Peak load stabilizer or controller

Claim 1

AN OFF-PEAK LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CIRCUIT HAVING A FEEDER LINE, A BASE LOAD WITH A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM DEMAND AND A PLURALITY OF OFF-PEAK LOADS; SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A TRANSFORMER AND RECTIFIER SYSTEM TO CONVERT THE ALTERNATING CURRENTS SUPPLIED BY THE FEEDER LINES INTO DIRECT CURRENT, A SERIES OF RHEOSTATS TO CARRY SAID DIRECT CURRENT, TWO TAP SWITCHES CONNECTED TO SAID RHEOSTATS AT POINTS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO SAID MAXIMUM DEMAND AND TO A MINIMUM DEFINED BY SAID MAXIMUM DEMAND LESS THE LARGEST OF SAID OFF-PEAK LOADS, A NORMALLY OPEN RELAY CONNECTED TO SAID MAXIMUM TAP SWITCH, A NORMALLY CLOSED RELAY CONNECTED TO SAID MINIMUM TAP SWITCH, A SWITCH BETWEEN SAID FEEDER LINE AND EACH OF SAID OFF-PEAK LOADS, A REVERSIBLE MOTOR ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SWITCHES TO OPERATE SAID SWITCHES IN A GIVEN SEQUENCE, SAID MOTOR BEING CONNECTED TO SAID RELAYS TO OPERATE IN A GIVEN SENSE SO AS TO CLOSE SAID SWITCHES IN SAID GIVEN SEQUENCE ONLY WHEN SAID DIRECT CURRENT IS BELOW SAID MINIMUM AND SAID MINIMUM RELAY CONTACT IS CLOSED, AND TO START AGAIN IN REVERSE SO AS TO OPEN SAID SWITCHES IN INVERSE SEQUENCE ONLY WHEN SAID CURRENT EXCEEDS SAID MAXIMUM AND SAID MAXIMUM RELAY CONTACT CLOSES AND TO STOP WHENEVER SAID DIRECT CURRENT HAS A VALUE INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN SAID MAXIMUM AND SAID MINIMUM.