Safety device for microwave ovens

Claim 1

IN A MICRO-WAVE OVEN: AN OVEN SPACE; A PIVOTAL DOOR THROUGH WHICH ACCESS MAY BE HAD TO SAID OVEN SPACE; A HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR COUPLED TO SAID OVER SPACE FOR SUPPLYING HIGH FREQUENCY ENERGY THERETO; CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING SAID HIGH FREQUENCY GENERATOR WITH TERMINALS TO BE CONNECTED TO AN ELECTRIC SUPPLY SYSTEM; A VOLTAGE CONVERTING AND INCREASING MENS INTERCONNECTED IN SAID CIRCUIT MEANS; A SWITCH INTERCONNECTED IN SAID CIRCUIT MEANS BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS AND SAID VOLTAGE CONVERTING AND INCREASING MEANS AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF STATIONARY CONTACTS AND AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF MOVABLE CONTACTS, SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS BEING CONDUCTIVELY INTERCONNECTED AND ADAPTED TO BRIDGE SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS IN THE OPERATIVE POSITION OF SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS, AND A MECHANICAL CONNECTION, POSITIVELY CONNECTING SAID DOOR WITH THE MOVABLE CONTACTS OF SAID SWITCH DURING THE INITIAL OPENING MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR AND COMPRISING A ROD-LIKE MEMBER, SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER BEING LINKED TO SAID DOOR ADJACENT TO THE PIVOT AXIS OF SAID DOOR AND MOVABLE APPROXIMATELY IN ITS LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION IN RESPONSE TO OPENING MOVEMENTS OF SAID DOOR, AND A COUPLING MEANS, WHICH IS MOVABLE TRANSVERSLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER AND CONNECTS SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER TO SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS, DURING THE INITIAL OPENING MOVEMENT OF SAID DOOR, FOR DISPLACING SAID MOVABLE CONTACTS IN RESPONSE TO THE INITIAL OPENING MOVEMENTS OF SAID DOOR.