Appeal No. 2001-0459
Application 09/171,769
The disclosed invention pertains to an auxiliary switch
block for attachment to a device. The conventional auxiliary
switch block is shown in Figure 2 of the application and is
disclosed to have problems when coupled to a basic device. The
auxiliary switch block of the invention, as shown in Figure 1 of
the application, has an extension arrangement 3 provided on the
contact carrier 2 which is specifically designed for engagement
with a guide of an interrupter chamber.
Representative claim 3 is reproduced as follows:
3. An auxiliary switch block for attachment to a device,
comprising:
a guiding arrangement for guiding a first contact carrier in
an interrupter chamber of the auxiliary switch block;
a coupling point arrangement positioned on a side of the
first contact carrier for engaging a second contact carrier, the
second contact carrier being a contact carrier of the device;
the first contact carrier including pairs of windows, a
height of the first contact carrier corresponding to a height of
the pairs of windows; and
an extension arrangement positioned on the first contact
carrier opposite to the coupling point arrangement, the extension
arrangement extending over the height of the first contact
carrier, reaching into a region of the interrupter chamber,
projecting beyond the first contact carrier, and engaging with
the guiding arrangement in the region of the interrupter chamber.
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