Reed switch control

Claim 1

IN A CONTROL FOR A REED SWITCH HAVING A PAIR OF MEGNETIC REED WHICH HAVE RELATIVELY MOVABLE, FACING, NORMALLY OPEN CONTACT ENDS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A PAIR OF OPERATING COIL MEANS ONE ENCIRCLING EACH OF THE REEDS AND DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CONTACT ENDS, EACH OF SAID COIL MEANS ESTABLISHING MAGNETIC FLUX IN ITS ASSOCIATED REED THAT PASSES IN PART ACROSS TO THE OTHER REED TO DEVELOP AN ATTRACTIVE FORCE BETWEEN THE CONTACT ENDS, WHICH MAGNETIC FLUX IN CUMULATIVE WITH THAT ESTABLISHED BY THE OTHER COIL MEANS, SAID REEDS COMPRISING THE DOMINANT MAGNETIC FLUX PATHS OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL THROUGH THE CENTERS OF SIAD COIL MEANS; FLUX DIVERTING MEANS DISPOSED CLOSELY ADJACENT TO THE CONTACT ENDS BETWEEN THE COIL MEANS THAT PROVIDE TO REGION OF LOW RELUCTANCE IN THE PATHER OF MAGNETIC FLUX BRANCHING FROM THE REEDS IN THE VICINTITY OF THE CONTACT ENDS; AND LATCHING MAGNET MEANS DISPOSED NEAR THE CONTACT ENDS TO ESTABLISH MAGNETIC FLUX THAT DEVELOPS AN ATTRACTIVE FORCE BETWEEN THE CONTACT END THAT IS CUMULATIVE WITH THE FORCES ESTABLISHED BY THE COIL MEANS AND THAT IS INSUFFICIENT TO MOVE THE CONTACT ENDS TO CLOSED POSITION WHEN NEITHER COIL MEANS HAS BEEN ENERGIZED BUT IS SUFFICIENT TO HOLD THE CONTACT ENDS AGAINST MOVING FROM CLOSED POSITION TO OPEN POSITION, SAID FLUX DIVERTING MEANS DIVERTING FLUX FROM PASSING FROM ONE REED CONTACT END TO THE OTHER UPON ENERGIZATION OF ONE COIL MEANS TO TEND TO PREVENT CONTACT CLOSURE, THE DIVERSION BEING SUCH THAT THE RATIO OF AMPERETURNS NECESSARY FOR CONTACT CLOSURE WHEN ONLY ONE COIL MEANS IS ENERGIZED TO AMPERE-TURNS NECESSARY FOR EACH COIL MEANS FOR CLOSURE WHEN BOTH COIL MEANS ARE ENERGIZED AT SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LEVELS IS AT LEAST APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 1.