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EP1271585B1
EP1271585B1 EP20020291480 EP02291480A EP1271585B1 EP 1271585 B1 EP1271585 B1 EP 1271585B1 EP 20020291480 EP20020291480 EP 20020291480 EP 02291480 A EP02291480 A EP 02291480A EP 1271585 B1 EP1271585 B1 EP 1271585B1
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Marcel Meriguet
Philippe Grand
Olivier Royer-Manoha
Stéphane Jacques
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H11/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches
    • H01H11/0006—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches for converting electric switches
    • H01H11/0018—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of electric switches for converting electric switches for allowing different operating parts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/20—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms
    • H01H9/28—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms for locking switch parts by a key or equivalent removable member
    • H01H9/281—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms for locking switch parts by a key or equivalent removable member making use of a padlock
    • H01H9/282—Interlocking, locking, or latching mechanisms for locking switch parts by a key or equivalent removable member making use of a padlock and a separate part mounted or mountable on the switch assembly and movable between an unlocking position and a locking position where it can be secured by the padlock

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  • the present invention relates generally switches for the control of electrical equipment.
  • a disconnect switch cuts off a power supply circuit at a certain level of electrical load.
  • a power supply circuit can, for example, be a lighting circuit of a large area or an industrial surface, or a supply circuit of an industrial machine whose amperage is high.
  • This disconnect switch is usually located in a cabinet or power supply cabinet, being attached to a rail placed inside the cabinet or cabinet.
  • It can be positioned at the top of cabinet or cabinet or downstream of another larger disconnect switch or a circuit breaker.
  • the device for actuating the switch may be located on the front of the housing or on a right or left side of it.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a switch comprising an actuating device positioned on a right or left lateral side of the housing.
  • the cover of the actuating device of the switch can be directly attached to its housing or positioned at a distance from it by being mounted on an outer face of a wall of the cabinet or cabinet in which the switch is positioned, the actuator then being operatively connected to the switch via a return shaft which drives the first gear of the switch located on a right or left side of the housing.
  • FIGs 1 and 2 there is shown a switch, here a manually operated disconnect switch.
  • this switch comprises a housing 10 enclosing at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact (not shown).
  • this housing 10 encloses a plurality of fixed contacts and a plurality of corresponding movable contacts.
  • this switch comprises an actuating device 100 for moving each movable contact between two positions, namely an open position in which each movable contact is spaced apart from each fixed contact and a closed position in which each movable contact is applied to each fixed contact.
  • This actuating device 100 comprises a lever 110 at the disposal of the user, rotatably mounted on a cover 120 positioned on one side of the housing 10 and connected to a shaft 130 which directly or indirectly attacks a first pinion 11 located on a lateral side 12 of the housing 10 to drive it in rotation in a direction of rotation A determined.
  • the first pinion 11 provided on the lateral side 12 of the housing 10 is connected inside the housing to a return system for actuating all movable contacts integral with a support (not shown) pivotally mounted inside the housing 10.
  • an inner portion 111 of the head 110A of the handle 110 forms a pin which is engaged in a central opening 121 of the cover 120 so as to allow the rotation of the handle 110 on the hood 120.
  • Guiding rotation of the lever 110 on the cover 120 is achieved by the cooperation of a rib bordering the central opening 121 of said cover 120 and a corresponding groove provided around the pin 111.
  • the handle 110 and the cover 120 have complementary sliding supports 112, 122 cooperating with each other and comprising means for limiting the travel of the handle 110 by two extreme positions, namely a position 0 corresponding to said open position of each movable contact and a position 1 corresponding to said closed position of each movable contact.
  • the lever 110 moves from the position 0 to the position 1 being actuated in the direction of a rise, that is to say that in position 0 the joystick 110 is oriented downwards (see FIGS. 2, 3 and 4) and, in position 1, the handle 110 is oriented upwards (see FIGS. 1, 5 and 6).
  • the sliding support 122 provided on the cover 120 is constituted by a curved ramp.
  • the sliding support 112 complementary to said handle 110 is a curved groove means provided in the head 110A of the handle 110.
  • a window 113 whose width corresponds to the maximum movement of said handle.
  • Each window 113 has a lateral side located at the end of the groove means 112 and another opposite lateral side 114 which is intended to abut against one end of the curved ramp 122 so as to limit the rotational stroke of said handle 110.
  • the abutment of the lateral sides 114 of the two windows 113 corresponds to the extreme positions of the lever 110, namely the position 1 and the position 0.
  • the switch according to the invention further comprises a locking device 200 which appears clearly in FIGS. 3 to 6.
  • This locking device 200 is associated with the actuating device 100 to lock the lever 110 at least in its position 0.
  • This locking device 200 comprises a latch 210, which is in the form of an elongate plate, and which has an inner end 211 and an outer end 212.
  • This latch 210 is rotatably mounted by a pin 213 on the handle 110 so as to occupy two positions, namely a retracted position (see Figures 5 and 6) in which it leaves the lever 110 free of rotation on the cover 120, and an extended position (see Figures 3 and 4) in which it is able to be padlocked and in which the inner end 211 of the latch 210 is engaged in a housing 123 provided at one end of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120 for to interpose between said sliding support 122 and 112 of the lever 110 to lock the latter in its position 0 (see Figures 3 and 4).
  • the housing 123 is formed by a recess provided at the end of the curved ramp 122.
  • the passage from the extended position to the retracted position of the latch 210 is achieved by manually pressing the outer end 212 of said latch 210 by tightening the handle 110B of the lever 110.
  • resilient return means not shown so that, when the user releases the manual support exerted on the latch 210, the latter tends to automatically return to its extended position with its outer end 212 accessible to said user.
  • the outer end 212 of the latch 210 is arranged to receive a padlock (not shown), this outer end 212 fading into the lever 110 in the retracted position of said latch 210 and emerging to the outside the lever 110 in the output position of said latch 210 to be accessible to the user and receive said padlock.
  • this outer end 212 has an oblong orifice.
  • the housing 10, the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200 of the switch shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprise arrangements allowing the positioning of the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200. right (see figure 1) or on the left (see figure 2) of the case 10.
  • the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200 are positioned at a distance from the housing 10 of the switch being fixed on a wall P1 or P2 constituting a wall an electrical cabinet or a box inside which is placed the housing 10 of the switch. In this way, the user can operate the switch without having to open the control cabinet or cabinet.
  • the cover 120 of the actuating device 100 is directly attached to the lateral side 12 of the housing 10, but in this case, in order to actuate the switch, the user must open the cabinet or electrical cabinet inside which it is mounted.
  • Fixing the cover 120 on the wall P1 or on the wall P2 is made here by screwing, through orifices 120B provided on a side wall 120A of the cover 120.
  • screwing through orifices 120B provided on a side wall 120A of the cover 120.
  • any other means of fixing the cover 120 on the walls P1 and P2 such as a fastening by riveting for example.
  • said arrangements provided in the housing 10, the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200 imply that, to move from a positioning of the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200 to the right of the casing 10, at a positioning thereof to the left of the casing 10, the casing 10 is turned upside down upside down, according to a rotation represented by the arrow R shown in FIG.
  • Said arrangements comprise a rotation means 13 provided on the lateral side 12 of the housing 10 which, in one of the positions of the actuating device 100, to the left of the housing 10 (see FIG. 2), is interposed between the shaft 130 of the housing actuating device 100 and the first pinion 11, so that the latter is indirectly attacked by the shaft 130 to be driven in the same direction of rotation determined A.
  • said first pinion 11 is always driven in the same direction of rotation A determined.
  • this means of rotation is a second pinion 13, identical to the first pinion 11, freely meshing with the first pinion 11, and having a direction of rotation B inverted with respect to the direction of rotation.
  • rotation A the shaft 130 of the actuating device 100 directly attacking the first pinion 11 when it is positioned to the right of the housing 10 and driving this first pinion 11 through the second pinion 13 of the housing when positioned to the left of the latter.
  • the actuating device 100 When the actuating device 100 is positioned to the left of the housing 10, as shown more particularly in FIG. 2, to move from the position 0 to the position 1, the user actuates said lever 110 in the direction of the rise , and the shaft 130 is then driven in a direction opposite to the driving direction in the case of Figure 1, however it attacks the second pinion 13 which rotates in the direction of rotation B and meshes the first pinion 11 to drive in its direction of rotation determined.
  • the first pinion 11 is the one that is connected to the return means to reach the moving contacts.
  • said arrangements comprise, on the front of the cover 120, a detachable portion 124 bearing a marking indicating the position 0 and the position 1 of said handle 110, this detachable portion 124 being positionable on said cover 120 in two positions according to positioning to the right or left of the actuating device 100.
  • the detachable portion 124 is here a plate which comprises mounting means 124A, 124B in a receiving housing 127 provided on the front cover 120.
  • this plate 124 has an elongate shape carrying at one end the marking 0 and at the other end the marking 1. It is made by injection of a plastic material. At each of its ends, it comprises, as mounting means, latching lugs 124A, 124B intended to cooperate with complementary latching lugs 127A, 127B provided at the end of the receiving housing 127 having a shape complementary to said plate 124.
  • a through opening 127C in the form of a V-shaped slot.
  • plate 124 carries, on its internal face facing the cover 120, a tongue 124C adapted to pass through said through opening 127C, during the latching of said plate 124 on the cover 120, to emerge on the inside of the cover (see FIG. ), this tab 124C forming a disengagement aid for said plate 124.
  • the detachable portion 124 of the cover having the markings 1 and 0 is an adhesive sheet attached to the front of the cover 120.
  • these arrangements are such that, regardless of the positioning of the actuating device 100 relative to the housing 10, that is to say right to left , the latch 210 still allows the handle 110 to be locked at least in its position 0 corresponding to the open position of the movable contacts.
  • another housing 123 located at the other end of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120, this other housing 123 also being intended to accommodate said inner end 211 of the latch 210 to lock the lever 110 in its corresponding extreme position.
  • each end of the curved ramp 122 of the cover 120 there is provided a recess forming a housing 123 capable of receiving the inner end 211 of the latch 210.
  • the user can choose to block the lever 110 in its position 1 corresponding to the closure of the movable contacts, and in its position 0 corresponding to the opening of the movable contacts.
  • filling means for filling at least one of said housings 123 provided at the ends of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120 so as, if the user wishes, to allow the locking of the handle 110 only in one of the two extreme positions 0 and 1 of the joystick, and conventionally the position 0.
  • These filling means here comprise a screw 140 screwed on the cover 120 by the rear thereof.
  • the cover 120 has, internally, at right of at least one of said housing 123, and here to the right of each housing 123, a threaded chimney 125.
  • a threaded chimney 125 is shown in detail in Figure 9. This threaded chimney 125 opens on the bottom of the housing 123 corresponding.
  • each screw 140 is adapted to be screwed into said corresponding threaded chimney 125 and to break down the bottom 126 of said housing 123 to emerge from the outer side of said cover 120 by filling the corresponding housing 123.
  • the screw 140 used is a long-tipped screw, and its pin-shaped end 141 makes it possible to fill the corresponding housing 123, as shown more particularly in FIGS. 4 and 3.
  • each housing 123 can be provided, as means for filling each housing 123, a breakable nipple that rises inside the housing and that the user cuts to clear one of the housing 123 according to the position of the lever 110 that it wishes to be able to lock with the aid of the locking device 200.
  • the user can also choose to lock the lever 110 in one of its two extreme positions 1 and 0, or in any of its two positions 1 and 0. To do this, it introduces the screw 140 in the corresponding housing 123 to fill it.
  • the lockable position is the position 0, when the actuating device 100 is positioned to the right of the housing 10 as shown in Figure 1, when the actuating device 100 is then positioned to the left of the housing, without modification from the user, the lockable position becomes the position 1 due to the upside down upside down of the actuating device 100.
  • the user Before introducing the shaft 130 into the second pinion 13 of the housing 10 and fixing the cover 120 on the housing 10 or on the wall P2, the user releases the plate 124 from the cover 120 to turn it over and position it head bottom, so that it has in the upper part the marking 1 and in the lower part the marking 0 identically to the plate 124 shown in Figure 1.
  • the user adapts the locking device 200 so that the lockable position of the handle 110 remains the position 0. To do this, it is sufficient that it unscrews the screw 140 filling the housing 123 corresponding to the position 1 when the actuating device 100 is positioned to the right of the housing 10, to screw it into the housing 123 corresponding to the position 1 when the actuating device 100 is placed to the left of the housing.
  • the user finds an identical use of the actuating device that is positioned to the right or left of the housing.
  • the detachable portion is fixed by screwing or other means on the cover of the actuating device.

