Lever toggle switch mechanism with lever rotation preventing means

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A HOUSING, AN INSULATING CARRIAGE SLIDABLE LINEARLY IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIAGE, AN INSULATING PLATE CONSTITUTING ONE WALL OF SAID HOUSING AND OPPOSITE ONE SIDE OF SAID CARRIAGE, FOUR CONTACTS MOUNTED ON SAID PLATE OPPOSITE SAID CARRIAGE, A CONDUCTIVE CONTACTOR MOUNTED ON SAID CARRIAGE AND HAVING TWO CONTACTOR BARS OPPOSITE SAID CONTACTS, SAID CONTACTOR HAVING A FLEXIBLE CONNECTING STRIP PORTION CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BARS, AND SPRING MEANS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID CARRIAGE AND SAID BARS AND BIASING SAID BARS AGAINST AND PLATE AND SAID CONTACTS, SAID CONTACTOR BARS BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH ALL FOUR OF SAID CONTACTS SIMULTANEOUSLY SO AS TO CONNECT THEM ALL TOGETHER, SAID STRIP PORTION FORMING THE SOLE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID BARS AND PROVIDING FOR RELATIVE ROCKING MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN TO INSURE FIRM CONTACT BETWEEN SAID BARS AND ALL OF SAID CONTACTS.