Timing control apparatus

Abstract

Abstract TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS IS DISCLOSED FOR CONTROLLING THE TIME INTERVALS DURING WHICH ELECTRICAL POWER IS SUPPLIED TO SELECTED STATIONS. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A ROTATABLE STATION PLATE ON WHICH ARE MOVABLY MOUNTED A PLURALITY OF PINS EXTENDING FROM ONE SURFACE OF THE PLATE. EACH PIN CORRESPONDS TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE STATIONS AND MAY BE POSITIONED IN ANY ONE OF A SET OF POSITIONS. THE POSITION SELECTED DETERMINES WHETHER THE STATION CORRESPONDING TO THE PIN IS TO RECEIVE POWER. THE STATION INTERVAL DURING WHICH IT IS TO RECEIVE POWER. THE STATION WHEEL ROTATES AND SUCCESSIVELY POSITIONS EACH OF THE PINS IN AN INDEX POSITION AND WHEN A PARTICULAR PIN IS IN THE INDEX POSITION, THE DETERMINATION IS MADE AS TO WHETHER THE STATION TO WHICH THE PIN CORRESPONDS IS TO RECEIVE POWER. THIS DETERMINATION IS MADE BY MEANS OF A CLUTCH DEVICE WHICH, IN RESPONSE TO A SIGNAL, ENGAGES A LONGITUDINAL ARM AND CAUSES ONE END THEREOF TO MOVE UNTIL THE ARM IS STOPPED BY THE PIN IN THE INDEX POSITION. POWER IS APPLIED TO THE STATION CORRESPONDING TO THIS PIN DURING THE TIME INTERVAL THE ARM IS MOVED. EACH OF THE PINS MAY BE ADJUSTED SO THAT WHEN IN THE INDEX POSITION THE ARM MAY BE MOVED FOR A FIXED PERIOD OF TIME OR NOT AT ALL.

Inventors

• 👤 W Mckeown

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