Rotary switch actuator for actuating multiple rotor sections and including secondary elongated rod actuator

Claim 1

A ROTARY SWITCH DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF SWITCH SECTIONS RELATIVELY SPACED ALONG AN AXIS, FIRST AND SECOND GENERALLY ELONGATED OPERATING MEMBERS EXTENDING ALONG SAID AXIS THROUGH SAID SWITCH SECTIONS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPERATING MEANS ARRANGED CLOSELY ADJACENT EACH OTHER EXTENDING GENERALLY COAXIALLY WITH EACH OTHER AND SWITCH SECTIONS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID SWITCH SECTIONS TO SAID FIRST OPERATING MEMBER FOR ROTARY CONTROL MOTION OF SAID SWITCH SECTIONS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST OPERATING MEMBER, MEANS ON SAID FIRS OPERATING MEMBER COOPERATING TO SUPPORT SAID SECOND OPERATING MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST OPERATING MEMBER AND SAID SWITCH SECTIONS, AND ONE OF SAID FIRST SECOND OPERATING MEMBERS CHARACTERIZED BY HAVING, WITH RESPECT TO THE OTHER OF SAID OPERATING MEMBERS, A SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN AND NON-ENCIRCLING CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT IN TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION SO THAT SAID FIRST AND SECOND OPERATING MEMBERS CAN BE POSITIONED ADJACENT EACH OTHER AND REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY FREE FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT WITHOUT BINDING.