Patent ID: 6281482
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
An electrical switch comprising:a body;first and second fixed contacts fixedly mounted on the body;first and second movable contacts located within the body and movable into and out of contract with the first and second fixed contacts, respectively;a principal switching member moving between first and second positions and actuating the first and second movable contacts, bringing the first fixed contact and the first movable contact into contact and the second fixed contact and the second movable contact into contact in the second position of the principal switching member, the first and second fixed and movable contacts being separated from each other when the principal switching member is in the first position; anda subsidiary switching member supported and moving with the principal switching member between the first and second positions of the principal switching member, the subsidiary switching member moving between third and fourth positions independent of the principal switching member, the subsidiary switching member separating the second movable contact from the second fixed contact when the principal switching member is in the second position and the subsidiary switching member is in the fourth position.