Light dimming switch

Claim 1

A DIMMING SWITCH FOR A SINGLE FILAMENT ELECTRIC LAMP COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION; A HOUSING OF GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CROSS-SECTION; A PAIR OF STATIONARY CONTACTS MOUNTED AT ONE END OF SAID HOUSING, SAID CONTACTS BEING DIRECTLY ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTED; A PAIR OF MOVABLE CONTACTS EXTENDING IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID RECTANGULAR HOUSING AND ADJACENT THE OPEN TOP THEREOF, ONE OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS COOPERATING WITH EACH OF SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; AN OPERATING MEMBER OSCILLATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS FOR OSCILLATION ABOUT AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS; SAID OPERATING MEMBER COOPERATING WITHT SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS TO MAINTAIN SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS IN POSITION OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS WHEN SAID OPERATING MEMBER IS IN A CENTRAL POSITION, TO ENGAGE ONE OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS WITH ITS COOPERATING STATIONARY CONTACT IN ONE EXTREME POSITION OF OSCILLATION OF SAID OPERATING MEMBER, AND TO ENGAGE BOTH SAID ONE AND THE OTHER OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE COOPERATING STATIONARY CONTACTS WHEN IN THE OTHER EXTREME POSITION OF OSCILLATION; A DIODE RECTIFIER HAVING TWO TERMINALS AND COMPRISING AN INTERNAL CONDUCTIVE HOUSING PORTION; A HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID SWITCH HOUSING BENEATH SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS AND IN INTIMATE CONTACTS WITH THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID SWITCH HOUSING; MEANS MOUNTING SAID DIODE RECTIFIE WITH ITS HEAT CONDUCTIVE HOUSING PORTION IN CONTACT WITH SAID HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBER; AND MEANS CONNECTING ONE OF SID DIODE TERMINALS TO SAID OTHER OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS AND THE SECOND OF SAID DIODE TERMINALS TO THE RESPECTIVE STATIONARY CONTACT.