Switch system

Claim 1

A STRIP-LINE SWITCH SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TRANSMITTERS OR RECEIVERS TO ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF ANTENNAS COMPRISING A VERTICALLY POSITIONED FLAT BASE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED PLUNGER RECEIVING RECTANGULAR APERTURES THERETHROUGH IN VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL ROWS, HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING PARTITION MEMBERS ON THE FRONT OF SAID FLAT BASE EXTENDING BETWEEN THE HORIZONTAL ROWS OF APERTURES, VERTICALLY EXTENDING PARTITION MEMBERS BETWEEN THE VERTICAL ROWS OF APERTURES ON THE REAR OF SAID BASE, FRONT PLATES EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT FRONT PARTITION MEMBERS, AND REAR PLATES EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT REAR PARTITION MEMBERS, EACH FRONT AND EACH REAR PLATE HAVING A SHAFT RECEIVING APERTURE AND COOPERATING FRONT AND REAR PLATES HAVING THEIR SHAFT RECEIVING APERTURES IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE COOPERATING RECTANGULAR APERTURE IN SAID BASE, A DIHEDRAL ANGLE GUIDE BRACKET HAVING ONE LEG SUPPORTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF EACH PLATE WITH THE OTHER LEG EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID BASE AND PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE COOPERATING SHAFT RECEIVING APERTURE, A PAIR OF INSULATORS SUPPORTED BY ONE END FROM SAID ONE LEG OF EACH ANGLE BRACKET, A STRIP-LINE SECTION SUPPORTED ON THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID INSULATORS IN PARALLEL RELATION TO THE PARTITION MEMBERS AND BASE, A STRIP OF YIELDABLE CONTACT SHEET MATERIAL WRAPPED OVER BOTH ENDS OF EACH STRIP-LINE SECTION AND SECURED THERETO, A FIGURE-8 YOKE EMBRACING SAID INSULATORS AND CONNECTED TO THE ASSOCIATED STRIP-LINE SECTION, A PLUNGER FOR EACH RECTANGULAR APERTURE, EACH PLUNGER INCLUDING A FRONT AND A REAR SHAFT SLIDABLE IN THE SHAFT RECEIVING APERTURES IN THE CORRESPONDING FRONT AND REAR PLATES, THE FRONT SHAFT HAVING A FLANGE ON ITS REAR END AND THE REAR SHAFT HAVING A FLANGE ON ITS FRONT END AND SAID SHAFTS HAVING A THREADED AXIAL BORE AT EACH END, A MICRO-SWITCH OPERATING DISK ON THE REAR SHAFT AND AN OPERATING KNOB ON SAID FRONT SHAFT, A TUBULAR INSULATOR BETWEEN THE FLANGE ENDS OF SAID SHAFTS AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE COOPERATING RECTANGULAR APERTURE IN SAID BASE AND OF A LENGTH THAT THE COOPERATING SHAFTS REMAIN SUPPORTED IN SAID PLATES WHILE THE FLANGE ENDS OF THE SHAFTS LIMIT THE AXIAL MOVEMENT, A ROD THREADED AT BOTH ENDS EXTENDING THROUGH SAID TUBULAR INSULATOR AND SCREW THREADED INTO THE FLANGED ENDS OF SAID SHAFTS, A SQUARE FRONT AND A SQUARE REAR CONTACT ELEMENT EACH HAVING A CENTRAL MOUNTING APERTURE RECEIVING SAID TUBULAR INSULATOR FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTION TO ADJACENT STRIP-LINE SECTIONS TO FORM THEREWITH A CONTINUOUS STRIP-LINE CONDUCTOR, AN ELECTRICAL SHIELDING SHEET ELEMENT ON SAID TUBULAR INSULATOR BETWEEN SAID SQUARE FRONT AND SAID SQUARE REAR CONTACT ELEMENTS AND REARWARDLY OF SAID BASE TO CLOSE THE COOPERATING SQUARE APERTURE IN SAID BASE TO EFFECTIVELY SHIELD THE ADJACENT STRIP-LINE ON THE FRONT FROM ITS CROSSING STRIP-LINE ON THE REAR, A CROSS-SWITCH CONTACT INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE TUBULAR BODY ON SAID TUBULAR INSULATOR, FRONT AND REAR RECTANGULAR CONTACT ELEMENTS ON SAID TUBULAR BODY OF A SIZE TO ENGAGE WITH ONLY ONE ADJACENT STRIP-LINE SECTION SO SAID CROSS-SWITCH CONTACT OF EACH PLUNGER MAY CONNECT A SINGLE STRIP-LINE CONDUCTOR ON THE FRONT TO ITS CROSSING SINGLE STRIP-LINE CONDUCTOR ON THE REAR WHEREBY ANY STRIP-LINE CONDUCTOR ON THE FRONT CAN BE CONNECTED TO ANY STRIP-LINE CONDUCTOR ON THE REAR, AND SPACERS ON SAID TUBULAR INSULATORS TO MAINTAIN SAID CONTACTS IN OPERATIVE POSITION WHEN THE FLANGE STOP OF SAID SHAFTS ENGAGE THE COOPERATING PLATE.