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La présente invention concerne de manière générale les interrupteurs pour la commande d'appareillages électriques.The present invention relates generally switches for the control of electrical equipment.

Elle concerne plus particulièrement les interrupteurs sectionneurs basse tension à actionnement manuel.It relates more particularly to low-voltage switch disconnectors with manual operation.

Un interrupteur sectionneur permet de couper un circuit d'alimentation électrique à un certain niveau de charge électrique. Un tel circuit d'alimentation électrique peut, par exemple, être un circuit d'éclairage d'une grande surface ou d'une surface industrielle, ou encore un circuit d'alimentation d'une machine industrielle dont l'ampérage est élevé.A disconnect switch cuts off a power supply circuit at a certain level of electrical load. Such a power supply circuit can, for example, be a lighting circuit of a large area or an industrial surface, or a supply circuit of an industrial machine whose amperage is high.

Cet interrupteur sectionneur est généralement situé dans un coffret ou une armoire d'alimentation électrique, en étant fixé sur un rail placé à l'intérieur du coffret ou de l'armoire.This disconnect switch is usually located in a cabinet or power supply cabinet, being attached to a rail placed inside the cabinet or cabinet.

Il peut être positionné en tête de coffret ou d'armoire ou en aval d'un autre interrupteur sectionneur plus important ou d'un disjoncteur.It can be positioned at the top of cabinet or cabinet or downstream of another larger disconnect switch or a circuit breaker.

En outre, en aval de cet interrupteur sectionneur, on peut également prévoir un autre interrupteur sectionneur de plus faible ampérage ou des répartiteurs reliés directement au circuit d'alimentation électrique.In addition, downstream of this disconnector switch, one can also provide another isolator switch of lower amperage or splitters directly connected to the power supply circuit.

De manière classique, un tel interrupteur comprend :

  • un boîtier renfermant au moins un contact fixe et au moins un contact mobile,
  • un dispositif d'actionnement pour déplacer chaque contact mobile entre deux positions, à savoir une position ouverte dans laquelle chaque contact mobile est écarté de chaque contact fixe et une position fermée dans laquelle chaque contact mobile est appliqué sur chaque contact fixe, ce dispositif d'actionnement comprenant une manette à la disposition de l'usager, montée en rotation sur un capot et liée à un arbre qui attaque un premier pignon situé sur le boîtier pour l'entraîner en rotation dans un sens de rotation déterminé, la manette et le capot présentant des appuis glissants complémentaires coopérant entre eux et comprenant des moyens pour limiter la course de la manette par deux positions extrêmes, à savoir une position 0 correspondant à ladite position ouverte de chaque contact mobile et une position 1 correspondant à ladite position fermée de chaque contact mobile, et
  • un dispositif de verrouillage de la manette dans sa position 0, qui comprend une clenche présentant une extrémité interne et montée mobile sur ladite manette de façon à pouvoir occuper deux positions, à savoir une position rentrée dans laquelle elle laisse la manette libre de rotation et une position sortie dans laquelle elle est apte à être cadenassée et dans laquelle son extrémité interne est engagée dans un logement prévu à une extrémité de l'appui glissant du capot pour s'interposer entre ledit appui glissant et celui de ladite manette afin de bloquer cette dernière dans sa position 0.
In a conventional manner, such a switch comprises:
  • a housing enclosing at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact,
  • an actuating device for moving each movable contact between two positions, namely an open position in which each movable contact is spaced from each fixed contact and a closed position in which each movable contact is applied to each fixed contact, this device actuation comprising a handle at the disposal of the user, rotatably mounted on a hood and connected to a shaft which drives a first gear located on the housing to drive it in rotation in a determined rotational direction, the handle and the hood having complementary sliding supports cooperating with each other and comprising means for limiting the travel of the handle by two extreme positions, namely a position 0 corresponding to said open position of each movable contact and a position 1 corresponding to said closed position of each moving contact, and
  • a device for locking the handle in its position 0, which comprises a latch having an inner end and mounted movably on said handle so as to occupy two positions, namely a retracted position in which it leaves the handle free of rotation and a output position in which it is adapted to be padlocked and in which its inner end is engaged in a housing provided at one end of the sliding support of the cover to interpose between said sliding support and that of said lever to block the latter in its position 0.

