.~ Control by independently operated punch card, tape, digital computer, counter, template, or programmer cyclic control
DEFINITION
Classification: 60/368
(under subclass 325) Apparatus including means separate from the motor or pump to cause or permit the pump or motor to operate or not to operate for a period of time and then act to start, stop or change the mode of operation of the motor or pump; or, cause the motor or pump to operate through a given cycle of operation, the operation of said means being independent of and not controlled by the operation of the motor or pump or a pressure or flow condition of the motive fluid supplied to or exhausted from the motor or pump and not requiring the intervention of a human operator.
(1) Note. The means is not considered to be independent of the motor or pump and is not included under this definition if its operation is initiated by the motor or pump.
(2) Note. The means separate from the motor or pump may not be another motor or pump which produces power for external use such as the first stage of a multiple expansion engine or pump.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,
528.21+, for the application of power generation or distribution which includes turbine or generator control. Note, where significant power plants structure is recited, classification is in the appropriate art device class.
