Claims
- 1. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a first indicating member which repeats one cycle of movement over one time, and a second indicating member which repeats one cycle of movement over a second time period shorter than the first time period, detecting means including a first detector for detecting each repetition of movement of the first indicator member and a second detector for detecting each repetition of movement of the second indicating member, a single retaining circuit connected to said first detector to be set thereby and to produce an electrical mark in response to the output of the first detector, a gate circuit responsive to the output of said signal retaining circuit and said second detector circuit for passing the next output from said second circuit when the signal retaining circuit is set, said signal retaining circuit being responsive to the gate circuit and being reset thereby so as to close the gate in response to passage by the gate of the first one of the outputs from said second detector after the output from the first detector, a counter coupled to the gate and responding to the output of the gate for counting a predetermined number of signals from the gate, delay means connected to the counter for selecting a predetermined number of output signals of the counter to generate a first starting signal, and to generate a second starting signal delayed by a predetermined period of time from the generation of the first starting signal, and output control means connected to said delay means and said counter for actuating a first portion of the portable machine in response to the first starting signal and actuating the second portion of the machine in response to the second starting signal.
- 2. A device as in claim 1, wherein said delay means further includes a time constant circuit for determining the delay time of said delay means and an element for varying the time constant.
- 3. A control device for actuating respective parts of a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a first repetitiously moving indicating member and a second repetitiously moving indicating member which repeats one cycle of movement within a shorter period than the first indicating member, detecting means having a first detector responsive to the movement of said first indicating member and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the first indicating member and a second detector for detecting movement of said second indicating member and producing an output for each repetition of movement of said second indicating member, a pair of shaping circuits respectively connected with said first and second detectors, each of said circuits being changeable to one state in response to the output of a respective detector while being set to another state in response to the lack of output of the detector, a gate circuit connected with the output of said two shaping circuits respectively, said gate circuit producing an output signal when the two pulse circuits are in the one state and to be non-conductive when the two safety circuits are in other states, a counter connected with said gate circuit for counting the output signals emitted by said gate circuit, said counter being variable to establish a threshold for each signal to be counted by the counter, signal retaining means coupled to said threshold means for generating an output signal in response to the input signal of said threshold means, timer means for detecting the signal emitted by said signal retaining means and for generating the signal after a predetermined delay and to supply the generated signal to said signal retaining means as an input signal, said timer means being coupled to said signal retaining means, output control means connected with said signal retaining means and having actuating means to actuate the portable machine, said actuating means being responsive to the output signal emitted from said signal retaining means and for resetting said signal retaining means, whereby the action of the output of said control means is controlled due to the action of said signal retaining means.
- 4. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means and coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby and wherein said mark forming means each includes threshold means for producing the mark when the output of said flux forming means exceeds a predetermined value, said gate means including a gate coupled to the more frequent of the marks and a memory coupled to the less frequent of the marks, said memory being connected to the gate and responding to the less frequent of the marks by opening the gate and holding it open, said gate being connected to the memory for resetting the memory in response to passage of a mark from the mark forming means generating the more frequent of the marks.
- 5. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means and coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby, and wherein said timepiece means includes restoring means for restoring the indicating members to their original position, said restoring means further including manually operable switch means, and an electric motor actuable by closing of said switch means.
- 6. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means and coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby and wherein said timepiece means includes restoring means for restoring the indicating members to their original position, said restoring means including a manually operable member engageable with said indicating means.
- 7. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means and coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby, and wherein said control means also includes first and second actuating members for actuating the portable machine.
- 8. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby and wherein said timepiece means includes restoring means for restoring the indicating member to its original position and wherein said control means further includes a time constant circuit interposed between first and second actuating members, a parallel circuit having a one-way directional element and a resistor, a capacitor, said time constant circuit connecting said parallel circuit to said capacitor so that the delay in the action of the second actuating member is greater than the actuation of the first actuating member.
- 9. A control device for actuating a portable machine, comprising portable timepiece means having a pair of moving indicating members one moving faster than the other, detecting means for detecting movement of each of said indicating members and producing an output for each repetition of movement of the slower of said indicating members, starting means responsive to each of a predetermined number of the outputs for producing a first starting signal, delay means responsive to the first starting signal for producing a second starting signal, control means responsive to each of said starting means and said delay means for actuating respective portions of the portable machine in response to each of said starting signals, said detecting means including a pair of flux forming means for forming respective flux fields and a pair of interrupting means each coupled to one of said members to move with said members each for repetitively interrupting a respective one of the flux fields in dependence upon the motion of the respective members, said detecting means further including a pair of output forming means and coupled to one of said flux forming means for producing an electrical mark indicating interruption of the one of said flux forming means by said interrupting means, one of the marks occurring more frequently than the other, gate means in said detecting means and coupled to each of said forming means for opening in response to each slower of the marks so as to permit passage of the next one of the faster of said marks to form each output and responding to the output to be closed thereby and wherein said timepiece means includes restoring means for restoring the indicating members to their original position, said restoring means including a manual operating member engageable with said indicating members and wherein said output control means includes two actuating members and a delay circuit for providing delay timing between the actuating times of the two members.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 184,691 filed Sept. 29, 1971, and now abandoned.
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