Relay and snap switch construction for same

Claim 1

A RELAY, INCLUDING: A SOLENOID-TYPE TWO-WAY-ATTRACTION MOTOR EMPLOYING THE TANGENTIALLY CLOSING TYPE OF WORKING GAP, THE TRAVEL OF THE ARMATURE OF SAID MOTOR BEING LIMITED TO THAT BETWEEN TWO FIXED EXTREMES; A MOVABLKE CONTACT BAR SLIDABLY MOUNTED ADJACENT THE MOTOR FOR INDEPENDENT MOTION IN LINE WITH THE MOTION OF THE ARMATURE, THE TRAVEL PERMITTED TO SAID CONTACT BAR BEING LIMITED TO THAT BETWEEN FIXED EXTREMES WHICH DEFINE A RANGE OF TRAVEL SHORTER THAN THAT PERMITTED TO THE ARMATURE, SAID CONTACT BAR INCLUDING CONTACTING SURFACES ALIGNED OBLIQUELY TO THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL; MEANS FOR BIASING THE ARMATURE AND THE CONTACT BAR TOWARD INTERCHANGEABLY OPPOSITE EXTREMES OF THEIR RESPECTIVELY PERMITTED TRAVEL, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A TILTING-PUSHER-TYPE OVERCENTER MECHANISM AND STRUCTURE CONNECTING THE ARMATURE WITH THE CONTACT BAR THROUGH SAID OVERCENTER MECHANISM; AND MEANS COMPRISING FIXED CONTACTS FOR MAKING CIRCUIT-CLOSING ENGAGEMENT WITH RESPECTIVE CONTACTING SURFACES ON THE CONTACT BAR AT AT LEAST ONE EXTREME OF THE TRAVEL OF SAID BAR.