Linearly operated, lost motion switch construction

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SWITCH CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A CASING; A PAIR OF SPACED CONTACTS SUPPORTED ON SAID CASING; A SWITCH ELEMENT; MEANS MOUNTING SAID SWITCH ELEMENT ON SAID CASING FOR MOVEMENT TO FORM POSITIONS IN AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CONTACTS; AND ACTUATOR MEMBER MOUNTED IN SAID CASING FOR BACK-AND-FOURTH MOVEMENTS ALONG A LINEAR PATH, SAID SWITCH ELEMENT HAVING A LINEAR PART LOCATED IN AND SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PART OF MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER FOR ENGAGEMENT THEREBY, ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID ACUTATOR MEMBER AND SAID PART EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF SAID SWITCH ELEMENT FROM ONE OF ITS SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER; OPERATING MEANS; AND LOST MOTION MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID OPERATING M EANS AND SAID ACTUATOR MEMBER FOR EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER IN EITHER DIRECTION ALONG ITS PATH, AND OPERATING MEANS COMPRISING A RECIPROCABLE PLUNGER MEMBER AND SAID LOST MOTION MEANS COMPRISING AN ENLARGEMENT ON ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND A PAIR OF SPACED ABUTMENTS ON THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS, EACH OF WHICH IS SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID ENLARGEMENT IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID PLUNGER MEMBER IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.