US3224673A
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Assignee: Honeywell Inc
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Filing: 1963-10-30
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Granted: 1965-12-21
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Expires: 1983-10-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Vurnen J Leonard
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 22:08
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06M; G06M3/00; G06M3/02; G06M3/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
329 words
A PREDETERMINED COUNTER CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS FORWARD OR REVERSE COUNTING FROM 000 TO 199, COMPRISING: A SUCCESSION OF DIFFERENT ORDER COUNTER WHEELS MOUNTED FOR INDIVIDUAL ROTATION ON A COMMON AXIS AND INCLUDING A UNITS WHEEL, A TENS WHEEL AND A HUNDREDS WHEEL; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID UNITS WHEEL; TENS TRANSFER MEANS CONNECTED SAID UNITS WHEEL TO SAID TENS WHEEL; SAID UNITS WHEEL AND SAID TENS WHEEL EACH HAVING THE NUMERALS 0-9 EVENLY INDEXED AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; SAID HUNDREDS WHEEL HAVING THE NUMERAL 1 INDEXED AT ONE OR MORE SELECTED POINTS ON THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; SAID UNITS WHEEL HAVING A FIRST PREDETERMINED WHEEL OF SMALLER DIAMETER CONCENTRICALLY ATTACHED THERETO; SAID TENS WHEEL HAVING SECOND AND THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEELS OF SMALLER DIAMETER CONCENTRICALLY ATTACHED TO EITHER SIDE THEREOF; SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS EACH HAVING A FIRST NOTCH FORMED IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; A FIRST PAIR OF COG MEMBERS ATTACHED TO AN OUTER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS FLANKING SAID NOTCH AND EXTENDING THEREFROM PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON AXIS; A ROTATABLE OUTPUT SHAFT MOUNTED ADJCENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID COUNTER WHEELS AND PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON AXIS; SAID OUTPUT SHAFT HAVING AT LEAST ONE KICKER TOOTH AFFIXED THERETO ADJACENT EACH OF SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS LYING IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID OUTER SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED PREDETERMINING WHEEL AND SAID PLANE INTERSECTING SAID COG MEMBERS; SAID OUTPUT SHAFT HAVING A FIRST POSITION WITH SAID KICKER TOOTH OF SAID THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEEL LYING IN THE PATH OF SAID ASSOCIATED COG MEMBERS, AND SAID LOWER ORDER KICKER TEETH BEING MOUNTED ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID LOWER ORDER COG MEMBERS; ONE OF SAID THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEEL COG MEMBERS CONTACTING SAID KICKER TOOTH UPON ROTATION OF SAID COUNTER WHEELS FROM 199 TO 000 OR FROM 100 TO 099 TO THEREBY CAUSE PARTIAL ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT TO PLACE A LOWER ORDER KICKER TOOTH IN LINE WITH A LOWER ORDER COG MEMBER; SAID SECOND PREDETERMINING WHEEL HAVING A SECOND
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
329 words
A PREDETERMINED COUNTER CAPABLE OF CONTINUOUS FORWARD OR REVERSE COUNTING FROM 000 TO 199, COMPRISING: A SUCCESSION OF DIFFERENT ORDER COUNTER WHEELS MOUNTED FOR INDIVIDUAL ROTATION ON A COMMON AXIS AND INCLUDING A UNITS WHEEL, A TENS WHEEL AND A HUNDREDS WHEEL; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID UNITS WHEEL; TENS TRANSFER MEANS CONNECTED SAID UNITS WHEEL TO SAID TENS WHEEL; SAID UNITS WHEEL AND SAID TENS WHEEL EACH HAVING THE NUMERALS 0-9 EVENLY INDEXED AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; SAID HUNDREDS WHEEL HAVING THE NUMERAL 1 INDEXED AT ONE OR MORE SELECTED POINTS ON THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; SAID UNITS WHEEL HAVING A FIRST PREDETERMINED WHEEL OF SMALLER DIAMETER CONCENTRICALLY ATTACHED THERETO; SAID TENS WHEEL HAVING SECOND AND THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEELS OF SMALLER DIAMETER CONCENTRICALLY ATTACHED TO EITHER SIDE THEREOF; SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS EACH HAVING A FIRST NOTCH FORMED IN THE PERIPHERY THEREOF; A FIRST PAIR OF COG MEMBERS ATTACHED TO AN OUTER SIDE OF EACH OF SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS FLANKING SAID NOTCH AND EXTENDING THEREFROM PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON AXIS; A ROTATABLE OUTPUT SHAFT MOUNTED ADJCENT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID COUNTER WHEELS AND PARALLEL TO SAID COMMON AXIS; SAID OUTPUT SHAFT HAVING AT LEAST ONE KICKER TOOTH AFFIXED THERETO ADJACENT EACH OF SAID PREDETERMINING WHEELS LYING IN A PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID OUTER SIDE OF THE ASSOCIATED PREDETERMINING WHEEL AND SAID PLANE INTERSECTING SAID COG MEMBERS; SAID OUTPUT SHAFT HAVING A FIRST POSITION WITH SAID KICKER TOOTH OF SAID THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEEL LYING IN THE PATH OF SAID ASSOCIATED COG MEMBERS, AND SAID LOWER ORDER KICKER TEETH BEING MOUNTED ON SAID OUTPUT SHAFT OUT OF THE PATH OF SAID LOWER ORDER COG MEMBERS; ONE OF SAID THIRD PREDETERMINING WHEEL COG MEMBERS CONTACTING SAID KICKER TOOTH UPON ROTATION OF SAID COUNTER WHEELS FROM 199 TO 000 OR FROM 100 TO 099 TO THEREBY CAUSE PARTIAL ROTATION OF SAID OUTPUT SHAFT TO PLACE A LOWER ORDER KICKER TOOTH IN LINE WITH A LOWER ORDER COG MEMBER; SAID SECOND PREDETERMINING WHEEL HAVING A SECOND
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