US3272306A
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Justification zone-indicating counter
Assignee: Friden Inc
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Filing: 1963-03-19
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Granted: 1966-09-13
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Expires: 1983-03-19
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Witt Frank A De
- 👤 Wilbur C Ahrns
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 15:22
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41B; B41B25/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
A JUSTIFICATION-ZONE INDICATING COUNTER COMPRISING FIRST WORD-SPACE-SELECTION MEANS FOR PRESELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL ONE OF ANY OF PLURAL AVAILABLE MINIMUM-WORDSPACE UNIT VALUES, ACCUMMULATOR MEANS MOVABLE IN DISCRETE UNIT-VALUED STEPS TO ACCUMULATE THE TOTAL LENGTH OF A LINE OF ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS AND SYMBOLS EACH HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL PRESELECTED UNIT-VALUE WIDTH AND INCLUDING WORD SPACES HAVING SAID PRESELECTED INDIVIDUAL WORD-SPACE UNIT VALUE, MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF WORD SPACES IN EACH SAID LINE, ELECTRICAL-CONTACT ACTUATING MEANS MOVABLE WITH SAID ACCUMULATOR MEANS FOR PRESELECTING ANY OF PLURAL MAXIMUM-JUSTIFICATION-EXPANSION WORD-SPACE UNIT VALUES, AND MEANS INCLUDING STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS CONTROLLED BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE PREVAILING COUNT OF SAID COUNTING MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF THE ZONE WITHIN WHICH EACH SAID LINE LENGTH IS JUSTIFIABLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
A JUSTIFICATION-ZONE INDICATING COUNTER COMPRISING FIRST WORD-SPACE-SELECTION MEANS FOR PRESELECTING AN INDIVIDUAL ONE OF ANY OF PLURAL AVAILABLE MINIMUM-WORDSPACE UNIT VALUES, ACCUMMULATOR MEANS MOVABLE IN DISCRETE UNIT-VALUED STEPS TO ACCUMULATE THE TOTAL LENGTH OF A LINE OF ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS AND SYMBOLS EACH HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL PRESELECTED UNIT-VALUE WIDTH AND INCLUDING WORD SPACES HAVING SAID PRESELECTED INDIVIDUAL WORD-SPACE UNIT VALUE, MEANS FOR COUNTING THE NUMBER OF WORD SPACES IN EACH SAID LINE, ELECTRICAL-CONTACT ACTUATING MEANS MOVABLE WITH SAID ACCUMULATOR MEANS FOR PRESELECTING ANY OF PLURAL MAXIMUM-JUSTIFICATION-EXPANSION WORD-SPACE UNIT VALUES, AND MEANS INCLUDING STATIONARY ELECTRICAL CONTACTS CONTROLLED BY SAID ACTUATING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE PREVAILING COUNT OF SAID COUNTING MEANS FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF THE ZONE WITHIN WHICH EACH SAID LINE LENGTH IS JUSTIFIABLE.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1969-09-12 | 1970-03-14 | 1970-09-13 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1973-09-12 | 1974-03-14 | 1974-09-13 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1977-09-12 | 1978-03-14 | 1978-09-13 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |