Mechanically operable magnetic reed switch

Claim 1

A DOUBLE THROW SWITCH, COMPRISING: A FIRST PAIR OF MAGNETIC REED CONTACTS; A SECOND PAIR OF MAGNETIC REED CONTACTS SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR WITH SAID FIRST PAIR OF CONTACTS; A BAR MAGNET SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ADJACENT SAID REED CONTACTS, SAID MAGNET HAVING POLES AT ITS ENDS AND BEING RECIPROCABLE ALONG A LINE JOINING SAID POLES, SAID LINE LYING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE OF SAID REED CONTACTS; AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MAGNET FROM AN INITIAL POSITION, WHERE SAID MAGNET BIASES SAID FIRST PAIR OF REED CONTACTS CLOSED, TO A FINAL POSITION, WHERE SAID MAGNET BIASES SAID SECOND PAIR OF REED CONTACTS CLOSED, THE GAP BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF REED CONTACTS BEING LOCATED, WHEN SAID MAGNET IS IN SAID INITIAL POSITION, BETWEEN TWO PARALLEL PLANES, EACH SAID PLANE INTERSECTING SAID MAGNET PERPENDICULAR TO SAID LINE AT A POINT SUBSTANTIALLY MIDWAY BETWEEN AND END AND THE MIDDLE OF SAID MAGNET, AND THE