Counter totalizer for randomly occurring signals from a plurality of sources

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR TOTALIZING RANDOMLY OCCURRING INDEPENDENT EVENTS FROM A PLURALITY OF SOURCES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT EVENT COUNT PULSE SOURCES PROVIDING LIKE OUTPUT SIGNALS FOR THE BUT RANDOMLY OCCURRING EVENTS, A TIMER PULSE UNITS CORPERIODIC CLOCK PULSES, A PLURALITY OF SCAN PULSE UNITS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID EVENT COUNT SOURCES AND RESPONSIVE TO EACH CLOCK PULSE TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVELY DELAYED SCAN OUTPUT PULSES, A PLURALITY OF GATE UNITS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A COUNT INPUT PORTION FOR RECEIVING COUNT PULSES FROM ONE OF SAID COUNT PULSE SOURCES, A SCAN PULSE INPUT SOURCE FOR RECEIVING PULSES FROM ONE OF EACH SCAN PULSE UNITS, A TRIGGER SWTICH PULSES OUTPUT PORTION, AND A COMMON JUNCTION BETWEEN THE INPUT TO SAID TRIGGER SWITCH, AND SAID COUNT AND SCAN INPUT PORTIONS, SAID TRIGGER SWITCH IN ON BISTABLE CONTITION TRIGGERING TO ANOTHER CONDITION WHEN THE VOLTAGE AT THE COMMON JUNCTION REACHES TRIGGERING LEVEL, SAID SCAN PULSE INPUT PORTION INCLUDING A COUPLING CAPACITOR AND ISOLATING DIODE FOR COUPLING A POSITIVE POTENTIAL TO SAID DIODE BRINGING SAID DIODE TO CONDUCTION TO BRING THE VOLTAGE AT THE COMMON JUNCTION TO SAID TRIGGERING LEVEL WHEN A COUNT PULSE IS APPLIED TO SAID COUNT PULSE INPUT PORTION AND A SCAN PULSE IS THEREAFTER APPLIED TO SAID SCAN INPUT PULSE PORTION, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT PULSES FROM SAID GATES AND TOTALIZE THEM AS RECEIVED.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR TOTALIZING RANDOMLY OCCURRING INDEPENDENT EVENTS FROM A PLURALITY OF SOURCES COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF INDEPENDENT EVENT COUNT PULSE SOURCES PROVIDING LIKE OUTPUT SIGNALS FOR THE BUT RANDOMLY OCCURRING EVENTS, A TIMER PULSE UNITS CORPERIODIC CLOCK PULSES, A PLURALITY OF SCAN PULSE UNITS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER TO SAID EVENT COUNT SOURCES AND RESPONSIVE TO EACH CLOCK PULSE TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVELY DELAYED SCAN OUTPUT PULSES, A PLURALITY OF GATE UNITS EACH OF WHICH COMPRISES A COUNT INPUT PORTION FOR RECEIVING COUNT PULSES FROM ONE OF SAID COUNT PULSE SOURCES, A SCAN PULSE INPUT SOURCE FOR RECEIVING PULSES FROM ONE OF EACH SCAN PULSE UNITS, A TRIGGER SWTICH PULSES OUTPUT PORTION, AND A COMMON JUNCTION BETWEEN THE INPUT TO SAID TRIGGER SWITCH, AND SAID COUNT AND SCAN INPUT PORTIONS, SAID TRIGGER SWITCH IN ON BISTABLE CONTITION TRIGGERING TO ANOTHER CONDITION WHEN THE VOLTAGE AT THE COMMON JUNCTION REACHES TRIGGERING LEVEL, SAID SCAN PULSE INPUT PORTION INCLUDING A COUPLING CAPACITOR AND ISOLATING DIODE FOR COUPLING A POSITIVE POTENTIAL TO SAID DIODE BRINGING SAID DIODE TO CONDUCTION TO BRING THE VOLTAGE AT THE COMMON JUNCTION TO SAID TRIGGERING LEVEL WHEN A COUNT PULSE IS APPLIED TO SAID COUNT PULSE INPUT PORTION AND A SCAN PULSE IS THEREAFTER APPLIED TO SAID SCAN INPUT PULSE PORTION, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT PULSES FROM SAID GATES AND TOTALIZE THEM AS RECEIVED.