Apparatus for assembling sealed contact switches |
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申请号 | US3626571D | 申请日 | 1969-10-24 | 公开(公告)号 | US3626571A | 公开(公告)日 | 1971-12-14 |
申请人 | WESTERN ELECTRIC CO; | 发明人 | MARLIN GLENN ADRIAN; MCCONNELL JAMES CLIFFORD; SCHMIDT WILHELM EMIL ALBERT; | ||||
摘要 | APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING SEALED CONTACT SWITCHES HAS A NUMBER OF FIXTURES, EACH OF WHICH ARE INCREMENTALLY MOVED THROUGH EACH ONE OF A SERIES OF ASSEMBLY STATIONS. EACH FIXTURE HAS AXIALLY ALIGNED VERTICAL MOVING UPPER AND LOWER CARRIAGES FOR SUPPORTING AN UPPER AND A LOWER CONTACT, RESPECTIVELY. POSITIONED BETWEEN THE UPPER AND LOWER CARRIAGES ARE LATERALLY MOVABLE HOLDING FACILITIES FOR SUPPORTING A GLASS SLEEVE INTO WHICH ARE MOVED THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTACTS IN AN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP. FACILITIES ARE PROVIDED ON THE FIXTURE TO MAGNETIZE THE UPPER CONTACT BY WAY OF THE UPPER CARRIAGE TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT THE LOWER CONTACT WHICH IS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED BY THE LOWER CARRIAGE. THE LOWER CONTACT IS THEREAFTER SEALED BY RADIANT ENERGY WITHIN THE LOWER END OF THE GLASS SLEEVE WHILE FORMING GAS IS INTRODUCED INTO THE UPPER END OF THE GLASS SLEEVE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE HOLDING FACILITIES ARE ACTUATED TO MOVE THE GLASS SLEEVE AND SEALED LOWER CONTACT LATERALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE UPPER CONTACT TO SET A PREDETERMINED GAP BETWEEN THE OVERLAPPING PORTIONS OF THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTACTS. THEREAFTER THE UPPER CONTACT IS SEALED WITHIN THE UPPER END OF THE GLASS SLEEVE IN AN ENCLOSED PRESSURIZED CHAMBER. |
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