Reciprocable leaf-type switch with rotatable and compressible leaf spring contacts

Claim 1

A RECIPROCABLE TYPE SWITCH COMPRISING (A) A HOUSING, (B) SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CHAMBERS IN CONNECTED SERIES HAVING AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBER MOUNTED IN THE WALL OF EACH CHAMBER, (C) A FLEXIBLE SPRING CONTACT MEMBER EXTENDING THROUGH EACH CHAMBER IN SAID SERIES AND HAVING ONE END RELATIVELY STATIONARY AND THE OTHER END MOVABLE IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION ONLY WITH RESPECT TO SAID RELATIVELY STATIONARY END, (D) SAID FLEXIBLE SPRING CONTACT MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT THROUGHOUT ITS OPERATING LENGTH, (E) SAID FLEXIBLE SPRING CONTACT MEMBER WHEN POSITIONED IN SAID HOUSING HAVING A CONTACT BOW IN EACH SERIES CHAMBER IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBER IN EACH SERIES CHAMBER, AND (F) AN OPERATOR ENGAGING THE MOVABLE END OF SAID SPRING CONTACT MEMBER WHEREBY WHEN THE MOVABLE END OF SUCH SPRING CONTACT MEMBER IS MOVED BY SAID OPERATOR, THE CONTACT BOWS OF SAID SPRING CONTACT MEMBER EXPAND OR CONTRACT UNTIL SAID SPRING CONTACT MEMBER ENGAGES OR DISENGAGES SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS THEREBY TO OPERATE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS.