Adjustable current-responsive device

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AN ADJUSTABLE CURRENT-RESPONSIVE DEVICE INCLUDING MOTION-TRANSMITTING MEANS COMPRISING: (A) A SUPPORT (B) A MOTION INPUT MEMBER; (C) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID MOTION INPUT MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS; (D) SAID MOTION INPUT MEMBER HAVING A CAM SURFACE THEREON; (E) A MOTION OUTPUT MEMBER; (F) MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID MOTION OUTPUT MEMBER ON SAID SUPPORT; (G) A CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER CARRIED BY SAID MOTION OUTPUT MEMBER; (H) MEANS RETAINING SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAM SURFACE OF SAID MOTION INPUT MEMBER WHEREBY THE POSITION OF SAID OUTPUT MEMBER IS DETERMINED BY THE POSITION OF SAID INPUT MEMBER; (I) SAID CAM SURFACE HAVING A FIRST PORTION IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAM FOLLOWER WHEN SAID MOTION INPUT MEMBER IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND PORTION IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID CAM FOLLOWER WHEN SAID MOTION INPUT MEMBER IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION, THE PORTION OF SAID CAM SURFACE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS COMPRISING A CAM PATH EXTENDING IN A PREDETERMINED DIRECTION AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL WIDTH TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PREDETERMINED DIRECTION; (J) MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER ON SAID MOTION OUTPUT MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF SAID PREDETERMINED CAM PATH DIRECTION TO SELECTIVELY POSITION SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER AT ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF WIDTH-WISE POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAM SURFACE, SAID CAM SURFACE HAVING A DIFFERENT CAM SLOPE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE PATH OF ENGAGEMENT OF SAID CAM FOLLOWER AND SAID CAM SURFACE WHEN SAID CAM FOLLOWER IS AT A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID WIDTH-WISE POSITIONS, WHEREBY THE TOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER AND SAID MOTION OUTPUT MEMBER AS SAID CAM MEMBER IS MOVED FROM SAID FIRST TO SAID SECOND POSITION IS DIFFERENT FOR EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF WIDTH-WISE POSITIONS OF SAID CAM FOLLOWER MEMBER WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAM SURFACE.