Adjustable controller for predeter-mined control-programs

Claim 1

A PROGRAMMER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONTROL DEVICES EACH INCLUDING A PAIR OF CONTROL ELEMENTS ONE OF WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE ROTATABLY DRIVEN RELATIVE TO THE OTHER, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY SUPPORTING AND DRIVEN ELEMENTS, DRIVING MEANS FOR CONCURRENTLY ROTATION SAID DRIVING ELEMENTS, ARRESTING MEANS FOR SAID DRIVEN ELEMENTS FOR BRINGING THEM TO STANDSTILL IN SET POSITIONS EACH IN LIKE ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ITS ASSOCIATED CONTROL ELEMENT DURING CONTINUED OPERATION OF SAID DRIVING MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVE DURING SAID CONTINUED OPERATION OF SAID DRIVING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID ARRESTING MEANS SELECTIVELY TO RELEASE SAID DRIVEN ELEMENTS FOR RESUMPTION OF ROTATION BY SAID DRIVING MEANS WITH SAID DRIVEN ELEMENTS IN DIFFERENT ANGULAR POSITIONS RELATIVE TO THEIR COMMON SET POSITIONS, WHEREBY THERE MAY BE ESTABLISHED A SELECTED REPETITIVE CONTROL CYCLE BY SAID CONTROL DEVICES.