Multiple contact switch having cable switch operating means

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE CONTACT SWITCH PROGRAMMING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INSULATED CONTACT BLOCK, A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BLOCK, CABLE MEANS EXTENDING CONTINUOUSLY INTO, THROUGH, AND OUT OF SAID PASSAGEWAY IN SAID BLOCK AND SLIDABLE ONLY LONGITUDINALLY THEREIN AND SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING SAID PASSAGEWAY, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CABLE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CABLE MEANS LONGITUDINALLY IN SAID PASSAGEWAY, ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS IN SAID BLOCK, AND SAID CABLE MEANS BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACT MEANS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH, SAID CABLE MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CABLE BODY HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED OPERATING SURFACES FORMED THEREON FIXED WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER AND WITH RESPECT TO SAID BODY, SAID SURFACES BEING MOVABLE INTO, THROUGH, AND OUT OF SAID PASSAGEWAY FOR OPENING AND CLOSING SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS.