Switch assembly for remote control device

Claim 1

IN A SWITCH ASSEMBLY FOR THE REMOTE OPERATION OF A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY OPERATED INSTRUMENTALITIES INCLUDING A PAIR OF REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC DRIVE MOTORS: A RECTANGULAR HOUSING HAVING AN OPEN END, A FIRST AND A SECOND PAIR OF U-SHAPED CONTACT FINGERS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT THE SIDE AND END WALLS THEREOF, THE SIDE ARMS OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF FINGERS BEING DISPOSED ALONG TWO OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS AND THE SIDE ARMS OF SAID SECOND PAIR OF FINGERS BEING DISPOSED ALONG THE ADJACENT OPPOSITE SIDE WALLS, SAID FINGERS BEING INSULATED FROM ONE ANOTHER, EACH PAIR OF FINGERS BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED THROUGH ONE OF SAID DRIVE MOTORS, AN ELONGATED ACTUATOR PROJECTING AXIALLY INTO SAID HOUSING THROUGH THE OPEN END THEREOF, A PAIR OF CONTACT PLATES TRANSVERSELY MOUNTED ON SAID ACTUATOR ADJACENT THE INNER END THEREOF, SAID PLATES BEING INSULATED FROM SAID ACTUATOR AND FROM ONE ANOTHER, EACH PLATE HAVING A PORTION PROJECTING TOWARD ONE FINGER OF EACH PAIR ON ONE SIDE AND TOWARD THE OTHER FINGER OF SAID PAIR ON THE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE SIDE, MEANS CONNECTING SAID PLATES THROUGH A SOURCE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT, AND A FLEXIBLE SUPPORT FOR SAID ACTUATOR TO NORMALLY SUPPORT SAID PLATES IN SAID HOUSING SPACED FROM SAID CONTACT FINGERS, SAID ACTUATOR BEING THEREBY ADAPTED FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATES FROM SIDE TO SIDE FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACT FINGERS, WHEREBY SAID PLATES MAY BE MOVED IN ONE DIRECTION INTO CONTACT WITH ONE PAIR OF FINGERS TO ACTUATE THE CONNECTED MOTOR AND MOVED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO CONTACT SAID PAIR AND ACTUATE SAID MOTOR IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION.