Sequentially operated timing mechanism

Claim 1

A TIMING MECHANISM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF EQUIDISTANT SPACED CONTACTS ARRANGED IN A CIRCLE, THE SAID CONTACTS BEING DIVIDED INTO FOUR QUADRANTS WITH AT LEAST THREE CONTACTS IN EACH QUADRANT, A CONTACT ARM ROTATABLE ABOUT THE CENTER OF SAID CIRCLE AND ADAPTED TO ELECTRICALLY ENGAGE EACH OF SAID CONTACTS SUCCESSIVELY, A COMMON ELECTRICAL LEAD CONNECTED TO SAID CONTACT ARM, FOUR QUADRANT ELECTRICAL LEADS RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF FOUR OF SAID CONTACTS, EACH OF SAID FOUR CONTACTS BEING LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID FOUR QUADRANTS, WHEREBY EACH QUADRANT LEAD IS ASSOCIATED WITH A DIFFERENT QUADRANT, RESPECTIVE SWITCH MEANS CONNECTING THE REMAINING CONTACTS OF EACH OF THE FOUR QUADRANTS IN PARALLEL ARRANGEMENT TO THE QUADRANT LEAD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH, WHEREBY ANY ONE OF THE REMAINING CONTACTS IN ANY QUADRANT IS CONNECTED TO THE QUADRANT LEAD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH BY CLOSING ITS RESPECTIVE SWITCH MEANS, THEREBY PROVIDING A COMPLETED CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID COMMON ELECTRICAL LEAD AND SAID LAST NAMED QUADRANT LEAD WHEN SAID CONTACT ARM ELECTRICALLY ENGAGES THE CONTACT WHOSE RESPECTIVE SWITCH MEANS IS CLOSED.