Patent ID: 7492244

Claim:
A magnetically operated contacting device with at least two elongated wipers, each of elongated wiper being fixed at a first end and having at said first end an electrical connection, each of said elongated wipers having a second end with a magnetic area and a movable contact head, said movable contact head capable of contacting against a respective opposite contact, wherein at least two triggering magnets are provided which are movable to a first position and a second position relative to each of said elongated wiper, wherein said first position is an activated position in which said at least two triggering magnets attract said respective magnetic area of each of said elongated wiper and brings each said contact head in contact with said respective opposite contact, wherein said second position is a deactivated position in which each said contact head and said respective opposite contact are separated as a result of lack of magnetic attraction from said at least two triggering magnets, wherein said relative movement between said at least two triggering magnets is in a plane perpendicular relative to the movement direction of said movable contact head and said opposite contact.