Remotely monitoring code signaling system utilizing a rotatable coded surface which activates a bistable device and signalling mechanism

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE OPERATING CONDITION OF EQUIPMENT AT ONE LOCATION FROM ANOTHER LOCATION COMPRISING (A) A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING SIGNALS BETWEEN THE MONITORING LOCATION AND THE LOCATION OF THE EQUIPMENT, (B) A SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS CAPABLE OF TRANSMISSION FROM THE LOCATION OF THE EQUIPMENT TO THE MONITORING LOCATION OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, (C) A PLURALITY OF BISTATE DEVICES WHICH BY THEIR STATE INDICATE THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE MONITORED, (D) A PLURALITY OF SWITCHING MEANS WHICH SWITCH CIRCUITS BY THEIR SWITCHING ACTION, (E) A PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS EACH CONTAINING SAID SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS AND AT LEAST ONE EACH OF SAID BISTATE MEANS AND SAID SWITCHING MEANS SO THAT TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SWITCHING ACTION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS, (F) A ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS WITH A CODED SURFACE WHICH AS THE ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS ROTATES CAUSES SAID SWITCHING MEANS TO SWITCH SAID CIRCUITS IN CODED SEQUENCE SO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WILL BE A FUNCTION OF THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE CODED SEQUENCE, (G) MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS TO ROTATE SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS AND THEREBY CAUSE SAID CODED SURFACE TO SWITCH SAID SWITCHING MEANS IN CODED SEQUENCE AND (H) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SIGNALS RECEIVED OVER SAID COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AT THE EQUIPMENT LOCATION TO ACTIVATE SAID MOTOR MEANS SO IT ROTATES SAID ROTATING MEMBER TO SWITCH SAID SWITCHING MEANS IN SAID CODED SEQUENCE.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE OPERATING CONDITION OF EQUIPMENT AT ONE LOCATION FROM ANOTHER LOCATION COMPRISING (A) A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING SIGNALS BETWEEN THE MONITORING LOCATION AND THE LOCATION OF THE EQUIPMENT, (B) A SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS CAPABLE OF TRANSMISSION FROM THE LOCATION OF THE EQUIPMENT TO THE MONITORING LOCATION OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, (C) A PLURALITY OF BISTATE DEVICES WHICH BY THEIR STATE INDICATE THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT TO BE MONITORED, (D) A PLURALITY OF SWITCHING MEANS WHICH SWITCH CIRCUITS BY THEIR SWITCHING ACTION, (E) A PLURALITY OF CIRCUITS EACH CONTAINING SAID SIGNAL PRODUCING MEANS AND AT LEAST ONE EACH OF SAID BISTATE MEANS AND SAID SWITCHING MEANS SO THAT TRANSMISSION OF SIGNALS OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IS DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SWITCHING ACTION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS, (F) A ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS WITH A CODED SURFACE WHICH AS THE ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS ROTATES CAUSES SAID SWITCHING MEANS TO SWITCH SAID CIRCUITS IN CODED SEQUENCE SO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION OVER THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WILL BE A FUNCTION OF THE OPERATING CONDITION OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE CODED SEQUENCE, (G) MOTOR MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS TO ROTATE SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER MEANS AND THEREBY CAUSE SAID CODED SURFACE TO SWITCH SAID SWITCHING MEANS IN CODED SEQUENCE AND (H) MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SIGNALS RECEIVED OVER SAID COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AT THE EQUIPMENT LOCATION TO ACTIVATE SAID MOTOR MEANS SO IT ROTATES SAID ROTATING MEMBER TO SWITCH SAID SWITCHING MEANS IN SAID CODED SEQUENCE.