Double-action inertia switch

Claim 1

AN INERTIA SWITCH RESPONSIVE TO DECELRATION AND ACCELERATION OF A REVOLVING ELEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON THE REVOLVING ELEMENT FOR ROTATION WITH THE LATTER, A FLYWHEEL TURNABLE ON SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE, FIRST AND SECOND SPRING CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND HAVING SPACED APART PORTIONS CAPABLE OF FLEXING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY PERIPHERAL WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE, A DRIVE MEMBER EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SPACED APART PORTIONS OF THE SPRINGS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE LATTER, MEANS ADJUSTABLY MOUNTING SAID DRIVE MEMBER ON SAID FLYWHEEL FOR ADJUSTING MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE LATTER BETWEEN SAID PORTIONS OF THE SPRINGS IN DIRECTIONS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCUMFERENTIAL WITH RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THE FLYWHEEL SO THAT SAID DRIVE MEMBER AND SPRINGS COOPERATE TO FORM A ROTATABLE COUPLING BETWEEN SAID FLYWHEEL AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE WHICH PERMITS RELATIVE TURNING THEREOF BY SELECTIVE FLEXING OF SAID SPRING AND ALSO BY ADJUSTMENT OF SAID DRIVE MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID FLYWHEEL, SWITCH CONTACT MEANS ON SAID FLYWHEEL, A FIRST CONTACT ON SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE WHICH IS NORMALLY SPACED FROM SAID SWITCH CONTACT MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION OF RELATIVE TURNING OF SAID FLYWHEEL AND SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE SWITCH CONTACT MEANS ONLY UPON PREDETERMINED FLEXING OF SAID FIRST SPRING IN RESPONSE TO SAID DECELERATION, AND A SECOND CONTACT ON SAID SUPPORT STRUCTURE WHICH IS NORMALLY SPACED FROM SAID SWITCH CONTACT MEANS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF SAID RELATIVE TURNING AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SWITCH CONTACT MEANS ONLY UPON PREDETERMINED FLEXING OF SAID SECOND SPRING IN RESPONSE TO SAID ACCELERATION, RELATIVE TURNING OF SAID FLYWHEEL AND SUPPORT BY ADJUSTMENT OF SAID DRIVE MEMBER SERVING TO VARY THE NORMAL SPACING BWTWEEN SAID SWITCH CONTACT MEANS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTACTS.