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Communications equipment transmitter and tape recorder

Assignee: SCM Corp
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Filing: 1965-08-23
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Granted: 1967-01-03
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Expires: 1985-08-23
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Clayton H Clark
  • 👤 Donald J Stefanik

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 04:50
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L17/00; B; B41; B41J; B41J1/00; B41J1/22; B41J1/32; G; G11; G11B; G11B15/00; G11B15/18; G11B15/26; G11B15/34; H04L13/00; H04L13/02; H04L13/06; H04L13/08; H04L13/18; H04L13/182; H04L17/02; H04L17/04; H04L17/16; H04L17/24

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A MULTIPLE BIT CODE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS COMPRISING A MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDERREADER SET WITH MULTIPLE TRACK RECORDING AND PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS, MEANS FOR STEPPING A MAGNETIC TAPE PAST SAID HEAD MEANS AND STORING IN SAID TAPE AND READING FROM SAID TAPE INFORMATION SIGNAL UNITS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE BIT CODES IN SERIAL DIGITAL FORM AND SERIAL DIGITAL CLOCK PULSES CORRESPONDING AT LEAST TO ALL POSSIBLE BIT POSITIONS OF SAID CODE; A TRANSMITTER HAVING MEANS ENABLING ORIGINATION, RECEIPT AND STORAGE OF CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE STORED CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC PARALLEL REGISTER TO RECEIVE AND STORE PARALLEL BITS OF CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION AND A LOW-SPEED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MEANS TO READ-OUT AND SERIALLY TRANSMIT THE CODE SIGNAL BITS FROM SAID PARALLEL REGISTER; AND CIRCUITRY MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER-READER SET AND SAID TRANSMITTER INCLUDING HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONIC MEANS TO ENABLE READ-OUT OF CODE SIGNAL BITS FROM SAID PARALLEL REGISTER AND TO STORE SUCH BITS IN HIGH-SPEED SERIAL DIGITAL CODED ORDER ALONG WITH STORAGE OF CORRESPONDING CODE BIT CLOCKING PULSES IN THE MAGNETIC TAPE AND, IN ACCORD WITH THE LOGIC REPRESENTED BY THE SERIALLY RECORDED CLOCKING PULSES AND SERIALLY RECORDED CODE BIT PULSES, TO ACCOMPLISH HIGH-SPEED SERIAL READ-OUT OF CODE SIGNALS FROM THE TAPE AND CONVERSION OF SAID SERIAL CODE SIGNAL, THROUGH SAID PARALLEL REGISTER, FOR SERIAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH SAID LOW-SPEED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MEANS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A MULTIPLE BIT CODE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION TRANSMISSION APPARATUS COMPRISING A MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDERREADER SET WITH MULTIPLE TRACK RECORDING AND PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS, MEANS FOR STEPPING A MAGNETIC TAPE PAST SAID HEAD MEANS AND STORING IN SAID TAPE AND READING FROM SAID TAPE INFORMATION SIGNAL UNITS CONSISTING OF MULTIPLE BIT CODES IN SERIAL DIGITAL FORM AND SERIAL DIGITAL CLOCK PULSES CORRESPONDING AT LEAST TO ALL POSSIBLE BIT POSITIONS OF SAID CODE; A TRANSMITTER HAVING MEANS ENABLING ORIGINATION, RECEIPT AND STORAGE OF CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION AND TRANSMISSION OF THE STORED CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION COMPRISING AN ELECTRONIC PARALLEL REGISTER TO RECEIVE AND STORE PARALLEL BITS OF CODE SIGNAL INFORMATION AND A LOW-SPEED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MEANS TO READ-OUT AND SERIALLY TRANSMIT THE CODE SIGNAL BITS FROM SAID PARALLEL REGISTER; AND CIRCUITRY MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER-READER SET AND SAID TRANSMITTER INCLUDING HIGH-SPEED ELECTRONIC MEANS TO ENABLE READ-OUT OF CODE SIGNAL BITS FROM SAID PARALLEL REGISTER AND TO STORE SUCH BITS IN HIGH-SPEED SERIAL DIGITAL CODED ORDER ALONG WITH STORAGE OF CORRESPONDING CODE BIT CLOCKING PULSES IN THE MAGNETIC TAPE AND, IN ACCORD WITH THE LOGIC REPRESENTED BY THE SERIALLY RECORDED CLOCKING PULSES AND SERIALLY RECORDED CODE BIT PULSES, TO ACCOMPLISH HIGH-SPEED SERIAL READ-OUT OF CODE SIGNALS FROM THE TAPE AND CONVERSION OF SAID SERIAL CODE SIGNAL, THROUGH SAID PARALLEL REGISTER, FOR SERIAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH SAID LOW-SPEED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION MEANS.

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