Operation counter for cable actuated mechanical clutches

In a mechanical operation counter for use in association with a flexible slide-wire cable utilized for remotely manually controlling the operation of a mechanical device to which one end of the cable is attached, the slide-wire cable being comprised of an outer sleeve member and a control wire co-axially slideable within the sleeve member, the improvement comprising, a normally open electrical switch, depressable means for momentarily close-circuiting said electrical switch, a slide member secured to the control wire intermediate the ends thereof and moveable in unison with said control wire within a gap defined by a longitudinally extending cut-away portion of the outer sleeve member of the slide-wire cable, means for fixedly supporting said electrical switch with respect to opposing end portions of the outer sleeve member defining said gap, said slide member comprising abutment means for actuating said switch close-circuiting depressable means as said slide member moves in unison with the control wire in one direction or the other between the ends of said gap, an electrically actuated counter and an electrical energizing circuit for said counter, said electrical switch being connected in series in said energizing circuit.