Electrical signalling and remote control circuit arrangements

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AN ELECTRICAL SIGNALLING AND REMOTE CONTROL CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A FIRST MULTIPLE POSITION ROTARY SWITCH INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STATIONARY CONTACTS AND A ROTOR ARRANGED SUCCESSIVELY AND MOMENTARILY TO TRANSVERSE EACH OF SAID CONTACTS IN PASSING FROM ONE SWITCH POSITION TO THE NEXT SUCEEDING SWITCH POSITION, A SECOND ROTARY SWITCH INCLUDING A SECOND ROTOR AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF STATIONARY CONTACTS EACH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF THE STATIONARY CONTACTS OF SAID FIRST SWITCH, A SOLENOID OPERATED STEPPING MECHANISM INCLUDING A DRIVEN SHAFT, SAID SECOND ROTOR BEING ROTATABLE BY SAID DRIVEN SHAFT, AND A SOLENOID ENERGISING CIRCUIT MOMENTARILY COMPLETED THROUGH EACH CONNECTED PAIR OF STATIONARY CONTACTS ON THE TWO SWITCHES WHENEVER SAID ROTORS SIMULTANEOUSLY REGISTER WITH THE RESPECTIVE CONTACTS OF SAID PAIR, WHEREBY SAID DRIVING SHAFT STEPS SAID SECOND ROTOR INTO CONNECTION WITH THE STATIONARY CONTACT OF SAID SECOND SWITCH CORRESPONDING TO THE STATIONARY CONTACT OF SAID FIRST SWITCH WHICH IS NEXT TO BE TRAVERSED BY SAID FIRST ROTOR.