Patent ID: 6103981
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H01H,H02B

Abstract:
A tumbler switch adapted to be mounted in an opening in a wall of an appliance, comprising a basic part having electrical switching contacts and contact terminals and having a tumbler secured to the basic part so as to be pivotable between at least two positions, the tumbler having a splash guard, the basic part and the tumbler being mountable in the opening in the wall from inside the appliance, an actuating portion of the tumbler extending at least partly through the opening in the wall after mounting, in such a manner that the splash guard is disposed on the inside of the appliance near the wall, two facing side walls of the tumbler having recesses situated between the splash guard and the actuating portion of the tumbler, projections arranged on two facing edges of the opening in the wall engaging in said recesses of the tumbler after mounting, and which basic part has at least two resilient limbs whose free ends engage against an inner surface of the wall after mounting, wherein the recesses between the splash guard and the actuating portion extend over the full length of the side walls of the tumbler.