Motor control switch with improved operator and over center resilient means

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A HOUSING, A MOVABLE CONTACT CARRIER SUPPORTED WITHIN THE HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, MOVABLE CONTACT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CARRIER, FIXED CONTACT MEANS FIXED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID MOVABLE CONTACT MEANS, AN OPERATOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTINS ABOUT A FIXED AXIS GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTIONS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER, SAID OPERATOR BEING OF HOLLOW CONFIGURATION HAVING SPACED END WALLS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID FIRST AXIS, SAID OPERATOR BEING OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIER TO MOVE THE CARRIER IN RESPONSE TO SUCH PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, A LEVER HAVING A PAIR OF END SECTIONS AND MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID OPERATOR IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS ALONG A PATH EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FIRST AXIS, SAID LEVER COMPRISING A PLATE DEFINING A PLANE GENERALLY PERPENDICULAR TO SAID FIRST AXIS AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID HOLLOW OPERATOR, SAID LEVER ALSO HAVING AN EDGE SPACED FROM ONE OF SAID END WALLS OF SAID OPERATOR, OVER-CENTER RESILIENT MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID EDGE OF SAID LEVER AND SID ONE OF SAID END WALLS OF SAID OPERATOR FOR OVERCENTER MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER TO EFFECT PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATOR, A PAIR OF ACTUATABLE PUSHBUTTONS GUIDED BY SAID HOUSING FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT ALONG A PAIR OF