Analog-to-digital converter

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AN ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION MEANS COMPRISING A TRANSMITTING STATION; A MECHANICAL DEVICE HAVING A POSITION REPRESENTING AN ANALOG QUANTITY TO BE CONVERTED TO ELECTRICAL DIGITAL INFORMATION; AN ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL POSITION DECODER MOUNTED ON SAID DEVICE, INCLUDING A SINGLE ELECTRICAL OUTPUT TERMINAL AND PLURAL ELECTRICAL INPUT TERMINAL MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID POSITION DECODER; A SOURCE OF DIGITALLY CODED INTERROGATING ELECTRICAL PULSES; ELECTRICAL TRANSLATING MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SAID INTERROGATING PULSES FOR SELECTIVELY ENERGIZING SAID PLURAL INPUT TERMINAL MEANS OF SAID ELECTRICALMECHANICAL POSITION DECODER; DIGITAL MONITORING MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT TERMINAL OF SAID ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL POSITION DECODER FOR SERIALLY RECEIVING PULSES FROM SAID OUTPUT TERMINAL COMMENSURATE WITH THE POSITION OF SAID MECHANICAL DEVICE; SAID MECHANICAL DEVICE, SAID ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL POSITION DECODER AND SAID TRANSLATING MEANS BEING LOCATED AT SAID TRANSMITTING STATION WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS MADE THERETO.