Subminiature snap action relay

Claim 1

IN A RELAY, A COMBINATION INCLUDING: A CYLINDER OF FERROUS MATERIAL; A FIRST CLOSURE OF FERROUS MATERIAL EXTENDING ACROSS ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND INTEGRALLY SECURED THERETO; A SECOND CLOSURE OF FERROUS MATERIAL EXTENDING ACROSS THE OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDER, SAID SECOND CLOSURE HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH; A CORE OF FERROUS MATERIAL HAVING ONE END SECURED TO SAID FIRST CLOSURE AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID CYLINDER; NON-MAGNETIC MEANS SUPPORTING THE OTHER END OF SAID CORE WITHIN SAID OPENING IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP THERETO, SAID NON-MAGNETIC MEANS AT LEAST INDIRECTLY CARRIED BY SAID CYLINDER; A COIL OF WIRE SURROUNDING SAID CORE; AN ELECTRICALLY NON-CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE AT LEAST INDIRECTLY RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID CYLINDER BUT SPACED THEREFROM; FIRST AND SECOND SPACED STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS SUPPORTED BY SAID NON-CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE; AN ELONGATED CONDUCTING ELEMENT SO SUPPORTED BY SAID NON-CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT THAT ITS FREE END MAY SELECTIVELY ENGAGE SAID STATIONARY CONTACTS; A SHAFT DISPOSED EXTERIORALLY OF SAID CYLINDER AND EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREOF; MEANS SECURED TO SAID CYLINDER FOR SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT; A GENERALLY L-SHAPED STRUCTURE PIVOTED ON SAID SHAFT AND SO DISPOSED THAT ITS SHORT ARM EXTENDS ACROSS SAID SECOND CLOSURE WITH ITS LONG ARM EXTENDS ACROSS SAID SECOND DER BUT PACED THEREFROM, AT LEAST A PART OF THE SHORT ARM