Mechanical mechanism of electric latching switch

[Stretto]

What is the mechanical mechanism called that behaves like a flip flop/latch
on your basic push-button switch? When you push the switch in it makes
contact and latches it in that state, when you push it in again it releases.
Obviously there are many ways to achieve the behavior mechanically but I'm
trying to find information on the subject but nothing I've searched for
turns anything up on google.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

What is the mechanical mechanism called that behaves like a flip flop/latch
on your basic push-button switch? When you push the switch in it makes
contact and latches it in that state, when you push it in again it releases.
Obviously there are many ways to achieve the behavior mechanically but I'm
trying to find information on the subject but nothing I've searched for
turns anything up on google.

Most are special applications of cams, I think.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Nobody]

What is the mechanical mechanism called that behaves like a flip flop/latch
on your basic push-button switch?

It's called a "latch"

 

[Rich Grise]

What is the mechanical mechanism called that behaves like a flip
flop/latch
on your basic push-button switch? When you push the switch in it makes
contact and latches it in that state, when you push it in again it
releases. Obviously there are many ways to achieve the behavior
mechanically but I'm trying to find information on the subject but nothing
I've searched for turns anything up on google.

Bite the bullet: sacrifice a switch. Crack it open, examine the mechanism
and poke around until you understand it, (or at least what it's doing),
then come back and tell _us_.

Consider the cost of the switch "tuition in tech home-school." ;-)

Have Fun!
Rich

 

[Grant]

Bite the bullet: sacrifice a switch. Crack it open, examine the mechanism
and poke around until you understand it, (or at least what it's doing),
then come back and tell _us_.

You don't have to open the switch, the mechanism is under the spring at
the front of it, between the mounting plate and the switch electrics.

There's a pivot that follows a heart shaped path in the plastic moving
piece of the switch, the trick to making the pin travel only one way
around the heart pattern is a hard-to-see incline and step in the groove.

Consider the cost of the switch "tuition in tech home-school." ;-)

No cost, just pay close attention, first to the movement around the
track, then to what makes that movement go in one direction.

Grant.

 

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"On/off push button switch" in contrast to a "momentary push button
switch". An "on/on push button switch" would be a double throw type. Take
a look at digikey's listing of switches for examples.

Hul

 

[Winston]

Ratchet& cam is one.
Art

"Push-Push" and "Alternate Action" are also applicable.

--Winston

 

[Don Lancaster]

"On/off push button switch" in contrast to a "momentary push button
switch". An "on/on push button switch" would be a double throw type. Take
a look at digikey's listing of switches for examples.

Hul

It is called a "ball point pen".

As with any alternate action, there have to be two distinct storage
devices. One can be temporary.

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[Rich Grise]

It is called a "ball point pen".

As with any alternate action, there have to be two distinct storage
devices. One can be temporary.

Do they even make them any more, or did they go out with vinyl LPs? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich