Automatic system for measuring and recording properties of a quantity of fluid

Claim 1

AN AUTOMATIC RUN-TICKET PRINTER FOR RECORDING MEASURED PROPERTIES OF A QUANTITY OF FLUID IN CONJUNCTION WITH DELIVERY THEREOF TO A PIPELINE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING, A TICKET, MEANS FOR MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID PROPERTIES, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PNEUMATIC FLUID PRESSURE INCLUDING A VALVE CONTROLLED BY TIMING MEANS, SAID TIMING MEANS BEING ACTUATED BY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE LEVEL OF SAID QUANTITY OF SAID FLUID, TRANSDUCER MEANS FOR PROVIDING A PNEUMATIC SIGNAL PROPORTINAL TO SAID MEASURED PROPERTY, MEANS LOCATED ADJACENT TO SAID TICKET FOR INDICATING THE FULL RANGE OF SAID MEASURED PROPERTY, PNEUMATIC SERVO MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SIGNAL FOR POSITION ING SAID INDICATING MEANS, AND MEANS FOR PRINTING FROM SAID INDICATING MEANS ONTO SAID TICKET AT A PREDETERMINED TIME, SAID TIMING MEANS PROVIDING A SUFFICIENT DELAY AFTER ACUTATION OF SAID VALVE TO PERMIT ENERGIZATION AND RESPONSE OF SAID PNEUMATIC SERVO MEANS.