System for the simultaneous step-by-step setting of a number of movable elements

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SETTING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS INCLUDING POSITION-INDICATING MEANS FOR INDICATING THE ACTUAL POSITION SETTING OF THE MOVABLE ELEMENTS; AND A PULSERESPONSIVE DRIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS FOR STEP-BY-STEP SETTING OF THE MOVABLE ELEMENT, SAID DRIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDING, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL STEPPING PULSES: A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED SWITCHING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL STEPPING PULSES TO EACH OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDINGS RESPECTIVELY; A PLURALITY OF SIGNALING-BACK MEANS, EACH OF SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION-INDICATING MEANS OF ONE OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR GENERATING POSITION-INDICATING SIGNALS IN CODED FORM REPRESENTING THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT; A MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE REGISTER FOR STORING SIGNALS IN CODED FORM REPRESENTING THE DESIRED POSITION OF EACH OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, A COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE SIGNALS STORED IN SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS AND A SECOND INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE SIGNALS FROM SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS, SAID COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING OUTPUT MEANS FOR GENERATING AN EQUALITY CONTROL SIGNAL WHEN THE SIGNALS RECEIVED AT SAID FIRST AND SECOND INPUT MEANS REPRESENT THE SAME POSITION; A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED GATING MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH OF SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS TO THE FIRST INPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS; AND SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMMING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SELECTING FROM SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS AND TRANSFERRING TO THE SECOND INPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS THE SIGNALS FROM A STORAGE LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT AND ENERGIZING THE CONTROLLED GATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT SO THAT SAID COMPARISON MEANS COMPRARES THE SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE DESIRED POSITION AND THE SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE ACTUAL POSITION OF SAID PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT; EACH OF SAID CONTROLLED SWITCHING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS AND SAID SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMMING MEANS TO PREVENT THE FURTHER TRANSMISSION OF STEPPING PULSES FROM SAID SOURCE OF STEPPING PULSES TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDING OF ITS ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT WHEN THE OUTPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS GENERATES AN EQUALITY CONTROL SIGNAL RESULTING FROM THE COMPARISON OF THE SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE DESIRED AND ACTUAL POSITIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SETTING A PLURALITY OF MOVABLE ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS INCLUDING POSITION-INDICATING MEANS FOR INDICATING THE ACTUAL POSITION SETTING OF THE MOVABLE ELEMENTS; AND A PULSERESPONSIVE DRIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS FOR STEP-BY-STEP SETTING OF THE MOVABLE ELEMENT, SAID DRIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDING, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL STEPPING PULSES: A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED SWITCHING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL STEPPING PULSES TO EACH OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDINGS RESPECTIVELY; A PLURALITY OF SIGNALING-BACK MEANS, EACH OF SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE POSITION-INDICATING MEANS OF ONE OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR GENERATING POSITION-INDICATING SIGNALS IN CODED FORM REPRESENTING THE ACTUAL POSITION OF THE ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT; A MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE REGISTER FOR STORING SIGNALS IN CODED FORM REPRESENTING THE DESIRED POSITION OF EACH OF SAID MOVABLE ELEMENTS, RESPECTIVELY, A COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE SIGNALS STORED IN SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS AND A SECOND INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE SIGNALS FROM SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS, SAID COMPARISON MEANS INCLUDING OUTPUT MEANS FOR GENERATING AN EQUALITY CONTROL SIGNAL WHEN THE SIGNALS RECEIVED AT SAID FIRST AND SECOND INPUT MEANS REPRESENT THE SAME POSITION; A PLURALITY OF CONTROLLED GATING MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH OF SAID SIGNALING-BACK MEANS TO THE FIRST INPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS; AND SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMMING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SELECTING FROM SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE MEANS AND TRANSFERRING TO THE SECOND INPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS THE SIGNALS FROM A STORAGE LOCATION ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT AND ENERGIZING THE CONTROLLED GATING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT SO THAT SAID COMPARISON MEANS COMPRARES THE SIGNAL REPRESENTING THE DESIRED POSITION AND THE SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE ACTUAL POSITION OF SAID PARTICULAR MOVABLE ELEMENT; EACH OF SAID CONTROLLED SWITCHING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS AND SAID SEQUENTIAL PROGRAMMING MEANS TO PREVENT THE FURTHER TRANSMISSION OF STEPPING PULSES FROM SAID SOURCE OF STEPPING PULSES TO THE ELECTROMAGNETIC WINDING OF ITS ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT WHEN THE OUTPUT MEANS OF SAID COMPARISON MEANS GENERATES AN EQUALITY CONTROL SIGNAL RESULTING FROM THE COMPARISON OF THE SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE DESIRED AND ACTUAL POSITIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED MOVABLE ELEMENT.