(under subclass 178) Subject matter wherein the claimed structure includes at least one wiper or movable contactor which is adapted to be brought into contact with fixed contacts selectively through the medium of a carrier or rotor turning about a fixed axis.
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24+, for periodic multiple contact switches with rotary motion, subclass 37 for retarded clocktrain rotary switch with multiple contacts.
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74, Machine Element or Mechanism,
575+, for pawl and ratchet movements.
335, Electricity: Magnetically Operated Switches, Magnets, and Electromagnets, 64, for retarded or delayed type switches in which a plurality of contacts are alternately, consecutively or selectively activated by mechanical means, subclass 103 for alternating or fluctuating current activated switches utilizing induction or eddy current rotary means, subclass 117 for automatic plural contact switches with rotary selector motion, subclasses 126+ for plural contact type switches with rotary or compound motion means for selectively, cyclically, alternately or intermittent contact selection not automatic, subclasses 142+ for step by step type switches utilizing rotary motion devices which are magnetically activated.
379, Telephonic Communications,
258+, for automatic percentage telephone switching systems, utilizing rotary single level switches.