Electrical motor starting arrangement

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR CHARACTERIZED BY A PLURALITY OF FIELD POLES, A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF ENERGIZABLE FIELD COILS EACH HAVING ONE TERMINAL CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO THE FIRST TERMINAL OF A SOURCE OF CURRENT, A MAGNETIC ROTOR MEMBER MOUNTED ON A SHAFT BETWEEN SAID FIELD POLES, SAID SHAFT BEARING AN ECCENTIRIC AND ADAPTED TO THE CONNECTED TO THE SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT, AND A PLURALITY OF BUSH MEMBERS EACH CONNECTED ELECTRICALLY TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID FIELD COILS AND POSITIONED FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH SAID ECCENTRIC TO EFECT ENERGIZATION OF THE CORRESPONDING FIELD COIL WITH SAID ECCENTRIC CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT, A STARTING CIRCUIT WHICH COMPRISES A SWITCHING ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH A CONTROL TERMINAL, AN INPUT TERMINAL, AND AN OUTPUT TERMINAL, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO CURRENT FROM SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT FOR CONNECTING SAID CONTROL TERMINAL TO THE FIRST TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT FOR A SELECTED INTERVAL OF TIME TO ENERGIZE SAID SWITCHING ELEMENT FOR A CORRESPONDING INTERVAL OF TIME, MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OTHER TERMINAL OF ONE OF SAID FIELD COILS TO THE INPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCHING ELEMENT, AND MEANS ADAPTED TO CONNECT THE OUTPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCHING ELEMENT TO THE SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT, SO THAT WITH THE OUTPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCHING ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT THAT ONE OF SAID FIELD COILS CONNECTED TO THE INPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SWTICHING ELEMENT IS ENERGIZED FOR SAID SELECTED INTERVAL OF TIME AFTER SAID CURRENT SOURCE IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT TERMINAL OF SAID SWITCHING ELEMENT.