Relays with improved organization of ratchet and contact assembly

Claim 1

IN A RATCHET RELAY, THE COMBINATION OF FRAME MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PORTION, A SECOND PORTION SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PORTION, AND MEANS RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS; AN ELECTROMAGNET COMPRISING A CORE AND AN ENERGIZING WINDING DISPOSED ABOUT SAID CORE, SAID CORE BEING FIXED TO SAID FIRST FRAME PORTION AND PROJECTING GENERALLY TOWARD SAID SECOND PORTION BUT TERMINATING SHORT OF THE LOCATION OF SAID SECOND PORTION, SAID CORE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS AND SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEANS LYING IN A PLANE TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS, THE END OF SAID CORE ADJACENT SAID SECOND PORTION PRESENTING A POLE FACE DIRECTED TOWARD THE PLANE OCCUPIED BY SAID SECOND PORTION; TWO SUPPORT MEMBERS RIGIDLY CARRIED BY SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEANS AND PROJECTING AWAY FROM SAID ELECTROMAGNET, SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS BEING SPACED APART IN A DIRECTION TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS; AN ARMATURE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ELECTROMAGNET AND SAID SECOND PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEANS, SAID ARMATURE BEING MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME MEANS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID POLE FACE ABOUT AN AXIS EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THAT IN WHICH SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS ARE SPACED APART; A CONTACT STRUCTURE FIXED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS; A SHAFT EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID PIVOTAL AXIS OF SAID ARMATURE, SAID SHAFT BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS; A RATCHET WHEEL FIXED TO SAID SHAFT; PAWL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ARMATURE AND ARRANGED TO ROTATABLY ADVANCE SAID RATCHET WHEEL UPON EACH CYCLE OF ACTUATION OF SAID ARMATURE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID POLE FACE; AND MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID SHAFT FOR OPERATING SAID CONTACT STRUCTURE.