Pulse switching apparatus

Abstract

Abstract A PRINTED CIRCUIT ON A CIRCUIT BOARD IS ARRANGED TO GIVE A SEQUENTIAL PULSE OUTPUT WHEN THE CIRCUIT IS COMPLETED. A CHANNEL IS ATTACHED TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD SO AS TO CROSS VARIOUS CIRCUIT LINES. AT EACH CROSS POINT BETWEEN A CIRCUIT LINE AND THE CHANNEL, THERE IS A GAP IN THE CIRCUIT SUCH THAT THE GAP CAN BE BRIDGED BY A CONDUCTIVE PELLET TRAVELLING THROUGH THE CHANNEL THUS COMPLETING THE CIRCUIT TO PROVIDE THE PULSE OUTPUT. THE DEVICE CAN BE PROGRAMMED OR PRECONDITIONED BY PROVIDING A SECOND CHANNEL WHICH CROSSES THE CIRCUIT LINES AND WHICH HAS GAPS IN THE CIRCUIT LINES WHERE THE SECOND CHANNEL CROSSES. A RESERVOIR OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL IS CONNECTED TO THE SECOND CHANNEL AND IS ADAPTED TO BE ENERGIZED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ASSOCIATED DEVICE SUCH AS A CAMMED COUNTER WHEEL. THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL RISES AND EBBS IN THE SECOND CHANNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE RESERVOIR THUS BRIDGING A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF GAPS. THE CONDUCTIVE PELLET, AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE FIRST CHANNEL, PRODUCES PULSES AT THE OUTPUT BY COMPLETING THE CIRCUITS OF ONLY THOSE CIRCUIT LINES WHICH ARE PRECONDITIONED BY HAVING THE SECOND GAPS IN THE SECOND CHANNEL BRIDGED BY THE CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL THEREIN.

Inventors

• 👤 William F Beausoleil
• 👤 Edward C Uberbacher

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