Switching systems for step-by-step transmission of angular quantities

Claim 1

A TRANSMITTER FOR AN ANGULAR POSITION INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINALS A FIRST GROUP OF A LIKE PLURALITY OF SINGLE POLE DOUBLE THROW SWITCHES HAVING A NORMALLY OPEN AND A NORMALLY CLOSED CONTACT AND HAVING THEIR POLES CONNECTED WITH SAID TERMINALS, A SECOND GROUP OF A LIKE PLURALITY OF SWITCHES HAVING A SINGLE POLE AND A NORMALLY OPEN CONTACT, SAID GROUPS COMPRISING A CONSECUTIVE SERIES AND BEING SUPPORTED IN SAID TRANSMITTER, MEANS CONNECTING THE NORMALLY CLOSED CONTACTS OF SWITCHES OF SAID FIRST GROUP WITH POLES OF CORRESPONDING SWITCHES OF SAID SECOND GROUP, A ROTATABLE SHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID TRANSMITTER HAVING CAM ACTUATOR MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACTUATING SAID POLES OF SAID SWITCHES TO CLOSED CONTACT POSITION WITH THEIR NORMALLY OPEN CONTACTS AT PREDETERMINED ANGULAR POSITIONS OF SAID SHAFT, EACH POLE BEING ACTUATED CONSECUTIVELY ON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, MEANS ACTUATED CONSECUTIVELY ON ROTATION OF SAID SHAFT, SAID SWITCHES FOR BIASING WITH ONE POLARITY, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE NORMALLY OPEN CONTACTS OF REMAINING SWITCHES FOR BIASING WITH OPPOSITE POLARITY.