Claims
- 1. In a control board assembly, a display panel divided into a plurality of zones, manually operable means displaceable between inactive and active positions at each of said zones for registration of selected ones of the zones, indicator means operatively connected to the manually operable means for signifying registration of a group of the zones in a predetermined pattern, means cooperating with the manually operable means for holding thereof in the inactive position at each of said zones, and changeable means associated with the holding means and the manually operable means at each of the zones for changing the predetermined pattern signified by the indicator means, said manually operable means including a switch housing mounted in underlying relation to said display panel having a contact mounting wall depending from the panel in angular relation thereto, a pivoted contact element biased to the inactive position, slidable means mounted within the switch housing and engageable with the contact element for displacement thereof toward the contact mounting wall from the inactive position, actuator means connected to the slidable means for displacement thereof, and guide means through which the actuator means extends for exposing the actuator means above the display panel, additional contact mounting walls, and associated contact elements, and a plurality of actuator rods associated with said actuator means.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said support is a control board having a display panel divided into a plurality of zones, and a manually operable switch assembly associated with each of said zones and one of the actuator means, each of said contact mounting walls having a contact area smaller than that of the associated zone on the display panel, each of said actuator means being exposed on the display panel within the zone associated with the associated manually operable switch assembly.
- 3. In a switch assembly including a housing, actuator means displaceable along a predetermined path relative to the housing for controlling a plurality of circuits, guide means connected to the housing for establishing said predetermined path, contact means mounted in the housing in angular relation to said path, a plurality of movable contact elements displaceable from inactive positions into engagement with said contact means, and means operatively connecting the contact elements to the actuator means for displacement from the inactive positions toward the contact means, the actuator means including a plurality of slides mounted in the guide means, and adjustable elements projecting from the slides transverse to said path into engagement with the contact elements, said contact elements being pivotally mounted in the housing.
- 4. In a switch assembly including a housing and actuator means displaceable along a predetermined path relative to the housing for controlling a plurality of circuits, the improvement comprising a plurality of contact mounting walls fixed to the housing in angular relation to said path, a plurality of movable contact elements displaceable from inactive positions into engagement with said contact mounting walls, respectively, means operatively connecting the contact elements to the actuator means for displacement from the inaction position toward the respective contact mounting walls, and guide means mounted in the housing for guiding movement of the actuator means along said predetermined path, said actuator means including a plurality of slides mounted in the guide means, and adjustable elements projecting from the slides transverse to said path into engagement with the contact elements, said contact elements being pivotally mounted in the housing.
- 5. The improvement as defined in claim 4 wherein said contact mounting walls are planar sides of the housing interconnected to form an enclosure, said housing having a base connected to said sides.
Parent Case Info
This application is a division of prior application Ser. No. 165,277 filed July 1, 1980 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,384,720.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Divisions (1)
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