Matrix type slide switch assembly

Claim 1

A switch, comprising; a frame which has a plurality of plates disposed in planes parallel to one another, each plate having a pair of first conductors and a plurality of terminals of each first conductor, all disposed in the respective planes; said frame also having a plurality of pairs of second conductors disposed transversely of said planes, each second conductor having a plurality of terminals also disposed in said planes, including a pair of terminals for each plate, adjacent terminals of the first conductors on the plate; a plurality of slide means, one for each plate and each mounted for individual linear movement along the respective pair of first conductors into any one of a plurality of determined positions aligned with the second conductors; and contact means on each slide means, each for connecting a selected terminal of a second conductor with the corresponding terminal of a first conductor and for thereby interconnecting two or more of said pairs of first conductors by elements of said second conductors when respective slide means are in corresponding ones of said positions.