snap switch technical
snap-action switch technical

He snapped switches that added power to driver 3.

Erika went ahead, snapping switches, flooding the rooms with light.

But the flat snapping switch played with my welts.

He turned and opened a door behind him and snapped switches. '

He reached into the flier and snapped switches.

(4) Press the snap switch to start accumulation of energy on both the reference meter and the certified standard.

It is highly polished aluminum with a snap switch and a clamp-on swivel fastener.

Forecasters said up to 40cm (16in) of snow could fall in some areas as the worst of the cold snap switches from the north to the south.

(4) One snap switch with BNC connection.

Alexei swiveled forward and busied himself with his controls, snapping switches, studying screens, flipping up plastic switch covers, unlocking and arming unknown controls.

A narrow crevice split the rock a yard distant; Retief dived for it, wedged himself in just as the disk of Joop cut off the blackish sunlight like a snapped switch.

The trademark has become genericized for any snap-action switch.

Companies other than Honeywell now manufacture miniature snap-action switches.

The miniature snap-action switch was invented in 1932 by Peter McGall, who was an employee of the Burgess Battery Company in Freeport, Illinois.

Since pressure may be changing slowly and contacts should operate quickly, some kind of over-center mechanism such as a miniature snap-action switch is used to ensure quick operation of the contacts.

A miniature snap-action switch, also trademarked and frequently known as a micro switch, is an electric switch that is actuated by very little physical force, through the use of a tipping-point mechanism, sometimes called an "over-center" mechanism.

Miniature snap-action switch may be used for example as components of such devices as photocopiers, computer printers, convertible tops or microwave ovens to ensure internal components are in the correct position for operation and to prevent operation when access doors are opened.