Proportionate price increment selector

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE PROPORTIONATE INCREMENT TO BE ADDED TO THE COST OF A BASE FLUID TO WHICH AN ADDITIVE IS MIXED AT PREDETERMINED VARIABLE RATIOS BY A BLENDING DISPENSER HAVING A METERING ELEMENT, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE METERING ELEMENT OF SAID BLENDING DISPENSER WHICH PROVIDES AN INPUT TO SAID GEAR TRAIN WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE RATE AT WHICH IT IS DISPENSING THE BLENDING MIXTURE, SAID COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN INCLUDING TWO STAGES, ONE OF SAID STAGES INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SETS OF PRICE INCREMENT GEARS AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE PRICE INCREMENT GEARS OF SAID ASSOCIATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER, SAID ASSOCIATED SETS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDING OUTPUTS CORRESPONDING TO VARIOUS PRICE INCREMENTS FOR SAID ADDITIVE FLUID OVER THE PRICE OF SAID BASE FLUID, A MANUAL SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ONE STAGE FOR INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE PRICE INCREMENT GEARS OF ONE OF SAID ASSOCIATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED ADDITIVE PRICE INCREMENT, THE OTHER OF SAID STAGES INCLUDING COORDINATED SETS OF BLENDING RATIO GEARS AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVLY ENGAGING THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF SAID COORDINATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER, SAID COORDINATED SETS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDING OUTPUTS CORRESPONDING TO THE VARIOUS BLENDING RATIOS OF ADDITIVE FLUID TO BASE FLUID WHICH ARE PROVIDED BY SAID BLENDING DISPENSERS, A SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER STAGE FOR INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF ONE OF SAID COORDINATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER IN RESPONSE TO A CONTROL INPUT, SAID SHIFTING MEANS INCLUDING AN INPUT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL INPUT WHICH IS GOVERNED BY THE BLENDING RATIO BEING UTILIZED BY SAID DISPENSER WHEREBY THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF THE SET OF COORDINATED GEARS CORRESPONDING TO SAID UTILIZED BLENDING RATIO ARE ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER, SAID

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE PROPORTIONATE INCREMENT TO BE ADDED TO THE COST OF A BASE FLUID TO WHICH AN ADDITIVE IS MIXED AT PREDETERMINED VARIABLE RATIOS BY A BLENDING DISPENSER HAVING A METERING ELEMENT, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE METERING ELEMENT OF SAID BLENDING DISPENSER WHICH PROVIDES AN INPUT TO SAID GEAR TRAIN WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE RATE AT WHICH IT IS DISPENSING THE BLENDING MIXTURE, SAID COMPOUND GEAR TRAIN INCLUDING TWO STAGES, ONE OF SAID STAGES INCLUDING ASSOCIATED SETS OF PRICE INCREMENT GEARS AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE PRICE INCREMENT GEARS OF SAID ASSOCIATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER, SAID ASSOCIATED SETS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDING OUTPUTS CORRESPONDING TO VARIOUS PRICE INCREMENTS FOR SAID ADDITIVE FLUID OVER THE PRICE OF SAID BASE FLUID, A MANUAL SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ONE STAGE FOR INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE PRICE INCREMENT GEARS OF ONE OF SAID ASSOCIATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED ADDITIVE PRICE INCREMENT, THE OTHER OF SAID STAGES INCLUDING COORDINATED SETS OF BLENDING RATIO GEARS AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVLY ENGAGING THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF SAID COORDINATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER, SAID COORDINATED SETS INDIVIDUALLY PROVIDING OUTPUTS CORRESPONDING TO THE VARIOUS BLENDING RATIOS OF ADDITIVE FLUID TO BASE FLUID WHICH ARE PROVIDED BY SAID BLENDING DISPENSERS, A SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER STAGE FOR INDIVIDUALLY ENGAGING THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF ONE OF SAID COORDINATED SETS WITH EACH OTHER IN RESPONSE TO A CONTROL INPUT, SAID SHIFTING MEANS INCLUDING AN INPUT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL INPUT WHICH IS GOVERNED BY THE BLENDING RATIO BEING UTILIZED BY SAID DISPENSER WHEREBY THE BLENDING RATIO GEARS OF THE SET OF COORDINATED GEARS CORRESPONDING TO SAID UTILIZED BLENDING RATIO ARE ENGAGED WITH EACH OTHER, SAID