(under subclass 468) Subject matter including a cam, cam follower, and a lost motion connection between the cam and actuator, wherein the quick abrupt motion of the contact is caused when the high point of the cam is moved past the cam follower with the cam then quickly moving independent of the actuator.
(1) Note. Normally the cam follower is a spring biased contact.
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436, for similar devices wherein the cam snaps in both directions.
