Snap switch

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SNAP SWITCH COMPRISING AN INSULATING BASE, A CENTRAL BOSS ON SAID BASE PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF SIDE SURFACES CONVERGING TO A POINT, A MOVABLE CONTACT IN THE FORM OF A METAL SPRING STRIP BENT INTO A LOOP SURROUNDING SAID BOSS AND DISPOSED ON EDGE CLOSE TO THE BASE, SAID LOOP HAVING A FLEXIBLE SECTION EXTENDING ACROSS SAID POINT OF THE BOSS AND PROVIDED CENTRALLY WITH AN INWARDLY BENT TAPERED PORTION FORMING A CAM FOLLOWER NORMALLY PRESSING AGAINST ONE OF SAID BOSS SIDE SURFACES, THE REST OF THE LOOP BEING SPACED FROM THE BOSS, A TERMINAL MOUNTED ON SAID BASE AT THE SIDE OF THE BOSS OPPOSITE ITS POINT, A PORTION OF THE LOOP OPPOSITE SAID CAM FOLLOWER BEING ANCHORED TO THE TERMINAL, A FIXED CONTACT MOUNTED ON THE BASE IN A POSITION TO BE PRESSED AGAINST BY THE LOOP AT ONE END OF SAID FLEXIBLE SECTION WHILE SAID CAM FOLLOWER PRESSES AGAINST THE SIDE SURFACE OF THE BOSS NEAREST THE FIXED CONTACT, A STOP ON SAID BASE IN A POSITION TO BE PRESSED AGAINST BY THE LOOP AT THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID FLEXIBLE PORTION WHILE SAID CAM FOLLOWER PRESSES AGAINST THE OTHER SIDE SURFACE OF THE BOSS, A ROTATABLE SHAFT HAVING ITS AXIS LOCATED BETWEEN SAID BOSS POINT AND TERMINAL, AND A LATERALLY TAPERED CAM INSIDE THE LOOP RIGIDLY CONNECTED WITH THE SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREBY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIDE OF SAID CAM FOLLOWER THAT IS ENGAGING A SIDE SURFACE OF THE BOSS AND THEN ACROSS THE POINT OF THE CAM FOLLOWER, THE POINT OF SAID CAM PROJECTING BEYOND THE POINT OF THE BOSS SO THAT SAID CAM FOLLOWER WILL BE SPRUNG OUTWARDLY BY THE CAM FAR ENOUGH TO SNAP OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE SURFACE OF THE BOSS.