Le dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur peut être situé en façade du boîtier ou sur un côté latéral droit ou gauche de celui-ci.The device for actuating the switch may be located on the front of the housing or on a right or left side of it.

L'invention concerne plus particulièrement un interrupteur comprenant un dispositif d'actionnement positionné sur un côté latéral droit ou gauche du boîtier.The invention relates more particularly to a switch comprising an actuating device positioned on a right or left lateral side of the housing.

Dans ce cas, le capot du dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur peut être directement fixé sur son boîtier ou positionné à distance de celui-ci en étant monté sur une face extérieure d'une paroi de l'armoire ou du coffret dans lequel l'interrupteur est positionné, le dispositif d'actionnement étant alors raccordé fonctionnellement à l'interrupteur par l'intermédiaire d'un arbre de rappel qui attaque le premier pignon de l'interrupteur situé sur un côté latéral droit ou gauche du boîtier.In this case, the cover of the actuating device of the switch can be directly attached to its housing or positioned at a distance from it by being mounted on an outer face of a wall of the cabinet or cabinet in which the switch is positioned, the actuator then being operatively connected to the switch via a return shaft which drives the first gear of the switch located on a right or left side of the housing.

Le document " DE 19939717 " décrit un interrupteur selon le préambule de la revendication 1.The document " DE 19939717 "discloses a switch according to the preamble of claim 1.

Les interrupteurs précités déjà connus sont livrés avec leur dispositif d'actionnement positionné de manière définitive à droite ou à gauche de leur boîtier, les agencements du dispositif d'actionnement et du boîtier ne permettant en aucun cas à l'installateur de modifier en cours de montage le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement par rapport au boîtier.The aforementioned switches already known are delivered with their actuating device positioned permanently to the right or left of their housing, the arrangements of the actuating device and the housing does not allow the installer to change in the course of mounting the positioning of the actuating device relative to the housing.

Afin de pallier l'inconvénient précité, la présente invention propose un nouvel interrupteur, tel que défini en introduction, caractérisé en ce que le boîtier, le dispositif d'actionnement et le dispositif de verrouillage comprennent des aménagements autorisant le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement et du dispositif de verrouillage associé à droite ou à gauche du boîtier moyennant un retournement tête en haut tête en bas de ce dernier, de telle manière que l'usager conserve le même sens d'actionnement de ladite manette pour la faire passer de la positon 0 à la position 1 et inversement, lesdits aménagements comprenant :

  • sur la façade du capot une partie détachable portant un marquage indiquant la position 0 et la position 1 de ladite manette, cette partie détachable pouvant être positionnée sur ledit capot selon deux positions en fonction du positionnement à droite ou à gauche du dispositif d'actionnement,
  • un moyen de rotation prévu sur ledit côté latéral du boîtier qui, dans un des positionnements du dispositif d'actionnement à droite ou à gauche du boîtier, s'interpose entre l'arbre et le premier pignon pour que, quel que soit le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement par rapport au boîtier, ledit premier pignon soit toujours entraîné dans le même sens de rotation déterminé, et
  • un autre logement prévu à l'autre extrémité de l'appui glissant du capot et destiné à accueillir ladite extrémité interne de la clenche pour bloquer la manette dans sa positon extrême correspondante.
In order to overcome the aforementioned drawback, the present invention proposes a new switch, as defined in the introduction, characterized in that the housing, the actuating device and the locking device comprise arrangements allowing the positioning of the actuating device. and the associated locking device to the right or left of the housing through an upside down upside down of the latter, in such a way that the user keeps the same direction of actuation of said lever to move it from position 0 to position 1 and vice versa, said arrangements comprising:
  • on the front of the cover a detachable part bearing a marking indicating the position 0 and the position 1 of said handle, this detachable part being positionable on said cover in two positions as a function of the positioning to the right or left of the actuating device,
  • a rotation means provided on said lateral side of the housing which, in one of the positions of the actuator to the right or left of the housing, interposes between the shaft and the first gear so that, regardless of the positioning of the actuating device relative to the housing, said first pinion is always driven in the same direction of rotation determined, and
  • another housing provided at the other end of the sliding support hood and intended to accommodate said inner end of the latch to lock the lever in its corresponding extreme position.

D'autres caractéristiques non limitatives et avantageuses de l'interrupteur conformes à l'invention sont les suivantes :

  • il est prévu des moyens de comblement pour combler au moins un desdits logements prévus aux extrémités de l'appui glissant du capot de manière à autoriser le verrouillage de ladite manette seulement dans une de ses deux positions extrêmes 0 et 1.
  • lesdits moyens de comblement comprennent au moins une vis vissée sur le capot ;
  • le capot comporte, intérieurement, au droit d'au moins un desdits logements, une cheminée taraudée, et le fond dudit logement est défonçable de sorte que chaque vis est apte à être vissée dans ladite cheminée taraudée et à défoncer le fond dudit logement pour émerger du côté extérieur dudit capot en comblant ledit logement ;
  • les moyens de comblement de chaque logement comprennent un téton sécable qui s'élève à l'intérieur dudit logement ;
  • l'appui glissant du capot est constitué par une rampe courbe, et l'appui glissant complémentaire de ladite manette est un moyen de rainure également courbe et il est prévu, à chaque extrémité dudit moyen de rainure, une fenêtre dont un côté latéral est destiné à venir en butée contre une extrémité de ladite rampe courbe pour limiter la course de la manette ;
  • ladite partie détachable est une plaque comportant des moyens de montage dans un logement de réception prévu sur le capot ;
  • lesdits moyens de montage sont des moyens d'encliquetage ;
  • le fond du logement de réception prévu sur le capot comprend une ouverture traversante, et ladite plaque porte, sur sa face interne tournée vers le capot, une languette apte à traverser ladite ouverture traversante, lors de l'encliquetage de ladite plaque sur le capot, pour émerger du côté intérieur du capot, cette languette formant une aide au désencliquetage de ladite plaque ;
  • ladite partie détachable est une feuille autocollante rapportée sur la façade du capot ;
  • ledit moyen de rotation prévu sur le boîtier est un deuxième pignon engrenant librement le premier pignon, les deux pignons tournant dans des sens de rotation inversés, ledit arbre attaquant l'un desdits pignons dans un des positionnements du dispositif d'actionnement par rapport au boîtier, et attaquant l'autre desdits pignons dans l'autre des positionnements du dispositif d'actionnement par rapport au boîtier ;
  • la clenche comprend une extrémité externe agencée pour recevoir un cadenas, cette extrémité externe s'effaçant dans la manette dans la position rentrée de ladite clenche et émergeant à l'extérieur de ladite manette dans la position sortie de ladite clenche pour être accessible à l'usager et recevoir ledit cadenas ; et
  • ladite manette passe de la positon 0 à la position 1 en étant actionnée dans le sens d'une montée, la position 0 étant une position basse de la manette et la position 1 étant une position haute de la manette.
Other non-limiting and advantageous features of the switch according to the invention are the following:
  • filling means are provided for filling at least one of said housings provided at the ends of the sliding support of the cover so as to allow the locking of said handle only in one of its two extreme positions 0 and 1.
  • said filling means comprise at least one screw screwed on the cover;
  • the cover comprises, internally, in line with at least one of said housings, a threaded chimney, and the bottom of said housing is knockable so that each screw is adapted to be screwed into said threaded chimney and to break the bottom of said housing to emerge the outer side of said cover by filling said housing;
  • the filling means of each housing comprises a breakable nipple which rises inside said housing;
  • the sliding support of the cover is constituted by a curved ramp, and the complementary sliding support of said handle is a groove means also curved and is provided at each end of said groove means, a window of which a lateral side is intended abutting against one end of said curved ramp to limit the travel of the handle;
  • said detachable portion is a plate having mounting means in a receiving housing provided on the hood;
  • said mounting means are latching means;
  • the bottom of the receiving housing provided on the cover comprises a through opening, and said plate carries, on its internal face facing the cover, a tongue adapted to pass through said through opening, during the engagement of said plate on the cover, to emerge from the inside of the hood, this tongue forming a help in disengaging said plate;
  • said detachable portion is an adhesive sheet attached to the front of the hood;
  • said rotational means provided on the housing is a second pinion freely meshing with the first pinion, the two pinions rotating in reversed directions of rotation, said shaft engaging one of said pinions in one of the positions of the actuating device with respect to the housing , and driving the other of said gears in the other positions of the actuating device relative to the housing;
  • the latch comprises an outer end arranged to receive a padlock, this outer end disappearing in the lever in the retracted position of said latch and emerging outside said lever in the extended position of said latch to be accessible to the user and receive said padlock; and
  • said handle moves from the position 0 to the position 1 being actuated in the direction of a rise, the position 0 being a low position of the handle and the position 1 being a high position of the joystick.

