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1. A DIRECTION INDICATOR SWITCH COMPRISING;

A HOUSING, ACTUATOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING, A RING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATOR FOR ROTATION FROM A NEUTRAL POSITION TO A PAIR OF OPERATIVE POSITIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE NEUTRAL POSITION, A RECESS FORMED IN SAID RING, ABUTMENT MEANS DEFINED BY SAID RECESS, CAM MEANS FOR CANCELING AN INDICATED DIRECTION ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID RING, A PAWL CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING AND RING AND POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE SAID ABUTMENT MEANS FOR TILTING ON AN AXIS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITHIN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RING, SAID PAWL BEING FORMED ON ONE SIDE OF ITS TILTING AXIS WITH A TIP INTERSECTING THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM MEANS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH A BASE, SAID ABUTMENT MEANS UPON ROTATION OF SAID RING TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION ABUTTING AGAINST SAID BASE TO RESTRAIN THE PAWL FROM TILTING IN OEN DIRECTION, AND SAID CAM MEANS FOR CANCELING AN INDICATED DIRECTION BEING ROTATED TO ENGAGE AND OVERRIDE SAID TIP SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A THRUST BY SAID BASE AGAISNT SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO ROTATE AND RESTORE SAID RING TO ITS NEUTRAL POSITION.

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1. A DIRECTION INDICATOR SWITCH COMPRISING;
- A HOUSING, ACTUATOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING, A RING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATOR FOR ROTATION FROM A NEUTRAL POSITION TO A PAIR OF OPERATIVE POSITIONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE NEUTRAL POSITION, A RECESS FORMED IN SAID RING, ABUTMENT MEANS DEFINED BY SAID RECESS, CAM MEANS FOR CANCELING AN INDICATED DIRECTION ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID RING, A PAWL CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING AND RING AND POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE SAID ABUTMENT MEANS FOR TILTING ON AN AXIS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITHIN A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID RING, SAID PAWL BEING FORMED ON ONE SIDE OF ITS TILTING AXIS WITH A TIP INTERSECTING THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM MEANS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE WITH A BASE, SAID ABUTMENT MEANS UPON ROTATION OF SAID RING TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION ABUTTING AGAINST SAID BASE TO RESTRAIN THE PAWL FROM TILTING IN OEN DIRECTION, AND SAID CAM MEANS FOR CANCELING AN INDICATED DIRECTION BEING ROTATED TO ENGAGE AND OVERRIDE SAID TIP SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE A THRUST BY SAID BASE AGAISNT SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO ROTATE AND RESTORE SAID RING TO ITS NEUTRAL POSITION.

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