Automatic electrical target apparatus

Claim 1

A TARGET ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A HOUSING, A TARGET MOUNTED TO PIVOT BETWEEN AN OPERATIVE GENERALLY VERTICAL POSITION AND AN INOPERATIVE GENERALLY HORIZONTAL POSITION, AN IMPULSE SWITCH MEANS CARRIED BY THE TARGET ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED BY PHYSICALLY STRIKING THE TARGET, A REVERSIBLE ELECTRIC MOTOR WITHIN THE HOUSING OPERABLE TO MOVE SAID TARGET BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS, A SWITCH MEANS IN SAID HOUSING, SAID SWITCH MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO BE DIRECTLY ACTUATED BY SAID IMPULSE SWITCH MEANS TO ENERGIZE SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR AND MOVE THE TARGET TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION, A LIMIT SWITCH MEANS IN THE HOUSING ACTUATED BY CONTACT WITH THE TARGET IN SAID INOPERATIVE POSITION TO STOP SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND A CIRCUIT MEANS HAVING A MANUAL SWITCH MEANS, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS BEING OPERATIVE WHEN SAID MANUAL SWITCH MEANS IS CLOSED TO OPERATE SAID MOTOR TO MOVE SAID TARGET TO THE OPERATIVE POSITION, AND OPERATIVE WHEN SAID MANUAL SWITCH MEANS IS OPENED TO OPERATE SAID MOTOR TO MOVE SAID TARGET TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION, AND CONTROL MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID MOTOR TO RETURN SAID TARGET TO THE INOPERATIVE POSITION WHEN SAID IMPULSE SWITCH IS ACTUATED AND SAID MANUAL SWITCH MEANS IS CLOSED AS AFORESAID.