US3214985A
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Assignee: Controls Company of America
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Filing: 1962-08-09
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Granted: 1965-11-02
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Expires: 1982-08-09
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 August J Danek
- 👤 Allan E Visin
- 👤 Thomas M Clune
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 20:55
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H25/00; F16H25/16; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/18; Y10T74/18056; Y10T74/18288; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20576; Y10T74/20582; Y10T74/2063
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
A TIMER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, CONTROL MEANS, ROTATABLE CAM MEANS HAVING AT LEAST ONE NOTCH IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, ROTATABLE STOP MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST CIRCULAR DISK HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES ARRANGED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON ITS PERIPHERY AND A SECOND CIRCULAR DISK ADJACENT SAID FIRST DISK AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES ARRANGED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON ITS PERIPHERY, THE SPACING BETWEEN AND THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID SECOND CIRCULAR DISK BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE SPACING BETWEEN AND THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID FIRST CIRCULAR DISK, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A FOLLOWER BIASED TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAM MEANS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND DISKS OF SAID STOP MEANS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAM AND STOP MEANS FOR MOVEMENT AT A PREDETERMINED SPEED RATIO AND WITH SAID FIRST DISK ARRANGED RELATIVE TO SAID CAM MEANS TO POSITION ONE OF THE NOTCHES OF SAID FIRST DISK IN UNDERLYING RELATION WITH SAID FOLLOWER WHEN THE NOTCH ON SAID CAM MEANS UNDERLIES SAID FOLLOWER. AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND DISKS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN TO MOVE THE NOTCHES OF SAID SECOND DISK INTO AND OUT OF REGISTRY WITH THE NOTCHES IN SAID FIRST DISK AND VARY THE NUMBER OF NOTCHES OF SAID FIRST DISK WHICH ARE OPEN TO SAID FOLLOWER FOR RELEASE THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
224 words
A TIMER COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, CONTROL MEANS, ROTATABLE CAM MEANS HAVING AT LEAST ONE NOTCH IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF, ROTATABLE STOP MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST CIRCULAR DISK HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES ARRANGED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON ITS PERIPHERY AND A SECOND CIRCULAR DISK ADJACENT SAID FIRST DISK AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF NOTCHES ARRANGED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATIONSHIP ON ITS PERIPHERY, THE SPACING BETWEEN AND THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID SECOND CIRCULAR DISK BEING DIFFERENT FROM THE SPACING BETWEEN AND THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL EXTENSION OF THE NOTCHES IN SAID FIRST CIRCULAR DISK, ACTUATING MEANS FOR SAID CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A FOLLOWER BIASED TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAM MEANS AND THE FIRST AND SECOND DISKS OF SAID STOP MEANS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID CAM AND STOP MEANS FOR MOVEMENT AT A PREDETERMINED SPEED RATIO AND WITH SAID FIRST DISK ARRANGED RELATIVE TO SAID CAM MEANS TO POSITION ONE OF THE NOTCHES OF SAID FIRST DISK IN UNDERLYING RELATION WITH SAID FOLLOWER WHEN THE NOTCH ON SAID CAM MEANS UNDERLIES SAID FOLLOWER. AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST AND SECOND DISKS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN TO MOVE THE NOTCHES OF SAID SECOND DISK INTO AND OUT OF REGISTRY WITH THE NOTCHES IN SAID FIRST DISK AND VARY THE NUMBER OF NOTCHES OF SAID FIRST DISK WHICH ARE OPEN TO SAID FOLLOWER FOR RELEASE THEREOF.
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