La description qui va suivre en regard des dessins annexés, donnés à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, fera bien comprendre en quoi consiste l'invention et comment elle peut être réalisée.The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, given as non-limiting examples, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be achieved.

Sur les dessins annexés :

  • la figure 1 est une vue schématique en perspective d'un interrupteur selon l'invention comprenant un dispositif d'actionnement monté à droite de son boîtier ;
  • la figure 2 est une vue en perspective schématique de l'interrupteur représenté sur la figure 1 retourné de manière à être positionné tête en bas et comportant le dispositif d'actionnement positionné à gauche du boîtier ;
  • la figure 3 est une vue en perspective du dispositif d'actionnement et du dispositif de verrouillage associé de l'interrupteur représenté sur la figure 2 dans lequel la manette est positionnée en position 0 ;
  • la figure 4 est une vue identique à celle de la figure 3, avec la manette du dispositif d'actionnement coupée longitudinalement pour laisser apparaître la clenche du dispositif de verrouillage en position sortie ;
  • la figure 5 est une vue en perspective du dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur représenté sur la figure 1, avec la manette positionnée en position 1 ;
  • la figure 6 est une vue identique à celle de la figure 5, avec la manette coupée longitudinalement pour laisser apparaître la clenche du dispositif de verrouillage en position rentrée ;
  • la figure 7 est une vue de l'intérieur du dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur selon l'invention ;
  • la figure 8 est une vue du dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur conforme à l'invention, avec la partie détachable du capot retirée de celui-ci ;
  • la figure 9 est une vue de détail partiellement coupée du capot du dispositif d'actionnement de l'interrupteur selon l'invention ; et
  • la figure 10 est une vue du détail X de la figure 9.
In the accompanying drawings:
  • Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a switch according to the invention comprising an actuating device mounted to the right of its housing;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic perspective view of the switch shown in Figure 1 returned to be positioned upside down and having the actuator positioned to the left of the housing;
  • Figure 3 is a perspective view of the actuating device and the associated locking device of the switch shown in Figure 2 in which the handle is positioned in position 0;
  • Figure 4 is a view identical to that of Figure 3, with the handle of the actuator cut longitudinally to reveal the latch of the locking device in the extended position;
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of the actuating device of the switch shown in Figure 1, with the handle positioned in position 1;
  • Figure 6 is a view identical to that of Figure 5, with the handle cut longitudinally to reveal the latch of the locking device in the retracted position;
  • Figure 7 is a view of the interior of the actuating device of the switch according to the invention;
  • Figure 8 is a view of the actuating device of the switch according to the invention, with the detachable part of the cover removed therefrom;
  • Figure 9 is a partially cut away detail view of the cover of the actuating device of the switch according to the invention; and
  • Figure 10 is a detail view X of Figure 9.

Sur les figures 1 et 2, on a représenté un interrupteur, ici un interrupteur sectionneur à actionnement manuel.In Figures 1 and 2, there is shown a switch, here a manually operated disconnect switch.

Le fonctionnement électrique d'un interrupteur sectionneur étant bien connu en soi, et ne faisant pas, à proprement parler, partie de la présente invention, il ne sera pas décrit ici dans le détail.The electrical operation of a disconnect switch is well known per se, and not, strictly speaking, part of the present invention, it will not be described here in detail.

Pour comprendre la présente invention, il suffit de dire que cet interrupteur comprend un boîtier 10 renfermant au moins un contact fixe et au moins un contact mobile (non représentés).To understand the present invention, it suffices to say that this switch comprises a housing 10 enclosing at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact (not shown).

En l'occurrence, ce boîtier 10 renferme une pluralité de contacts fixes et une pluralité de contacts mobiles correspondants.In this case, this housing 10 encloses a plurality of fixed contacts and a plurality of corresponding movable contacts.

En outre, cet interrupteur comprend un dispositif d'actionnement 100 pour déplacer chaque contact mobile entre deux positions, à savoir une position ouverte dans laquelle chaque contact mobile est écarté de chaque contact fixe et une position fermée dans laquelle chaque contact mobile est appliqué sur chaque contact fixe.In addition, this switch comprises an actuating device 100 for moving each movable contact between two positions, namely an open position in which each movable contact is spaced apart from each fixed contact and a closed position in which each movable contact is applied to each fixed contact.

Ce dispositif d'actionnement 100 comprend une manette 110 à la disposition de l'usager, montée à rotation sur un capot 120 positionné d'un côté du boîtier 10 et liée à un arbre 130 qui attaque directement ou indirectement un premier pignon 11 situé sur un côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10 pour l'entraîner en rotation dans un sens de rotation A déterminé.This actuating device 100 comprises a lever 110 at the disposal of the user, rotatably mounted on a cover 120 positioned on one side of the housing 10 and connected to a shaft 130 which directly or indirectly attacks a first pinion 11 located on a lateral side 12 of the housing 10 to drive it in rotation in a direction of rotation A determined.

Bien entendu, le premier pignon 11 prévu sur le côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10 est relié à l'intérieur du boîtier à un système de renvoi permettant d'actionner l'ensemble des contacts mobiles solidaires d'un support (non représenté) monté pivotant à l'intérieur du boîtier 10.Of course, the first pinion 11 provided on the lateral side 12 of the housing 10 is connected inside the housing to a return system for actuating all movable contacts integral with a support (not shown) pivotally mounted inside the housing 10.

Comme le montrent plus particulièrement les figures 4 et 6, une partie interne 111 de la tête 110A de la manette 110 forme un tourillon qui est engagé dans une ouverture centrale 121 du capot 120 de manière à permettre la rotation de la manette 110 sur le capot 120.As shown more particularly in Figures 4 and 6, an inner portion 111 of the head 110A of the handle 110 forms a pin which is engaged in a central opening 121 of the cover 120 so as to allow the rotation of the handle 110 on the hood 120.

Le guidage en rotation de la manette 110 sur le capot 120 est réalisé par la coopération d'une nervure bordant l'ouverture centrale 121 dudit capot 120 et d'une rainure correspondante prévue autour du tourillon 111.Guiding rotation of the lever 110 on the cover 120 is achieved by the cooperation of a rib bordering the central opening 121 of said cover 120 and a corresponding groove provided around the pin 111.

En outre, comme le montrent les figures 4 et 6, la manette 110 et le capot 120 présentent des appuis glissants 112, 122 complémentaires coopérant entre eux et comprenant des moyens pour limiter la course de la manette 110 par deux positions extrêmes, à savoir une position 0 correspondant à ladite position ouverte de chaque contact mobile et une position 1 correspondant à ladite position fermée de chaque contact mobile.In addition, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the handle 110 and the cover 120 have complementary sliding supports 112, 122 cooperating with each other and comprising means for limiting the travel of the handle 110 by two extreme positions, namely a position 0 corresponding to said open position of each movable contact and a position 1 corresponding to said closed position of each movable contact.

Comme le montrent les différentes figures, selon l'exemple représenté, la manette 110 passe de la position 0 à la position 1 en étant actionnée dans le sens d'une montée, c'est-à-dire qu'en position 0 la manette 110 est orientée vers le bas (voir figures 2, 3 et 4) et, en position 1, la manette 110 est orientée vers le haut (voir figures 1, 5 et 6).As shown in the various figures, according to the example shown, the lever 110 moves from the position 0 to the position 1 being actuated in the direction of a rise, that is to say that in position 0 the joystick 110 is oriented downwards (see FIGS. 2, 3 and 4) and, in position 1, the handle 110 is oriented upwards (see FIGS. 1, 5 and 6).

