Coaxial switch having toggle actuated strip conductor plates

Claim 1

A HIGH FREQUENCY SWITCH FOR USE WITH CABLES HAVING INNER AND OUTER CONDUCTORS, INCLUDING, A PAIR OF SPACED APART PLATES MADE OF INSUATING MATERIAL, MEANS DEFININE CONDUCTING SURFACES ON THE OUTER SURFACES OF SAID PLATES; ARCUATELY SHAPED STRIP CONDUCTORS ON THE INNER SURFACES OF SAID PLATES FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING THE INNER CONDUCTOR OF THE CABLES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POSITION OF SAID PLATES; A TOGGLE MECHANISM FOR MOVING SAID PLATES INCLUDING A TOGGLE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND HAVING A PIVOTABLE PATH; AND A PAIR OF INSULATING PINS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID PLATES AND SUPPORTED BY SAID PLATES FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT BY SAID TOGGLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS MOVEMENT AS THE TOGGLE MECHANISM IS OPERATED, SAID TOGGLE HAVING A BALL RACE, SAID TOGGLE MECHANISM ALSO HAVING A HOLLOW HANDLE PIVOTABLE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE PIVOTABLE PATH OF THE TOGGLE, A PLUNGER IN SAID HANDLE, A BALL BEARING AT ONE END OF THE PLUNGER AND AGAINST THE BALL RACE OF SAID TOGGLE, AND A SPRING IN SAID HANDLE FOR URGING THE PLUNGER TO FORCE THE BALL BEARING AGAINST SAID BALL RACE OF THE TOGGLE.