical switch, including a body, a member mounted to move in the body between a first, second and third positions spaced relative to the body, electrical switch contacts operable by the movement of the member relative to the body, a bolt element carried by said member, said bolt member extending through said member and sliding within it, ratchet means acting between the member and the bolt element, said ratchet means serving to releasably retain the bolt member in any one of the first and second positions spaced relative to said member, a stop on the body with which said element cooperates, in the second position of the element, to prevent movement of said member to its third position from its second position, first cam means on the body with which said element cooperates during the movement of the member from its third position to its second position so that the element moves from its second position to an intermediate position between its second and first positions, elastic means for pushing the element from its intermediate position to its second position, second means of cam on the body with which said element cooperates during the movement of the member from its second position to its first position with which the element returns from its second position to its first position, and third means of cam on the body with which the element cooperates during the movement of said member from its second position to its third position whereby the element moves from its first position to its second position, the embodiment being such that said element and said stop prevent movement of said member from its second position to his third position unless the member's previous movement was from his first to his second position n. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)