Centrifugally operated electrical switch having a rotor and stator

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGALLY OPERATED SWITCH COMPRISING A ROTOR AND A STATOR, SAID ROTOR BEING ROTATABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATOR ABOUT A MAIN AXIS DEFINING AXIAL AND PERPENDICULAR THEREOF RADIAL DIRECTIONS IN SAID SWITCH, SAID ROTOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CENTRIFUGAL WEIGHTS SPACED AROUND SAID AXIS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID CENTRIFUGAL WEIGTHS FOR RADIAL RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT, SPRING RETURN MEANS URGING SAID CENTRIFUGAL WEIGHTS RADIALLY INWARDLY, ROTOR CAM MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ROTOR CAM MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED ROTATIONAL RELATIONSHIP ABOUT SAID AXIS TO SAID ROTOR TO ALLOW ROTATION THEREABOUT AND RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT AXIALLY OF SAID AXIS IN RESPONSE TO RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF SAID CENTRIFUGAL WEIGHTS, SAID STATOR COMPRISING ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS OPERABLE BETWEEN OPERATIVE POSITIONS COMPRISING AN OPEN AND A CLOSED POSITION, STATOR CAM MEANS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID STATOR CAM MEANS IN A PREDETERMINED ROTATIONAL RELATIONSHIP ABOUT SAID AXIS TO SAID STATOR FOR RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT TO OPERATE SAID CONTACT MEANS, SAID ROTOR AND SAID STATOR CAM MEANS COMPRISING OPERATIVE CAM SURFACES DISPOSED FOR MUTUAL ENGAGEMENT DEFINING DIRECTLY CO-OPERATING CAM MEANS, SAID DIRECTLY CO-OPERATING CAM MEANS COMPRISING A CAM RING HAVING A PERIPHERAL PORTION AND MOUNTED COAXIALLY WITH SAID MAIN AXIS FOR AXIAL RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE CAM MEMBER MOUNTED FOR RADIAL RECIPROCABLE MOVEMENT, SAID CAM MEMBER BEING DISPOSED ENGAGEABLE WITH A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID CAM RING, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID OPERATIVE CAM SURFACES DEFINING AN OPERATIVE CAM SURFACE PORTION INCLINED TO SAID ROTOR AXIS, SAID INCLINED OPERATIVE CAM SURFACE PORTION HAVING AS A CONTINUATION THEREOF AN OPERATIVE CAM SURFACE PORTION EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID MAIN AXIS AND ENGAGED IF SAID ROTOR AND SAID STATOR CAM MEANS CO-OPERATE IN ONE TERMINAL POSITION OF THEIR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT.