摘要 |
Multiple bars, arranged in rows and columns, extend through different banks of a switch assembly and comprise fixed contacts to be engaged directly by adjacent movable contacts. The movable contacts extend from the faces of conductive flexible strips that are suspended between rows of the multiple bars. Operation of a first actuator flexes the contact strips of a selected column of a switch bank toward respective multiple bars, and operation of a second actuator moves the flexible strips of selected rows longitudinally such that detent prongs near respective selected contacts function as inclined planes to complete engagement of the selected contacts. Each selected contact is held closed as long as only the second actuator is operated.
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