Counter for reducing counting errors caused by over- and undercounts in a record conversion system

Claim 1

A BINARY COUNTING CIRCUIT FOR COUNTING ELECTRICAL PULSES FORMING AN INPUT SIGNAL APPLIED THERETO WHICH COMPRISES: A COUNTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF COUNTING STAGES CONNECTED IN SERIES FOR COUNTING THE PULSES FORMING THE INPUT SIGNAL AND PRODUCING BINARY ENCODED OUTPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF PULSES COUNTED, AT LEAST THE LOWEST ORDER COUNTING STAGE SERVING AS A BUFFER STAGE RESPONSIVE TO SPURIOUS PULSES OF THE TYPE INDICATIVE OF OVERCOUNTS AND UNDERCOUNTS AND EFFECTIVE TO ABSORB AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SPURIOUS PULSES WHENEVER ACCOMPANYING THE DESIRED PULSES REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID INPUT SIGNAL; AND A UTILIZATION DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUTS OF ALL THE COUNTING STAGES OTHER THAN THE BUFFER STAGE FOR UTILIZING THE BINARY ENCODED OUTPUTS OF THOSE COUNTING STAGES.