L'appui glissant 122 prévu sur le capot 120 est ici constitué par une rampe courbe. L'appui glissant 112 complémentaire de ladite manette 110 est un moyen de rainure également courbe prévu dans la tête 110A de la manette 110.The sliding support 122 provided on the cover 120 is constituted by a curved ramp. The sliding support 112 complementary to said handle 110 is a curved groove means provided in the head 110A of the handle 110.

A chaque extrémité des moyens de rainure 112, il est prévu, dans la tête 110A de la manette 110, une fenêtre 113 dont la largeur correspond au débattement maximal de ladite manette.At each end of the groove means 112, there is provided in the head 110A of the handle 110, a window 113 whose width corresponds to the maximum movement of said handle.

Chaque fenêtre 113 comporte un côté latéral situé à l'extrémité des moyens de rainure 112 et un autre côté latéral 114 opposé qui est destiné à venir en butée contre une extrémité de la rampe courbe 122 de manière à limiter la course à rotation de ladite manette 110.Each window 113 has a lateral side located at the end of the groove means 112 and another opposite lateral side 114 which is intended to abut against one end of the curved ramp 122 so as to limit the rotational stroke of said handle 110.

La mise en butée des côtés latéraux 114 des deux fenêtres 113 correspond aux positions extrêmes de la manette 110, à savoir la position 1 et la position 0.The abutment of the lateral sides 114 of the two windows 113 corresponds to the extreme positions of the lever 110, namely the position 1 and the position 0.

L'interrupteur selon l'invention comporte par ailleurs un dispositif de verrouillage 200 qui apparaît clairement sur les figures 3 à 6. Ce dispositif de verrouillage 200 est associé au dispositif d'actionnement 100 pour bloquer la manette 110 au moins dans sa position 0.The switch according to the invention further comprises a locking device 200 which appears clearly in FIGS. 3 to 6. This locking device 200 is associated with the actuating device 100 to lock the lever 110 at least in its position 0.

Ce dispositif de verrouillage 200 comprend une clenche 210, qui se présente sous la forme d'une plaquette allongée, et qui comporte une extrémité interne 211 ainsi qu'une extrémité externe 212. Cette clenche 210 est montée mobile en rotation par une goupille 213 sur la manette 110 de façon à pouvoir occuper deux positions, à savoir une position rentrée (voir figures 5 et 6) dans laquelle elle laisse la manette 110 libre de rotation sur le capot 120, et une position sortie (voir figures 3 et 4) dans laquelle elle est apte à être cadenassée et dans laquelle l'extrémité interne 211 de la clenche 210 est engagée dans un logement 123 prévu à une extrémité de l'appui glissant 122 du capot 120 pour s'interposer entre ledit appui glissant 122 et celui 112 de la manette 110 afin de bloquer cette dernière dans sa position 0 (voir figures 3 et 4).This locking device 200 comprises a latch 210, which is in the form of an elongate plate, and which has an inner end 211 and an outer end 212. This latch 210 is rotatably mounted by a pin 213 on the handle 110 so as to occupy two positions, namely a retracted position (see Figures 5 and 6) in which it leaves the lever 110 free of rotation on the cover 120, and an extended position (see Figures 3 and 4) in which it is able to be padlocked and in which the inner end 211 of the latch 210 is engaged in a housing 123 provided at one end of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120 for to interpose between said sliding support 122 and 112 of the lever 110 to lock the latter in its position 0 (see Figures 3 and 4).

Ici, comme le montrent les figures 4, 6 et 9, le logement 123 est formé par un décrochement prévu à l'extrémité de la rampe courbe 122.Here, as shown in Figures 4, 6 and 9, the housing 123 is formed by a recess provided at the end of the curved ramp 122.

Le passage de la position sortie à la position rentrée de la clenche 210 est réalisé par un appui manuel sur l'extrémité externe 212 de ladite clenche 210 en serrant le manche 110B de la manette 110.The passage from the extended position to the retracted position of the latch 210 is achieved by manually pressing the outer end 212 of said latch 210 by tightening the handle 110B of the lever 110.

Il est prévu également des moyens élastiques de rappel non représentés pour que, lorsque l'usager relâche l'appui manuel exercé sur la clenche 210, celle-ci ait tendance à revenir automatiquement dans sa position sortie avec son extrémité externe 212 accessible audit usager.It is also provided resilient return means not shown so that, when the user releases the manual support exerted on the latch 210, the latter tends to automatically return to its extended position with its outer end 212 accessible to said user.

Selon l'exemple représenté, l'extrémité externe 212 de la clenche 210 est agencée pour recevoir un cadenas (non représenté), cette extrémité externe 212 s'effaçant dans la manette 110 dans la position rentrée de ladite clenche 210 et émergeant à l'extérieur de la manette 110 dans la position sortie de ladite clenche 210 pour être accessible à l'usager et recevoir ledit cadenas. A cet effet, cette extrémité externe 212 comporte un orifice de forme oblongue.According to the example shown, the outer end 212 of the latch 210 is arranged to receive a padlock (not shown), this outer end 212 fading into the lever 110 in the retracted position of said latch 210 and emerging to the outside the lever 110 in the output position of said latch 210 to be accessible to the user and receive said padlock. For this purpose, this outer end 212 has an oblong orifice.

Avantageusement, le boîtier 10, le dispositif d'actionnement 100 et le dispositif de verrouillage 200 de l'interrupteur représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, comprennent des aménagements autorisant le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 et du dispositif de verrouillage 200 associé à droite (voir figure 1) ou à gauche (voir figure 2) du boîtier 10.Advantageously, the housing 10, the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200 of the switch shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 comprise arrangements allowing the positioning of the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200. right (see figure 1) or on the left (see figure 2) of the case 10.

Selon l'exemple représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, ici, le dispositif d'actionnement 100 et le dispositif de verrouillage 200 associé sont positionnés à distance du boîtier 10 de l'interrupteur en étant fixés sur une paroi P1 ou P2 constituant une paroi d'une armoire électrique ou d'un coffret à l'intérieur duquel est placé le boîtier 10 de l'interrupteur. De cette manière, l'utilisateur peut actionner l'interrupteur sans devoir ouvrir l'armoire électrique ou le coffret.According to the example shown in Figures 1 and 2, here, the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200 are positioned at a distance from the housing 10 of the switch being fixed on a wall P1 or P2 constituting a wall an electrical cabinet or a box inside which is placed the housing 10 of the switch. In this way, the user can operate the switch without having to open the control cabinet or cabinet.

Bien entendu, selon une variante non représentée, on pourrait prévoir que le capot 120 du dispositif d'actionnement 100 soit directement fixé sur le côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10, mais, dans ce cas, pour pouvoir actionner l'interrupteur, l'utilisateur doit ouvrir le coffret ou l'armoire électrique à l'intérieur duquel il est monté.Of course, according to a variant not shown, it could be provided that the cover 120 of the actuating device 100 is directly attached to the lateral side 12 of the housing 10, but in this case, in order to actuate the switch, the user must open the cabinet or electrical cabinet inside which it is mounted.

La fixation du capot 120 sur la paroi P1 ou sur la paroi P2 est réalisée ici par vissage, au travers d'orifices 120B prévus sur une paroi latérale 120A du capot 120. Bien entendu, on pourrait prévoir tout autre moyen de fixation du capot 120 sur les parois P1 et P2 tel qu'une fixation par rivetage par exemple.Fixing the cover 120 on the wall P1 or on the wall P2 is made here by screwing, through orifices 120B provided on a side wall 120A of the cover 120. Of course, one could provide any other means of fixing the cover 120 on the walls P1 and P2 such as a fastening by riveting for example.

Selon l'invention, lesdits aménagements prévus dans le boîtier 10, le dispositif d'actionnement 100 et le dispositif de verrouillage 200, impliquent que, pour passer d'un positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 et du dispositif de verrouillage 200 associé à droite du boîtier 10, à un positionnement de ceux-ci à gauche du boîtier 10, le boîtier 10 soit retourné tête en haut tête en bas, selon une rotation matérialisée par la flèche R représentée sur la figure 1.According to the invention, said arrangements provided in the housing 10, the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200, imply that, to move from a positioning of the actuating device 100 and the associated locking device 200 to the right of the casing 10, at a positioning thereof to the left of the casing 10, the casing 10 is turned upside down upside down, according to a rotation represented by the arrow R shown in FIG.

