Electric combination lock

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE STARTING OF AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE BY A PERSON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, TO BE APPLIED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMOBILE, HAVING A MAGNETIC SWITCH FOR CONTROLLING THE STARTING MOTOR, A STORAGE BATTERY FOR SUPPLYING SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH, AND A STARTING SWITCH INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH AND STORAGE BATTERY, AND COMPRISING A RELAY, HAVING OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING SOLENOID AND WITH A CLOSING SOLENOID, SAID RELAY BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE INTO THE OPEN POSITION WHEN SAID OPENING SOLENOID IS ENERGIZED, AND TO MOVE INTO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID CLOSING SOLENOID IS ENERGIZED, AND TO REMAIN IN POSITION AFTER SAID SOLENOIDS ARE DEENERGIZED; A MULTIPLICITY OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES, HAVING OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND MOVING INTO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN DEPRESSED, AND RETURNING BY SPRING PRESSURE INTO THE NORMAL, OPEN POSITION WHEN THE PRESSURE IS RELIEVED, SAID PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES ARE ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING THREE GROUPS: THE FIRST GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES CONNECTED IN SERIES AND INSERTED IN A CIRCUIT SAID RELAY, STORAGE BATTERY, STARING SWITCH AND MAGNETIC SWITCH, SO AS TO PERMIT THE ENERGIZING SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH FROM SAID STORAGE BATTERY WHEN SAID STARING SWITCH IS CLOSED AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS FIRST GROUP ARE DEPRESSED; THE SECOND GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF SAID FIRST GROUP, AND CONNECTED PARALLEL AND INSERTED IN A CIRUIT INCLUDING SAID BATTERY, STARTING SWITCH, AND THE OPENING SOLENOID OF THE RELAY, SO AS TO OPEN SAID RELAY WHEN ANY OF THE PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS SECOND GROUP IS DEPRESSED; THE THIRD GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES DISPOSED SEPARATELY FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND GROUP AND CONNECTED IN SERIES AND INSERTED IN A CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID BATTERY, STARTING SWITCH, AND THE CLOSING SOLENOID OF THE RELAY, SO AS TO CLOSE SAID RELAY WHEN SAID STARTING SWITCH IS CLOSED AND ALL PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS THIRD GROUP ARE DEPRESSED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF THE STARTING OF AN AUTOMOBILE ENGINE BY A PERSON UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, TO BE APPLIED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF AN AUTOMOBILE, HAVING A MAGNETIC SWITCH FOR CONTROLLING THE STARTING MOTOR, A STORAGE BATTERY FOR SUPPLYING SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH, AND A STARTING SWITCH INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH AND STORAGE BATTERY, AND COMPRISING A RELAY, HAVING OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND BEING PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING SOLENOID AND WITH A CLOSING SOLENOID, SAID RELAY BEING ADAPTED TO MOVE INTO THE OPEN POSITION WHEN SAID OPENING SOLENOID IS ENERGIZED, AND TO MOVE INTO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN SAID CLOSING SOLENOID IS ENERGIZED, AND TO REMAIN IN POSITION AFTER SAID SOLENOIDS ARE DEENERGIZED; A MULTIPLICITY OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES, HAVING OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS, AND MOVING INTO THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN DEPRESSED, AND RETURNING BY SPRING PRESSURE INTO THE NORMAL, OPEN POSITION WHEN THE PRESSURE IS RELIEVED, SAID PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES ARE ARRANGED IN THE FOLLOWING THREE GROUPS: THE FIRST GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES CONNECTED IN SERIES AND INSERTED IN A CIRCUIT SAID RELAY, STORAGE BATTERY, STARING SWITCH AND MAGNETIC SWITCH, SO AS TO PERMIT THE ENERGIZING SAID MAGNETIC SWITCH FROM SAID STORAGE BATTERY WHEN SAID STARING SWITCH IS CLOSED AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS FIRST GROUP ARE DEPRESSED; THE SECOND GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF THE PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF SAID FIRST GROUP, AND CONNECTED PARALLEL AND INSERTED IN A CIRUIT INCLUDING SAID BATTERY, STARTING SWITCH, AND THE OPENING SOLENOID OF THE RELAY, SO AS TO OPEN SAID RELAY WHEN ANY OF THE PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS SECOND GROUP IS DEPRESSED; THE THIRD GROUP, CONSISTING OF PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES DISPOSED SEPARATELY FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND GROUP AND CONNECTED IN SERIES AND INSERTED IN A CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID BATTERY, STARTING SWITCH, AND THE CLOSING SOLENOID OF THE RELAY, SO AS TO CLOSE SAID RELAY WHEN SAID STARTING SWITCH IS CLOSED AND ALL PUSH BUTTON SWITCHES OF THIS THIRD GROUP ARE DEPRESSED.