Automatic car parking-meter for garages

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC PARKING METER FOR GARAGES OF THE TYPE HAVING PARKING SPACES EACH CONTROLLED BY A METER AND EACH HAVING A CLOSURE BLOCKING A CAR IN THE RESPECTIVE PARKING SPACE UNTIL PAYMENT OF THE FREE REGISTERED ON THE ASSOCIATED METER: THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A SOURCE OF RADIANT ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PARKING SPACE; A RESPECTIVE RADIANT ENERGY RESPONSIVE MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH RADIANT SOURCE; THE RECEIPT OF RADIANT ENERGY FROM A SOURCE THEREOF BY THE ASSOCIATED RESPONSIVE MEANS BEING INTERRUPTED RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF A CAR INTO THE ASSOCIATED PARKING SPACE; A SOURCE OF TIMING PULSES; NORMALLY OPEN CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING EACH RESPONSIVE MEANS TO SAID SOURCE OF TIMING PULSES AND OPERABLE TO A RESPECTIVE TO THE INTERRUPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY TO A RESPECTIVE RESPONSIVE MEANS, TO INITIATE DELIVERY OF TIMING PULSES FROM SAID SOURCE THEREOF TO THE ASSOCIATED METER; FIRST MEANS OPERABLE PERIODICALLY, FOR SHORT TIME PERIODS, TO ACTIVATE SAID SOURCES OF RADIANT ENERGY; AND SECOND MEANS OPERABLE PERIODICALLY, DURING SUCH SHORT TIME PERIODS, TO CLOSE SAID CIRCUIT MEANS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS OPERATING IN SYNCHRONISM, AND SAID FIRST MEANS, DURING EACH SUCH SHORT PERIOD, ACTIVATING SAID RADIANT ENERGY SOURCES SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF CLOSING OF SAID CIRCUIT MEANS TO ASSURE FULL ENERGIZATION OF SAID RADIANT ENERGY SOURCES BEFORE CLOSING OF SAID CIRCUIT MEANS.