Magnetic switch

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC SWITCH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HOUSING, TWO FIXED CONTACTS IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THROUGH THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSING, A BAR IN THE HOUSING, MEANS GUIDING THE BAR FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A POSITION WHERE IT TOUCHES BOTH OF THE FIXED CONTACTS TO CLOSE THE CIRCUIT BETWEEN THEM AND A POSITION IN WHICH IT IS SPACED FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE FIXED CONTACTS TO OPEN SAID CIRCUIT, THE FIXED CONTACT THAT THE BAR MOVES AWAY FROM BEING A MAGNET THAT NORMALLY HOLDS THE BAR IN CONTACT BY MAGNETIC ATTRACTION, THE GUIDING MEANS FOR THE BAR LEAVING THE BAR FREELY MOUNTED IN THE HOUSING AND ANGULARLY MOVABLE THEREIN, AND THE GUIDING MEANS INCLUDING ABUTMENT SURFACES THAT LIMIT LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE BAR BUT WHICH ARE SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE SOME PLAY FOR THE BAR TRANSVERSE OF THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE BAR TOWARD AND FROM THE MAGNET CONTACT, WHEREBY THE BAR STRIKES THE MAGNET CONTACT IN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT POSITIONS AT DIFFERENT TIMES TO OBTAIN, IN EFFECT, A WIPING ACTION FOR KEEPING THE TOUCHING SURFACES CLEAN.