.~.~.~> Spring compressed between two points at a fixed distance from each other
DEFINITION
Classification: 200/408
Spring buckle:
(under subclass 405) Subject matter including a spring with each of its ends secured to a switch housing in a stressed arched state, wherein the snap movement is caused by the buckling movement of the arched spring past a line defined by the two secured ends.
(1) Note. Normally the spring is held in an arched state wherein snap occurs when the direction of the arch is
reversed.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
535, for switches having the contacts controlled by a spring held at both ends where the motion is nonsnap.
