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Photoelectric switch

Granted 7 Nov 2006 · no office action yet

Assignee: ROHM Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Nobuaki Suzuki · Examiner: Selina Sikder · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/238,667
filed 19 Sep 2005
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US D531583
granted 7 Nov 2006

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a photoelectric switch showing my new design, the rear view being a mirror image thereof;

FIG. 2 is a right side view of the same photoelectric switch, a left side view being identical to the right side view;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the same photoelectric switch;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the same photoelectric switch;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of the same photoelectric switch taken along 5—5 lines in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the same photoelectric switch taken along 6—6 in FIG. 3; and,

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the same photoelectric switch.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D13/165

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