Abstract: An electrical switch which is mainly adapted for household electrical appliances is made of a hollow main body in which a push-button can slide from top to bottom and from bottom to top. The lower portion of the push-button supports two lugs maintaining the blades carrying the mobile terminals cooperating with studs rigidly connected to square-pieces fixed on the bottom of the main body. The lugs carry laterally a hollow heart-shaped cam in which can circulate a dog fixed to the upper portion of a rock-piece pivotally mounted on a pin rigidly connected to the inner wall of the body, thereby allowing opening and closing of at least one electrical circuit by the switch.

Abstract: An electric switch comprising a casing having a base with a first central terminal and second and third lateral terminals mounted thereon. A pushbutton is slidably mounted in an opening of the casing opposite the base, and a metal switching member is in sliding contact with the first terminal and is able to be brought into contact either with the second or the third terminal. A spring is mounted between the switching member and the pushbutton and urges the push-button into a normally released position and pushes the switching member into contact with the first terminal and second terminals. An actuator is integral with the push-button and when the latter is depressed, it tilts the switching member around the first terminal to move the switching member away from the second terminal and into contact with the third terminal.