Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A pulse-counting arrangement including primary pulse-counting means for counting pulses; auxiliary storage means; indicating means providing a digital representation of the number of pulses counted during a predetermined counting period at the beginning of a next succeeding counting period; and a single decade counter, said single decade counter being operable in place of said primary pulse-counting means for counting pulses during the transfer of a count from said primary pulse counting means into said auxiliary storage means for visual indication of said count by said indicating means, said primary pulse-counting means including at least first and second successive counting stages, and in which operation of said first counting stage is inhibited during reading out, and a carry is entered into said second stage when said single decade counter has counted a number of pulses equal to the capacity of said first stage.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A pulse-counting arrangement including primary pulse-counting means for counting pulses; auxiliary storage means; indicating means providing a digital representation of the number of pulses counted during a predetermined counting period at the beginning of a next succeeding counting period; and a single decade counter, said single decade counter being operable in place of said primary pulse-counting means for counting pulses during the transfer of a count from said primary pulse counting means into said auxiliary storage means for visual indication of said count by said indicating means, said primary pulse-counting means including at least first and second successive counting stages, and in which operation of said first counting stage is inhibited during reading out, and a carry is entered into said second stage when said single decade counter has counted a number of pulses equal to the capacity of said first stage.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which, after counting a predetermined number of pulses, said single decade counter generates a signal to initiate said reading out.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, in which, after counting a predetermined number of pulses, said single decade counter generates a signal to clear the count in said pulse-counting means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, including manual resetting means arranged to reset said representation to zero, and to cause said indicating means to display a zero indication during the next counting period.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, including means to count trigger signals from a train of said trigger signals and to initiate each succeeding counting period after the counting of a predetermined number of said trigger signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 5, including means to generate said pulses in dependence upon a dimension of an object; and means to generate said trigger signals in response to rotatioN of said object.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A pulse-counting arrangement as claimed in claim 1, including means to generate said pulses in dependence upon a dimension of an object.