Electronic time delay devices

Claim 1

A REPEATING CIRCUIT INTERUPTER HAVING SWITCH MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SWITCH OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING SWITCH OPENING AND RECLOSING MEANS, CUMULATIVE MEANS HAVING MEANS ADVANCABLE FOR EACH OPERATION OF SAID SWITCH OPERATING MEANS, A TIMER HAVING AN INPUT CIRCUIT, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING CURRENT TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT PROPORTIONAL TO THE CURRENT IN SAID SYSTEM, AN INTERMEDIATE CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT CIRCUIT AND INCLUDING RESISTANCE MEANS AND FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS TO PROVIDE AN RC TIMING CIRCUIT, OVERLOAD CURRENT RESPONSIVE MEANS NORMALLY SHUNTING SAID CURRENT AROUND SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS TO PREVENT THE ACCUMULATION OF CHARGE THEREON, SAID OVERLOAD CURRENT RESPONSIVE MEANS HAVING CONTROL MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH THE INPUT CIRCUIT AND OPERABLE UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF AN OVERLOAD IN SAID SYSTEM TO PREVENT THE SHUNTING OF SAID CURRENT SO THAT SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS MAY BEGIN CHARGING, A SECOND CAPACITANCE MEANS, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SID CUMULATIVE MEANS AND OPERATIVE AFTER A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF OPERATIONS OF SAID SWITCH OPERATING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SECOND CAPACITANCE MEANS IN A CIRCUIT RELATION WITH SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS WHICH INCREASES THE CAPACITANCE OF SAID RC TIMING CIRCUIT, A FINAL OUTPUT CIRCUIT INCLUDING OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SWITCH OPENING MEANS FOR INITIATING THE OPERATION THEREOF, SAID OUTPUT MEANS HAVNG CONTROL MEANS IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE CIRCUIT AND OPERATIVE TO INITIATE THE OPERATION OF SAID OUTPUT MEANS WHEN THE VOLTAGE ON THE RC TIMING CIRCUIT MEANS REACHES A PREDETERMINED VALUE.