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Abstract
Abstract A RESETTABLE COUNTER IS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF STATIONARY SHAFTS INCLUDING A NUMBER WHEEL SHAFT AND RESET FINGER SHAFT MOUNTING A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY STATIONARY SHEETLIKE PARTITIONING MEMBERS IN FIXED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL SPACED RELATIONSHIP FOR SEPARATING THE NUMBER WHEELS AND RESET FINGERS INTO INDIVIDUAL COMPARTMENTALIZED UNITS, AND A RETRACTABLE PINION SHAFT FOR MOVING THE TRANSFER PINIONS INTO AND OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NUMBER WHEELS DURING THE RESETTING OPERATION. A RESET PLUNGER RETRACTS THE PINION SHAFT AND DRIVES THE RESET FINGERS IN UNISON FOR RESETTING THE NUMBER WHEELS. THE PLUNGER AND RESET FINGERS ARE DRIVINGLY CONNECTED BY A DRIVE SPRING WHICH PERMITS CONDITIONING OF THE RESET FINFERS FOR RESETTING PRIOR TO RETRACTION OF THE TRANSFER PINIONS AND SNAP-ACTION RESETTING UPON RETRACTION OF THE PINIONS.
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- 👤 Lloyd J Lapointe
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