Apparatus for determining total amplitude and total number of oscillations of waves

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE SUM OF AMPLITUDES AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MECHANICAL OSCILLATIONS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A TRANSDUCER MEANS FOR OBTAINING A CONTINUOUS ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL OUTPUT PROPORTIONAL TO THE INSTANTANEOUS AMPLITUDE OF THE OSCILLATIONS, A SERVO MOTOR, SERVO CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID TRANSDUCER MEANS AND SAID SERVO MOTOR FOR CONVERTING THE POTENTIAL OUTPUT OF THE TRANSDUCER MEANS TO MECHANICAL SHAFT ROTATION, COUPLING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT OF SAID SERVO MOTOR FOR TRANSMITTING SHAFT ROTATION IN ONE DIRECTION BUT NOT IN THE OTHER, FIRST COUNTER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COUPLING MEANS FOR SUMMING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHAFT ROTATIONS IN THE ONE DIRECTION, SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SHAFT OF SAID SERVO MOTOR FOR ALTERNATELY CLOSING TO THE SHAFT OF SAID SERVO MOTOR THE SHAFT OF THE SERVO MOTOR CHANGES DIRECTION OF ROTATION FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION TO THE ONE DIRECTION, AND SECOND COUNTER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SWITCH MEANS FOR REGISTERING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TIMES SAID SWITCH MEANS CLOSES WHEREBY THE SUM OF THE AMPLITUDES OF THE OSCILLATIONS IS RECORDED BY THE FIRST COUNTER MEANS AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OSCILLATIONS IS RECORDED BY THE SECOND COUNTER MEANS.