Portable visual signal device for giving visual morse code signals

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALLING DEVICE COMPRISING A PORTABLE CASING, A BATTERY MOUNTED IN THE CASING, A LIGHT BULB MOUNTED IN THE CASING AND CONNECTED IN A FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO THE BATTERY, AND A CIRCUIT BREAKER MOUNTED IN THE CASING AND CONNECTED IN SERIES IN SAID FIRST CIRCUIT AND BEING ADAPTED TO ALTERNATELY UPON AND CLOSE THE LATTER, SAID CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING A ROTATABLE MEMBER, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR CONNECTED IN A SECOND CIRCUIT TO THE BATTERY AND GEARED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER TO DRIVE THE LATTER, A PAIR OF CONTACT POINTS IN THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BEING BIASED TOWARDS EACH OTHER ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROTATABLE MEMBER, AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED CONTACT ELEMENTS SECURED TO THE ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, EACH OF SAIDELEMENTS PRESENTING CONTACT SURFACES ON EACH SIDE OF ROTATABLE MEMBER AND ARRANGED SO THAT AS THE ROTATABLE MEMBER IS ROTATED EACH ELEMENT WILL, IN TURN, SIMULTANEOUSLY BRUSH EACH OF THE CONTACT POINS TO CLOSE THE FIRST ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT AND THEREBY ENERGIZE THE LIGHT BOULB, SAID CONTACT ELEMENTS BEING SPACED SO THAT THE LIGHT BULB WILL EMIT FLASHES OF LIGHT IN A SEQUENCE CORRESPONDING TO AN S.O.S. SIGNAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE.