Multiple switch

Claim 1

IN A MULTIPLE STATION SWITCH ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES MOUNTED ON A FRAME, THE COMBINATION WITH EACH OF SAID SWITCHES OF A STEM SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO TO ACTUATE SAID SWITCH, MEANS FOR BIASING SAID STEM TOWARD AND LOCKING SAID STEM IN A NORMAL POSITION AND A SWITCH ACTUATING POSITION, RELEASE MEANS MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT STEMS AND POSITIONED RELATIVE TO SAID PAIR OF ADJACENT STEMS FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PAIR OF STEMS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVE ONE OF SAID PAIR OF STEMS TOWARD SAID NORMAL POSITION AS THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF STEMS IS MOVED TOWARD SAID SWITCH ACTUATING POSITION, MEANS INTERCONNECTING THE RELEASE MEANS OF REMOTE STEMS FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION THEREBETWEEN SO THAT UPON SEQUENTIAL ACTUATION OF REMOTE STEMS THE MOTION IMPARTED TO THE RELEASE MEANS ADJACENT A SUBSEQUENTLY ACTUATED STEM IS TRANSMITTED TO THE RELEASE MEANS ADJACENT A PRIOR ACTUATED STEM TO MOVE SAID PRIOR ACTUATED STEM TO ITS NORMAL POSITION, AND MEANS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT SAID STEMS IN A NORMALLY CLOSED POSITION AND ARRANGED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH AND MOVEMENT BY SAID STEMS TO RECEIVE ONE OF SAID STEMS AS IT IS MOVED TO SWITCH ACTUATING POSITION SAID LAST-MENTIONED MEANS FURTHER ARRANGED TO RECEIVE ONLY ONE OF SAID STEMS AT A TIME TO PREVENT SIMULTANEOUS MOVEMENT OF MORE THAN ONE STEM INTO ITS SWITCH ACTUATING POSITION.