Berman

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SPECTRUM OF STABILIZED OUTPUT FREQUENCIES WHICH ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY A PREDETERMINED UNIT OF FREQUENCY OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY BAND, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A VARIABLE OSCILLATOR HAVING A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE FREQUENCY OVER A BAND HAVING A WIDTH WHICH IS A SUB-MULTIPLE OF SAID WIDE FREQUENCY BAND AND HAVING A LOW-FREQUENCY LIMIT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID WIDE FREQUENCY BAND; FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED WITH SAID VARIABLE OSCILLATOR; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FREQUENCYSELECTOR MEANS AND CONSISTING OF OPERATING MEANS FOR MANUALLY ACTUATING SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS AND A MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID OPERATING MEANS AND SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS; MECHANICAL DIVIDER MEANS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE DIVISION FACTOR INTERPOSED IN SAID TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; ADJUSTABLE FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID OSCILLATOR FOR RECEIVING THE OSCILLATIONS SUPPLIED BY SAID OSCILLATOR AND HAVING TWO OUTPUTS AT ONE OF WHICH THE GENERATED OSCILLATIONS ARE COLLECTED, SAID MULTIPLIER MEANS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE ELECTRONIC MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING TO THE SAME VALUE THE ELECTRONIC MULTIPLICATION FACTOR OF SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS AND THE DIVISION FACTOR OF SAID MECHANICAL DIVIDER; AND A FREQUENCYSTABILIZING DEVICE CONNECTED TO A SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR PRODUCING REFERENCE FREQUENCIES WHICH CAN BE REGULATED FROM SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS, AND FREQUENCYCOMPARISON MEANS FOR REGULATING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID ADJUSTABLE OSCILLATOR IN DEPENDANCE UPON COMPARISION OF SAID REFERENCE FREQUENCES WITH THE FREQUENCY DERIVED FROM SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SPECTRUM OF STABILIZED OUTPUT FREQUENCIES WHICH ARE SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY A PREDETERMINED UNIT OF FREQUENCY OVER A WIDE FREQUENCY BAND, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING A VARIABLE OSCILLATOR HAVING A CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE FREQUENCY OVER A BAND HAVING A WIDTH WHICH IS A SUB-MULTIPLE OF SAID WIDE FREQUENCY BAND AND HAVING A LOW-FREQUENCY LIMIT WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THAT OF SAID WIDE FREQUENCY BAND; FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED WITH SAID VARIABLE OSCILLATOR; MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID FREQUENCYSELECTOR MEANS AND CONSISTING OF OPERATING MEANS FOR MANUALLY ACTUATING SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS AND A MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID OPERATING MEANS AND SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS; MECHANICAL DIVIDER MEANS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE DIVISION FACTOR INTERPOSED IN SAID TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; ADJUSTABLE FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID OSCILLATOR FOR RECEIVING THE OSCILLATIONS SUPPLIED BY SAID OSCILLATOR AND HAVING TWO OUTPUTS AT ONE OF WHICH THE GENERATED OSCILLATIONS ARE COLLECTED, SAID MULTIPLIER MEANS HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE ELECTRONIC MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; MEANS FOR ADJUSTING TO THE SAME VALUE THE ELECTRONIC MULTIPLICATION FACTOR OF SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS AND THE DIVISION FACTOR OF SAID MECHANICAL DIVIDER; AND A FREQUENCYSTABILIZING DEVICE CONNECTED TO A SECOND OUTPUT OF SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING MEANS FOR PRODUCING REFERENCE FREQUENCIES WHICH CAN BE REGULATED FROM SAID FREQUENCY-SELECTOR MEANS, AND FREQUENCYCOMPARISON MEANS FOR REGULATING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID ADJUSTABLE OSCILLATOR IN DEPENDANCE UPON COMPARISION OF SAID REFERENCE FREQUENCES WITH THE FREQUENCY DERIVED FROM SAID FREQUENCY-MULTIPLIER MEANS.