Washing machine or the like with adjustable programming controls

Claim 1

FOR LAUNDRY APPARATUS AND THE LIKE INCLUDING A LIQUID CONTAINING VESSEL, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR-DRIVEN AGITATOR MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID VESSEL, AND A PLURALITY OF SOLENOIDALLY-CONTROLLED LIQUID INLET VALVES AND A DUMP VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID VESSEL, A CONTROL SYSTEM MANUALLY PROGRAMMABLE AT AN OPERATOR''S PANEL FOR AUTOMATICALLY CARRYING OUT AN OVERALL CYCLE SEQUENCE OF A SERIES PRE-SELECTED OF OPERATIONAL CYCLES, A PLURALITY THEREOF BEING PRE-SELECTABLE IN RESPECTIVE DURATION, COMPRISING: A TIME CONTROL AND SELECTION BRANCH INCLUDING A SET OF LIKE TIME SELECTION ROTARY SWITCHES EACH SERVING TO SELECT THE DURATION OF A CORRESPONDING POTENTIAL OPERATION CYCLE AND HAVING ALL LIKE POSITIONAL FIXED CONTACTS COMMONLY CONNECTED AND HAVING RESPECTIVE SELECTOR ARMS; EACH CONTACT REPRESENTING A DURATION INCREASING BY FIXED INTERVALS FROM ZERO TO A MAXIMUM; A TIME STEPPING RELAY HAVING CONTACTS SUCCESSIVELY CONNECTED TO SUCCESSIVELY POSITIONED COMMONLY CONNECTED FIXED CONTACTS OF THE TIME SELECLTION SWITCHES; AND HAVING A SOLENOIDALLY STEPWISE ADVANCED AND SOLENOIRDALLY ZERO RESET MOVABLE CONTACT ARM; TIMER MEANS PRODUCING WHEN OPERATING TIMING PULSES AT CONSTANT INTERVALS APPLIED TO ADVANCE THE TIME STEPPING RELAY; A LIQUID SELECTION AND LEVEL CONTROLLING CIRCUIT BRANCH INCLUDING