Pulse regenerative devices

Claim 1

IN A PULSE CODE REGENERATIVE REPEATER FOR CORRECTING INCOMING CODE PULSE SIGNALS, SAID INCOMING SIGNALS HAVING NOMINAL FREQUENCY, MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND PRODUCING NORMALIZED AND RESHAPED SIGNALS FROM SAID INCOMING SIGNALS, AND FOR GENERATING SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS RESPONSIVE TO SAID INCOMING SIGNALS, CLOCK MEANS FOR GENERATING CLOCK SIGNALS SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID NOMINAL FREQUENCY, A PLURALITY OF PHASE DISCRIMINATORS, EACH OF SAID PHASE DISCRIMINATORS CONTROLLED JOINTLY BY THE SINUSOIDAL SIGNALS AND THE CLOCK SIGNALS FOR GENERATING GATE CONTROL SIGNALS, N-1 PHASE SHIFT MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID CLOCK SIGNALS TO INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID PHASE DISCRIMINATORS WITH A 2$/N PHASE LAG RELATIVE TO THE PRECEDING DISCRIMINATOR, WHEREIN 2$ REPRESENTS THE REPETITION PERIOD OF SAID NOMINAL FREQUENCY AND N REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF PHASE DISCRIMINATORS, COINCIDENT GATE MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE COINCIDENCE OF SAID GATE CONTROL SIGNALS AND SAID NORMALIZED, RESHAPED INCOMING SIGNALS FOR PASSING SAID NORMALIZED AND RESHAPED SIGNALS DURING PREDETERMINED TIME PERIODS CORRESPONDING TO SAID NOMINAL FREQUENCY, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID NORMALIZED SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM SAID COINCIDENT MEANS AND SAID CLOCK SIGNALS FOR GENERATING CORRECTED CODE PULSE SIGNALS AND FOR TRANSMITTING SAID CORRECTED SIGNALS.