Electrical apparatus

Claim 1

IN A SPARK IGNITION ENGINE HAVING A SHAFT DRIVEN IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ENGINE, A CAM MOUNTED ON THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, A FIXED SUPPORT HAVING A FLAT SURFACE DISPOSED NEAR AND NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT, AND A SET OF BREAKER POINTS COOPERATING WITH THE CAM SO THAT THE POINTS OPEN AND CLOSE IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE ENGINE, THE IMPROVED BREAKER POINT ASSEMBLY WHICH COMPRISES A CONTACT SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A BRACKET HAVING A FLAT PLATE-LIKE BODY LYING UPON THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE FIXED SUPPORT, AN UPSTANDING PIVOT PIN EXTENDING THROUGH A HOLE IN THE BODY OF THE BRACKET GENERALLY CENTRALLY THROUGH SAID AREA OF CONTACT WITH THE SUPPORT AND HAVING A THREADED INNER END SCREWED INTO A THREADED PASSAGE IN THE FIXED SUPPORT EXTENDING NORMAL TO THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT, A COLLAR FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE PIVOT PIN AND OVERLYING THE BODY OF THE BRACKET SO AS TO THRUST THE BODY FORCIBLY AGAINST THE FLAT SURFACE OF THE SUPPORT AND TO RETAIN IT FROM TURNING ABOUT THE PIVOT PIN WHEN THE LATTER IS TIGHTENED, THE PIVOT PIN HAVING AN OUTER PORTION EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE OUTWARDLY OF THE COLLAR, A BREAKER LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE OUTER PORTION OF THE PIVOT PIN, THE BREAKER LEVER HAVING A FIRST, MOVABLE CONTACT MOUNTED THEREON, THE BRACKET HAVING A SECOND, FIXED CONTACT MOUNTED THEREON SO AS TO CONFRONT THE FIRST CONTACT, THE BREAKER LEVER COOPERATING WITH THE CAM SO AS TO BE MOVED THEREBY SO THAT THE CONTACTS PERIODICALLY ENGAGE EACH OTHER AND ARE THEN MOVED APART.