Patent ID: 7385471

Claim:
An electromagnetic relay comprising: two pairs of terminals; two pairs of fixed contacts provided on horizontal portions of the respective terminals; two movable springs on each of which a pair of movable contacts are provided at positions corresponding to each pair of the two pairs of fixed contacts; and an insulation pressing plate provided on the movable springs, an armature driving the insulation pressing plate depending on whether or not a current is carried to a coil, thereby opening or closing two contact circuits, wherein each of the movable springs has both ends supported by a base, the pressing plate consists of a spring plate, and when the armature drives the pressing plate, the armature forces down the pressing plate after the fixed contacts contact with the respective movable contacts, whereby the pressing plate generates inward flexions of the two movable springs on each of which the pair of movable contacts are arranged in parallel, and a wipe operation can be carried out in portions in which the four movable contacts contact with the respective four fixed contacts.