Actuating structure for controlling a telephone switch button

Claim 1

ACTUATING STRUCTURE IN A MESSAGE RECORDING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A TELEPHONE SWITCH BUTTON, COMPRISING A BOX ADAPTED TO BE SEATED ON A TELEPHONE HANDSET CRADLE, AN UPRIGHT MEMBER IN SAID BOX HAVING AN ENLARGED LOWER END PORTION PROPECTING FROM THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND CAPABLE OF BEING FREELY SEATED ON SAID TELEPHONE SWITCH BUTTON, A FIRST PLATE MEMBER SLIDABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER AT A POSITION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, MEANS IN SAID FIRST PLATE MEMBER AND SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER FOR RELEASABLY SUPPORTING SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER IN A RAISED POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID TELEPHONE SWITCH BUTTON, A FIRST ELECTROMAGNET MOUNTED ON THE INNER TOP WALL OF SAID BOX IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER, THE UPPER END PORTION OF SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE MAGNETIC FIELD THEREOF, A SECOND ELECTROMAGNET MOUNTED ON AN INNER SIDE WALL OF SAID BOX AND ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST PLATE MEMBER, ONE END OF SAID FIRST PLATE MEMBER BEING POSITIONED WITHIN THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID SECOND ELECTROMAGNET, A SECOND PLATE MEMBER FIXED TO SAID UPRIGHT MEMBER AT A POSITION ABOVE SAID FIRST PLATE MEMBER AND HAVING CONTACT MEMBERS ON THE UPPER FACE THEREOF, AND FIXED CONTACT MEMBERS ALIGNED WITH AND NORMALLY SPACED UPWARDLY FROM SAID SECOND PLATE CONTACT MEMBERS.