Device for regulating multiple concurrent electrical pulses

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR REGULATING MULTIPLE ELECTRIC PULSES COMPRISING AN OPERATING SHAFT, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED MULTIPLE-CONTACT WAFER SWITCHES SPACED AXIALLY OF SAID SHAFT AND EACH HAVING AN INSULATING SUPPORT WITH A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED CONTACTS THEREON, CORRESPONDING CONTACTS OF ALL WAFER SWITCHES BEING ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED SETS, EACH WAFER SWITCH ALSO HAVING A WIPER CONTACTOR INSULATED FROM AND DRIVINGLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT SUBSTANTIALLY IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND ARRANGED TO BE OPERABLE TO ENGAGE SEPARATELY EACH CONTACT OF ITS RESPECTIVE MULTIPLE-CONTACT WAFER SWITCH, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID WIPER CONTACTORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONTACT ON RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WAFERS AND RESILIENTLY OPPOSING DISENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, ELECTRIC PULSE REGULATING MEANS MOUNTED FOR OPERATION BY SAID WIPER CONTACTS RESILIENT BIASING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATION OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ALL OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND OPERABLE FOR PROVIDING A CLOSED CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID REGULATING MEANS SUBSEQUENT TO THE MAKING OF CONTACT BY ALL OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS WITH ANY ONE SET OF ALIGNED CONTACTS ON ASSOCIATED WAFERS AND FOR OPENING SUCH CIRCUIT PRIOR TO THE BREAKING OF CONTACT BY ANY OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS WITH ANY CONTACT OF SUCH ALIGNED SET OF CONTACTS PROVIDING FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ENERGIZING SAID SIMULTANEOUSLY DEENERGIZING CIRCUITS THROUGH ALL SAID WIPER CONTACTORS, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DURATION OF SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT OF SAID REGULATING MEANS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR REGULATING MULTIPLE ELECTRIC PULSES COMPRISING AN OPERATING SHAFT, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SPACED MULTIPLE-CONTACT WAFER SWITCHES SPACED AXIALLY OF SAID SHAFT AND EACH HAVING AN INSULATING SUPPORT WITH A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED CONTACTS THEREON, CORRESPONDING CONTACTS OF ALL WAFER SWITCHES BEING ARRANGED IN SUBSTANTIALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED SETS, EACH WAFER SWITCH ALSO HAVING A WIPER CONTACTOR INSULATED FROM AND DRIVINGLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT SUBSTANTIALLY IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND ARRANGED TO BE OPERABLE TO ENGAGE SEPARATELY EACH CONTACT OF ITS RESPECTIVE MULTIPLE-CONTACT WAFER SWITCH, MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID WIPER CONTACTORS INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH A CONTACT ON RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WAFERS AND RESILIENTLY OPPOSING DISENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, ELECTRIC PULSE REGULATING MEANS MOUNTED FOR OPERATION BY SAID WIPER CONTACTS RESILIENT BIASING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPERATION OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ALL OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS AND OPERABLE FOR PROVIDING A CLOSED CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID REGULATING MEANS SUBSEQUENT TO THE MAKING OF CONTACT BY ALL OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS WITH ANY ONE SET OF ALIGNED CONTACTS ON ASSOCIATED WAFERS AND FOR OPENING SUCH CIRCUIT PRIOR TO THE BREAKING OF CONTACT BY ANY OF SAID WIPER CONTACTORS WITH ANY CONTACT OF SUCH ALIGNED SET OF CONTACTS PROVIDING FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ENERGIZING SAID SIMULTANEOUSLY DEENERGIZING CIRCUITS THROUGH ALL SAID WIPER CONTACTORS, AND MEANS FOR ADJUSTING THE DURATION OF SAID CLOSED CIRCUIT OF SAID REGULATING MEANS.