Timing device

Claim 1

A TIMER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A HOUSING, AN ELECTRICAL TIMING MECHANISM MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING, A RESETTABLE INDICATOR OF ELASPED TIME IN SAID HOUSING CONNECTED IN DRIVEN RELATION WITH SAID TIMING MECHANISM AND EXPOSED FOR OBSERVATION EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING, PUSH-ON-PUSHOFF SWITCH MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID TIMING MECHANISM FOR ENERGIZING AND DEENERGIZING THE LATTER, AN ACTUATING MEMBER LOCATED IN SAID HOUSING IN A NONACTUATING POSITION, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ACTUATING MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OUT OF SAID NONACTUATING POSITION, CONNECTION MEANS ON EACH OF SAID SWITCH MEANS AND INDICATOR AND CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATING MEMBER FOR RESPECTIVELY ACTUATING SAID SWITCH MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION OF ACTUATING-MEMBER MOVEMENT AND RESETTING SAID INDICATOR IN THE OTHER DIRECTION OF ACTUATING-MEMBER MOVEMENT, AND AN OPERATING MEMBER EXPOSED EXTERNALLY OF SAID HOUSING AND CONNECTED TO SAID ACTUATING MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT THEREWITH, WHEREBY A USER CAN CONVENIENTLY START AND STOP THE TIMING MECHANISM BY OPERATING OF SAID ACTUATING MEMBER AND SELECTIVELY RESET SAID INDICATOR, THE CONNECTION MEANS ON SAID SWITCH MEANS COMPRISING A PRESSURE MEMBER FOR URGING SAID ACTUATING MEMBER IN SAID OTHER DIRECTION TOWARD SAID NONACTUATING POSITION, AND THE CONNECTION MEANS ON SAID INDICATOR COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE TENSION MEMBER FOR URGING SAID ACTUATING MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION TOWARD SAID NONACTUATING POSITION, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID ACTUATING MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION FROM SAID NONACTUATING POSITION RELAXES SAID TENSION MEMBER TO AVOID RESTING OF SAID INDICATOR, SAID OPERATING MEMBER COMPRISING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL BAR PIVOTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS FOR SWINGING MOVEMENT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO EFFECT ACTUATION OF SAID SWITCH MEANS AND RESETTING OF SAID INDICATOR ON DEPRESSION OF RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID OPERATING MEMBER, SAID TIMING MECHANISM COMPRISING A SHAFT ADAPTED TO ROTATE IN A SINGLE DIRECTION UPON TIMING OPERATION AND UPON RESETTING OPERATION, DRAG MEANS FRICTIONALLY ENGAGING SAID SHAFT TO RESIST OVERRUN THEREOF, SAID DRAG MEANS COMPRISING AN ENGAGEMENT ELEMENT LOOSELY ENGAGED ABOUT SAID SHAFT, AN ANCHOR MEMBER FIXEDLY ADJUSTABLE RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING, AND SPRING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID ANCHOR MEMBER AND ENGAGING ELEMENT FOR APPLYING FRICTIONAL DRAG TO SAID SHAFT.