Alternating energy control system

Claim 1

IN A CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING MECHANICAL ENERGY OF ALTERNATING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMPONENTS AT A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, THE COMBINATION OF: (1) A POWER SOURCE; (2) A MOVABLE MEMBER HAVING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE PROPERTIES, SAID MEMBER HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS; (3) GENERATING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID POWER SOURCE FOR APPLYING AN ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD TO SAID MEMBER; (4) FIRST AND SECOND HOLDING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY ENGAGING SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, EACH POSITIONED NEAR AN END THEREOF; AND (5) CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID GENERATING MEANS, SAID POWER SOURCE, AND SAID HOLDING MEANS AND OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO APPLIED FIRST AND SECOND CONTROL SIGNALS TO ALTERNATIVELY ENERGIZE FIRST AND SECOND HOLDING MEANS AT TIMES OF RELATIVELY MAXIMUM AND RELATIVELY MINIMUM APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD; SAID CONTROL MEANS RESPONDING TO FIRST CONTROL SIGNALS TO ENERGIZE SAID FIRST HOLDING MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID MEMBER AT APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD MAXIMUMS, AND RESPONDING TO SECOND CONTROL SIGNALS TO ENERGIZE SAID SECOND HOLDING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID MEMBER AT APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELD MAXIMUMS.