Motion and direction sensing device

Claim 1

A MOTION AND DIRECTION SENSING DEVICE, COMPRISING: A COMMUTATOR HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PORTION; FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH BRUSHES, EACH SAID BRUSH BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID CONDUCTIVE PORTION TO THE EXCLUSION OF SAID OTHER BRUSHES; CAPACITOR MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CONDUCTIVE PORTION AND GROUND; MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST BRUSH TO A SOURCE OF DIRECT VOLTAGE; FIRST RESISTANCE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SECOND BRUSH AND GROUND; FIRST OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE JUNCTION OF SAID SECOND BRUSH AND SAID FIRST RESISTANCE MEANS; MEANS CONNECTING SAID THIRD BRUSH TO GROUND; SECOND RESISTANCE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FOURTH BRUSH AND GROUND; SECOND OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO THE JUNCTION OF SAID FOURTH BRUSH AND SAID SECOND RESISTANCE MEANS; THIRD OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND AND FOURTH BRUSHES, SAID THIRD OUTPUT MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR BLOCKING PASSAGE OF DIRECT VOLTAGE SIGNALS BETWEEN SAID SECOND AND FOURTH BRUSHES THROUGH SAID THIRD OUTPUT MEANS; AND MEANS FOR CAUSING MOVEMENT OF SAID COMMUTATOR IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID BRUSHES, SAID MOVEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION CAUSING SAID CONDUCTIVE PORTION TO EXCLUSIVELY ENGAGE IN SEQUENCE SAID FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH BRUSHES WHEREBY SAID CAPACITOR MEANS IS CHARGED WHEN IN CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST BRUSH AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID FIRST RESISTANCE MEANS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH SAID SECOND BRUSH TO DEVELOP AN OUTPUT SIGNAL AT SAID THIRD OUTPUT MEANS TO INDICATE COMMUTATOR MOVEMENT AND AT SAID FIRST OUTPUT MEANS TO INDICATE THAT SAID MOVEMENT IS IN SAID ONE DIRECTION, SAID MOVEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION CAUSING SAID CONDUCTIVE PORTION TO EXCLUSIVELY ENGAGE IN SEQUENCE SAID FIRST, FOURTH, THIRD AND SECOND BRUSHES WHEREBY SAID CAPACITOR MEANS IS CHARGED WHEN IN CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST BRUSH AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID SECOND RESISTANCE MEANS WHEN IN CONTACT WITH SAID FOURTH BRUSH TO DEVELOP AN OUTPUT SIGNAL AT SAID THIRD OUTPUT MEANS TO INDICATE COMMUTATOR MOVEMENT AND AT SAID SECOND OUTPUT MEANS TO INDICATE THAT SAID MOVEMENT IS IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SAID THIRD BRUSH DISCHARGING SAID CAPACITOR MEANS TO ASSURE AGAINST AN OUTPUT SIGNAL BEING DEVELOPED WHEN THE CONDUCTIVE PORTION OF SAID COMMUTATOR LATER MOVES INTO CONTACT WITH THE LAST BRUSH IN SEQUENCE.