Connecting switch

Claim 1

A SWITCH FOR MAKING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION COMPRISING A SEALED OUTER SHELL CONTAINING, A PAIR OF SPACED ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS HAVING FREE ENDS EXTENDING GENERALLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND MADE OF A METAL DEFORMABLE INTO A PERMANENT SET, A SLIDE MEMBER HAVING A CONTACTING SURFACE AND MOVEABLE IN SAID SHELL TOWARD SAID FREE ENDS IN A DIRECTION GENERALLY OPPOSITE TO THAT IN WHICH SAID CONTACT MEMBERS EXTEND, SAID CONTACTING SURFACE PROVIDING A MEANS SO ORIENTED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS THAT ON MOVEMENT OF SAID SLIDE MEMBER TOWARD AND AGAINST SAID FREE ENDS, SAID FREE ENDS ARE DEFORMED BY LATERAL PRESSURE INTO CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND A SQUIB MEANS IN SAID CASING TO DRIVE SAID SLIDE MEMBER TOWARD SAID CONTACT MEMBERS WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO DEFORM SAID DEFORMABLE METAL INTO A POSITION WHEREIN THERE IS PHYSICAL CONTACT BETWEEN SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID SLIDE MEMBER COMPRISING SEPARATE PARTS SEPARATELY SLIDABLE IN SAID SHELL, ONE ADJACENT TO THE SQUIB MEANS, BEING AN IMPERFORATE PISTON MEMBER AND ANOTHER, COMPRISING THE SAID CONTACTING SURFACE, PROVIDING A GAS PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID PISTON AND THE LOCUS OF SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACTS.