Intermittently actuated switch selector for an elevator control

Claim 1

IN AN ELEVATOR ARRANGEMENT, IN COMBINATION: (A) ELEVATOR CAGE MEANS ADAPTED TO TRAVEL ALONG A PREDETERMINED ROUTE; (B) ELONGATED CABLE MEANS HAVING A PORITON SECURED TO SAID CAGE MEANS HAVING A PORITON SECURED SAID CABLE MEANS PAST A FIXED CONTROL STATION WHEN SAID ELEVATOR CAGE MEANS TRAVELS ALONG SAID ROUTE; (C) A PLURALITY OF ABUTMENT MEMBERS FASTENED ON SAID CABLE MEANS IN LINGITUDINALLY SPACED RELATIONSHIP AND DEFINING A PATH OF TRAVEL SPACED FROM SAID CABLE; (D) A PLURALITY OF SWITCH MEANS; (E) INTERMITTENT MOTION PRODUCING MEANS INCLUDING A MOTION TRANSMITTING MEMBER SUPPORTED AT SAID CONTROL STATION IN SPACED RELATION TO SAID CABLE HAVING SPACED PROJECTIONS THEREON, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS NORMALLY POSITIONED IN SAID PATH OF TRAVEL ENGAGEABLE BY SAID ABUTMENT MEMBERS DURING SAID MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE MEANS AND OPERATIVELY ACTUATING THE SAID SWITCH MEANS FOR RESPECTIVELY ACTUATING THE SAME IN PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE WHEN SEQUENTIALLY ENGAGED BY SAID PLURALITY OF ABUTMENT MEMBERS; AND (F) THERE BEING SUBSTANTIAL SPACING BETWEEN ADJACENT ABUTMENT MEMBERS WHEREBY AN INTERMITTENT INDEXING MOVEMENT IS IMPARTED TO SAID MOTION TRANSMITING MEMBERS BY SAID LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CABLE.