Single pole snap switch with a guideplate detachably mounted between juxtaposed casing elements

Claim 1

A SNAP SWTICH COMPRISING A HOLLOW CASING, A PAIR OF CONTACTS THEREIN MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT, SNAP ACTING MEANS MOVABLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO POSITIONS TO CAUSE THE CONTACTS TO SNAP INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT, RESPECTIVELY, A GUIDE PLATE OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL DETACHABLY MOUNTED IN THE CASING, AN ACTUATING SLIDER IN THE CASING MOUNTED ON THE PLATE FOR MOVEMENT IN DIRECTIONS RELATIVELY TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE PLATE AND CONNECTED TO THE SNAP ACTING MEANS FOR MOVING THE SNAP ACTING MEANS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS UPON MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY MEANS CARRIED BY THE BODY AND ACCESSIBLE FOR OPERATION FROM THE EXTERIOR THEREOF FOR MOVING THE SLIDER IN ONE OF SAID DIRECTIONS, SAID CASING COMPRISING TWO SEPARATE COMPANION CASING ELEMENTS OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL WITH INNER FACES, RESPECTIVELY WHICH ARE DETACHABLY JUXTAPOSED AGAINST EACH OTHER IN FITTING RELATION WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE IN ASSEMBLED RELATION, SAID ELEMENTS HAVING CAVITIES OPENING AT SAID FACES, RESPECTIVELY, AND HAVING BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS WHICH, WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE IN ASSEMBLED RELATION, PROVIDE A BOTTOM; WALL EXTENDING NORMAL TO THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDER, THE BOTTOM WALL PORTIONS HAVING SLOTS, RESPECTIVELY, OPENING AT SAID FACES AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE CASING, AND HAVING GUIDES AT THE EDGES OF THE SLOTS, SAID GUIDE PLATE BEING ACCOMMODATED IN THE SLOTS AND HAVING GUIDES AT ITS EDGES COOPERABLE WITH THE GUIDES OF THE SLOT EDGES FOR CONSTRAINING THE GUIDE PLATE FROM MOVEMENT OF THE SLOTS WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE IN ASSEMBLED RELATION TO EACH OTHER AND FOR SUPPORTING THE GUIDE PLATE FOR ATTACHMENT AND DETACHMENT FROM THE ELEMENTS BY ENDWISE MOVEMENT OF THE PLATE RELATIVE TO THE SLOTS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, RESPECTIVELY, WHEN THE ELEMENTS ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER.