Television scanning device for providing remote motor indication

Claim 1

A REMOTE WEATHER INFORMATION MONITORING DEVICE FOR VISUALLY REPRODUCING FOR REMOTE OBSERVATION A SERIES OF DATA PRODUCING INSTRUMENTS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING: A VERTICALLY UPRIGHT MOUNTING BOARD HAVING A SEMICIRCULAR SHAPE; A BASE MEMBER FOR SUPPORTING SAID MOUNTING BOARD; A SERIES OF INSTRUMENT DIALS ATTACHED IN A FIXED PREDETERMINED SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP ON SAID MOUNTING BOARD; AN UPRIGHT OSCILLATING SHAFT EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID BASE MEMBER LOCATED HORIZONTALLY A SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL DISTANCE FROM EACH OF SAID INSTRUMENT DIALS ON SAID MOUNTING BOARD; A TELEVISION CAMERA SUPPORTED ON SID SHAFT AND DIRECTED TOWARD SAID MOUNTING BOARD; A MOTOR MOUNTED ON SAID BASE MEMBER; AND AN OSCILLATING GEAR DRIVE MEANS INTERCCONNECTING SAID MOTOR AND SAID SHAFT FOR CONTINUOUSLY TURNING AID SHAFT BACK AND FORTH ON PARTIAL REVOLUTION CYCLES; THE SAID OSCILLATING GEAR DRIVE MEANS INCLUDING A PINION ON THE LOWER END OF SAID SHAFT AND AN ANNULAR GEAR HAVING A TOOTHED SEGMENT MESHED WITH SAID PINION; A SECOND GEAR OPPOSITE SAID ANNULAR GEAR DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR; AN ARM PIVOTED ECCENTRICALLY AT EACH END TO SAID ANNULAR GEAR AND SAID SECOND GEAR, RESECTIVELY; WHEREBY SAID TELEVISION CAMERA IS CAUSED TO REVERSIBLY SCAN FROM ONE END OF SAID MOUNTING BOARD TO THE OTHER AT A CONSTANT RATE WHILE VIEWING SAID DIALS.