Rotary selector switch with cam operated contacts

Claim 1

IN A ROTARY SWITCH DEVICE, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A STATIONARY MEMBER, A ROTARY MEMBER, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID ROTARY MEMBER FOR ROTATION ABOUT A ROTARY AXIS RELATIVE TO SAID STATIONARY MEMBER, SAID STATIONARY MEMBER COMPRISING AN ANNULAR WAFER MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL APERTURE ENCIRCLING SAID ROTARY AXIS AND SAID ROTARY MEMBER COMPRISING A WAFER MEMBER DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CENTRAL APERTURE AND COPLANAR WITH SAID STATIONARY MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF SWITCH ASSEMBLIES SUPPORTED BY SAID STATIONARY MEMBER, EACH SAID SWITCH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF CONTACT ELEMENTS, ONE OF THE CONTACT ELEMENTS IN EACH SAID SWITCH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN ELONGATED RADIALLY DISPOSED BLADE PORTION, SAID STATIONARY MEMBER SUPPORTING THE RADIALLY OUTER END OF SAID BLADE PORTION AND THE RADIALLY INNER END OF SAID BLADE PORTION BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND AXIALLY SPACED POSITIONS BY FLEXURE OF SAID BLADE PORTION, THE CONTACTS OF EACH SAID ASSEMBLY BEING ENGAGED IN ONE OF SAID POSITIONS AND DISENGAGED IN THE OTHER OF SAID POSITIONS, A CAM SUPPORTED BY SAID ROTARY MEMBER AND MOVABLE ALONG A CIRCULAR TRAJECTORY BY ROTATION OF SAID ROTARY MEMBER, SAID ONE CONTACT ELEMENT OF EACH SAID SWITCH ASSEMBLY SUPPORTING A CAM FOLLOWER AT ITS RADIALLY INNERMOST END AND IN SAID TRAJECTORY, ONE OF SAID CAM AND CAM FOLLOWER ELEMENTS HAVING AN AXIALLY INCLINED SURFACE PORTION ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER OF SIAD CAM AND CAM FOLLOWER ELEMENTS WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM IN SAID TRAJECTORY TO ENGAGE SAID CAM FOLLOWERS RESULTS IN AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BLADE PORTIONS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.