Gauge actuated circuit control unit

Claim 2

A gauge actuated circuit control unit comprising in combination: a base having upper and lower faces; a fluid pressure gauge having a body, and a reciprocative indicating element mounted for reciprocation relative to said body, said reciprocative element and said body having cooperating pressure indicative indicia thereon, movement of said reciprocative element being responsive to changes of fluid pressure within the gauge, said gauge having an inlet ported neck for entry of pressured fluid; means supporting the gauge upon the upper face of the base with the ported neck arranged for connection with a source of pressured fluid; a conical control head mounted upon the reciprocative element at the end thereof for movement therewith, said control head having an inclined conical wall or camming face; at least one electric circuit controller including a movable actuator, means mounting said controller in a normally fixed relationship to the base, with the actuator thereof in the path of movement of said camming face of the control head, whereby said control head in reciprocating moves the actuator and activates said controller and a transparent protective cover supported by said base in position to envelop the pressure gauge, its control head, and said circuit controller.

Claim 3

A gauge actuated circuit control unit comprising in combination: a base having upper and lower faces; a fluid pressure gauge having a body, and a reciprocative indicating element mounted for reciprocation relative to said body, said reciprocative element and said body having cooperating pressure indicative indicia thereon, movement of said reciprocative element being responsive to changes of fluid pressure within the gauge, said gauge having an inlet ported neck for entry of pressured fluid; means supporting the gauge upon the upper face of the base with the ported neck arranged for connection with a source of pressured fluid; a conical control head mounted upon the reciprocative element at the end thereof for movement therewith, said control head having an inclined conical wall or camming face; at least one electric circuit controller including a movable actuator, means mounting said controller in a normally fixed relationship to the base, with the actuator thereof in the path of movement of said camming face of the control head, whereby said control head in reciprocating moves the actuator and activates said controller and a transparent protective cover supported by said base in position to envelop the pressure gauge, its control head, and said circuit controller.

Claim 4

A gauge actuated circuit control unit comprising in combination: a base having upper and lower faces; a fluid pressure gauge having a body, and a reciprocative indicating element mounted for reciprocation relative to said body, said reciprocative element and said body having cooperating pressure indicative indicia thereon, movement of said reciprocative element being responsive to changes of fluid pressure within the gauge, said gauge having an inlet ported neck for entry of pressured fluid; means supporting the gauge upon the upper face of the base with the ported neck arranged for connection with a source of pressured fluid; a conical control head mounted upon the reciprocative element at the end thereof for movement therewith, said control head having an inclined conical wall or camming face; at least one electric circuit controller including a movable actuator, means mounting said controller in a normally fixed relationship to the base, with the actuator thereof in the path of movement of said camming face of the control head, whereby said control head in reciprocating moves the actuator and activates said controller and a transparent protective cover supported by said base in position to envelop the pressure gauge, its control head, and said circuit controller.

Claim 5

The combination as defined by claim 1, wherein is included a plurality of electric circuit controllers each having an actuator subject to actuation by the camming face of the control head.

Claim 6

The combination as defined by claim 2, wherein is included means for selectively varying the positions of said actuators relative to said camming face, for varying the sequence of operation of said controllers.

Claim 7

The combination as defined by claim 3, wherein said means last mentioned comprises adjustment means associated with said controller mounting means, for effecting selective positioning of the controllers at different elevations relative to a face of said base.

Claim 8

The combination as defined by claim 3, wherein said means last mentioned comprises adjustment means for the selective positioning of the controller actuators at different elevations upon the camming face of the control head.

Claim 9

The combination as defined by claim 1, wherein is included at least one non-actuatable electrical component supported in fixed relationship to said base.

Claim 10

The combination as defined by claim 1, wherein is included at least one non-actuatable electrical component supported within the confines of said cover.

Claim 11

A gauge actuated circuit control unit comprising in combination: a planar base having upper and lower faces; a fluid pressure gauge including an elongate cylindrical body carrying an external calibrated scale, and a reciprocative transparent window element cylindrically formed and concentrically surrounding the cylindrical body and said scale; said body including an inlet port for pressured fluid; means responsive to changes of fluid pressure within said body for reciprocating said window element axially of said body; means supporting the gauge in upright position upon the base, with said inlet port exposed for entry of pressured fluid from a source of supply; a conical control head mounted upon the window element for movement therewith, the axis of the conical head being coincidental with the axis of the body and the window element, said conical head having a conical wall or camming face inclined upwardly and inwardly toward the axis of reciprocation of the window element; at least one electric circuit controller including a movable actuator; and means mounting said controller in a normally fixed relationship to the base, with the actuator thereof in position to be struck and displaced laterally by contact of said camming face with said actuator as the control head moves with said window element in a direction away from said base.

Claim 12

A gauge actuated circuit control unit comprising in combination: a planar base having upper and lower faces; a fluid pressure gauge including an elongate cylindrical body carrying an external calibrated scale, and a reciprocative transparent window element cylindrically formed and concentrically surrounding the cylindrical body and said scale; said body including an inlet port for pressured fluid; means responsive to changes of fluid pressure within said body for reciprocating said window element axially of said body; means supporting the gauge in upright position upon the base, with said inlet port exposed for entry of pressured fluid from a source of supply; a conical control head mounted upon the window element for movement therewith, the axis of the conical head being coincidental with the axis of the body and the window element, said conical head having a conical wall or camming face inclined upwardly and inwardly toward the axis of reciprocation of the window element; at least one electric circuit controller including a movable actuator; and means mounting said controller in a normally fixed relationship to the base, with the actuator thereof in position to be struck and displaced laterally by contact of said camming face with said actuator as the control head moves with said window element in a direction away from said base.

Claim 13

The combination as defined by claim 8, wherein is included a plurality of electric circuit controllers each having an actuator in position to be displaced laterally by contact with a different area of the camming face.

Claim 14

The combination as defined by claim 9, wherein the several circuit controllers are disposed in a substantially circular path surrounding the upright pressure gauge.

Claim 15

The combination as define by claim 8, wherein is included means for selectively varying the elevation of individual actuators relative to a point on the axis of the conical head.

Claim 16

The combination as defined by claim 11, wherein is included a protective cover supported by said base in position to envelop the pressure gauge assembly and said circuit controllers.

Claim 17

The combination as defined by claim 11, wherein the cover is formed at least partly of a transparent material exposing to view the calibrated scale of the pressure gauge.

Claim 18

The combination as defined by claim 11, wherein the means last mentioned includes an upright post fixed upon the base, a slide member securable at selected elevations upon said post, and means for securing a circuit controller to said slide member.