Automatic control device for vehicle lights

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE HAVING AN ENGINE WITH A GENERATOR AND A BATTERY, A PLURALITY OF LIGHTS, A LIGHT SWITCH AND A MAIN CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID LIGHT SWITCH CONDUCTIVELY CONNECTING SAID BATTERY TO SAID LIGHTS, SAID DEVICE BEING ADAPTED TO EXTINGUISH SAID LIGHTS A PREDETERMINED TIME AFTER STOPPAGE OF SAID ENGINE AND COMPRISING A FIRST BY-PASS CIRCUIT, A SECOND BY-PASS CIRCUIT, A FIST AUXILIARY CIRCUIT, A SECOND AUXILIARY CIRCUIT, AND AN AUXILIARY BY-PASS CIRCUIT, A CONTROL SWITCH MOVABLE BETWEEN AN OFF POSITION AND AN ON POSITION, MEANS ON SAID CONTROL SWITCH CLOSING SAID MAIN CIRCUIT ONLY IN SAID OFF POSITION, AND ADDITIONAL MEANS ON SAID CONTROL SWITCH CLOSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND BY-PASS CIRCUITS, SAID FIRST AND SECOND AUXILIARY CIRCUITS, AND SAID AUXILIARY BY-PASS CIRCUIT ONLY IN SAID ON POSITION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND BYPASS CIRCUITS CONDUCTIVELY CONNECTING SAID BATTERY TO SAID LIGHTS, A FIRST SWITCH ARM MOVABLE BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID GENERATOR OF SAID VEHICLE MAINTAINING SAID FIRST SWITCH ARM IN SAID FIRST POSITION WHEN SAID GENERATOR IS OPERATIVE, MEANS TO MOVE SAID FIRST SWITCH ARM TO SAID SECOND POSITION WHEN SAID GENERATOR IS INOPERATIVE, MEANS ON SAID FIRST SWITCH ARM MAINTAINING SAID FIRST BY-PASS CIRCUIT CLOSED ONLY WHEN SAID FIRST SWITCH IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION, ADDITIONAL MEANS ON SAID FIRST SWITCH ARM MAINTAINING SAID SECOND BY-PASS CIRCUIT, SAID FIRST