SNAP SWITCH CONSTRUCTION AND SNAP BLADE THEREFOR OR THE LIKE

摘要

A snap switch blade construction for a snap switch having a housing provided with a fixed contact, the snap switch blade comprising a one-piece switch blade having opposed ends. One of the ends of the blade carries a contact to be movable relative to and cooperate with the fixed contact, the other end of the blade being reversely bent to define an elbow of the blade and cooperating with the housing to provide a pivot for the blade. The one end of the blade has a part thereof cooperating with the housing to provide a compression member of the blade that causes the blade to snap between the operating positions thereof. The ends of the blade are rigid adjacent the elbow of the blade so that the elbow and the compression member define the only operating flexible parts of the blade. An actuator engages the part of the elbow of the blade that is defined by the reversely bent end of the blade to place such elbow under tension when causing movement of the blade from one position thereof to another position thereof.