Plural contact relay with solenoid actuator

Claim 1

A RELAY DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) HOUSING MEANS DEFINING A CHANNEL HAVING SPACED LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING WALLS AND A CONNECTING WEB AND HAVING CONTACT-MOUNTING MEANS DISPOSED LATERALLY OF SAID CHANNEL; (B) SOLENOID MEANS FIXED IN SAID CHANNEL SEPARATED FROM AT LEAST ONE END THEREOF TO DEFINE OPERATING SPACE, SAID SOLENOID MEANS FITTING BETWEEN SAID WALLS FOR LATERAL POSITIONING AND SAID WEB HAVING STOP MEANS INTERFITTING WITH SAID SOLENOID MEANS FOR LONGITUDINAL POSITIONING THEREOF, SAID SOLENOID MEANS INCLUDING A COIL; (C) ACTUATOR MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID CHANNEL TO BE SLIDABLE RELATIVE TO SAID SOLENOID MEANS, INCLUDING A CONTROL ELEMENT OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL DISPOSED COAXIALLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID COIL AND HAVING AN END PORTION RECIPROCABLE IN SAID OPERATING SPACE; (D) MEANS BIASING SAID ACTUATOR MEANS AGAINST THE ATTRACTION OF SAID COIL; (E) FIXED CONTACT MEANS IN SAID CONTACT-MOUNTING MEANS, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID FIXED CONTACT MEANS HAVING PORTIONS EXPOSED THROUGH SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR CONNECTION TO CIRCUIT MEANS; (F) MOVABLE CONTACT MEANS ON SAID ACTUATOR MEANS CONFRONTING SAID FIXED CONTACT MEANS TO BE SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH ON MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR MEANS; AND (G) TERMINAL MEANS CONNECTING SAID COIL EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING MEANS FOR ENERGIZATION THEREOF.