Binary counter for electrical pulses

Claim 1

A COUNTING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TANDEM CONNECTED COUNTER STAGES, EACH ADAPTED TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT PULSE FROM OUTPUT TERMINALS THEREOF UPON RECEPTION OF A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF INPUT PULSES AT THE INPUT TERMINALS THEREOF, EACH STAGE OF SAID PLURALITY OF STAGES INCLUDING A SATURABLE MAGNETIC CORE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR HYSTERESIS CHARACTERISTIC, SIGNAL INPUT MEANS INCLUDING AN INPUT WINDING HAVING INPUT TERMINALS THEREON MOUNTED ON SAID CORE, AN OUTPUT WINDING HAVING OUTPUT TERMINALS THEREON MOUNTED ON SAID CORE, REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID INPUT WINDING AND SAID OUTPUT WINDING ON SAID CORE; SAID REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING RESET WINDING MEANS WOUND ON SAID CORE AND COUPLED TO SAID INPUT AND OUTPUT WINDINGS; SAID REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING THRESHOLD VOLTAGE SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A TIME CONSTANT CIRCUIT CONNECTED AT THE INPUT THEREOF; SAID TIME CONSTANT CIRCUIT COUPLED TO SAID RESET WINDING MEANS; SAID SWITCHING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID OUTPUT WINDING, MEANS FOR BIASING SAID SWITCHING MEANS INTO CONDUCTION THEREBY INITIATING REGENERATIVE ACTION IN SAID REGENERATIVE CIRCUIT TO DRIVE SAID CORE FROM A FIRST STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION TO A SECOND STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION. MEANS FOR SWITCHING SAID CORE FROM SAID SECOND STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION TO SAID FIRST STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION WHEREBY SAID TIME CONSTANT CIRCUIT MEANS IS ENERGIZED; SAID TIME CONSTANT CIRCUIT MAINTAINING SAID SWITCHING MEANS NONCONDUCTIVE FOR A PREDETERMINED TIME WHILE SAID CORE IS BEING SWITCHED FROM SAID SECOND STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION TO SAID FIRST STABLE STATE OF MAGNETIZATION.