Pulse counter having plural discrete counter indication means

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A TIMING SYSTEM FOR COUNTING INPUT PULSES AND FOR PRODUCING OUTPUT INDICATIONS AT EACH OF A PLURALITY OF PRESELECTED NUMBERS OF SID PULSES WHICH ARE CONCURRENTLY COUNTED COMPRISING A SOURCE OF REGULARLY RECURRING SIGNALS, PULSE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE FOR PRODUCING A SERIES OF INPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID REGULARLY RECURRING SIGNALS, PLURAL STAGE COUNTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT SIGNALS FOR COUNTING NUMBERS AS LARGE AS THE LARGEST OF SAID PRESELECTED NUMBERS COMPRISING FIRST COUNTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT SIGNALS FOR REPETITIVELY AND CYCLICALLY COUNTING PREDETERMINED NUMBERS OF SAID INPUT PULSES AND PRODUCING A DISCRETE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT INDICATION AT EACH COUNT AND AN OUTPUT SIGNAL AT EACH OF SAID PREDETERMINED NUMBERS OF INPUT PULSES AND SECOND COUNTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST COUNTING MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY AND CYCLICALLY COUNTING PREDETERMINED NUMBERS OF SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS AND PRODUCING A DISCRETE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT INDICATION AT EACH COUNT, FIRST AND SECOND OUTPUT DEVICES, CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT HAVING AN ELEMENT INDIVIDUAL TO AND CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID FIRST COUNTING MEANS AND SAID SECOND COUNTING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE AT EACH CONCURRENCE OF PRESELECTED DISCRETE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT INDICATIONS FROM SAID PLURAL STAGE COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING SAID FIRST AND SECOND COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING OPERATING SAID FIRST OUTPUT DEVICE, CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND COINCIDENCE CIRCUIT HAVING AN ELEMENT INDIVIDUAL TO AND CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID FIRST COUNTING MEANS AND SAID SECOND COUNTING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE AT EACH CONCURRENCE OF DIFFERENT PRESELECTED DISCRETE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT INDICATIONS FROM SAID PLURAL STAGE COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING SAID FIRST AND SECOND COUNTING MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID SECOND OUTPUT DEVICE, AND MEAND EFFECTIVE ONLY AFTER SAID PLURAL STAGE COUNTING MEANS HAD COUNTED A NUMBER OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS EQUAL TO THAT REQUIRED TO CAUSE SAID PLURAL STAGE COUNTING MEANS TO PRODUCE THE LARGER OF SID PRESELECTED DISCRETE OUTPUT INDICATION AND SAID DIFFERENT PRESELECTED OUTPUT INDICATION FOR DISALBING SAID PULSE MEANS TO PRODUCE SAID SERIES OF INPUT SIGNALS.