Electric disconnect switch

Claim 1

A SEPARABLE TYPE ELECTRICAL DISCONNECT SWITCH COMPRISING: A CHANNEL BASE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON A CONTROL PANEL, OR THE LIKE, AND HAVING MEANS MOUNTING SPACED APART UPPER AND LOWER INSULATORS THEREON; A BLADE HAVING A HINGED END AND A CONTACT END WITH SAID HINGED END HAVING MEANS HINGEDLY ATTACHED IN CURRENT CONDUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP TO A CONDUCTIVE PART MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER INSULATOR, AND SAID CONTACT END HAVING MEANS COOPERATING THEREWITH TO RESILIENTLY AND REMOVABLY MAINTAIN THE CONTACT END ELECTRICALLY ENGAGED WITH A CONDUCTIVE PART MOUNTED ON SAID UPPER INSULATOR; SAID MEANS HINGEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID LOWER INSULATOR INCLUDING A FLATTENED SHAFT EXTENDING FROM THE BLADE, AND A YOKE HAVING C-SHAPED, ALIGNED APERTURES FORMING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER INSULATOR, WITH SAID SHAFT BEING RELEASABLY HELD IN SAID APERTURE; MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONTACT END HAVING A FIRST PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID UPPER INSULATOR FOR SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONTACT END OF SAID BLADE, A SECOND PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS MOUNTED WITHIN SAID UPPER INSULATOR, AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS; A CONDUCTIVE STAB PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON, MOVABLE WITH AND PROJECTING FROM SAID BLADE TOWARD SAID SECOND PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS FOR CONDUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT DURING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID BLADE AND SAID FIRST PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS, MEANS FOR DELAYING DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID STAB FORM SAID SECOND PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS UNTIL AFTER SAID BLADE HAS SEPARATED FROM SAID FIRST PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS; AND INSULATING MEANS EMBRACING THE PATH OF SAID STAB DURING MOVEMENT THEREOF TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID SECOND PAIR OF SWITCH MEANS.