Switching apparatus
CA 2486243 C · Owner: Matern, Gerard J. · Inventors: Patton, Arthur A.; Matern, Gerard J.
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The present invention provides a switching apparatus having a design intended to reduce wear on its key part. In an embodiment of the invention a rotatable member is rotatably fixed on a pivot. A slidable bearing member has a first surface for engaging the rotatable member in a non-sliding manner and an opposite second surface for slidingly engaging an abutment. Any significant wear on the switching apparatus is more likely to occur between the sliding member and the abutment rather than between the rotatable member and the sliding member. In an embodiment one of the rotatable member and the slidable bearing member includes a protuberance and the other of the rotatable member and the …
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- Filed October 28, 2004 and granted January 31, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 28, 2024.
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