Sequentially operable automatic control systems

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IN AN AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A WORKING MACHINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED OPERATION PERFORMING MEMBERS ADAPTED TO BE CONTROLLED BY MEANS OF COMMAND SIGNALS, AND A PLURALITY OF DATA SIGNAL MEANS ADAPTED TO PRODUCE ELECTRICAL DATA SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF THE PROGRESS OF THE OPERATION CYCLE IN COMBINATION: PROGRESSIVELY OPERABLE SWITCH MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF STAGES AND ADAPTED TO BE SWITCHED IN RESPONSE TO RECEIPT OF AN INDEXING SIGNAL, AND INDEXING MEANS OPERABLE TO PRODUCE INDEXING SIGNALS INCLUDING AN ELECTRONIC INPUT MEMBER OPERABLE TO BE ACTUATED IN RESPONSE TO RECEIPT OF A DATA SIGNAL AND AN ELECTRONIC OUTPUT MEMBER OPERABLE TO PRODUCE AN INDEXING SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO THE ACTUATION OF THE INPUT MEMBER, PRODUCE ONE INDEXING SIGNAL ONLY IN RESPONSE TO EACH DATA SIGNAL, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID INDEXING MEANS WITH SAID PROGRESSIVE SWITCH MEANS TO SHIFT SAID PROGRESSIVE SWITCH MEANS BY MEANS OF EACH OF SAID INDEXING SIGNALS TO EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE DATA LOGGING REPRESENTED BY NUMERICAL VALUES OF SAID PROGRESSIVE SWITCH MEANS, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID PROGRESSIVE SWITCH MEANS WITH SAID OPERATION PERFORMING MEMBERS OPERABLE TO SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTE COMMAND SIGNALS TO SAID OPERATION PERFORMING MEMBERS IN PREDETERMINED CORRELATION TO THE DATA SIGNALS.