Control apparatus

Claim 1

CONTROL APPARATUS THE COMBINATION COMPRISING SELECTION MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CIRCUITS AT WHICH TIMED CONTROL SIGNALS ARE SEQUENTIALLY APPLIED AND REMOVED, ONE BY ONE, SAID SELECTION MEANS COMPRISING A ROTARY SWITCH MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS AND A BRUSH FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID SWITCH CONTACTS, MOTOR MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID BRUSH CAUSING ELECTRICAL CONTACT TO BE SEQUENTIALLY MADE AND BROKEN WITH SAID CONTACTS, SAID SELECTION MEANS ADDITIONALLY COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CAM ACTUATED SWITCH COUPLED TO SAID BRUSH AND ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED AFTER SAID BRUSH IS IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH ONE OF SAID CONTACTS AND APPLY A CONTROL SIGNAL THERETO, TIMING MEANS INCLUDING A REFERENCE MEMBER, TIMING MOTOR MEANS MECHANICALLY COUPLED TO THE REFERENCE MEMBER AND OPERATIVE FOR ROTATING THE REFERENCE MEMBER AND THEREBY CAUSE THE MEMBER TO PROVIDE AN INDICATION OF ELAPSED TIME FROM A REFERENCE POSITION OF THE MEMBER, RESET MOTOR MEANS MECHANICALLY COUPLED TO THE REFERENCE MEMBER AND OPERATIVE FOR CAUSING REFERENCE MEMBER TO RESET TO SAID REFERENCE POSITION AND CLUTCH MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN THE TIMING MOTOR MEANS AND THE REFERENCE MEMBER TO PERMIT SAID REFERENCE MEMBER TO BE RESET; PROGRAMMING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SELECTION MEANS AND OPERATIVE FOR PROVIDING A SEPARATE INDICATION OF THE DESIRED TIME A SIGNAL IS TO BE APPLIED AT EACH OF SAID OUTPUT CIRCUITS; AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO SAID SELECTION MEANS INCLUDING COMPARE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID REFERENCE MEMBER AND PROGRAMMING MEANS AND ADAPTED FOR APPLYING A CONTROL SIGNAL TO SAID SELECTION MEANS IN RESPONSE TO A COINCIDENCE BETWEEN THE PROGRAMMED TIME FOR A PARTICULAR ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CIRCUITS AND THE ELAPSED TIME INDICATED BY SAID REFERENCE MEMBER CAUSING THE TIMED CONTROL SIGNAL TO BE REMOVED FROM THE OUTPUT CIRCUITS OF SAID SELECTION MEANS.