Overcurrent protection apparatus

Claim 1

AN OVERCURRENT PROTECTION NETWORK COMPRISING: FIRST MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH A DEVICE TO BE PROTECTED FROM EXCESSIVE CURRENT FOR PROVIDING A FIRST SIGNAL RESPONSIVE TO THE CURRENT MAGNITUDE; SECOND MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT RELATION WITH SAID FIRST MEANS TO PRODUCE A PULSED SECOND SIGNAL WHEN CURRENT IN THE DEVICE TO BE PROTECTED EXCEEDS A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE; MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR TIMING MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT RELATION WITH SAID SECOND MEANS; SAID MONOSTABLE MULTIVIBRATOR TIMING MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND CLOCKS; THE FIRST OF SAID CLOCKS HAVING AN INPUT CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND MEANS; THE OTHER OF SAID CLOCKS BEING CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE FIRST CLOCK SO THAT ONE CLOCK IS ON WHILE THE OTHER CLOCK IS RESETTING; BOTH OF SAID CLOCKS PROVIDING OUTPUT SIGNALS WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO TURN OFF THE PROTECTED DEVICE FOR A PREDETERMINED PERIOD WHEN SAID SECOND MEANS SENSES AN OVERCURRENT AND PROVIDES A PULSED SECOND SIGNAL;