hammer break

noun

An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

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Meanings

nounhammer break (plural hammer breaks)

plural hammer breaks

  1. businessAn interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

    […] a form of contact device was adopted of the commutator and brush type, having rubbing contacts only, and doing away with all platinum points and hammer breaks.

    1903, The Horseless Age, volume 11, page 645
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