Display wheel for converting binary code to display position

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTROMAGNETIC INDICATOR OF THE TYPE UTILIZING A STATOR HAVING ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZED WINDINGS MOUNTED UPON AN ANNULAR CORE FOR SELECTIVELY ESTABLISHING A PLURALITY OF DISCRETELY ORIENTED MAGNETIC FIELDS, AND A ROTOR HAVING A SALIENT POLE MAGNET MOUNTED TO PIVOT WITHIN THE ANNULAR CORE WHEREBY THE MAGNET ROTATES INTO ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAGNETIC FIELD ESTABLISHED BY THE STATOR, THE IMPROVEMENT WHEREBY THE INDICATOR RESPONDS TO A GROUP OF SIMULTANEOUS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS BY DISPLAYING ITS EQUIVALENT VALUE IN DECIMAL FORM, THE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS BEING CODED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A BINARY SYSTEM SO THAT EACH SIGNAL OF THE GROUP REPRESENTS ONE BIT IN THE BINARY CODE, THE IMPROVEMENT RESIDING IN EMPLOYING A STATOR WHOSE ANNULAR CORE HAS A PLURALITY OF INWARDLY EXTENDING POLES ARRANGED ASYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE ANNULUS, THE NUMBER OF POLES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF BITS IN THE GROUPS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, EACH POLE HAVING ON ITS A SEPARATE ELECTRICALLY ENERGIZABLE WINDING, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING EACH BIT IN THE GROUP OF ELETRICAL SIGNALS TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE WINDINGS.