Method for control supervision and protection of vehicles

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE CONTROL AND SUPERVISION OF VEHICLES ALONG A ROUTE COMPRISING: MEANS SUBDIVIDING SAID ROUTE INTO PREDETERMINED SECTIONS; FIRST DETECTING MEANS ABOARD SAID VEHICLE FOR DETECTING SAID SUBDIVIDING MEANS PASSED OVER BY SAID VEHICLE; FIRST COUNTING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST DETECTING MEANS FOR COUNTING SAID SUBDIVIDING MEANS PASSED OVER BY SAID VEHICLE; A CENTRAL CONTROL STATION COUPLED TO SAID ROUTE AT ONE END THEREOF; PULSE GENERATING MEANS AT SAID CENTRAL CONTROL STATION FOR GENERATING A TRAIN OF COUNTING PULSES; FIRST TRANSMITTING MEANS AT SAID CENTRAL CONTROL STATION COUPLED TO SAID PULSE GENERATING MENS AND TO SAID ROUTE FOR TRANSMITTING SAID COUNTING PULSES ALONG SAID ROUTE TO SAID VEHICLES; FIRST RECEIVING MEANS ABOARD SAID VEHICLE FOR RECEIVING SAID COUNTING PULSES; SECOND COUNTING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST RECEIVING MEANS FOR COUNTING SAID RECEIVED COUNTING PULSES; COMPARING MEANS ABOARD SAID VEHICLE COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND COUNTING MEANS FOR DETECTING WHEN THE NUMBER OF COUNTING PULSES RECEIVED IS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF SUBDIVIDING MEANS PASSED OVER BY SAID VEHICLE; SECOND TRANSMITTING MEANS ABOARD SAID VEHICLE COUPLED TO SAID COMPARING MEANS AND TO SAID ROUTE FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL TO SAID CENTRAL CONTROL STATION WHEN SAID NUMBER OF COUNTING PULSES RECEIVED IS EQUAL TO SAID NUMBER OF SUBDIVIDING MEANS PASSED OVER BY SAID VEHICLE; SECOND RECEIVING MEANS LOCATED AT SAID CENTRAL CONTROL STATION COUPLED TO SAID ROUTE FOR RECEIVING SAID SIGNAL; FIRST INTERRUPTING MEANS AT SAID CENTRAL CONTROL STATION COUPLED TO SAID SECOND RECEIVING MEANS AND TO SAID PULSE GENERATING MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING THE GENERATION OF SAID COUNTING PULSES FOR A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL RESPONSIVE TO THE RECEIPT OF SAID SIGNAL; AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID PULSE GENERATING MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID PULSE GENERATING MEANS TO START GENERATING SAID COUNTING PULSES AFTER A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL.