US PATENT SUBCLASS 338 / 162
.~.~.~ Contact angularly slidable

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338 /   HD   ELECTRICAL RESISTORS

68  DF  MECHANICALLY VARIABLE (E.G., RHEOSTAT) {24}
118  DF  .~ Movable contact electrically adjustable over length of resistance element {21}
160  DF  .~.~ Contact slides along in contact with element {3}
162.~.~.~ Contact angularly slidable {11}
163  DF  .~.~.~.~> With knob forming casing or covering
164  DF  .~.~.~.~> Hermetically sealed housing
165  DF  .~.~.~.~> With elongated rectilinear resistance element
166  DF  .~.~.~.~> With removable actuating shaft or key
167  DF  .~.~.~.~> Spring-loaded contact
168  DF  .~.~.~.~> With flexible lead-in to contact
169  DF  .~.~.~.~> Contact pressure adjustable
170  DF  .~.~.~.~> With contact biasing spring on contact arm or carrier
171  DF  .~.~.~.~> With plural contact portions
172  DF  .~.~.~.~> With switching {1}
174  DF  .~.~.~.~> With collector ring {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 338/162

(under subclass 160) Subject matter wherein the movable contact structure pivots about an axis for the resistance element contacting portion to slide in a circular path along the resistance element.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

73, for lamp socket type adjustable resistors including an angularly slidable contact.

117, for mechanically adjustable resistors including slidable helical and linear contacts.

143+, for mechanically adjustable resistors wherein the contact slides on a helical resistance element.

190+, for mechanically variable resistors whose contact is angularly movable over a plurality of taps.