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Assignee: MONITRON Manufacturing CORP
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Filing: 1963-03-26
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Granted: 1965-04-13
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Expires: 1983-03-26
Abstract
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Inventors
- 👤 John S Burton
Bibliographic Details
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2026-10-27 17:51
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/04; G09G3/06; G09G3/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A SYSTEM OF ALPHA-NUMERIC VISUAL INDICATION COMPRISING: (A) FIRST MEANS TO ELECTRICALLY REPRESENT DIGITAL INFORMATION HAVING A FIRST PLURALITY OF BITS FOR EACH DIGITAL CHARACTER, (B) A MEMORY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST MEANS TO ACCEPT SAID INFORMATION, SAID MEMORY COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF RELAYS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO SAID PLURALITY OF BITS, (C) A FIRST PLURALITY OF MOTOR RELAYS, (D) SECOND MEANS TO CONNECT EACH SAID MOTOR RELAY TO A RELAY OF SAID MEMORY, (E) A SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF LINEARLY ALIGNED PHOTOCELLS, (F) THIRD MEANS TO CONNECT EACH SAID PHOTOCELL TO A SAID MOTOR RELAY, (G) AN OPAQUE ROTATABLE MASK HAVING TRANSPARENT APERTURES, (H) A MOTOR MECHANICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID MASK TO ROTATE THE SAME, (I) FOURTH MEANS TO ILLUMINATE THE APERTURES OF SAID MASK, (J) BRAKE MEANS DISPOSED TO HALT THE ROTATION OF SAID MASK,
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