US3219271A
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Assignee: Unisys Corp
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Filing: 1963-11-20
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Granted: 1965-11-23
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Expires: 1983-11-20
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Bauer Peter
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 10:42
CPC Classifications
F; F15; F15C; F15C1/00; F15C1/08; F15C1/10; F15C1/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/206; Y10T137/212; Y10T137/2125; Y10T137/2131; Y10T137/2136; Y10T137/2147; Y10T137/2153; Y10T137/2229; Y10T137/224; Y10T137/2245
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
312 words
A BINARY COUNTER COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND FLUID AMPLIFIERS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF OUTPUT CHANNELS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE END TO FORM A CHAMBER, A POWER STREAM NOZZLE TERMINATING AT AN ORIFICE IN SAID CHAMBER, THE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER BEING OFFSET FROM SAID ORIFICE AND DIVERGING FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT A POWER STREAM EMERGING FROM SAID ORIFICE LOCKS ONTO THE WALL TOWARD WHICH IT IS DIRECTED, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CONTROL NOZZLES FOR SELECTING DIRECTING SAID POWER STREAM TOWARD ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID WALLS; A FURTHER PAIR OF NOZZLES COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER; A FIRST AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS, SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO SAID FURTHER NOZZLES OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER AND SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT CHANNELS OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO THE CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER; MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING FLUID TO THE POWER STREAM NOZZLE OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER; AND MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING A STREAM OF FLUID TO THE POWER STREAM NOZZLE OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER, SAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER ON OPPOSITE SIDES AND IN PROXIMITY TO THE POWER STREAM ORIFICE OF THE FIRST AMPLIFIER WHEREBY THE DIRECTION OF FLUID FLOW BETWEEN SAID CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER AT THE TIME A POWER STREAM BEGINS TO ISSUE FROM SAID ORIFICE DETERMINES THE WALL TO WHICH SAID POWER STREAM IS DIRECTED, SAID FIRST FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR LIMITING THE FLOW OF FLUID TO THE CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO DEFLECT A POWER STREAM AS THE POWER STREAM IS INITIATED BUT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO UNLOCK A POWER STREAM FROM ONE OF SAID WALLS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
312 words
A BINARY COUNTER COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND FLUID AMPLIFIERS EACH HAVING A PAIR OF OUTPUT CHANNELS INTERCONNECTED AT ONE END TO FORM A CHAMBER, A POWER STREAM NOZZLE TERMINATING AT AN ORIFICE IN SAID CHAMBER, THE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER BEING OFFSET FROM SAID ORIFICE AND DIVERGING FROM EACH OTHER SO THAT A POWER STREAM EMERGING FROM SAID ORIFICE LOCKS ONTO THE WALL TOWARD WHICH IT IS DIRECTED, AND A PAIR OF OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CONTROL NOZZLES FOR SELECTING DIRECTING SAID POWER STREAM TOWARD ONE OR THE OTHER OF SAID WALLS; A FURTHER PAIR OF NOZZLES COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER; A FIRST AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS, SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO SAID FURTHER NOZZLES OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER AND SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT CHANNELS OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO THE CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER; MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY APPLYING FLUID TO THE POWER STREAM NOZZLE OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER; AND MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY APPLYING A STREAM OF FLUID TO THE POWER STREAM NOZZLE OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER, SAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHAMBER OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER ON OPPOSITE SIDES AND IN PROXIMITY TO THE POWER STREAM ORIFICE OF THE FIRST AMPLIFIER WHEREBY THE DIRECTION OF FLUID FLOW BETWEEN SAID CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER AT THE TIME A POWER STREAM BEGINS TO ISSUE FROM SAID ORIFICE DETERMINES THE WALL TO WHICH SAID POWER STREAM IS DIRECTED, SAID FIRST FLUID CONDUCTING MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR LIMITING THE FLOW OF FLUID TO THE CONTROL NOZZLES OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO DEFLECT A POWER STREAM AS THE POWER STREAM IS INITIATED BUT LESS THAN THE AMOUNT REQUIRED TO UNLOCK A POWER STREAM FROM ONE OF SAID WALLS.
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