Claims
- 1. A method of making a variable resistance control comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an electrically nonconductive frame of plastic material and carrying a shaft,
- b. aligning a pair of conductive members on the frame, one of the frame and the conductive members being provided with a pair of posts,
- c. securing the conductive members to the frame by deforming the posts, and
- d. rotatably securing a base having an aperture, a collector path, and a resistive path to the shaft by deforming the end of the shaft, the resistive path wipably engaging one of the conductive member, the collector path wipably engaging the other of the conductive members, and the shaft being received in the aperture of the base.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the posts and the shaft are integral with the frame, the conductive members are connected together by a bridging member, and the step of aligning the pair of conductive members on the frame includes the step of separating the conductive members from each other by removing the bridging member.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the frame includes a hub integral with the frame, the shaft is integral with the hub, and the step of securing the base to the shaft member includes the step of supporting the base on the hub.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the frame is provided with a block integral with the frame, the posts extend outwardly from the block, and the step of aligning the pair of conductive members on the frame includes the step of supporting the conductive members on the block.
- 5. A method of making a variable resistance control comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an electrically nonconductive frame of plastic material and carrying a shaft member,
- b. aligning a pair of conductive members on the frame,
- c. securing the conductive members to the frame,
- d. providing an apertured base comprising a pair of resistive paths on the shaft member, and
- e. securing the base on the shaft member.
- 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the frame includes post means and the step of securing the conductive members to the frame includes the step of deforming the post means against the conductive members.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of securing the base to the shaft member includes the step of deforming the shaft member extending beyond the base.
- 8. A method of making a variable resistance control comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a frame carrying a shaft member,
- b. aligning a pair of conductive members having insulation means to the frame, each of the conductive members being provided with a pair of contacts,
- c. securing the conductive members to the frame,
- d. providing an apertured base comprising a resistance path on the shaft member, and
- e. securing the base to the shaft member, the contacts wipably engaging the resistance path in spaced relationship.
- 9. A method of making a variable resistance control comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a frame carrying a shaft member,
- b. aligning a unitary conductive member on the frame,
- c. securing the unitary conductive member to the frame,
- d. providing a base comprising a resistance path on the shaft member,
- e. securing the base to the shaft member, and
- f. forming a pair of conductive members from the unitary conductive member.
- 10. A method of making a variable resistance control comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a frame carrying a shaft member,
- b. aligning a unitary conductive member on the frame,
- c. securing the unitary conductive member to the frame,
- d. forming a pair of conductive members from the unitary conductive member,
- e. providing a base comprising a resistance path on the shaft member, and
- f. securing the base on the shaft member.
- 11. A method for providing a contactor for a variable resistance control comprising:
- a. forming a generally planar unitary contactor with a pair of integral segments from sheet material,
- b. bending portions of each of the segments of the contactor out of the plane of the contactor,
- c. securing the unitary contactor to a frame with the bent portions of each of the segments spaced outwardly from the frame, and
- d. severing the unitary contactor into two separate segments.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 484,599, filed July 1, 1974, issuing as U.S. Pat. No. 3,950,722 on Apr. 13, 1976.
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