De cette manière, le côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10, situé à droite sur la figure 1 et comprenant le premier pignon 11, se trouve, sur la figure 2, situé à gauche.In this way, the lateral side 12 of the housing 10, located on the right in Figure 1 and comprising the first pinion 11, is in Figure 2, located on the left.

Ces aménagements, prévus sur les différentes pièces de l'interrupteur représenté, sont tels que l'usager ou l'utilisateur conserve bien entendu le même sens d'actionnement de la manette 110 pour la faire passer de la position 0 à la position 1 et inversement, ici du bas vers le haut ou du haut vers le bas, comme décrit précédemment.These arrangements, provided on the different parts of the switch shown, are such that the user or the user keeps of course the same direction of operation of the lever 110 to move it from position 0 to position 1 and conversely, here from bottom to top or from top to bottom, as previously described.

Lesdits aménagements comprennent un moyen de rotation 13 prévu sur le côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10 qui, dans un des positionnements du dispositif d'actionnement 100 ici à gauche du boîtier 10 (voir figure 2), s'interpose entre l'arbre 130 du dispositif d'actionnement 100 et le premier pignon 11, de sorte que ce dernier est attaqué indirectement par l'arbre 130 pour être entraîné dans le même sens de rotation A déterminé.Said arrangements comprise a rotation means 13 provided on the lateral side 12 of the housing 10 which, in one of the positions of the actuating device 100, to the left of the housing 10 (see FIG. 2), is interposed between the shaft 130 of the housing actuating device 100 and the first pinion 11, so that the latter is indirectly attacked by the shaft 130 to be driven in the same direction of rotation determined A.

Ainsi, quel que soit le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 par rapport au boîtier 10 de l'interrupteur, ledit premier pignon 11 est toujours entraîné dans le même sens de rotation A déterminé.Thus, regardless of the positioning of the actuating device 100 relative to the housing 10 of the switch, said first pinion 11 is always driven in the same direction of rotation A determined.

Selon le mode de réalisation préférentiel représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, ce moyen de rotation est un deuxième pignon 13, identique au premier pignon 11, engrenant librement le premier pignon 11, et présentant un sens de rotation B inversé par rapport au sens de rotation A, l'arbre 130 du dispositif d'actionnement 100 attaquant directement le premier pignon 11 lorsqu'il est positionné à droite du boîtier 10 et attaquant ce premier pignon 11 par le biais du deuxième pignon 13 du boîtier lorsqu'il est positionné à gauche de ce dernier.According to the preferred embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this means of rotation is a second pinion 13, identical to the first pinion 11, freely meshing with the first pinion 11, and having a direction of rotation B inverted with respect to the direction of rotation. rotation A, the shaft 130 of the actuating device 100 directly attacking the first pinion 11 when it is positioned to the right of the housing 10 and driving this first pinion 11 through the second pinion 13 of the housing when positioned to the left of the latter.

Ainsi, lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est positionné à droite du boîtier 10, comme cela est représenté sur la figure 1, pour passer de la position 0 à la position 1 de la manette 110, l'utilisateur fait monter ladite manette 110 de sorte que l'arbre 130 entraîne le premier pignon 11 selon le sens de rotation A.Thus, when the actuating device 100 is positioned to the right of the housing 10, as shown in FIG. 1, to move from the position 0 to the position 1 of the lever 110, the user raises said lever 110 to so that the shaft 130 drives the first pinion 11 in the direction of rotation A.

Lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est positionné à gauche du boîtier 10, comme cela est représenté plus particulièrement sur la figure 2, pour passer de la position 0 à la position 1, l'utilisateur actionne ladite manette 110 dans le sens de la montée, et l'arbre 130 est alors entraîné dans un sens inverse par rapport au sens d'entraînement dans le cas de la figure 1, toutefois il attaque le deuxième pignon 13 qui tourne dans le sens de rotation B et engrène le premier pignon 11 pour l'entraîner dans son sens de rotation A déterminé.When the actuating device 100 is positioned to the left of the housing 10, as shown more particularly in FIG. 2, to move from the position 0 to the position 1, the user actuates said lever 110 in the direction of the rise , and the shaft 130 is then driven in a direction opposite to the driving direction in the case of Figure 1, however it attacks the second pinion 13 which rotates in the direction of rotation B and meshes the first pinion 11 to drive in its direction of rotation determined.

Il faut savoir que le premier pignon 11 est celui qui est relié aux moyens de renvoi permettant d'arriver jusqu'aux contacts mobiles.It should be known that the first pinion 11 is the one that is connected to the return means to reach the moving contacts.

En outre, lesdits aménagements comprennent, sur la façade du capot 120, une partie détachable 124 portant un marquage indiquant la position 0 et la position 1 de ladite manette 110, cette partie détachable 124 pouvant être positionnée sur ledit capot 120 selon deux positions en fonction du positionnement à droite ou à gauche du dispositif d'actionnement 100.In addition, said arrangements comprise, on the front of the cover 120, a detachable portion 124 bearing a marking indicating the position 0 and the position 1 of said handle 110, this detachable portion 124 being positionable on said cover 120 in two positions according to positioning to the right or left of the actuating device 100.

Comme le montre plus particulièrement la figure 8, selon le mode de réalisation préférentiel représenté, la partie détachable 124 est ici une plaque qui comporte des moyens de montage 124A, 124B dans un logement de réception 127 prévu en façade sur le capot 120.As shown more particularly in Figure 8, according to the preferred embodiment shown, the detachable portion 124 is here a plate which comprises mounting means 124A, 124B in a receiving housing 127 provided on the front cover 120.

Ici, cette plaque 124 présente une forme allongée portant à une extrémité le marquage 0 et à l'autre extrémité le marquage 1. Elle est réalisée par injection d'une matière plastique. A chacune de ses extrémités, elle comporte, en tant que moyens de montage, des pattes d'encliquetage 124A, 124B destinées à coopérer avec des pattes d'encliquetage 127A, 127B complémentaires prévues à l'extrémité du logement de réception 127 présentant une forme complémentaire de ladite plaque 124.Here, this plate 124 has an elongate shape carrying at one end the marking 0 and at the other end the marking 1. It is made by injection of a plastic material. At each of its ends, it comprises, as mounting means, latching lugs 124A, 124B intended to cooperate with complementary latching lugs 127A, 127B provided at the end of the receiving housing 127 having a shape complementary to said plate 124.

Au fond du logement de réception 127, il est prévu une ouverture traversante 127C se présentant sous la forme d'une fente en V. En outre, la plaque 124 porte, sur sa face interne tournée vers le capot 120, une languette 124C apte à traverser ladite ouverture traversante 127C, lors de l'encliquetage de ladite plaque 124 sur le capot 120, pour émerger du côté intérieur du capot (voir figure 7), cette languette 124C formant une aide au désencliquetage de ladite plaque 124.At the bottom of the receiving housing 127, there is provided a through opening 127C in the form of a V-shaped slot. plate 124 carries, on its internal face facing the cover 120, a tongue 124C adapted to pass through said through opening 127C, during the latching of said plate 124 on the cover 120, to emerge on the inside of the cover (see FIG. ), this tab 124C forming a disengagement aid for said plate 124.

En effet, lorsque l'utilisateur veut désencliqueter ladite plaque 124 pour la positionner de telle manière que le marquage 1 soit situé en haut du capot 120 et que le marquage 0 soit situé en bas du capot, quel que soit le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 par rapport au boîtier 10 (voir figures 1 et 2), il peut exercer une pression sur la languette 124C pour pousser vers l'extérieur ladite plaque 124 de telle sorte que les pattes d'encliquetage 124A, 124B sortent de leur coopération avec les pattes d'encliquetage 127A, 127B correspondantes prévues sur le capot.Indeed, when the user wants to disengage said plate 124 to position it so that the marking 1 is located at the top of the cover 120 and the marking 0 is located at the bottom of the cover, regardless of the positioning of the device. actuating 100 relative to the housing 10 (see Figures 1 and 2), it can exert pressure on the tongue 124C to push outwardly said plate 124 so that the latching lugs 124A, 124B out of their cooperation with the corresponding latching lugs 127A, 127B provided on the hood.

