Bilateral non-reflective transmission device

Claim 1

A BILATERAL NON-REFLECTIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR PASSING ONE AND OTHER ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALS OCCUPYING DIFFERENT FREQUENCY BANDS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS COMPRISING: FIRST INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS HAVING AN INHERENT IMPEDANCE MISMATCH FOR SAID OTHER SIGNAL AND PASSING SAID ONE AND OTHER SIGNALS AND REFLECTING A PORTION OF SAID OTHER SIGNAL, SECOND INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS HAVING AN INHERENT IMPEDANCE MISMATCH FOR SAID ONE SIGNAL AND PASSING SAID ONE AND OTHER SIGNALS AND REFLECTING A PORTION OF SAID ONE SIGNAL, A FIRST PATH TRANSMITTING SAID ONE SIGNAL IN A GIVEN DIRECTION FROM SAID FIRST INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS TO SAID SECOND INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS TO SAID SECOND INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS, A SECOND PATH TRANSMITTING SAID OTHER SIGNAL IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO SAID GIVEN DIRECTION FROM SAID SECOND INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS TO SAID FIRST INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS, FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST INPUT-OUTPUT MEANS AND ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PATHS FOR PASSING SAID ONE SIGNAL AND REFLECTED OTHER SIGNAL PORTION IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND SAID OTHER SIGNAL IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID SECOND INPUTOUTPUT MEANS AND ADJACENT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PATHS FOR PASSING SAID ONE SIGNAL IN SAID GIVEN DIRECTION AND SAID OTHER SIGNAL AND REFLECTED ONE SIGNAL PORTION IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS FOR ABSORBING SAID REFLECTED ONE AND OTHER SIGNAL PORTIONS TO ELIMINATE SAID LAST-MENTIONED SIGNAL PORTIONS IN SAID DEVICE.