Pushbutton operated switch having relatively rotatable cylindrical members with one having an elongated conductor thereon

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE POSITION SWITCH INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, FIRST AND SECOND INSULATING MEMBERS HAVING CONCENTRIC COMPLEMENTARY SURFACES POSITIONED ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS CARRIED BY SAID FIRST MEMBER AND SPACED AXIALLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER ON SAID COMPLEMENTARY SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MEMBER, ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS DISPOSED ON A PORTION OF SAID COMPLEMENTARY SURFACE OF SAID SECOND MEMBER AND INSULATED THEREBY, SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS BEING RELATIVELY ROTATABLE WITH SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS SUCCESSIVELY ENGAGING VARIOUS PREDETERMINED ANGULARLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ONES OF SAID CONTACTS WHEN ALIGNED THEREWITH, ACTUATING MEANS COUPLED TO ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS FOR ROTATING SAID MEMBERS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, THEREBY ALIGNING SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS WITH PREDETERMINED COMBINATIONS OF SAID CONTACTS FOR ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING THE SAME ACCORDING TO THE OPERATION OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS.