Automatic controls for positioning a machine

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE IN THE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN MECHANICAL PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF A COKE-OVEN BATTERY COMPRISING A CONTROL STATION, MEANS FOR CARRYING ELECTRIC POWER FROM A POWER SOURCE THROUGH SAID CONTROL STATION TO SAID MACHINE, TRANSMITTING MEANS IN SAID CONTROL STATION FOR SUPERIMPOSING HIGH-FREQUENCY POSITIONAL-SIGNIFICANT SIGNALS ON SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS, MEANS ON SAID MACHINE RESPONSIVE TO THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNALS FROM SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID MACHINE, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING A POSITION TO WHICH SAID MACHINE IS TO BE MOVED IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGHFREQUENCY SIGNALS, SECOND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS TO SAID MACHINE IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNALS WHEREBY POWER IS SUPPLIED THERETO, THIRD MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID MACHINE AND ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT OF SAID MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SENSING THE POSITION OF SAID MACHINE, FOURTH MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MEANS AND TO SAID THIRD MEANS FOR IMPRESSING ON SAID FIRST MEANS THE POSITION SENSED BY SAID THIRD MEANS AND FIFTH MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS AND SAID SECOND MEANS FOR DEACTIVATING SAID SECOND MEANS IN RESPONSE TO COINCIDENCE BETWEEN THE SENSED POSITION OF THE MACHINE AND THE POSITION SELECTED THEREFOR.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE IN THE CONDUCT OF CERTAIN MECHANICAL PROCEDURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OPERATION OF A COKE-OVEN BATTERY COMPRISING A CONTROL STATION, MEANS FOR CARRYING ELECTRIC POWER FROM A POWER SOURCE THROUGH SAID CONTROL STATION TO SAID MACHINE, TRANSMITTING MEANS IN SAID CONTROL STATION FOR SUPERIMPOSING HIGH-FREQUENCY POSITIONAL-SIGNIFICANT SIGNALS ON SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS, MEANS ON SAID MACHINE RESPONSIVE TO THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNALS FROM SAID TRANSMITTING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID MACHINE, SAID CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING FIRST MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING A POSITION TO WHICH SAID MACHINE IS TO BE MOVED IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGHFREQUENCY SIGNALS, SECOND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS TO SAID MACHINE IN RESPONSE TO THE HIGH-FREQUENCY SIGNALS WHEREBY POWER IS SUPPLIED THERETO, THIRD MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID MACHINE AND ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT OF SAID MACHINE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SENSING THE POSITION OF SAID MACHINE, FOURTH MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MEANS AND TO SAID THIRD MEANS FOR IMPRESSING ON SAID FIRST MEANS THE POSITION SENSED BY SAID THIRD MEANS AND FIFTH MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID POWER CARRYING MEANS AND SAID SECOND MEANS FOR DEACTIVATING SAID SECOND MEANS IN RESPONSE TO COINCIDENCE BETWEEN THE SENSED POSITION OF THE MACHINE AND THE POSITION SELECTED THEREFOR.