Pulsing circuit providing output pulses which are inhibited upon input pulses exceeding predetermined rate

Claim 1

IN A PULSING CIRCUIT WHEREIN OUTPUT MEANS PROVIDE OUTPUT PULSES IN RESPONSE TO INPUT PULSES OF VARYING TIME DURATIONS SUPPLIED TO INPUT MEANS, AT AN IRREGULAR RATE, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: MEANS COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS AND TO SAID OUTPUT MEANS, INCLUDING FIRST MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INPUT PULSES FOR CONTROLLING SAID OUTPUT MEANS TO PROVIDE OUTPUT PULSES, EACH WITH A TIME DURATION RELATED TO THE TIME DURATION OF ONE OF SAID INPUT PULSES BUT NOT TO EXCEED A PREDETERMINED TIME DURATION; AND SECOND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND OUTPUT MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT PULSES FOR INHIBITING SAID OUTPUT MEANS FROM PROVIDING OUTPUT PULSES WHENEVER THE RATE AT WHICH INPUT PULSES ARE SUPPLIED TO SAID INPUT MEANS EXCEEDS A SELECTED LIMIT.