Bien entendu, selon une variante de réalisation non représentée, on peut prévoir que la partie détachable 124 du capot comportant les marquages 1 et 0 soit une feuille autocollante rapportée sur la façade du capot 120.Of course, according to an alternative embodiment not shown, it can be provided that the detachable portion 124 of the cover having the markings 1 and 0 is an adhesive sheet attached to the front of the cover 120.

En ce qui concerne maintenant les aménagements prévus sur le dispositif de verrouillage 200, ces aménagements sont tels que, quel que soit le positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 par rapport au boîtier 10, c'est-à-dire à droite à ou gauche, la clenche 210 permet toujours de bloquer la manette 110 au moins dans sa position 0 correspondant à la position ouverte des contacts mobiles.As regards now the arrangements provided on the locking device 200, these arrangements are such that, regardless of the positioning of the actuating device 100 relative to the housing 10, that is to say right to left , the latch 210 still allows the handle 110 to be locked at least in its position 0 corresponding to the open position of the movable contacts.

Pour ce faire, selon l'invention, il est prévu un autre logement 123 situé à l'autre extrémité de l'appui glissant 122 du capot 120, cet autre logement 123 étant également destiné à accueillir ladite extrémité interne 211 de la clenche 210 pour bloquer la manette 110 dans sa position extrême correspondante.To do this, according to the invention, there is provided another housing 123 located at the other end of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120, this other housing 123 also being intended to accommodate said inner end 211 of the latch 210 to lock the lever 110 in its corresponding extreme position.

Ainsi, selon l'invention, à chaque extrémité de la rampe courbe 122 du capot 120, il est prévu un décrochement formant un logement 123 susceptible d'accueillir l'extrémité interne 211 de la clenche 210.Thus, according to the invention, at each end of the curved ramp 122 of the cover 120, there is provided a recess forming a housing 123 capable of receiving the inner end 211 of the latch 210.

Avec cette disposition avantageuse des deux logements 123, l'utilisateur peut choisir de bloquer la manette 110 dans sa position 1 correspondant à la fermeture des contacts mobiles, et dans sa position 0 correspondant à l'ouverture des contacts mobiles.With this advantageous arrangement of the two housings 123, the user can choose to block the lever 110 in its position 1 corresponding to the closure of the movable contacts, and in its position 0 corresponding to the opening of the movable contacts.

En outre, selon l'invention, il est prévu des moyens de comblement pour combler au moins un desdits logements 123 prévus aux extrémités de l'appui glissant 122 du capot 120 de manière à, si l'utilisateur le souhaite, autoriser le verrouillage de la manette 110 seulement dans une des deux positions extrêmes 0 et 1 de la manette, et de manière conventionnelle la position 0.In addition, according to the invention, there are provided filling means for filling at least one of said housings 123 provided at the ends of the sliding support 122 of the cover 120 so as, if the user wishes, to allow the locking of the handle 110 only in one of the two extreme positions 0 and 1 of the joystick, and conventionally the position 0.

Ces moyens de comblement comprennent ici une vis 140 vissée sur le capot 120 par l'arrière de celui-ci.These filling means here comprise a screw 140 screwed on the cover 120 by the rear thereof.

Pour ce faire, comme le montre la figure 7, le capot 120 comporte, intérieurement, au droit d'au moins un desdits logements 123, et ici au droit de chaque logement 123, une cheminée taraudée 125. Une des cheminées taraudées 125 est représentée dans le détail sur la figure 9. Cette cheminée taraudée 125 débouche sur le fond du logement 123 correspondant.To do this, as shown in Figure 7, the cover 120 has, internally, at right of at least one of said housing 123, and here to the right of each housing 123, a threaded chimney 125. One of the threaded chimneys 125 is shown in detail in Figure 9. This threaded chimney 125 opens on the bottom of the housing 123 corresponding.

Le fond 126 dudit logement 123 est défonçable de sorte que chaque vis 140 est apte à être vissée dans ladite cheminée taraudée 125 correspondante et à défoncer le fond 126 dudit logement 123 pour émerger du côté extérieur dudit capot 120 en comblant le logement 123 correspondant.The bottom 126 of said housing 123 is knockable so that each screw 140 is adapted to be screwed into said corresponding threaded chimney 125 and to break down the bottom 126 of said housing 123 to emerge from the outer side of said cover 120 by filling the corresponding housing 123.

Avantageusement, la vis 140 utilisée est une vis à téton long, et son extrémité en forme de téton 141 permet de combler le logement 123 correspondant, comme le montrent plus particulièrement les figures 4 et 3.Advantageously, the screw 140 used is a long-tipped screw, and its pin-shaped end 141 makes it possible to fill the corresponding housing 123, as shown more particularly in FIGS. 4 and 3.

Bien entendu, selon une variante non représentée, on peut prévoir, comme moyens de comblement de chaque logement 123, un téton sécable qui s'élève à l'intérieur du logement et que l'utilisateur sectionne afin de dégager un des logements 123 en fonction de la position de la manette 110 qu'il souhaite pouvoir bloquer à l'aide du dispositif de verrouillage 200.Of course, according to a variant not shown, it can be provided, as means for filling each housing 123, a breakable nipple that rises inside the housing and that the user cuts to clear one of the housing 123 according to the position of the lever 110 that it wishes to be able to lock with the aid of the locking device 200.

Ainsi, grâce à ces moyens de comblement, l'utilisateur peut également choisir de verrouiller la manette 110 dans une de ses deux positions extrêmes 1 et 0, ou dans aucune de ses deux positions 1 et 0. Pour ce faire, il introduit la vis 140 dans le logement 123 correspondant afin de le combler.Thus, thanks to these filling means, the user can also choose to lock the lever 110 in one of its two extreme positions 1 and 0, or in any of its two positions 1 and 0. To do this, it introduces the screw 140 in the corresponding housing 123 to fill it.

En particulier, si la position verrouillable est la position 0, lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est positionné à droite du boîtier 10 comme représenté sur la figure 1, lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est alors positionné à gauche du boîtier, sans modification de la part de l'utilisateur, la position verrouillable devient la position 1 du fait du retournement tête en haut tête en bas du dispositif d'actionnement 100.In particular, if the lockable position is the position 0, when the actuating device 100 is positioned to the right of the housing 10 as shown in Figure 1, when the actuating device 100 is then positioned to the left of the housing, without modification from the user, the lockable position becomes the position 1 due to the upside down upside down of the actuating device 100.

Pour modifier la position verrouillable de la manette 110, il suffit alors que l'utilisateur dévisse la vis 140 introduite dans le logement 123 correspondant pour la revisser par l'arrière du capot à l'autre extrémité de la rampe courbe 122 du capot 120 pour combler l'autre logement 123 correspondant.To modify the lockable position of the lever 110, it suffices then that the user unscrews the screw 140 introduced into the corresponding housing 123 to screw it through the rear of the cover at the other end of the curved ramp 122 of the cover 120 to fill the other corresponding 123 housing.

Ainsi, comme le montrent les figures 4 et 6, dans les deux positionnements du dispositif d'actionnement 100 à droite et à gauche du boîtier 10, l'utilisateur peut aménager le dispositif d'actionnement 100 et le dispositif de verrouillage 200 associé de manière que ce soit toujours le logement 123 correspondant à la position 1 de la manette 110 qui soit comblé pour empêcher l'extrémité interne 211 de la clenche 210 de s'y introduire et de bloquer la manette 100 dans cette position. Dans ce cas, ladite extrémité interne 211 de la clenche 210 vient en butée contre l'extrémité en forme de téton 141 de la vis 140 comblant ledit logement 123 correspondant.Thus, as shown in Figures 4 and 6, in the two positions of the actuating device 100 to the right and left of the housing 10, the user can arrange the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200 associated with it is always the housing 123 corresponding to the position 1 of the joystick 110 is filled to prevent the inner end 211 of the latch 210 to enter and block the lever 100 in this position. In this case, said inner end 211 of the latch 210 abuts against the pin-shaped end 141 of the screw 140 filling said corresponding housing 123.

