Humidity control apparatus employing lever means to actuate a push button switch

Claim 1

IN A HUMIDITY CONTROL DEVICE, A BASE, A SWITCH HAVING A PUSH BUTTON OPERATOR AND MOUNTED ON SAID BASE, A FIRST BELL CRANK LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT A LOWER END OF SAID BASE, SAID LEVER HAVING A FIRST EXTREMITY FOR ENGAGING SAID PUSH BUTTON OPERATOR WHEN SAID CRANK IS MOVED IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND A SECOND EXTREMITY EXTENDING PARALLEL TO SAID LEVER END OF THE BASE, A SECOND BELL CRANK LEVER PIVOTALLY MOUNTED AT AN UPPER END OF SAID BASE, SAID SECOND LEVER HAVING A FIRST EXTREMITY EXTENDED IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SECOND EXTREMITY OF SAID FIRST LEVER, A WHIFFLE-TREE LIKE MEMBER HAVING TWO CURVED SUPPORT MEMBERS, SAID MEMBER BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID FIRST EXTREMITY OF SAID SECOND LEVER, A THIRD CURVED SUPPORT MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND EXTREMITY OF SAID FIRST LEVER, A CONTINUOUS RIBBON HUMIDITY RESPONSIVE ELEMENT WHICH CHANGES IN LENGTH AS THE MOISTURE LEVEL OF THE SURROUNDING AIR CHANGES, SAID ELEMENT BEING SUPPORTED BY SAID CURVED MEMBERS WHEREBY FOUR EFFECTIVE LENGTHS OF ELEMENT EXTEND BETWEEN SAID SPACED LEVERS, A CAM, A SHAFT MOUNTED