Method and apparatus for control of titrations and other phenomena

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DISPLACING THE CONDITION OF AN ENVIRONMENT TOWARD A DESIRED PRECISE FINAL EQUILIBRIUM VALVE, THE ENVIRONMENT BEING CHARACTERIZED BY TRANSIENT EXCURSIONS PAST THE EQUILIBRIUM VALVE AS DISPLACEMENT ACTIONS ARE APPLIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH SAID VALUE, THE ENVIRONMENT TENDING TO REVERSE SAID DISPLACEMENT IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID VALUE TO REACH SUCH VALUE AND THUS COMPLETE THE TRANSIENT EXCURSION IN A TIME DEPENDING UPON THE CLOSENESS OF THE CONDITION TO THE DESIRED FINAL VALUE, SAID APPARATUS INCLUDING; OPERATING MEANS FOR APPLYING, WITHHOLDING AND REAPPLYING SAID DISPLACEMENT ACTION TO SAID ENVIRONMENT; SENSING MEANS FOR CREATING A SIGNAL EACH TIME SAID CONDITION SWINGS IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION BEYOND SAID DESIRED FINAL VALUE AT THE START OF A TRANSIENT EXCURSION AND FOR CREATING ANOTHER SIGNAL EACH TIME SAID REVERSE DISPLACEMENT SWINGS SAID CONDITION IN AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION BEYOND SAID DESIRED FINAL VALUE AT THE END OF A TRANSIENT EXCURSION; MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SENSING MEANS AND SAID JOPERATING MEANS TO WITHHOLD SAID DISPALCEMENT ACTION IN RESPONSE TO SAID FIRST-NAMED SIGNAL FROM SAID SENSING MEANS