Armature for electro-magnetic relay

Claim 1

AN ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RELAY COMPRISING AN ELECTROMAGNET, AN ARMATURE AND AT LEAST ONE CONTACT MEMBER DISPOSED GENERALLY PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, AN ACTUATOR CONNECTED TO THE ARMATURE AND PROVIDING A LOST-MOTION TYPE OPERATING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ARMATURE AND EACH SUCH CONTACT MEMBER, MEANS FOR FULCRUMING THE ARMATURE ADJACENT ITS ONE END, AND MEANS FOR FULCRUMING EACH CONTACT MEMBER ADJACENT ITS END REMOTE FROM THE FULCRUM POINT OF THE ARMATURE SUCH THAT AS THE ACTUATOR IS POSITIONED FARTHER FROM THE FULCRUM POINT OF THE ARMATURE IT WILL BE POSITIONED CLOSER TO THAT OF EACH CONTACT MEMBER, SAID ACTUATOR BEING POSITIONED NEARER THE FREE END OF THE ARMATURE THAN TO THE FULCRUM POINT OF THE ARMATURE AND NO MORE HALF WAY FROM THE FILCRUM POINT EACH CONTACT MEMBER TO THE FREE END OF THE LATTER SUCH THAT UPON ENERGIZATION OF THE ELECTRO-MAGNET, THE ARMATURE WILL BE ATTRACTED TOWARDS THE LATTER AND THROUGH THE ACTUATOR EFFECT MOVEMENT OF EACH CONTACT MEMBER FROM A NORMAL POSITION TO AN ENERGIZED POSITION, WHEREBY TO PRODUCE A MECHANICAL ADVANTAGE THAT WILL PROVIDE A SMALLER VALUE OF AIR GAP BETWEEN THE ARMATURE AND ELECTRO-MAGNET THAN DEGREE OF MOVEMENT OF EACH CONTACT MEMBER.