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US3275804A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Computing apparatus

Assignee: University of California Berkeley
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Filing: 1960-10-24
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Granted: 1966-09-27
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Expires: 1980-10-24
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Theodore R Folsom
  • 👤 Richard A Cramer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 07:43
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01T; G01T1/00; G01T1/36

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 165 words
IN A DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION OF: DUAL TRACK TAPE MEANS TO CARRY A RECORDING OF SYNCHRONIZING PULSES AND INFORMATION PULSES, WHEREIN A SINGLE SYNCHONIZING PULSE PRECEEDS THE FIRST INFORMATION PULSE PAST A PREDETERMINED POINT; PICKUP DEVICES FOR THE RESPECTIVE TRACKS; AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPING NETWORKS COUPLED TO EACH PICKUP DEVICE; A PAIR OF MULTI-CATHODE GLOW TUBES; GATING DEVICES COUPLED TO CATHODES OF SAID GLOW TUBES; A THIRD MULTI-CATHODE FLOW TUBE; A SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR COUPLED TO THE LAST OF THE CATHODES OF SAID THIRD TUBE; GATE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR AND THE AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPER NETWORK FOR THE INFORMATION PULSES; A CONNECTION FROM THE LAST CATHODE OF ONE OF SAID PAIR OF GLOW TUBES TO SAID SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR; MEANS COUPLED TO THE AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPER NETWORK FOR THE SYNCHRONIZING PULSE FOR CONTROLLING THE STATE OF COUDUCTION OF SAID THIRD TUBE; AND RESPECTIVE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID GATE MEANS TO ESTABLISH GATING PULSES TO BE PASSED BY THE OPERABLE GATING DEVICE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 165 words
IN A DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION OF: DUAL TRACK TAPE MEANS TO CARRY A RECORDING OF SYNCHRONIZING PULSES AND INFORMATION PULSES, WHEREIN A SINGLE SYNCHONIZING PULSE PRECEEDS THE FIRST INFORMATION PULSE PAST A PREDETERMINED POINT; PICKUP DEVICES FOR THE RESPECTIVE TRACKS; AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPING NETWORKS COUPLED TO EACH PICKUP DEVICE; A PAIR OF MULTI-CATHODE GLOW TUBES; GATING DEVICES COUPLED TO CATHODES OF SAID GLOW TUBES; A THIRD MULTI-CATHODE FLOW TUBE; A SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR COUPLED TO THE LAST OF THE CATHODES OF SAID THIRD TUBE; GATE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR AND THE AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPER NETWORK FOR THE INFORMATION PULSES; A CONNECTION FROM THE LAST CATHODE OF ONE OF SAID PAIR OF GLOW TUBES TO SAID SET-RESET MULTIVIBRATOR; MEANS COUPLED TO THE AMPLIFIER AND PULSE SHAPER NETWORK FOR THE SYNCHRONIZING PULSE FOR CONTROLLING THE STATE OF COUDUCTION OF SAID THIRD TUBE; AND RESPECTIVE MEANS COUPLED TO SAID GATE MEANS TO ESTABLISH GATING PULSES TO BE PASSED BY THE OPERABLE GATING DEVICE.

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