Television receiver with picture selector device

Claim 1

A TELEVISION RECEIVER WITH A PICTURE SELECTOR COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FREQUENCY CONVERTER PROVIDED WITH A FREQUENCY CHANNEL SELECTOR AND WITH AN OUTPUT END, A VIDEO AMPLIFIER HAVING AN INPUT END CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT END OF THE CONVERTER, AND HAVING AN OUTPUT END, A SOUND AMPLIFIER HAVING AN INPUT END CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT END OF THE CONVERTER AND AN OUTPUT END, A LOUD SPEAKER CONNECTED TO THE SOUND AMPLIFIER''S OUTPUT END, A FIRST CUT-OFF RELAY INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE INPUT END OF SAID SOUND AMPLIFIER AND THE OUTPUT END OF SAID CONVERTER, A SINGLE MAIN CATHODE-RAY PICTURE TUBE CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT END OF SAID VIDEO AMPLIFIER, A SECOND CUT-OFF RELAY INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE SINGLE MAIN TUBE AND THE VIDEO AMPLIFIER FOR DISCONNECTING THE MAIN PICTURE TUBE FROM THE VIDEO AMPLIFIER, SYNCHRONIZATION AND DEFLECTION MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN THE OUTPUT END OF THE VIDEO AMPLIFIER AND THE SINGLE MAIN PICTURE TUBE, A PLURALITY OF CATHODE-RAY PILOT PICTURE TUBES CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT END OF SAID VIDEO AMPLIFIER AND SAID DEFLECTION MEANS, CHANNEL FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTING MEANS HAVING AN INPUT END CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT END OF THE VIDEO AMPLIFIER AND A PLURALITY OF DISTRIBUTING OUTPUT ENDS CORRESPONDING TO PREDETERMINED FREQUENCIES, EACH OF SAID DISTRIBUTING ENDS CONNECTED TO ONE OF THE PILOT PICTURE TUBES, SAID DEFLECTION MEANS BEING ALSO CONNECTED TO SAID PILOT TUBES, SAID DISTRIBUTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CHANNEL SELECTOR, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CHANNEL SELECTOR, AND CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND TO SAID RELAYS, SAID CONTROL MEANS ADAPTED TO DISCONNECT SAID SOUND AMPLIFIER WHILE CONSECUTIVELY CONNECTING SAID PILOT TUBES, SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A SWITCH FOR SELECTING A DESIRED CHANNEL.