.~ Resistance element adjustably short-circuited {5}
96
.~.~ Spring contact strip progressively pressed along element
DEFINITION
Classification: 338/96
(under subclass 92) Subject matter wherein a flexible elongated conductor has an end electrically connected to a terminal of the resistance element or to the element itself at a point along its length, the conductor being adapted to be pressed into engagement with and along the length of the elongated conductor, the engaging portion extending from the connection to the resistance element and progressively increasing as the strip is pressed into contact with the element, whereby an adjustable length of the element is shunted by the conductor.
(1) Note. Usually the flexible contact or the element has a curved surface to space adjacent portions of the contact and element until pressed into engagement.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
95, for a tap type resistor wherein a flexible short circuiting contact strip progressively engages along the taps
of a resistance element.
154, for a mechanically variable resistor where a flexible conductive strip separates the resistance element and the contact movable along the element.
155, for a variable resistor with a contact which rocks along the resistance element. 157, for a variable resistor with a contact which rolls along the element.
