Cam actuated snap acting multiple position switches

Claim 1

A MULTI-CONTACT SNAP ACTING ELECTRIC SWITCH COMPRISING A FIRST MEMBER CARRYING A ROW OF FIXED CONTACTS, A SECOND MEMBER MOVABLE WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST MEMBER AND CARRYING A MOVABLE CONTACT POSITIONED TO MOVE ALONG THE ROW TO ENGAGE SEQUENTIALLY DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID FIXED CONTACTS, SPRING MEANS ON SAID SECOND MEMBER ARRANGED TO BIAS THE MOVABLE CONTACT ALTERNATIVELY INTO A FIXED CONTACT-ENGAGING POSITION TO ELECTRICALLY CONTACT ONE OF SAID FIXED CONTACTS WITH SAID MOVABLE CONTACT AND INTO A FIXED CONTACT NON-ENGAGING POSITION TO ELECTRICALLY OPEN SAID MOVABLE CONTACT FROM ALL OF SAID FIXED CONTACTS AND TO PRODUCE IN MOVEMENT OF THE MOVABLE CONTACT FROM ONE FIXED CONTACT TO THE NEXT A SNAP-ACTION MOTION AWAY FROM A POSITION OF CONTACT THROUGH A POSITION OF UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM BETWEEN THE TWO INTO THE FIXED CONTACT NONENGAGING POSITION AND THEREFROM PRODUCING A SNAP-ACTION MOTION BACK INTO A FURTHER POSITION OF CONTACT, AND CAM AND CAM FOLLOWER MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID SPRING MEMBERS AND ARRANGED TO TRIGGER SAID SNAP ACTION MOTIONS IN SYNCHRONISM WITH AND AS A RESULT OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS TO CAUSE SAID MOVABLE CONTACT TO MOVE BETWEEN EACH FIXED CONTACT ON THE ROW TO THE NEXT.