arcuate arm may be constructed from an injection molded plastic to provide a generally rectangular cross section conforming to the outline of the slot 30 and is secured to the lid by a screw 32 passing through the lip 21 and the lid 20 and into the arcuate arm 26 screw 32 may be inserted through the lip 21 prior to assembly of the lid 20 to the washing machine 10 to be inaccessible to the user in normal use when the lid 20 is in the closed position a free end 34 of the arcuate arm 26 passes through the slot 30 and moves upward to approach a point proximate to the underside of the top 16 of the washing machine 10 and to push against a first end of a switch operator 36 causing the switch operator 36 to move upward from a horizontal position when the lid 20 is open to an angle of approximately 25 u00b0 when the lid 20 is closed the switch operator 36 is attached to a lid switch 38 of the present invention having a switch frame 40 affixed to the underside of the top 16 of the washing machine by means of a bracket 42 extending downward from that top 16 the bracket 42 is attached to the switch frame 40 by machine screws 44 only one of which is visible in fig2 passing through side ears 46 of the switch frame 40 of the lid switch 38 referring now to fig3 the switch operator 36 is pivoted about a pivot point 48 attached to the switch frame 40 to provide an internal lever 50 within the switch frame 40 lying.