Adjustable contact assembly for resonant reed relays

Claim 1

IN A RESONANT REED RELAY HAVING AN ELONGATED VIRBRATORY REED OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MAGNETIC MATERIAL NORMALLY ARRANGED ALONG A VERTICAL AXIS HAVING ONE END SUPPORTED IN FIXED RELATION IN A TRANSVERSE PLANE THROUGH PORTION ADAPTED TO VIBRATE IN A TRANSVERSE PLANE THROUGH SAID AXIS OVER A SELECTED RANGE OF EXCURSIONS RESPONSIVE TO VARIATIONS IN A SURROUNDING MAGNETIC FLUX FIELD OF SELECTED FREQUENCY, AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVING COIL FOR ESTABLISHING THE VARYING FLUX FIELD, AND A PERMANENT MAGNET ESTABLISHING A BIASING MAGNETIC FIELD ABOUT SAID REED; THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AN ADJUSTABLE STATIONARY CONTACT ASSEMBLY COACTIVE WITH THE FREE END PORTION OF SAID REED TO THE PERIODICALLY ENGAGED THEREBY AND COMPLETE AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID REED AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A VERTICALLY ELONGATED INSULATIVE BASE MEMBER HAVING A PLANAR MOUNTING SURFACE FACING SAID AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELING SAID AXIS DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID TRANSVERSE PLANE, A DEFORMABLE CONTACT SUPPORT ARM SUBSTANTIALLY COAXTENSIVE VERTICALLY WITH SAID BASE MEMBER IN OVERLYING RELATION TO SAID BASE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID SURFACE AND SAID AXIS AND HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS SUBSTANTIALLY ALIGNED HORIZONTALLY WITH UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID BASE MEMBER, SAID SUPPORT ARM BEING SECURED AT A FIXED POINT TO SAID MOUNTING SURFACE IN ABUTMENT THEREWITH ADJACENT THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID SUPPORT ARM AND BASE MEMBER AND HAVING AN ELONGATED PORTION EXTENDING TO THE UPPER END PORTION THEREOF ALONG A PLANE INCLINED TO SAID MOUNTING SURFACE, AN ELONGATED