Means for converting an input to mechanical output control

Claim 1

A SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO A GROUP OF N BINARY SIGNALS TO PRODUCE COMPOSITE LINEAR OUTPUT MOVEMENT OF AN OUTPUT MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SAID BINARY SIGNALS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF N TRANSDUCER MEANS, EACH OF WHICH IS RESPONSIVE TO A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF BINARY ONE APPLIED THERETO TO PRODUCE A DISCRETE LINEAR OUTPUT MOVEMENT AT ITS OUTPUT; MEANS FOR APPLYING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID N BINARY SIGNALS TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID N TRANSDUCER MEANS; A PLURALITY OF N LINKAGE MEANS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A LEVER AND A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE MIDPOINT OF SAID LEVER, EACH OF SAID LEVERS BEING OF EQUAL LENGTH; MEANS FOR CONNECTING ONE EXTREMITY OF EACH LEVER TO THE OUTPUT OF THE ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID TRANSDUCER MEANS; MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER EXTREMITY OF THE LEVER OF THE FIRST LINKAGE MEANS TO A FIXED POINT; AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OTHER EXTREMITIES OF THE LEVERS OF THE SECOND THROUGH THE NTH LINKAGE MEANS TO THE LINK OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING ONE OF SAID LINKAGE MEANS; OUTPUT MEANS; MEANS FOR LINEARLY MOVING SAID OUTPUT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE LINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE LINK OF SAID NTH LINKAGE MEANS; AND MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID OUTPUT MEANS AGAINST THE LINEAR MOVEMENT IMPARTED BY SAID NTH LINKAGE MEANS TO THEREBY PRODUCE COMPOSITE LINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID OUTPUT MEANS A DISTANCE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SAID GROUP OF BINARY SIGNALS.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM RESPONSIVE TO A GROUP OF N BINARY SIGNALS TO PRODUCE COMPOSITE LINEAR OUTPUT MOVEMENT OF AN OUTPUT MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SAID BINARY SIGNALS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF N TRANSDUCER MEANS, EACH OF WHICH IS RESPONSIVE TO A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF BINARY ONE APPLIED THERETO TO PRODUCE A DISCRETE LINEAR OUTPUT MOVEMENT AT ITS OUTPUT; MEANS FOR APPLYING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID N BINARY SIGNALS TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID N TRANSDUCER MEANS; A PLURALITY OF N LINKAGE MEANS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A LEVER AND A LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE MIDPOINT OF SAID LEVER, EACH OF SAID LEVERS BEING OF EQUAL LENGTH; MEANS FOR CONNECTING ONE EXTREMITY OF EACH LEVER TO THE OUTPUT OF THE ASSOCIATED ONE OF SAID TRANSDUCER MEANS; MEANS FOR PIVOTALLY CONNECTING THE OTHER EXTREMITY OF THE LEVER OF THE FIRST LINKAGE MEANS TO A FIXED POINT; AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE OTHER EXTREMITIES OF THE LEVERS OF THE SECOND THROUGH THE NTH LINKAGE MEANS TO THE LINK OF THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING ONE OF SAID LINKAGE MEANS; OUTPUT MEANS; MEANS FOR LINEARLY MOVING SAID OUTPUT MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE LINEAR MOVEMENT OF THE LINK OF SAID NTH LINKAGE MEANS; AND MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY BIASING SAID OUTPUT MEANS AGAINST THE LINEAR MOVEMENT IMPARTED BY SAID NTH LINKAGE MEANS TO THEREBY PRODUCE COMPOSITE LINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID OUTPUT MEANS A DISTANCE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SAID GROUP OF BINARY SIGNALS.