Coordinate selector switch

Claim 1

A COORDINATE SWITCH HAVING A PLURALITY OF COLUMNS OF CONTACT SETS DISPOSED SIDE BY SIDE AND EXTENDING IN ONE COORDINATE DIRECTION, EACH COLUMN INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SETS OF CONTACTS, EACH CONTACT SET HAVING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ACTUATED CONTACTS DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY AT CROSSING POINTS OF THE COORDINATES OF THE SWITCH, EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTACT BEING OF THE SEALEDIN TYPE HAVING CONTACT SPRINGS CARRYING THE MAGNETIC FLUX REQUIRED FOR THE OPERATIVE ACTUATION THEREOF, THE TERMINAL ENDS OF SAID CONTACT SPRINGS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF THE SEALED-IN PORTIONS THEREOF, COMPRISING AN ENERGIZING COIL EMBRACING EACH SET OF CONTACTS AND BEING INDIVIDUAL THERETO, A HOLDING COIL COMMON TO THE CONTACT SETS DISPOSED IN A COLUMN AND EMBRACING SUCH CONTACT SETS, MAGNETIZABLE PARTITION PLATE MEMBERS DISPOSED RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN ADJACENT COLUMNS OF CONTACT SETS FOR SEPARATING AND FOR MUTUALLY SHIELDING SAID COLUMNS OF CONTACT SETS, SAID PARTITION PLATE MEMBERS EXTENDING, IN A PLANAR FORM, FROM APPROXIMATELY ONE TERMINAL END OF EACH CONTACT SET OF ADJOINING COLUMNS TO THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SUCH SETS, AND IN TRANSVERSE DIRECTION EXTENDING OVER THE LENGTH OF THE COLUMN, SAID PLATE MEMBERS ALSO SERVING AS MAGNETIC RETURN PATH MEANS FOR THE FLUX LEAVING SAID CONTACT SPRINGS.