US3260455A
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Stepped counting apparatus
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1964-09-30
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Granted: 1966-07-12
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Expires: 1984-09-30
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 John W Melville
- 👤 Robert F Osborne
- 👤 John F Wirley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:00
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06M; G06M3/00; G06M3/02; G03; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/02; G06F; G06F7/00; G06F7/60; G06F7/68; G06M1/00; G06M1/08; G06M1/10; G06M1/102; G06M3/025; G06M3/027; G06M7/00; G06M7/02; G06M7/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
103 words
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VARIED NUMBERS OF PULSES UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF EVENTS INCLUDING: PULSE EMITTING MEANS ADAPTED TO EMIT SEQUENTIAL SERIES OF PULSES UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF PREDETERMINED EVENTS, COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO PRESET A NUMBER OF EVENTS TO OCCUR, MEANS TO RECORD THE OCCURRENCE OF EVENTS AND MEANS TO DETECT THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PRESET NUMBER OF EVENTS AND TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PRESET NUMBER OF EVENTS AND MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTING MEANS TO VARY THE NUMBER OF PULSES FROM THE PULSE EMITTING MEANS AS THE COUNTING MEANS RECORDS DIFFERENT SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF EVENTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
103 words
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VARIED NUMBERS OF PULSES UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF EVENTS INCLUDING: PULSE EMITTING MEANS ADAPTED TO EMIT SEQUENTIAL SERIES OF PULSES UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF PREDETERMINED EVENTS, COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO PRESET A NUMBER OF EVENTS TO OCCUR, MEANS TO RECORD THE OCCURRENCE OF EVENTS AND MEANS TO DETECT THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PRESET NUMBER OF EVENTS AND TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE PRESET NUMBER OF EVENTS AND MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COUNTING MEANS TO VARY THE NUMBER OF PULSES FROM THE PULSE EMITTING MEANS AS THE COUNTING MEANS RECORDS DIFFERENT SPECIFIC NUMBERS OF EVENTS.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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