Automatically reversing revolution counter

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AN AUTOMATICALLY REVERSING REVOLUTION COUNTER COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY HIGHER ORDER NUMBER WHEELS WITH INTERMITTENT MOTION TRANSFERRING MEANS RESPECTIVELY INTERCONNECTING SAID WHEELS; A ROTATABLE INPUT SHAFT; FIRST AND SECOND DRIVEN MEMBERS ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT IN AXIALLY SPACED-APART RELATION; A COUPLING MEMBER MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT BETWEEN SAID DRIVEN MEMBERS AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID COUPLING MEMBER BEING AXIALLY MOVABLE ON SAID SHAFT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS, THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID COUPLING MEMBER AND THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND DRIVEN MEMBERS RESPECTIVELY HAVING COOPERATING DRIVING MEANS THEREON, SAID COUPLING MEMBER IN SAID FIRST POSITION THEREOF HAVING THE DRIVING MEANS AT ONE END COOPERATIVELY ENGAGING THE DRIVING MEANS OF SAID FIRST DRIVEN MEMBER THEREBY NORMALLY ROTATING THE SAME IN UNISON WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID COUPLING MEMBER IN SAID SECOND POSITION THEREOF HAVING THE DRIVING MEANS AT ITS OTHER END COOPERATIVELY ENGAGING THE DRIVING MEANS OF SAID SECOND DRIVEN MEMBER THEREBY NORMALLY ROTATING THE SAME IN UNISON WITH SAID SHAFT; MEANS RESPECTIVELY COUPLING SAID FIRST AND SECOND DRIVEN MEMBERS TO THE LOWEST ORDER ONE OF SAID NUMBER WHEELS FOR ROTATING THE SAME IN ONE DIRECTION WHEN SAID FIRST DRIVEN MEMBER IS ROTATED IN A GIVEN DIRECTION BY SAID COUPLING MEMBER AND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN SAID DRIVEN MEMBER IS ROTATED IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION BY SAID COUPLING MEMBER; AND MEANS FOR ARRESTING FURTHER ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER ONE OF SAID NUMBER WHEELS AT AT LEAST ONE PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITION THEREOF THEREBY ARRESTING FURTHER ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE SAME DIRECTION OF ALL OF SAID NUMBER WHEELS, SAID COUPLING MEANS AND SAID DRIVEN MEMBERS; SAID DRIVING MEANS RESPECTIVELY HAVING COOPERATING CAM SURFACES THEREON, SAID CAM SURFACES COOPERATING TO SHIFT SAID COUPLING MEMBER ON SAID SHAFT FROM ONE POSITION TO THE OTHER RESPONSIVE TO ARRESTING OF THE RESPECTIVE DRIVEN MEMBER AND CONTINUED ROTATION OF SAID COUPLING MEMBER AND INPUT SHAFT IN THE SAME DIRECTION THEREBY REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION OF SAID LOWEST ORDER NUMBER WHEEL.