Digital programme controller

Claim 1

A PROGRAMME DEVICE, FOR A SEWING MACHINE PROGRAMME CONTROLLER HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BRUSH MEANS, A SERIES OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTS, A MOVABLE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTROL MEMBER ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVELY ENGAGING SAID CONTACTS IN A SEQUENCE OF CONTROL CORRESPONDING TO A SEQUENCE OF RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE NEEDLE AND WORK OF A SEWING MACHINE, SAID PROGRAMME DEVICE INCLUDING, A ROTATABLE FRAME SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL EXTENDING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RODS ELECTRICALLY INSULATED FROM EACH OTHER AND EACH SITUATED AT A DIFFERENT DISTANCE FROM THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF SAID FRAME, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTACT DISCS AND ELECTRICAL INSULATION INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID DISCS, SAID DISCS HAVING SPACED NOSES TO CONTACT IN SUCCESSION THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BRUSH MEANS OF A SEWING MACHINE PROGRAMME CONTROLLER AND SAID CONTACT DISCS EACH HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN RECEIVING SAID RODS AND BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID RODS, AND CIRCULAR CONCENTRIC CONTACT TRACKS EACH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID RODS AND ADAPTED TO BE ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THE SERIES OF CONTACTS ENGAGED BY THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTROL MEMBER OF A SEWING MACHINE PROGRAMME CONTROLLER.