Frequency measurement system with counting and storage

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE FREQUENCY OF ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BY COUNTING THE IMPULSES DURING SUCCESSIVE PREDETERMINED COUNTING INTERVALS AND FOR PROVIDING A CONTINUAL DISPLAY THROUGHOUT EACH INTERVAL OF A MULTIPLEPLACE DIGITAL COUNT ATTAINED AT THE END OF THE PRECEDING INTERVAL, THE SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, MULTIPLEPLACE DIGITAL IMPULSE-COUNTING MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO COUNT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES CONTINUALLY, MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO STORE AND DISPLAY A MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT CONTINUALLY WHILE SAID COUNTING MEANS IS COUNTING, COUNT TRANSFER MEANS ADAPTED, WHEN OPERATIVE, TO TRANSFER A COUNT FROM SAID COUNTING MEANS TO SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS, SAID COUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED FLIP-FLOP COUNTING CIRCUITS, SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS EACH OF WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE OTHERS OF SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS, SAID TRANSFER MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF COUPLING CIRCUITS CONNECTING CORRESPONDING FLIT-FLOP COUNTING CIRCUITS TO CORRESPONDING STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS, MEANS FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES OF UNKNOWN FREQUENCY TO SAID COUNTING MEANS, AND CONTROL MEANS INDPENDENT OF SAID ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FOR PERIODICALLY RENDERING SAID FLIP-FLOP CIRCUITS INOPERATIVE TO COUNT SAID IMPULSES ONLY DURING TRANSFER INTERVALS OF PREDETERMINED BRIEF DURATION BETWEEN SAID COUNTING INTERVALS AND FOR RENDERING ALL SAID COUPLING CIRCUITS OPERATIVE TO TRANSFER THE COUNT TO SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS ONLY DURING SAID TRANSFER INTERVALS, WHEREBY SAID IMPULSES ARE COUNTED CONTINUALLY DURING SAID COUNTING INTERVALS AND THE MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT ATTAINED AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH COUNTING INTERVAL IS CONTINUALLY DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE SUCCEEDING COUNTING INTERVAL.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE FREQUENCY OF ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BY COUNTING THE IMPULSES DURING SUCCESSIVE PREDETERMINED COUNTING INTERVALS AND FOR PROVIDING A CONTINUAL DISPLAY THROUGHOUT EACH INTERVAL OF A MULTIPLEPLACE DIGITAL COUNT ATTAINED AT THE END OF THE PRECEDING INTERVAL, THE SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, MULTIPLEPLACE DIGITAL IMPULSE-COUNTING MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO COUNT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES CONTINUALLY, MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS NORMALLY OPERATIVE TO STORE AND DISPLAY A MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT CONTINUALLY WHILE SAID COUNTING MEANS IS COUNTING, COUNT TRANSFER MEANS ADAPTED, WHEN OPERATIVE, TO TRANSFER A COUNT FROM SAID COUNTING MEANS TO SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS, SAID COUNTING MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED FLIP-FLOP COUNTING CIRCUITS, SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS EACH OF WHICH IS INDEPENDENT OF AND DISCONNECTED FROM THE OTHERS OF SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS, SAID TRANSFER MEANS COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF COUPLING CIRCUITS CONNECTING CORRESPONDING FLIT-FLOP COUNTING CIRCUITS TO CORRESPONDING STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS, MEANS FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES OF UNKNOWN FREQUENCY TO SAID COUNTING MEANS, AND CONTROL MEANS INDPENDENT OF SAID ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FOR PERIODICALLY RENDERING SAID FLIP-FLOP CIRCUITS INOPERATIVE TO COUNT SAID IMPULSES ONLY DURING TRANSFER INTERVALS OF PREDETERMINED BRIEF DURATION BETWEEN SAID COUNTING INTERVALS AND FOR RENDERING ALL SAID COUPLING CIRCUITS OPERATIVE TO TRANSFER THE COUNT TO SAID STORING AND DISPLAYING CIRCUITS ONLY DURING SAID TRANSFER INTERVALS, WHEREBY SAID IMPULSES ARE COUNTED CONTINUALLY DURING SAID COUNTING INTERVALS AND THE MULTIPLE-PLACE DIGITAL COUNT ATTAINED AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH COUNTING INTERVAL IS CONTINUALLY DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT THE SUCCEEDING COUNTING INTERVAL.