Timing mechanism

Claim 1

IN A RANGE TIMER, THE COMBINATION OF THE TIME DRIVEN MEMBER, AN ELECTIRC SWITCH, A STOP TIME DIAL, A FIRST ROTATABLE, BUT NON-SHIFTABLE, SETTING KNOB AND SHIFT FOR SETTING UP ON SAID TOP TIME DIAL A DESIRED STOP TIME, A COOKING HOURS DIAL HAVING A SERIES OF NUMERALS THEREON FOR INDICATING A SCALE OF COOKING HOURS, AND ALSO HAVING AN "OFF" INDICATION AND A "MANUAL" INDICATION THEREON, A SECOND ROTATABLE, BUT NON-SHIFTABLE, SETTING KNOB AND SHAFT FOR MANUALLY SETTING UP ON SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL A DESIRED NUMBER OF COOKING HOURS, A PLANETARY GEAR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM COMPRISING A SUN GEAR, A PLANETARY GEAR MESHING WITH AND ROTATING IN AN ORBITAL PATH AROUND SAID SUN GEAR AND AN OUTER PLANETARY RING GEAR SURROUNDING THE ORBITAL PATH OF SAID PLANETARY GEAR AND MESHING WITH SAID PLANETARY GEAR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SETTINGS IMPARTED TO SAID STOP TIME DIAL FOR TRANSMITTING ADJUSTING MOTION TO SAID SUN GEAR AND THENCE TO SAID PLANETARY GEAR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SETTING IMPARTED TO SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL FOR TRANSMITTING ADJUSTING MOTION TO SAID OUTER PLANETARY RING GEAR AND THENCE TO SAID PLANETARY GEAR, A FIRST TIME DRIVEN TRIPPING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID TIME DRIVEN MEMBER FOR EFFECTING CONTINUOUS TIME DRIVEN ROTATION, A SECOND TRIPPING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID PLANETARY GEAR AND ADAPTED TO EFFECT TRIPPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST TRIPPING MEANS AT A TIME WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY PREDETERMINED BY THE SETTINGS GIVEN TO SAID STOP TIME DIAL AND TO SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SUCH COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TRIPPING MEANS FOR CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID ELECTRICAL SWITCH TO CLOSED POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVE DURING THE COOKING OPERATION FOR DRIVING SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL BACKWARDLY TO A SWITCH OFF POSITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL REACHING SAID SWITCH OFF POSITION FOR TURNING SAID ELECTRICAL SWITCH INTO OFF CONDITION, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MANUALLY ACTUATED ROTATION OF SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL FROM SAID "OFF" POSITION INTO A POSITION DENOTING THE DESIRED NUMBER OF COOKING HOURS FOR THEREBY AUTOMATICALLY PLACING THE RANGE TIMER IN ITS SET CONDITION, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE MANUALLY ACTUATED ROTATION OF SAID COOKING HOURS DIAL INTO ITS "MANUAL" POSITION FOR THEREBY AUTOMATICALLY MOVING SAID ELECTRICAL SWITCH INTO CLOSED POSITION.