Variable interval stepping switch

Claim 1

A STEPPING SWITCH FOR STEPPING THROUGH A CYCLE OF ELECTRICAL EVENTS IN STEPS EACH OF A DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL AND FOR SELECTING FOR EACH STEP ONE DISCRETE INTERVAL FROM A PLURALITY OF SUCH INTERVALS, AND COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF TIMING MEANS, EACH FOR OPERATING FOR A DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL AND FOR RESETTING ITSELF FOR ITS OWN DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL AT THE END OF EACH DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL OF OPERATION THEREOF; A REVOLVABLE ELECTRIC MOTOR; A STARTING SWITCH FOR SAID MOTOR; CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID STARTING SWITCH TO SAID MOTOR; MOTOR CONTROL SWITCHING MEANS CONNECTED IN SAID CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL PATHS THERETHROUGH, EACH OF SAID PATHS BEING SELECTIVELY OPENED AND CLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PROGRAM ENCODED ON THE HERINAFTER DEFINED MEMORY DEVICE; A TIMER SELECTION MEANS FOR SELECTING ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF TIMING MEANS AND FOR DISABLING THE REMAINDER OF SAID PLURALITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PROGRAM ON THE NEXT-SAID MEMORY DEVICE; A MEMORY DEVICE DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR AND HAVING A PART THEREOF A MEANS FOR DEFINING SAID PREDETERMINED PROGRAM INCLUDING A PROGRAMMING MEANS FOR ENABLING ALL OF SAID TIMING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMORY DEVICE TO A PREDETERMINED POSITION BY SAID MOTOR, SAID MEMORY DEVICE MEANS FOR DEFINING ALSO INCLUDING MEANS FOR ENGAGING AND OPERATING SAID TIMER SELECTION MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID PROGRAM RESPONSIVE TO SAID MEMORY DEVICE BEING DRIVEN BY SAID MOTOR TO SUCH PREDETERMINED POSITION; SAID MOTOR CONTROL MEANS HAVING A MEANS FOR DISABLING ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF PATHS IN RESPONSE TO SAID PROGRAMMING MEDANS ARRIVING AT SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION; SAID MOTOR CONTROL MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING A MEANS FOR KEEPING SELECTED ONE OF SAID PATHS, EACH SELECTED PATH CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO ONE OF SAID TIMERS, DISABLED DURING THE DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL OF OPERATION OF ITS RESPECTIVE TIMER AND TO ENABLE COMPLETION OF A CIRCUIT THROUGH SAID PATH IN RESPONSE TO THE RESPECTIVE TIMER HAVING RUN FOR ITS TIME INTERVAL, THEREBY TO START SAID MOTOR; A FIRST DEAD CENTERING MEANS FOR KEEPING SAID TIMING MEANS DISABLED UNTIL SAID MOTOR REACHES A PREDETERMINED POSITION AND FOR STARTING THE TIMING MEANS SELECTED BY SAID SELECTION MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID MOTOR ARRIVING AT A PREDETERMINED MOTOR POSITION; AND SECOND DEAD CENTERING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A PATH THROUGH SAID SWITCHING MEANS BETWEEN SAID MOTOR AND SAID STARTING SWITCH WHENEVER SAID MOTOR IS NOT IN SAID PREDETERMINED MOTOR POSITION, AND FOR OPENIN SUCH PATH WHEN SAID MOTOR IS IN POSITION, SAID MOTOR CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING SAID SECTION DEAD CENTER MEANS, ALL THE ABOVE-RECITED PLURALITY OF PATHS TO SAID MOTOR BEING DISABLED DURING THE DISCRETE TIME INTERVAL THAT THE SELECTED ONE OF SAID TIMING MEANS IN RUNNING, TIMING MEANS SELECTED TO RUN NOT STARTING UNTIL THE MOTOR ARRIVES AT DEAD CENTER.