Frequency divider system with preset means to select countdown cycle

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL HAVING A FREQUENCY DETERMINED BY THE FREQUENCY OF A REFERENCE SOURCE DIVIDED BY A SELECTED INTEGER, COMPRISING A FIRST PATH FOR THE SIGNALS FROM SAID REFERENCE SOURCE COMPRISING A FIRST RESETTABLE COUNTER, AN ALTERNATIVELY EFFECTIVE SECOND PATH FOR THE SIGNALS FROM SAID REFERENCE SOURCE INCLUDING A SECOND RESETTABLE COUNTER, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INITIATION OF THE RESETTING FUNCTION IN EACH OF SAID COUNTERS TO RENDER EFFECTIVE THE SIGNAL PATH TO THE OTHER OF SAID COUNTERS, AND PRESET MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INITIATION OF THE RESETTING FUNCTION IN SAID FIRST COUNTER FOR PRESETTING SAID FIRST COUNTER TO A SELLCTABLE VALUE SUCH THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COUNTS IN ONE CYCLE OF SAID FIRST COUNTER PLUS ONE CYCLE OF SAID SECOND COUNTER EQUALS SAID SELECTED INTEGER, WHEREBY THE OUTPUT FREQUENCY OF SAID FIRST COUNTER EQUALS THE FREQUENCY OF SAID REFERENCE SOURCE DIVIDED BY SAID SELECTED INTEGER.