Electrical switch having two movable contacts operable by a rotor and having fixed contact posts

Claim 1

An electrical switch comprising a base, a cover supported in spaced relationship with the base, a rotor, means mounting the rotor between the base and the cover for angular movement relative thereto between a first angular position and a second angular position , a movable contact carried by the rotor, first and second contact posts supported by the base, said contact posts being angularly spaced from one another and being bridged by said movable contact when the rotor is moved into said second angular position from said first angular position, a conductive bridging member movable to bridge said first and second contact posts in response to movement of the rotor into said second angular position from said first angular position, said bridging member including a pair of limbs which engage said first contact post in said first angular position of the rotor, movement of the rotor from said first angular position into said second angular position moving one of said limbs into engagement with said second contact post, and abutment means carried by the rotor and engageable with said bridging member if said rotor is moved from said first angular position through said second angular position so as to urge said limbs against said first and second contact posts respectively so that the limbs remain in bridging engagement with the contact posts.