Apparatus for simulating the operation of an electrical power generating plant

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APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING THE CORRECT START UP PROCEDURES REQUIRED TO START UP A FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM COMPRISING A SERIES OF OPERATING COMPONENTS FROM A NONOPERATIVE CONDITION TO AN OPERATIVE NORMAL RUNNING CONDITION IN WHICH SAID COMPONENTS ARE BROUGHT INTO OPERATION IN A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE AND COMPRISING: A PANEL HAVING A DISPLAY PORTION GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATING VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF SAID SYSTEM; FIRST AND SECOND LAMPS LOCATED ADJACENT EACH ILLUSTRATED COMPONENT FOR RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTING A NONOPERATING AND AN OPERATING CONDITION OF SAID COMPONENT; A PLURALITY OF START UP SWITCHES EACH HAVING A FIRST AND SECOND POSITION RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMPONENT NONOPERATING CONDITION AND A COMPONENT OPERATING CONDITION; A CIRCUIT CONNECTING SAID START UP SWITCHES WITH SAID LAMPS AND A SOURCE OF ENERGIZING VOLTAGE; SAID CIRCUIT INCLUDING SEQUENCE RESPONSIVE CONTROLLING MEANS FOR CONTROLLING ENERGIZATION OF SAID SECOND LAMPS ONLY IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE OF POSITIONING SAID SWITCHES FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITIONS, WHEREBY IF SAID PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE IS NOT FOLLOWED ENERGIZATION OF ALL OF SAID SECOND LAMPS WILL NOT OCCUR REPRESENTATIVE THAT THE CORRECT START UP PROCEDURES HAVE NOT BEEN FOLLOWED; SAID SEQUENCE RESPONSIVE CONTROLLING MEANS INCLUDES RELAYS HAVING RELAY COILS AND ASSOCIATED RELAY CONTACTS OPERATED BY SAID RELAY COILS, SAID RELAY COILS BEING ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED WITH SELECTED ONES OF SAID START UP SWITCHES; AND, SAID ASSOCIATED RELAY CONTACTS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH SELECTED ONES OF SAID START UP SWITCHES AND SELECTED ONES OF SAID SECOND LAMPS, WHEREBY SAID SELECTED SECOND LAMPS WILL BE ENERGIZED UPON POSITIONING OF SAID SELECTED SWITCHES TO THE SECOND POSITION ONLY WHEN SAID ASSOCIATED RELAY CONTACTS ARE CLOSED BY SAID ASSOCIATED RELAY COILS.