Control for fluid dispensers

Claim 1

IN A CONTROL FOR LIQUID DISPENSERS HAVING AT LEAST ONE COUNTER COMPRISING A COMMON SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF NUMERAL DRUMS JOURNALED UPON SAID COMMON SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF PRIMARY GEARS RESPECTIVELY AND CONCENTRICALLY AFFIXED TO SAID DRUMS, AT LEAST ONE TALLY WHEEL RESPECTIVELY AFFIXED CONCENTRICALLY TO ALL BUT THE SLOWEST DRUM AND PRIMARY GEAR COMBINATION AND DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RESPECTIVE, PRIMARY GEAR OF THE NEXT FASTEST DRUM, AND AT LEAST ONE TALLY GEAR RESPECTIVELY ENGAGING EACH TALLY WHEEL AND THE PARTICULAR ONE OF SAID PRIMARY GEARS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, SAID NUMERAL DRUMS THEREBY COOPERATING IN JOINTLY PRESENTING A VISUAL DISPLAY OF QUANTITY OF LIQUID DELIVERED, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A FIRST SHAFT DISPOSED PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SECONDARY GEARS RESPECTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID PRIMARY GEARS IN ONE-TO-ONE RATIO AND MOUNTED UPON SAID FIRST SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF CONTACT MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY AFFIXED TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID SECONDARY GEARS, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY SWITCH MEMBERS EACH PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS ARRANGED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN AND SEQUENTIALLY ENGAGEABLE BY A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID ROTARY SWITCH MEMBERS BEING FIXEDLY DISPOSED, ADJACENT TO, AND CONCENTRIC WITH RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID SECONDARY GEARS, A PLURALITY OF SETS OF SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS, EACH SET COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS SERIALLY COUPLED BETWEEN RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID CONTACTS OF A RESPECTIVE, ROTARY SWITCH MEMBER AND THAT CONTACT MEMBER OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ROTARY SWITCH MEMBER OF FOLLOWING ORDER, THE SO COUPLED PLURALITIES OF SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS, ROTARY SWITCH MEMBER COMBINATIONS BEING COUPLED TOGETHER IN TANDEM THROUGH THE RESPECTIVE CONTACT MEMBERS TO FORM A TANDEM CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRO-MECHANICAL MEANS, FOR INTERRUPTING THE FLOW OF LIQUID, ELECTRICALLY COUPLED ACROSS THE TANDEM CIRCUIT.