Sequential timer

Claim 1

A TIMING DEVICE FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACTUATING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS COMPRISING: MEANS SUPPORTING A TIMING DEVICE; A DRIVE MEANS FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON SAID MEANS; AN ESCAPEMENT MEANS COUPLED TO AND ROTATABLY DRIVEN BY SAID DRIVE MEANS, SAID ESCAPEMENT MEANS INTERMITTENTLY DRIVING A RATCHET WHEEL MEANS; A CAM SHAFT JOURNALLED TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS, SAID CAM SHAFT INTERMITTENTLY DRIVEN BY SAID RATCHET WHEEL MEANS; A TIMING CAM MEANS CARRIED BY SAID CAM SHAFT, SAID TIMING CAM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED RADIALLY SPACED CONTINUOUS GROOVES, EACH OF SAID GROOVES INCLUDING CODED INDICIA; AND A PLURALITY OF FOLLOWER SWITCHES FIXEDLY COUPLED TO SAID MOUNTING MEANS, SAID SWITCHES INCLUDING A PIVOTABLE CONTACT CARRYING BLADE HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACT MEANS, A FIXED TERMINAL AND CONTACT COMBINATION SPACED FROM AND OVERLYING EACH OF SAID CONTACT MEANS, A NEEDLE SHAPED FOLLOWER MEANS CENTRALLY COUPLED TO SAID BLADE, AND A TERMINAL MEANS AND A SPRING MEANS CENTRALLY COUPLED TO SAID BLADE AND COOPERATING TO PROVIDE A PIVOT POINT FOR SAID BLADE, SAID FOLLOWER MEANS RIDING IN ONE OF SAID GROOVES, SAID FOLLOWER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODED INDICIA OF SAID GROOVE THEREBY PIVOTING SAID BLADE TO OPEN AND CLOSE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS COUPLED TO SAID FIXED CONTACTS.