Testing apparatus for determining resistance to weather influences

Claim 1

IN A TESTING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, A ROTARY CAROUSEL TURNABLE ABOUT A GIVEN AXIS; A LIGHT SOURCE LOCATED ON SAID AXIS; A PLURALITY OF CARRIED B SAID CAROUSEL FOR TURNING MOVEMENT THEREWITH AND DISTRIBUTED ABOUT SAID LIGHT SOURCE, SAID CAROUSEL SUPPORTING EACH OF SAID CARRIERS FOR TURNING MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF TURNING OF SAID CAROUSEL, AND SAID CARRIERS BEING ADAPTED TO CARRY SAMPLES TO BE TESTED SO THAT THE LATER WILL BE MOVED AROUND THE LIGHT SOURCE DURING TURNING OF SAID CAROUSEL AROUND THE AXIS AT WHICH THE LIGHT SOURCE IS LOCATED; A STAR MEMBER FIXED TO EACH CARRIER FOR TURNING MOVEMENT THEREWITH WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAROUSEL AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF FINGERS PROJECTING FROM THE TURNING AXIS OF EACH CARRIER WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAROUSEL; A PROJECTION LOCATED IN THE PATH OF TURNING MOVEMENT OF SAID STAR MEMBERS DURING TURNING OF SAID CARRIERS WITH SAID CAROUSEL AROUND THE LIGHT SOURCE SO THAT SAID PROJECTION WILL ENGAGE A FINGER OF EACH STAR MEMBER TO CAUSE THE LATTER TO TURN WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAROUSEL DURING MOVEMENT OF THE STAR MEMBER PAST THE PROJECTION WHEREBY THE CARRIERS WILL BE TURNED ABOUT THEIR AXES OF TURNING WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAROUSEL AS THEY MOVE PAST SAID PROJECTION; AND MEANS COOPERATING WITH EACH STAR MEMBER FOR PREVENTING TURNING OF THE SAME WITH RESPECT TO SAID CAROUSEL WHEN ALL FINGERS OF THE RESPECTIVE STAR MEMBER ARE OUT OF ARRANGEMENT WITH SAID PROJECTION.