Electromagnetic indicator

Claim 1

AN ELECTROMAGNETIC INDICATOR COMPRISING: A ROTARY INDICATING MEMBER MOVABLE THROUGH A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE POSITIONS; A PERMANENT MAGNET ON SAID ROTARY MEMBER HAVING NORTH AND SOUTH ENDS RESPECTIVELY POSITIONED AT POINTS ANGULARLY DISPLACED FROM EACH OTHER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF SAID POSITIONS; A STATIONARY STRUCTURE COOPERATING WITH SAID ROTARY MEMBER AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PARAMAGNETIC POLE PIECES LESS IN NUMBER THAN SAID POSITIONS AND RESPECTIVELY JUXTAPOSED TO A CONSECUTIVE GROUP OF SAID POSITIONS LESS THAN SAID PREDETERMINED NUMBER, EACH POLE PIECE BEING MAGNETIZABLE EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH TO ATTRACT EITHER END AND REPEL THE OTHER END OF SAID MAGNET; MEANS FOR INDIVIDUALLY SELECTIVELY MAGNETIZING SAID POLE PIECES EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH, WHEREBY SAID ROTARY INDICATING MEMBER CAN BE MOVED DIRECTLY FROM ANY OF SAID POSITIONS INTO ANY OTHER SELECTED ONE OF SAID POSITIONS BY SELECTIVELY MAGNETIZING A SELECTED ONE OF SAID POLE PIECES EITHER NORTH OR SOUTH; AND A PARAMAGNETIC STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH SAID POLE PIECE TO ANGULARLY DISPLACE THE DIRECTION OF THE MAGNETIC FORCE BETWEEN AN END OF SAID PERMANENT MAGNET AND A JUXTAPOSED POLE PIECE WHEN THE POLE PIECE IS NOT MAGNETIZED BY SAID MAGNETIZING MEANS FROM THE DIRECTION OF SAID MAGNETIC FORCE WHEN SAID POLE PIECE IS MAGNETIZED BY SAID MAGNETIZING MEANS, WHEREBY UPON REMAGNETIZATION IN REVERSE POLARITY OF THE LAST MAGNETIZED POLE PIECE SAID PERMANENT MAGNET IS OFF DEAD-CENTER POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE REPELLANT MAGNETIC FORCE PRODUCED BY SAID REMAGNETIZATION AND IS POSITIVELY MOVED IN RESPONSE THERETO.