Programing device for operating a control circuit of an automatic machine

Claim 1

IN A CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE CHARACTERIZED BY A ROTATABLE DISC OF RELATIVELY DUCTILE MATERIAL MOUNTED ON A SHAFT DRIVEN BY THE MACHINE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY SPACED AND RELATIVELY ANGULARLY DISPLACED SURFACE DEFORMATIONS AND A ROW OF SAPCED ELECTRIC SWITCHES FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE OPERATIONS POSITIONED TO BE ACTUATED IN SEQUENCE BY SAID DISC DEFORMATIONS, THE PROVISION OF A FIXED SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR MOUNTING MEMBER, MEANS CARRIED BY SUPPORT MEMBER FOR SELECTIVE MOVEMENT AWAY FROM OPERATIVE POSITIONS ADJACENT THE DISC TO EXPOSE THE SURFACE OF A NON-DEFORMED DISC TO BE DEFORMED IN SITU ACCORDING TO A DESIRED SEQUENCE OF OPERATIONS OF SID MACHINE, MEANS MOUNTING A DISC DEFORMING UNIT FOR MEASURED DISPLACEMENT SUBSTANTIALLY RAIDALLY OF SAID NON-DEFORMED DISC, AND MEANS ON SAID UNIT FOR DEFORMING SAID DISC TO PROVIDE SAID SURFACE DEFORMATIONS, SAID DISC BEING SO DEFORMED WHEN IT HAS BEEN ANGULARLY POSITIONED BY THE MACHINE IN ACCORD WITH THE PARTICULAR OPERATION AND SAID UNIT HAS BEEN DISPLACED TO THE RADIAL LOCATION OF THE ASSOCIATED SWITCH.