Timer device, assembly, and method of operating

A timer device comprising a switch, a rotatable cam means for actuating said switch in a preselected sequence, means for driving said cam means at a preselected speed, means for driven association at a different preselected speed with said driving means and including means adjustable between at least a pair of operating positions and rotatable in at least one of the positions with respect to said cam means for interrupting the actuation of said switch in the preselected sequence and for effecting the actuation of said switch in another different preselected sequence.

An assembly for use in a timer device comprising:

• a pair of means respectively adapted for driven rotation and with one of said driven rotation means having at least one switch means operating configuration thereon;
• means mounted on one of said one driven rotation means and the other of said driven rotation means so as to be conjointly rotatable therewith and adjustably movable between a plurality of adjusted positions in releasable engagement with the other of said one driven rotation means and said other driven rotation means for transmitting the rotation thereof to said one of said one driven rotation means and said other driven rotation means, and said transmitting means being adjustably movable in response to a manual rotative force applied to said one driven rotation means from one of the adjusted positions toward another thereof so as to predeterminately relocate said at least one switch means operating configuration of said one driven rotation means with respect to said other driven rotation means.

A method of operating a timer device having switch means adapted for operation between at least a pair of switching modes, and a pair of cam means for actuating the switch means, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) rotating the cam means at different preselected speeds through at least a part of one revolution thereof, respectively, so as to effect the actuation of the switch means by one of the cam means in a preselected sequence;
• (b) changing the preselected sequence by manually adjusting to one adjusted position of at least a pair thereof a means on the other of the cam means for obviating the actuation of the switch means by the one means during the at least part of the one revolution thereof and effecting the actuation of the switch means by the one cam means during a successive revolution thereof while continuing the rotation of the cam means at the different preselected speeds.

A method of operating a timer device having at least one switch means adapted for operation between at least a pair of switching modes, and at least one cam means for actuating the at least one switch means between the at least switching mode pair thereof, the method comprising the steps of:

• rotating the at least one cam means at a preselected speed so as to effect the actuation of the at least one switch means between the at least switching mode pair thereof in a preselected sequence;
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• adjusting with respect to the at least one cam means and from one operating position of at least a pair of operating positions toward another operating position thereof a means for interrupting the actuation of the at least one switch means by the at least one cam means in the preselected sequence and for permitting the actuation of the at least one switch means by the at least one cam means in another preselected sequence different than the first named preselected sequence and rotating the interrupting and permitting means at another preselected speed different than the first named preselected speed of the at least one cam means.