Condition-initiated circuit-controlling apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL POWER BETWEEN A POWER SOURCE AND A POWER CONSUMING LOAD, COMPRISING: CONDITION SENSING MEANS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED FIRST LEVEL OF PHYSICAL CONDITION AND INOPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED SECOND LEVEL OF PHYSICAL CONDITION; A SWITCH OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE IN SERIES WITH SAID SENSING MEANS AND OPERABLE FROM THE POWER SOURCE BY SAID CONDITION SENSING MEANS WHEN SAID SENSING MEANS IS OPERABLE; RECTIFYING MEANS AND CAPACITOR MEANS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH EACH OTHER IN A CHARGING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE; A DISCHARGE CIRCUIT FOR SAID CAPACITOR MEANS CONTROLLED BY CONTACTS OPERATED BY SAID SWITCH OPERATING MEANS, SAID CAPACITOR MEANS BEING CHARGEABLE FROM THE POWER SOURCE WHEN SAID CONDITION SENSING MEANS AND SAID SWITCH OPERATING MEANS ARE INOPERABLE; SAID CAPACITOR MEANS, WHEN CHARGED, DISCHARGING THROUGH SAID DISCHARGE CIRCUIT WHEN SAID CONDITION SENSING MEANS AND SAID SWITCH OPERATING MEANS BECOME OPERABLE AS THE PHYSICAL CONDITION CHANGES FROM SAID SECOND LEVEL TO SAID FIRST LEVEL; A FURTHER SWITCH OPERATING MEANS CONNECTED IN SAID DISCHARGE CIRCUIT AND OPERABLE RESPONSIVE TO DISCHARGE OF SAID CAPACITOR MEANS; AND TIMING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE AND INCLUDING CONTACT MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN THE LOAD AND THE SOURCE, ENERGIZED RESPONSIVE TO CLOSURE OF FURTHER CONTACTS BY SAID FURTHER SWITCH OPERATING MEANS TO CONTROL THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE LOAD AND SOURCE FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME DURATION.