Rotor for rotary wafer switch with embedded contact interconnecting means

Claim 1

A ROTARY WAFER SWITCH COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION; A STATOR COMPRISING AN ANNULAR BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH A CENTRAL OPENING AND HAVING A THICK PERIPHERAL SECTION; A PLURALITY OF CONTACT MEMBERS ATTACHED TO BOTH SIDES OF THE PERIPHERAL SECTION OF THE ANNULAR BODY; A ROTOR COMPRISING A BODY OF INSULATING MATERIAL ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN THE OPENING OF THE STATOR; A PLURALITY OF FLAT METAL FINGERS IN LATERALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP EMBEDDED IN THE ROTOR AND ARRANGED TO CONTACT THE CONTACT MEMBERS AS THE ROTOR IS ROTATED, THE FINGERS BEING ARRANGED IN TWO PARALLEL PLANES WITH EACH PLANE BEING ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ANNULAR STATOR BODY; A CIRCULAR PASSAGEWAY LOCATED BETWEEN THE TWO PARALLEL PLANES OF THE FINGERS AND PARALLEL THERETO; AT LEAST TWO HOLES IN THE ROTOR EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE TWO PARALLEL PLANES AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PASSAGEWAY; AT LEAST A PORTION OF ONE OF THE METAL FINGERS BEING DISPOSED IN EACH OF THE HOLES; AND A CONDUCTOR IN THE PASSAGEWAY AND THE HOLES ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THE TWO METAL FINGERS TOGETHER.