Motion translating and amplifying devices

Claim 1

A SNAP-ACTING CONDITION RESPONSIVE ELECTRICAL SWITCH, INCLUDING A PAIR OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS ONE OF WHICH IS MOUNTED ON AN ACTUATOR MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS, FIRST AND SECOND SPACED SUPPORT MEMBERS; A MOTION TRANSLATING AND AMPLIFYING ELEMENT COMPRISING A PLATE FORMED FOR SNAP ACTION HAVING A FIRST GENERALLY U-SHAPED SLOT EXTENDING IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND RELIEVING AN INNER ELONGATE TONGUE HAVING A FIRST AND A SECOND END; SAID PLATE ALSO HAVING A SECOND GENERALLY U-SHAPED SLOT EXTENDING IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID FIRST DIRECTION; THE SIDES OF SAID FIRST SLOT BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND EXTENDING INTERMEDIATE THE SIDES OF SAID SECOND SLOT TO FORM A FIRST PART OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED-APART SIDE ARMS; SAID PLATE INCLUDING A JUNCTION PORTION INTEGRALLY INTERCONNECTING ONE END OF SAID FIRST PART OF ARMS WITH SAID FIRST END OF SAID INNER TONGUE; THE SIDES OF SAID SECOND SLOT ALSO FORMING AN OUTER PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED-APART ARMS; EACH OF SAID OUTER PAIR OF ARMS BEING INEGRALLY INTERCONNECTED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF WITH A TAB EXTENSION; THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID OUTER PAIR OF ARMS BEING FLEXIBLY AND INTEGRALLY INTERCONNECTED WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID INNER TONGUE; SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS AND ALSO WITH AN ACTUATOR MEMBER EXTENDING BEYOND SAID SEDCOND END OF SAID INNER TONGUE; SAID TAB BEING ANCHORED TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND SAID SECOND END OF SAID TONGUE BEING ANCHORED TO SAID SECOND SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID OUTER PAIR OF ARMS BEING BENT ADJACENT SAID SECOND END OF SAID TONGUE TO FORCE SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS, INNER GONGUE, JUNCTION PORTION AND ACTUATOR MENBER TO A FIRST POSITION IN WHICH SAID PAIR OF ARMS, INNER TONGUE AND JUNCTION PORTION ARE LOCAXTED TO ONE SIDE OF THE PLANE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS AND THE ACTUATOR MEMBERS IS LOCATED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLANE; SAID JUNCTION PORTION BEING BENT ADJACENT ITS INTERCONNECTION WITH SAID ONE END OF SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS AND ADJACENT ITS INTERCONNECTION WITH SAID FIRST END OF SAID INNER TONGUE; WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS CAUSES SAID PARALLEL TO THE PLANE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS CAUSES SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS TO OPERATE IN COMPRESSION AND SAID INNER TONGUE AND OUTER PAIR OF ARMS TO OPERATE IN TENSION AND CAUSES SAIF FIRST PAIR OF ARMS, INNER TONGUE AND JUNCTION PORTION TO MOVE GRADUASLLY TOWARD SAID PLANE OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS AND THEN TO MOVE WITH SNAP ACTION TO A SECTION POSITION IN WHICH SAID FIRST PAIR OF ARMS, INNER TONGUE AND JUNCTION PORTION ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PLANE AND CAUSES SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER TO MOVE WITH SNAP ACTION TO SAID ONE SIDE OF SAID PLANE.