Variable sequential time control relay system

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AN AUTOMATIC RECLOSING RELAY SYSTEM FOR RECLOSING A CIRCUIT BREAKER COMPRISING: MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A TIME-BASE CONTROL CYCLE HAVING A CERTAIN PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM TIME-BASE INTERVALS, SAID TIME-BASE MEANS INCLUDING: A STEPPING CYCLER ROTATABLE THROUGH A CYCLE OF STEPS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID CERTAIN PLURALITY AND HAVING MEANS FOR RETAINING SAID CYCLER IN ROTATIONAL POSITION AFTER EACH STEP, A PLURALITY OF CAM MEANS LINKED TO AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID STEPPING CYCLER INCLUDING A RESET CAM MEANS HAVING A CERTAIN OPERATING POSITION CORRESPONDING TO A FIRST ONE OF SAID STEPS, AND A CLOSING CAM MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS INDIVIDUALLY ADJUSTABLE TO DIFFERENT OPERATING POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID STEPS, A PLURALITY OF SWITCHES, EACH OF SAID CAM MEANS BEING INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SWITCHES FOR ACTUATION THEREOF, AND A TIMING CIRCUIT HAVING A TIME-DELAY PERIOD EQUAL TO SAID TIME-BASE INTERVAL AND HAVING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING A STEPPING SIGNAL TO SAID CYCLER; AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT INCLUDING MEANS CONNECTING SAID SWITCHES IN A PLURALITY OF CONTROL NETWORKS FOR INITIATING OPERATION OF SAID TIMING CIRCUIT UPON TRIPPING OF SAID BREAKER WHEN SAID STEPPING CYCLER IS IN ITS FIRST-STEP POSITION AND FOR PRODUCING A BREAKER RECLOSING SIGNAL AFTER TRIPPING OF SAID BREAKER AND WHEN ONE OF SAID ADJUSTABLE CLOSING CAM ELEMENTS IS IN ITS RESPECTIVE OPERATING POSITION.