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US3226686A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Address modification matrices

Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1961-06-30
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1981-06-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lester R Adams
  • 👤 Arthur F Collins
  • 👤 Edward B Eichelberger
  • 👤 Martin J Kelly

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 07:44
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F7/00; G06F7/38; G06F7/383; G06F7/386

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 220 words
CIRCUITRY FOR MODIFYING A MULTI-DIGIT ADDRESS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, CORE MATRICES FOR EACH OF THE DIGIT ORDER POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID MATRICES COMPRISING A 1-UP, A 0-UP AND A 1-DOWN GROUP OF TEN BISTABLE MAGNETIC CORES HAVING A SET AND REST STATE, INPUT LINES WOUND ON SAID CORES FOR COUPLING AN M-OUT-OF-N CODE IN A COMPLEMENTARY FORM INDICATING A DECIMAL DIGIT TO THE CORE GROUPS IN THE RESPECTIVE MATRICES BY NOT SELECTING CERTAIN CORES, SAID INPUT LINES BEING WOULD IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS THROUGH THE CORES IN EACH OF THE GROUPS OF CORES IN AN ORDER POSITION, THE INPUT LINES FOR A DIGIT ORDER MATRIX WHICH INDICATE THE DECIMAL DIGITS 0 AND 9 IN SAID CODE BEING WOUND THROUGH SELECTED GROUPS OF CORES IN THE HIGHER ORDER MATRICES, THE INPUT LINES BEING WOUND IN A SIMILAR PATTERN IN THE SIMILAR NUMBERED GROUPS, A 1-UP, A 0-UP AND A 1-DOWN CONTROL LINEE EACH BEING SELECTIVELY WOUND THROUGH THE CORES IN SAID GROUPS, A READ OUT LINE WOULD THROUGH ALL OF SAID CORES, SENSE LINES FOR EACH OF THE ORDER POSITION MATRICES, SAID SENSE LINES BEING SELECTIVELY WOUND THROUGH THE CORES OF EACH OF SAID GROUPS TO PROVIDE AN OUTPUT IN AN M-OUT-OF-N CODE IN COMPLEMENTARY FORM INDICATING A DECIMAL DIGIT, SAID SENSE LINES BEING WOULD TO PROVIDE CANCELLATION OF ALL BUT THE
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 220 words
CIRCUITRY FOR MODIFYING A MULTI-DIGIT ADDRESS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, CORE MATRICES FOR EACH OF THE DIGIT ORDER POSITIONS, EACH OF SAID MATRICES COMPRISING A 1-UP, A 0-UP AND A 1-DOWN GROUP OF TEN BISTABLE MAGNETIC CORES HAVING A SET AND REST STATE, INPUT LINES WOUND ON SAID CORES FOR COUPLING AN M-OUT-OF-N CODE IN A COMPLEMENTARY FORM INDICATING A DECIMAL DIGIT TO THE CORE GROUPS IN THE RESPECTIVE MATRICES BY NOT SELECTING CERTAIN CORES, SAID INPUT LINES BEING WOULD IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS THROUGH THE CORES IN EACH OF THE GROUPS OF CORES IN AN ORDER POSITION, THE INPUT LINES FOR A DIGIT ORDER MATRIX WHICH INDICATE THE DECIMAL DIGITS 0 AND 9 IN SAID CODE BEING WOUND THROUGH SELECTED GROUPS OF CORES IN THE HIGHER ORDER MATRICES, THE INPUT LINES BEING WOUND IN A SIMILAR PATTERN IN THE SIMILAR NUMBERED GROUPS, A 1-UP, A 0-UP AND A 1-DOWN CONTROL LINEE EACH BEING SELECTIVELY WOUND THROUGH THE CORES IN SAID GROUPS, A READ OUT LINE WOULD THROUGH ALL OF SAID CORES, SENSE LINES FOR EACH OF THE ORDER POSITION MATRICES, SAID SENSE LINES BEING SELECTIVELY WOUND THROUGH THE CORES OF EACH OF SAID GROUPS TO PROVIDE AN OUTPUT IN AN M-OUT-OF-N CODE IN COMPLEMENTARY FORM INDICATING A DECIMAL DIGIT, SAID SENSE LINES BEING WOULD TO PROVIDE CANCELLATION OF ALL BUT THE

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