Cross bar switch with sequential operator movement

Claim 1

A SELECTOR SWITCH COMPRISING: AT LEAST ONE ACTUATOR BAR MOUNTED FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT; AT LEAST ONE CARRIER BAR MOUNTED FOR LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT IN CROSSING RELATION TO SAID ACTUATOR BAR TO ESTABLISH AT LEAST ONE CROSSPOINT; A PIN COUPLED TO THE ACTUATOR BAR FOR DISPLACEMENT THEREWITH; A CONTACT ROD EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY TO THE DIRECTIONS OF SAID DISPLACEMENTS, IN SPACED-APART RELATION TO SAID BARS AND AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID CARRIER BAR; AT LEAST ONE RESILIENT CONTACT ARM MADE OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND COUPLED TO SAID CARRIER BAR FOR DISPLACEMENT THEREWITH AND EXTENDING THEREFROM, WITH THE TIP OF SAID CONTACT ARM NORMALLY BEING FARTHER APART FROM SAID CARRIER BAR THAN SAID CONTACT ROD; MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ACTUATOR BAR FOR OBTAINING SELECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR PIN, TO ENGAGE SAID CONTACT ARM AND DEFLECT SAME TOWARDS SAID CARRIER BAR SO THAT THE TIP OF SAID CONTACT ARM CLEARS SAID CONTACT ROD AND IS TEMPORATILY CLOSER TO SAID CARRIER BAR THAN SAID CONTACT ROD; AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID CARRIER BAR FOR OBTAINING A SELECTIVE LONGITUDINAL DISPLACEMENT THEREOF TO LOCK SAID DEFLECTED CONTACT ARM BEHIND SAID CONTACT ROD.