Electromagnetic operator

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL SWITCHING MECHANISM HAVING AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH; A SHIFTABLE SWITCH CONTROLLER; A LATCH FOR RETAINING THE SWTICH CONTROLLER IN ONE OPERATIVE POSITION, SAID LATCH HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY RECIPROCABLE CONTROL MEMBER OPERABLE IN ONE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION FOR RELEASING THE LATCH AND SPRING URGING THE CONTROL MEMBER IN THE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATOR HAVING AN ELECTROMAGNET AND AN ARMATURE LONGITUDINALLY SHITABLE BY THE ELECTROMAGNET IN SAID ONE DIRECTION FROM AN INACTIVE POSITION FOR ACTUATING THE CONTROL MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION; THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREIN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATOR COMPRISES, AN ARMATURE HAVING AN INNER CIRCULAR ARMATURE ELEMENT CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEMBER AND AN OUTER ANNULAR ARMATURE ELEMENT, ONE OF SAID ARMATURE ELEMENTS HAVING AN ANNULAR FLANGE ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE OTHER ARMATURE ELEMENT, SAID FLANGE BEING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM THE OTHER ARMATURE ELEMENT WITH THE OUTER ARMATURE ELEMENT IN ITS INACTIVE POSITION; A MAGNETIC CORE LONGITUDINALLY SPACED FROM THE CONTROL MEMBER, AN ELECTRIC COIL ENCIRCLING THE CORE, AND A MAGNETIC SLEEVE ENCIRCLING THE COIL WHEREBY UPON ENERGIZATION OF THE ELECTRICAL COIL THE OUTER ARMATURE ELEMENT INITIALLY SHIFTS INDEPENDTLY OF THE INNER ARMATURE ELEMENT TO DEVELOP MOMENTUM WHICH ASSISTS UPON ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INNER ARMATURE ELEMENT IS ACTUATING THE CONTROL MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION.