Lever action switch with embedded compression coil spring and staggered contact means

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR CASING, A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SLIDER IN SAID CASING, SAID SLIDER BEING MADE OF INSULATING MATERIAL AND BEING SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID CASING, A BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID CASING, AN L-SHAPED LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BRACKET, SAID CASING HAVING A SLOT THEREIN, SAID LEVER HAVING AN ARM EXTENDING INTO SAID CASING THROUGH SAID SLOT, SAID SLIDER HAVING A RECESS RECEIVING SAID ARM, A COIL SPRING COMPRESSED BETWEEN ONE END OF SAID CASING AND ONE END OF SAID SLIDER, SAID SLIDER HAVING A GENERALLY CIRCULAR SEAT IN SAID ONE END THEREOF FOR RECEIVING SAID SPRING, SAID SEAT HAVING AN OPENING IN ONE SIDE THEREOF TOWARD ONE SIDE OF SAID SLIDER, A CONTACTOR BAR MOUNTED ON SAID SLIDER, A CONTACT MOUNTING PLATE ATTACHED TO SAID CASING AND OPPOSITE SAID CONTACT BAR, A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS MOUNTED ON SAID CONTACT MOUNTING PLATE AND ENGAGEABLE BY SAID CONTACTOR BAR, SAID SLIDER HAVING RECESS MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID CONTACTOR BAR, AND A COIL SPRING COMPRESSED BETWEEN SAID SLIDER AND SAID CONTACTOR BAR AND BIASING SAID CONTACTOR AND TOWARD SAID CONTACTS, SAID CONTACTOR BAR HAVING FIRST AND SECOND LONGITUDINALLY SPACED CONTACTOR SEGMENTS WITH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREBETWEEN, SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION BEING OFFSET FROM SAID CONTACTOR SEGMENTS AWAY FROM SAID CONTACTS, SAID FIRST CONTACTOR SEGMENT BEING LONGER THAN SAID SECOND SEGMENT, SAID CONTACTS INCLUDING A FIRST CONTACT WHICH IS SLIDABLY ENGAGED BY SAID FIRST CONTACTOR SEGMENT AT ALL TIMES, SAID CONTACTS INCLUDING SECOND AND THIRD CONTACTS ENGAGEABLE BY SAID SECOND CONTACTOR SEGMENT, SAID SECOND CONTACTOR SEGMENT BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND THIRD CONTACTS.