Computer data collection system

Claim 1

APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, FIRST MEANS FOR CONVERTING A FIRST ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF A MEASURABLE QUANTITY INTO THE PROPER DIGITAL FORM, FIRST MEANS FOR COUNTING THE FREQUENCY OF A FIRST CONVERTED SIGNAL, FIRST GATE MEANS OF PASSING SAID FIRST CONVERTED SIGNAL FROM SAID FIRST MEANS FOR CONVERTING TO SAID FIRST MEANS FOR COUNTING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID FIRST CONVERTED SIGNAL, SECOND MEANS FOR CONVERTING A SECOND ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL HAVING A CONSTANT FREQUENCY INTO THE PROPER DIGITAL FORM, SECOND MEANS FOR COUNTING THE FREQUENCY OF A SECOND CONVERTED SIGNAL OF CONSTANT FREQUENCY, SECOND GATE MEANS FOR PASSING SAID CONVERTED SIGNAL OF CONSTANT FREQUENCY FROM SAID SECOND MEANS FOR CONVERTING TO SAID SECOND MEANS FOR COUNTING SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF SAID FIRST CONVERTED SIGNAL THROUGH SAID FIRST GATE MEANS, MEANS OF PASSING A FIRST INHIBIT SIGNAL FROM SAID SECOND MEANS FOR COUNTING TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND GATE MEANS, A THIRD GATE MEANS, MEANS OF PASSING A FIRST READ SIGNAL FROM SAID SECOND MEANS FOR COUNTING TO SAID THIRD GATE MEANS, A DIGITAL COMPUTING MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING A SECOND READ SIGNAL FROM SAID COMPUTING MEANS TO SAID THIRD GATE MEANS, A FOURTH GATE MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING A THIRD READ SIGNAL FROM SAID THIRD GATE MEANS TO SAID FOURTH GATE MEANS, MEANS OF PASSING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF FREQUENCIES COUNTED FROM SAID FIRST MEANS FOR COUNTING TO SAID FOURTH GATE MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING SAID SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF FREQUENCIES COUNTED FROM SAID FOURTH GATE MEANS TO SAID COMPUTING MEANS, MEANS FOR PASSING IN SEQUENCE TO SAID FIRST MEANS FOR CONVERTING A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A PLURALITY OF MEASURABLE QUANTITIES, MEANS FOR PASSING AN ADVANCE SIGNAL FROM SAID THIRD GATE MEANS TO SAID MEANS FOR PASSING IN SEQUENCE TO SAID FIRST MEANS FOR CONVERTING A PLURALITY OF ALTERNATING CURRENG SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A PLURALITY OF MEASURABLE QUANTITIES, AND MEANS FOR PASSING A RESET SIGNAL FROM SAID SEQUENCING MEANS TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS FOR COUNTING.