Apparatus for teaching or testing an applicant

Claim 1

An apparatus for teaching or testing an applicant comprising: a screen supported for viewing by an applicant; a projector having A plurality of slides including means of projecting the slides one at a time onto said screen, each of said slides presenting a question to be answered; a score switch operable by an applicant for indication of answers selected by such applicant; a clock means generating evenly time spaced electrical pulses; a counter selectably connected to receive and count pulses from said clock means, said counter including means to count form one to n and recycle sequentially to one without passing through zero, n being a preselected maximum count number; means connecting said counter to said clock means in response to the projection of a said slide onto said screen whereby said counter starts counting; means of disconnecting said counter from said clock means in response to the actuation of said score switch whereby said counter is stopped when said score switch is actuated; and means of automatically advancing said projector the number of slides corresponding to the count at which said counter is stopped.

Claim 2

An apparatus for teaching or testing an applicant comprising: a screen supported for viewing by an applicant; a projector having A plurality of slides including means of projecting the slides one at a time onto said screen, each of said slides presenting a question to be answered; a score switch operable by an applicant for indication of answers selected by such applicant; a clock means generating evenly time spaced electrical pulses; a counter selectably connected to receive and count pulses from said clock means, said counter including means to count form one to n and recycle sequentially to one without passing through zero, n being a preselected maximum count number; means connecting said counter to said clock means in response to the projection of a said slide onto said screen whereby said counter starts counting; means of disconnecting said counter from said clock means in response to the actuation of said score switch whereby said counter is stopped when said score switch is actuated; and means of automatically advancing said projector the number of slides corresponding to the count at which said counter is stopped.

Claim 9

An apparatus for teaching or testing an applicant comprising: a rear lighted screen supported for viewing by an applicant; a projector for projecting a slide onto said screen rearward side, said projector including means of projecting an image displaying a question section in the upper portion of said screen and an answer section in the lower portion of said screen; a shield pivotally supported adjacent said screen and pivotally positionable between a first and second position, said shield in said first position serving to obstruct said answer portion of said image to prevent the same from being displayed on said screen and in said second position serving to unobstruct said answer portion of said image to permit the same to be displayed in said screen; a score switch means adjacent said screen operable by applicant; means of automatically pivoting said shield to said second position after said score switch means has been actuated by an applicant; a clock means generating evenly time spaced electrical pulses; a counter seleCtably connected to receive and count pulses from said clock means from one to n and recycle to one sequentially without passing through zero; means connecting said counter to said clock means in response to the projection of said slide onto said screen; means of disconnecting said counter from said clock means when said score button is actuated whereby said counter is stopped at a count from one to n depending upon time at which said score button is actuated; and means of automatically advancing said projector the number of slides corresponding to the count at which said counter is stopped.

Claim 10

An apparatus for teaching or testing an applicant comprising: a rear lighted screen supported for viewing by an applicant; a projector for projecting a slide onto said screen rearward side, said projector including means of projecting an image displaying a question section in the upper portion of said screen and an answer section in the lower portion of said screen; a shield pivotally supported adjacent said screen and pivotally positionable between a first and second position, said shield in said first position serving to obstruct said answer portion of said image to prevent the same from being displayed on said screen and in said second position serving to unobstruct said answer portion of said image to permit the same to be displayed in said screen; a score switch means adjacent said screen operable by applicant; means of automatically pivoting said shield to said second position after said score switch means has been actuated by an applicant; a clock means generating evenly time spaced electrical pulses; a counter seleCtably connected to receive and count pulses from said clock means from one to n and recycle to one sequentially without passing through zero; means connecting said counter to said clock means in response to the projection of said slide onto said screen; means of disconnecting said counter from said clock means when said score button is actuated whereby said counter is stopped at a count from one to n depending upon time at which said score button is actuated; and means of automatically advancing said projector the number of slides corresponding to the count at which said counter is stopped.