US PATENT SUBCLASS 338 / 74
.~.~ Resistor with contact rectilinearly slidable on element

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338 /   HD   ELECTRICAL RESISTORS

68  DF  MECHANICALLY VARIABLE (E.G., RHEOSTAT) {24}
70  DF  .~ In or on lamp socket {4}
74.~.~ Resistor with contact rectilinearly slidable on element

DEFINITION

Classification: 338/74

(under subclass 70) Subject matter wherein in the resistor, the contact terminal, moves in a straight path over or along a resistance element, the contact terminal remaining in contact with the element as it slides along as defined in subclass 176 below.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

176, for mechanically variable resistors wherein the contact

is rectilinearly slidable over the resistance element. See also the Search Notes under this subclass for a field of search for resistors of this type.