Relay with reed contacts

Claim 1

A RELAY COMPRISING: A CONTAINER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL WALL CLOSED AT BOTH ENDS, REEDS ALIGNED ALONG THE CENTRAL AXIS OF THE CYLINDRICAL WALL FOR CONDUCTING ELECTRICAL CURRENT, SAID REEDS BEING POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CONTAINER TO EXTEND THROUGH THE ENDS OF THE CONTAINER AND TO EACH HAVE A TERMINAL OUTSIDE ONE END OF THE CONTAINER AND A SEPARATE TERMINAL CONTACT WITHIN THE CONTAINER, A BALL SHAPED MOVABLE ARMATURE WITHIN SAID CONTAINER PROPORTIONED TO BE MOVABLE ALONG SAID CENTRAL AXIS WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL WALL, AND TO BRIDGE A GAP ACROSS TWO TERMINAL CONSTACTS ASSOCIATED WITH REEDS EXTENDING THROUGH ONE END OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID BALL SHAPED MOVABLE ARMATURE BEING CAPABLE, BY BRIDGING SAID GAP, OF COMPLETING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID CONTACTS, A CYLINDRICAL COIL HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL OUTER EDGE ALIGNED COAXIALLY TO SAID CENTRAL AXIS FOR GENERATING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD TO PASS THROUGH SAID ARMATURE AND TO CONTROL THE POSITION OF SAID ARMATURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLARITY OF SAID FIELD, A PERMANENT MAGNET POSITIONED OUTSIDE THE CYLINDRICAL OUTER EDGE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL COIL AND ORIENTED TO HAVE AN AXIS THROUGH ITS POLES PARALLEL TO SAID CENTRAL AXIS, SAID PERMANENT MAGNET PRODUCING A PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD COEXTENSIVE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE ARMATURE, WITH THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, SAID PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD BEING POLED TO AID THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IN ONE ORIENTATION AND TO OPPOSE IT WHEN THE DIRECTION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD IS REVERSED, SAID PERMANENT MAGNETIC FIELD CAUSING THE ARMATURE TO REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS TWO RECENTLY CLOSED TERMINAL CONTACTS IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, AND SAID PERMANENT MAGNET PERMITTING SAID ARMATURE TO MOVE ALONG THE CENTRAL AXIS AWAY FROM CONTACT WITH SAID TWO TERMINAL CONTACTS IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD OF A POLARITY OPPOSING THAT OF THE PERMANENT MAGNET.