Time display device for displaying the scheduled times in order of a series of consecutive events

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TIME DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING: (A) PLUGBOARD MEANS INCLUDING AN HOUR SECTION AND A MINUTE SECTION EACH COMPRISING ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS ARRANGED IN INTERSECTING ROWS AND COLUMNS, THE CONDUCTOR ROWS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH EVENTS WHICH ARE TO TAKE PLACE AND THE COLUMNS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE TIME OF SAID EVENTS, THE PLUGBOARD MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO PERMIT ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN INTERSECTING CONDUCTORS AND THEREBY DESIGNATE THE TIME OF EVENTS, (B) MEANS COMPRISING AS CONTROLLABLE EVENT STEPPING SWITCH ADAPTED FOR SCANNING AND SEQUENTIALLY APPLYING CONTROL SIGNALS TO SAID HOUR AND MINUTE ROW CONDUCTORS TO THEREBY CAUSE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO BE APPLIED TO THE COLUMN CONDUCTORS HAVING INTERCONNECTIONS WITH THE ROW CONDUCTORS, (C) INDICATOR MEANS COUPLED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS APPLIED TO THE HOUR AND MINUTE COLUMN CONDUCTORS FOR DISPLAYING THE TIME OF THE NEXT EVENT WHICH IS TO TAKE PLACE, (D) HOUR SCANNING MEANS INCLUDING A STEPPING SWITCH HAVING AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND ADAPTED FOR SCANNING THE COLUMN CONDUCTORS OF THE HOUR SECTION IN SYNCHRONISM WITH REAL TIME AND FOR COUPLING THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS ON SAID COLUMN CONDUCTORS TO THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT THEREOF, (E) MINUTE SCANNING MEANS INCLUDING A STEPPING SWITCH HAVING AN OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND ADAPTED FOR SCANNING THE COLUMN CONDUCTORS OF THE MINUTE SECTION IN SYNCHRONISM WITH REAL TIME AND FOR COUPLING THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS ON SAID MINUTE COLUMN CONDUCTORS TO THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT THEREOF, AND (F) MEANS COUPLED TO THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID HOUR AND MINUTE SCANNING MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR CAUSING SAID CONTROLLABLE EVENT STEPPING SWITCH TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROW OF CONDUCTORS IN RESPONSE TO AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL AT THE OUTPUT CIRCUIT OF SAID HOUR AND MINUTE SCANNING MEANS, AND THEREBY CAUSE THE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO BE APPLIED TO SAID ROWS IN SEQUENCE TO CAUSE SAID INDICATORS TO DISPLAY THE TIME OF THE NEXT EVENT WHICH IS TO TAKE PLACE.