Missing pulse and busy signal control circuit

Claim 1

A CONTROL CIRCUIT OPERATIVE TO GENERATE A CONTINUOUS OUTPUT SIGNAL DURING AND FOR A GIVEN DELAY TIME AFTER THE END OF AN INPUT SIGNAL, IN WHICH THE DELAY PERIOD MAY BE REINITIATED UPON THE OCCURENCE OF ANOTHER INPUT SIGNAL COMPRISING INPUT MEANS INCLUDING A SWITCH MEMBER, OUTPUT MEANS INCLUDING A SWITCH MEMBER, A CONDUCTIVE PATH BETWEEN THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SWITCH MEMBER, A CLAMPING POTENTIAL SOURCE AND NORMALLY CHARGED CAPACITIVE MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID INPUT AND OUTPUT SWITCH MEMBER, SAID CAPACITIVE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE BEGINNING OF AN INPUT SIGNAL AT SAID INPUT MEANS TO BE DISCHARGED THEREBY, WHEREBY THE LEADING EDGE OF AN INPUT SIGNAL SWITCHES THE INPUT AND OUTPUT SWITCH MEMBERS SO AS TO IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL AT SAID OUTPUT MEANS, THE CAPACITIVE CHARGE TO REMAIN DISCHARGED UNTIL THE END OF THE INPUT SIGNAL AT SAID INPUT MEANS, THE END OF SAID INPUT SIGNAL INITIATING A DELAY PERIOD BY ACTIVATING THE INPUT SWITCH MEMBER WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE OUTPUT SWITCH MEMBER TO PROVIDE A CHARGING PATH FOR THE CAPACITIVE MEANS TO CHARGE TOWARD ITS INITIAL CONDITION UNTIL THE CAPACITIVE POTENTIAL EXCEEDS THE CLAMPING POTENTIAL AT WHICH TIME THE OUTPUT SWITCH MEANS OPERATES TO ALTER THE OUTPUT SIGNAL, THE OCCURRENCE OF ANOTHER INPUT SIGNAL PRIOR TO OPERATION OF THE OUTPUT SWITCH CAUSING THE CAPACITIVE MEANS TO BE DISCHARGED AS BEFORE AND THE END OF THE SECOND INPUT SIGNAL ACTING TO REINITIATE THE DELAY PERIOD SO AS TO EXTEND THE OUTPUT SIGNAL UNTIL THE CONCLUSION OF THE DELAY PERIOD AFTER THE END OF THE LAST APPLIED INPUT SIGNAL.