Remote function selector for automatic telephone answering device

Claim 1

IN A TELEPHONE ANSWERING APPARATUS COUPLED TO A TELEPHONE LINE AND HAVING A NORMAL ANSWERING CYCLE INITIATED BY A RINGING CURRENT IN THE TELEPHONE LINE DURING WHICH A REPRODUCING MEANS AND A RECORDING MEANS ARE SEQUENTIALLY ACTUATED EACH FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD OF TIME TO TRANSMIT A PRE-RECORDED MESSAGE TO THE TELEPHONE LINE AND RECORD A MESSAGE FROM THE TELEPHONE LINE, A REMOTE FUNCTION SELECTOR, COMPRISING: TONE RESPONSIVE RELAY MEANS OPERATED BY A SINGLE TONE OF PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY FOR A PARTICULAR PREDETERMINED FIRST PERIOD OF TIME IN SAID TELEPHONE LINE TO INTERRUPT SAID NORMAL ANSWERING CYCLE; FIRST MOTOR MEANS OPERABLE AS A FIRST TIMING DEVICE; A NORMALLY INCOMPLETE FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS; MEANS OPERATED BY SAID TONE RESPONSIVE RELAY MEANS FOR COMPLETING SAID FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS TO OPERATE SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS; SECOND MOTOR MEANS OPERABLE AS A SECOND TIMING DEVICE; A NORMALLY INCOMPLETE SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID SECOND MOTOR MEANS; MEANS OPERATED BY SAID FIRST MOTOR MEANS FOR PREPARING SAID SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS; SAID TONE RESPONSIVE RELAY MEANS REOPERATED BY SAID SINGLE TONE OF SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY FOR A DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED SECOND PERIOD OF TIME IN SAID TELEPHONE LINE; MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO SAID REOPERATION OF SAID TONE RESPONSIVE RELAY MEANS FOR COMPLETING SAID PREPARED SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS TO OPERATE SAID SECOND MOTOR MEANS; AND MEANS OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO SAID OPERATION OF SAID SECOND MOTOR MEANS FOR INITIATING A PREDETERMINED FUNCTION OF SAID ANSWERING APPARATUS.