Carrier frame for movable contact and combination thereof with snap acting switch

Claim 1

A CARRIER FOR A MOVABLE CONTACT OF A SWITCH AND WHICH IS TO BE OPERATED WITH A SNAP ACTION BY A LEAF SPRING, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING ELONGATED END FRAME MEMBERS EACHH WITH MEAN FOR CONNECTING THE SPRING THERETO, SAID MEANS ON EACH MEMBER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE PAIR OF SHOULDERS ADAPTED FOR ENGAGING ONE FACE OF A LEAF SPRING AT ITS OUTER END TO PREVENT ITS DISPLACEMENT OF SAID END OF THE SPRING FLATWISE RELATIVE TO THE FRAME TOWARD ONE FACE OF THE FRAME AND AT LEAST ONE COOPERATING SHOULDER ADAPTED FOR ENGAGING THE OTHER FACE OF THE LEAF SPRING AT SAID OUTER END TO PREVENT DISPLACEMENT OF SAID OUTER END OF THE SPRING FLATWISE TOWARD THE OTHER FACE OF THE FRAME, THE SHOULDERS OF SAID PAIR TERMINATING, ENDWISE OF SAID ASSOCITED FRAME MEMBER, INWARDLY AND TRANSVERSELY OF HE FRAME IN SPACED RELATION TO THE LONGITUDINAL MID-PORTION OF THE ASSOCIATED FRAME MEMBER, WHEREBY A STRAIGHTT PASSAGE BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS OF SAID PAIR IS PROVIDED, AND SAID ONE COOPERATING SHOULDER TERMINATING ENDWISE OF THE ASSOCIATED FRAME MEMBER SO THAT ITS ENDS ARE NEARER TO THE LONGITUDINAL MID-PORTION OFF THE ASSOCIATED FRAME MEMBER THAN ARE THE LATERAL LIMITS OF THE PASSAGE.