Delay line signal detector

Claim 1

A METHOD OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A SIGNAL TRAIN COMPOSED OF COMPONENT PARTS WHICH MAY VARY BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL STATES, AND OCCURRING IN A PREDETERMINED TIMED RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING A TOTAL CHARACTERISTIC REPRESENTED BY A PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF COMPONENT PARTS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) TWISTING AN ELONGATED CONDUCTOR, SUCH AS A WIRE, IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAL IN A TWIST CYCLE AWAY FROM ITS NEUTRAL POSITION IN SUCH A MANNER THAT EACH CYCLE PROPAGATES A DEFORMATION WAVE ALONG THE WIRE HAVING SPACED PORTIONS MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT, (B) SELECTIVELY VARYING THE TWIST CYCLE IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAL IN A MANNER PROVIDING EITHER OF THE TWO ORDERS OF SEQUENCE OF THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT DURING A SINGLE CYCLE, THE CYCLES OF TWIST PRODUCING A TRAVELING WAVE ALONG SAID CONDUCTOR, THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE AND SPACING OF THE OPPOSITELY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY MOVING PORTIONS OF WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID SIGNAL, AND (C) APPLYING DISCRETE MAGNETIC FLUX FIELDS TO THE WIRE CROSSING ITS CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE AT PREDETERMINED SPACED POINTS ALONG ITS LENGTH AND IN ESSENTIALLY ONE RADIAL DIRECTION AT EACH POINT, AND AT SUCH SPACING AND WITH SUCH DIRECTION OF FLUX POLARITY TO PRODUCE AN AGGREGATE VOLTAGE IN SAID CONDUCTOR WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF SAID SIGNAL.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A SIGNAL TRAIN COMPOSED OF COMPONENT PARTS WHICH MAY VARY BETWEEN TWO SIGNAL STATES, AND OCCURRING IN A PREDETERMINED TIMED RELATIONSHIP AND HAVING A TOTAL CHARACTERISTIC REPRESENTED BY A PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF COMPONENT PARTS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: (A) TWISTING AN ELONGATED CONDUCTOR, SUCH AS A WIRE, IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAL IN A TWIST CYCLE AWAY FROM ITS NEUTRAL POSITION IN SUCH A MANNER THAT EACH CYCLE PROPAGATES A DEFORMATION WAVE ALONG THE WIRE HAVING SPACED PORTIONS MOVING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT, (B) SELECTIVELY VARYING THE TWIST CYCLE IN RESPONSE TO THE SIGNAL IN A MANNER PROVIDING EITHER OF THE TWO ORDERS OF SEQUENCE OF THE OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL MOVEMENT DURING A SINGLE CYCLE, THE CYCLES OF TWIST PRODUCING A TRAVELING WAVE ALONG SAID CONDUCTOR, THE ORDER OF SEQUENCE AND SPACING OF THE OPPOSITELY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY MOVING PORTIONS OF WHICH CORRESPOND TO THE CHARACTERISTIC OF SAID SIGNAL, AND (C) APPLYING DISCRETE MAGNETIC FLUX FIELDS TO THE WIRE CROSSING ITS CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE AT PREDETERMINED SPACED POINTS ALONG ITS LENGTH AND IN ESSENTIALLY ONE RADIAL DIRECTION AT EACH POINT, AND AT SUCH SPACING AND WITH SUCH DIRECTION OF FLUX POLARITY TO PRODUCE AN AGGREGATE VOLTAGE IN SAID CONDUCTOR WHICH IS AN INDICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF SAID SIGNAL.