En résumé, pour passer d'un positionnement du dispositif d'actionnement 100 et du dispositif de verrouillage 200 associé à droite du boîtier 10 à un positionnement à gauche du boîtier, comme cela est représenté sur les figures 1 et 2, il suffit que l'utilisateur retourne le boîtier 10 pour faire passer son côté latéral 12 d'une orientation à droite à une orientation à gauche, puis, il retourne également le dispositif d'actionnement 100 de manière que son arbre 130 puisse s'introduire dans le deuxième pignon 13 prévu sur le côté latéral 12 du boîtier 10.In summary, to move from a positioning of the actuating device 100 and the locking device 200 associated with the right of the housing 10 to a left positioning of the housing, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, it is sufficient that the The user returns the housing 10 to pass its lateral side 12 from a right orientation to a left orientation, then it also returns the actuating device 100 so that its shaft 130 can be introduced into the second gear 13 provided on the lateral side 12 of the housing 10.

Avant d'introduire l'arbre 130 dans le deuxième pignon 13 du boîtier 10 et de fixer le capot 120 sur le boîtier 10 ou sur la paroi P2, l'utilisateur détache la plaque 124 du capot 120 pour la retourner et la positionner tête en bas, de manière qu'elle présente en partie haute le marquage 1 et en partie basse le marquage 0 de manière identique à la plaque 124 représentée sur la figure 1.Before introducing the shaft 130 into the second pinion 13 of the housing 10 and fixing the cover 120 on the housing 10 or on the wall P2, the user releases the plate 124 from the cover 120 to turn it over and position it head bottom, so that it has in the upper part the marking 1 and in the lower part the marking 0 identically to the plate 124 shown in Figure 1.

Enfin, s'il le souhaite, l'utilisateur adapte le dispositif de verrouillage 200 de manière à ce que la position verrouillable de la manette 110 reste la position 0. Pour ce faire, il suffit qu'il dévisse la vis 140 comblant le logement 123 correspondant à la position 1 quand le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est positionné à droite du boîtier 10, pour la visser dans le logement 123 correspondant à la position 1 lorsque le dispositif d'actionnement 100 est placé à gauche du boîtier.Finally, if desired, the user adapts the locking device 200 so that the lockable position of the handle 110 remains the position 0. To do this, it is sufficient that it unscrews the screw 140 filling the housing 123 corresponding to the position 1 when the actuating device 100 is positioned to the right of the housing 10, to screw it into the housing 123 corresponding to the position 1 when the actuating device 100 is placed to the left of the housing.

De cette manière, l'utilisateur retrouve une utilisation identique du dispositif d'actionnement qu'il soit positionné à droite ou à gauche du boîtier.In this way, the user finds an identical use of the actuating device that is positioned to the right or left of the housing.

En particulier, on pourra prévoir que la partie détachable soit fixée par vissage ou tout autre moyen sur le capot du dispositif d'actionnement.In particular, it can be provided that the detachable portion is fixed by screwing or other means on the cover of the actuating device.

Claims (13)

  1. A switch comprising:
    - a casing (10) containing at least one fixed contact and at least one movable contact,
    - an actuating device (100) for displacing each movable contact between two positions, namely an open position in which each movable contact is moved away from each fixed contact and a closed position in which each movable contact is applied against each fixed contact, said actuating device (100) comprising a handle (110) available to the user, mounted rotatably on a cover (120) positioned on one side of the casing (10), the handle being connected to a shaft (130) which engages a first pinion (11) disposed on at least one lateral side (12) of the casing (10) to drive it in rotation in a given direction of rotation, the handle (110) and the cap (120) having complementary sliding supports (112, 122) co-operating with each other and comprising means for limiting the travel of the handle (110) by two limit positions, namely a position 0 corresponding to said open position of each movable contact and a position 1 corresponding to said closed position of each movable contact, and
    - a locking device (200) for locking the handle in its position 0, which comprises a latch (210) having an internal end (211) and mounted movably on said handle (110) in such a way that it can occupy two positions, namely a retracted position in which it leaves the handle (110) free to rotate and an extended position in which it is adapted to be fastened by a lock and in which its internal end (211) is engaged in a recess (123) provided at an end of the sliding support (122) of the cover (120) to be interposed between said sliding support (122) and that of said handle (110) in order to lock the latter in its position 0,
    characterised in that the casing (10), the actuating device (100) and the locking device (200) comprise arrangements permitting positioning of the actuating device (100) and the associated locking device (200) to the right or the left of the casing (10) by means of turning the latter over upside down, in such a way that the user preserves the same direction of actuation of said handle (110) to move it from the position 0 to the position 1 and vice-versa, said arrangements comprising:
    - on the front face of the cover (120) a detachable portion (124) carrying a marking indicating the position 0 and the position 1 of said handle (110), which detachable portion (124) can be positioned on said cover (120) in two positions in dependence on positioning of the actuating device (100) to the right or to the left,
    - a rotation means (13) provided on said lateral side (12) of the casing (10) which, in one of the positions of the actuating device (100) to the left or to the right of the casing (10), is interposed between the shaft (130) and the first pinion (11) so that, irrespective of the positioning of the actuating device (100) with respect to the casing (10), said first pinion (11) is always driven in the same given direction of rotation, and
    - another recess (123) provided at the other end of the sliding support (122) of the cover (120) and intended to receive said internal end (211) of the latch (210) to lock the handle (110) in its corresponding limit position.
  2. A switch according to claim 1 characterised in that there are provided filling means for filling at least one of said recesses (123) provided at the ends of the sliding support (122) of the cover (120) so as to enable locking of said handle (110) only in one of its two limit positions 0 and 1.
  3. A switch according to claim 2 characterised in that said filling means comprise at least one screw (140) screwed on to the cover (120).
  4. A switch according to claim 3 characterised in that the cover (120) internally comprises a screwthreaded shaft (125) in line with at least one of said recesses (123) and that the bottom (126) of said recess (123) can be broken through so that each screw (140) is capable of being screwed into said screwthreaded shaft (125) and breaking through the bottom (126) of said recess (123) to emerge from the outward side of said cover to fill said recess (123).
  5. A switch according to claim 2 characterised in that the means for filling each recess comprise a cuttable projection which rises in the interior of said recess.
  6. A switch according to one of claims 1 to 5 characterised in that the sliding support (122) of the cover (120) is formed by a curved ramp, that the complementary sliding support (112) of said handle (110) is a groove means which is also curved, and that at each end of said groove means (112) there is provided a window (113) of which a lateral side (114) is intended to come into butting relationship against an end of said curved ramp (122) to limit the travel of said handle (110).
  7. A switch according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that said detachable portion (124) is a plate comprising means (124A, 124B) for mounting in a receiving recess (127) provided on the cover (120).
  8. A switch according to claim 7 characterised in that said mounting means (124A, 124B) are latching means.
  9. A switch according to one of claims 7 and 8 characterised in that the bottom of the receiving recess (127) provided on the cover (120) comprises a through opening (127C) and said plate (124) on its inward face which is towards the cover (120) carries a tongue portion (124C) capable of passing through said through opening (127C) upon latching engagement of said plate (124) on the cover (120) to emerge from the inward side of the cover, said tongue portion (124C) forming means for assisting with unlatching of said plate (124).
  10. A switch according to one of claims 1 to 6 characterised in that said detachable portion is a self-adhesive sheet fitted on to the front face of the cover.
  11. A switch according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that said rotation means provided on the casing is a second pinion (13) freely meshing with the first pinion (11), the two pinions (11, 13) rotating in opposite directions of rotation, said shaft (130) engaging one (11) of said pinions in one of the positions of the actuating device (100) with respect to the casing (10) and engaging the other (13) of said pinions in the other of the positions of the actuating device (100) with respect to the casing (10).
  12. A switch according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that the latch (210) comprises an external end (212) arranged to receive a padlock, said external end (212) disappearing into the handle (110) in the retracted position of said latch (210) and emerging to the exterior of said handle (110) in the extended position of said latch to be accessible to the user and receive said padlock.
  13. A switch according to any one of the preceding claims characterised in that said handle (110) moves from position 0 to position 1 by being actuated in a rising direction, the position 0 being a down position of the handle (110) and the position 1 being an up position of the handle (110).
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