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A PLUG-IN CONTROL TIMER FOR SEQUENTIALLY ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING CONTACTS OF A PLURALITY OF FOLLOWER SWITCHES AT SELECTED INTERVALS OF TIME DURING A PROGRAMMED CYCLE COMPRISING: AN INTERMITTENTLY DRIVEN DRUM-SHAPED SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL CHANNELS IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, SAID CHANNELS INCLUDING RISE AND FALL CONTOURS; A PLURALITY OF MODULE MEANS, EACH OF SAID MODULE MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF FOLLOWER SWITCHES INCLUDING CONTACTS, SAID FOLLOWER SWITCHES RIDING IN SAID CHANNELS AND HAVING SAID CONTACTS BIASED TO ENGAGEMENT OR DISENGAGEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID CONTOURS OF SAID CHANNEL; SUB-INTERVAL ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING CAM MEANS DRIVEN AT A CONSTANT SPEED, SAID CAM MEANS INCLUDING RISE AND FALL CONTOURS, ARM MEANS INCLUDING ACTUATOR BLOCK MEANS RIDING ON SAID CONTOURS OF SAID CAM MEANS, SAID ARM MEANS DISPLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID CONTOURS OF SAID CAM MEANS CAUSING SAID ACTUATOR BLOCK MEANS TO ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE SAID CONTACTS THEREBY REOPENING AND DELAYING CLOSURE OF SAID CONTACTS IN RESPONSE TO THE ROTATION OF SAID CAM MEANS SO AS TO PROVIDE SUB-INTERVAL PROGRAMMING; AN AXIALLY POSITIONABLE SHAFT ROTATABLY COUPLED TO SAID DRUM-SHAPED MEANS; A LINE SWITCH MEANS; AND A LINE SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS OPERATED BY SAID SHAFT CLOSING SAID LINE SWITCH MEANS AS SAID SHAFT IS DEPRESSED AXIALLY.