Repeat mechanism for a clock controlled switch

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC CLOCK, A THREE-POSITION ELECTRICAL SWITCH, AN INSULATED SWITCH ACTUATOR ENGAGING SAID SWITCH, FIRST MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS WHICH WHEN MOVED IN ONE DIRECTION MOVES SAID ACTUATOR FROM A SWITCH OPEN POSITION TO CLOSE SAID SWITCH AND WHICH WHEN MOVED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SETS THE ACTUATOR FOR AUTOMATIC CLOSURE OF THE SWITCH, SPRING MEANS URGING SAID ACTUATOR IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, TIMING MEAS FOR RESTRAINING THE ACTUATOR IN THE SWITCH OPEN POSITION FOR RELEASING THE ACTUATOR AT A PRE-SET TEME TO PERMIT SAID SPRING MEANS TO MOVE THE ACTUATOR TO CLOSE THE SWITCH WHEN SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS HAS BEEN USED TO SET SAID SWITCH FOR AUTOMATIC CLOSURE, A TEMPORARY SWITCH OPENING MECHANISM COMPRISING AN INTERVAL LEVER WHICH ENGAGES AND COOPERATES WITH SAID ACTUATOR IN A MANNER SUCH THAT THE ACTUATOR RESTRAINS THE LEVER WHEN SAID SWITCH HAS BEEN SET FOR AUTOMATIC CLOSURE AND SAID OPENING MECHANISM HAS NOT BEEN PLACED IN OPERATION AND SAID LEVER HOLDS SAID ACTUATOR IN THE SWITCH OPEN POSITION WHEN THE ACTUATOR IS MOVED TO THE SWITCH OPEN POSITION BY OPERATION OF SAID MECHANISM, SECOND MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ACTUATOR TO THE SWITCH OPEN POSITION AND PLACING SAID MECHANISM IN OPERATION, AND GEAR MEANS FOR MOVING SAID LEVER FROM ITS ACTUATOR HOLDING POSITION AFTER A PREDETERMINED SHORT INTERVAL SO THAT THE ACTUATOR IS PERMITTED TO RETURN TO ITS SWITCH CLOSED POSITION RESPONSIVE TO SAID SPRING MEANS.