Rotary distributor, having time-delay line in rotor, for simultaneously distributing input, at different delays, to spaced stator points

Claim 1

PHASE SHIFTING APPARATUS COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF INSULATEDLY SEPARATED CONDUCTING PLATES SPACED ALONG A PATH, A TAPPED DELAY LINE HAVING A CONDUCTING PROJECTION EXTENDING FROM EACH TAP ACROSS SAID PATH WITH A GROUP OF SAID PROJECTIONS COOPERATING WITH A GROUP OF SAID PLATES TO ESTABLISH CAPACITIVE COUPLING THEREBETWEEN, SUPPORT MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID CONDUCTING PLATES IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID SUPPORT MEANS AND SAID DELAY LINE IN PREDETERMINED RELATIVELY MOVABLE RELATIONSHIP IN WHICH SAID PROJECTIONS AND SAID PLATES ARE RELATIVELY DISPLACEABLE ALONG SAID PATH TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF AT LEAST ONE OF SAID GROUPS, FIRST MEANS FOR EXCHANGING ENERGY WITH SAID DELAY LINE AND A PLURALITY OF SECOND MEANS FOR EXCHANGING ENERGY WITH RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID PLATES.