Computing device

Claim 2

In a computing device for a fluid dispensing system having a cost accumulator with a plurality of accumulator sections of increasing order of significance operable for accumulating the cost of fluid dispensed, and settable variating means connected to operate the cost accumulator in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed and a unit volume price established by the setting of the variating means; the improvement wherein the variating means comprises unit volume price setting means presettable for establishing a plurality of separate code electrical signals of amounts of different relative weights establishing the unit volume price, a pulse generator operable to generate a train of pulses in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed, and accumulator indexing means connected to be separately operated by each coded electrical signal for producing a burst of pulses having a number of pulses in accordance with the amount encoded by such electrical signal and connected to be operated by the generated pulses for repetitively indexing different accumulator sections with the bursts of pulses respectively for repetitively adding such amounts encoded by the electrical signals to said different accumulator sections respectively in accordance with the relative weights of such amounts, the accumulator indexing means comprising a settable counter, a plurality of control means for said electrical signals respectively adapted to be separately operated for connecting the respective electrical signals for setting the counter in accordance with the amount encoded thereby, and stepping means for producing a burst of pulses for stepping the counter and respective cost accumulator section simultaneously until the counter reaches a predetermined count.

Claim 3

A computing device for accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to a first input and a pre-established multiplier comprising multiplier setting means for setting a plurality of separate coded electrical signals of respective amounts of different relative weights collectively establishing the multiplier, electrical pulse generating means having a first input and connected to be operated by the first input to generate a pulse train having a pulse for each predetermined incremental operation of the first input, a product accumulator having a plurality of accumulator sections of increasing order of significance and operable for accumulating a count of the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the first input and the established multiplier, and indexing means connected to be separately operated by each coded electrical signal for producing a burst of pulses having a number of pulses in accordance with the amount encoded by such electrical signal and connected to be operated by the generated pulses for repetitively indexing different accumulator sections with the bursts of pulses respectively for repetitively adding such amounts established by the coded price signals to said different accumulator sections respectively in accordance with the relative weights of such amounts; the indexing means comprising a settable counter, stepping means for producing a burst of pulses for stepping the counter from its set count to a final count, sequencing means operated by the pulses of the pulse train for sequentially connecting the coded electrical signals for setting the counter in accordance with the respective amounts encoded thereby and for connecting the stepping means for simultaneously stepping said respective accumulator sectioNs with the counter.

Claim 4

A computing device for accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to a first input and a pre-established multiplier comprising multiplier setting means for setting a plurality of separate coded electrical signals of respective amounts of different relative weights collectively establishing the multiplier, electrical pulse generating means having a first input and connected to be operated by the first input to generate a pulse train having a pulse for each predetermined incremental operation of the first input, a product accumulator having a plurality of accumulator sections of increasing order of significance and operable for accumulating a count of the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the first input and the established multiplier, and indexing means connected to be separately operated by each coded electrical signal for producing a burst of pulses having a number of pulses in accordance with the amount encoded by such electrical signal and connected to be operated by the generated pulses for repetitively indexing different accumulator sections with the bursts of pulses respectively for repetitively adding such amounts established by the coded price signals to said different accumulator sections respectively in accordance with the relative weights of such amounts; the indexing means comprising a settable counter, stepping means for producing a burst of pulses for stepping the counter from its set count to a final count, sequencing means operated by the pulses of the pulse train for sequentially connecting the coded electrical signals for setting the counter in accordance with the respective amounts encoded thereby and for connecting the stepping means for simultaneously stepping said respective accumulator sectioNs with the counter.

Claim 5

In a computing device for a fluid dispensing system having a cost accumulator with a plurality of decade sections of increasing order and operable for accumulating the cost of fluid dispensed and settable variating means connected for operating the cost accumulator in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed and a multiple place unit volume price established by the setting of the variating means, the improvement wherein the variating means comprises a pulse generating device operable in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed for producing a pulse train having a predetermined number of pulses for each unit volume of fluid dispensed, indexing means presettable for establishing the amount of each place of the multiple place unit volume price and for producing a separate burst of pulses for each such amount having a number of pulses in accordance with such amount and connected to be operated by the generated pulses to sequentially index different decade sections of the accumulator with such separate bursts of pulses respectively for adding said established amounts to said different decade sections respectively of the cost accumulator in accordance with the relative significance of such amounts in the multiple place unit volume price, the indexing means comprising an electronic counter, sequencing means operable by the generated pulses for sequentially setting the counter in accordance with said amounts of the places of the multiple place unit volume price, and stepping means for producing said burst of pulses for stepping the counter from each such setting to a predetermined setting and for stepping the respective decade section of the cost accumulator in conjunction therewith.

Claim 6

In a computing device for a fluid dispensing system having a cost accumulator with a plurality of decade sections of increasing order and operable for accumulating the cost of fluid dispensed and settable variating means connected for operating the cost accumulator in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed and a multiple place unit volume price established by the setting of the variating means, the improvement wherein the variating means comprises a pulse generating device operable in accordance with the volume of fluid dispensed for producing a pulse train having a predetermined number of pulses for each unit volume of fluid dispensed, indexing means presettable for establishing the amount of each place of the multiple place unit volume price and for producing a separate burst of pulses for each such amount having a number of pulses in accordance with such amount and connected to be operated by the generated pulses to sequentially index different decade sections of the accumulator with such separate bursts of pulses respectively for adding said established amounts to said different decade sections respectively of the cost accumulator in accordance with the relative significance of such amounts in the multiple place unit volume price, the indexing means comprising an electronic counter, sequencing means operable by the generated pulses for sequentially setting the counter in accordance with said amounts of the places of the multiple place unit volume price, and stepping means for producing said burst of pulses for stepping the counter from each such setting to a predetermined setting and for stepping the respective decade section of the cost accumulator in conjunction therewith.

Claim 7

In a computing device according to claim 3 wherein the electronic counter is a binary counter and wherein the sequencing means is operable by the generated pulses for sequentially setting the counter at the binary complements of the established amounts of the places of the multiple place unit volume price.

Claim 8

In a computing device according to claim 3 wherein the stepping means comprises a pulse source and control gate means operable for connecting the pulse source for simultaneously stepping the electronic counter and said respective decade section of the cost accumulator.

Claim 9

A computing device for accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to a first input and a pre-established multiplier comprising multiplier setting means for setting a plurality of separate coded electrical signals of amounts of different relative weights collectively establishing the multiplier, an electrical pulse generator having a first input and operable thereby to generate a single pulse train having a pulse for each predetermined incremental operation of the first input, a product accumulator having a plurality of accumulator sections of increasing order of significance and operable for accumulating a count of the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the pulse generator input and the established multiplier, and accumulator indexing means comprising settable counter means and stepping means connected for automatically stepping the counter means from any set count to a predetermined count and connected for simultaneously stepping the product accumulator along with the counter means, and control means for the accumulator indexing means operable by the generated pulses for connecting the multiplier setting means for setting the settable counter means with said plurality of coded electrical signals and for stepping the accumulator with the counter means for adding an amount to the accumulator corresponding to the established multiplier for each predetermined number of generated pulses for thereby accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the pulse generator input and the established multiplier.

Claim 10

A computing device for accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to a first input and a pre-established multiplier comprising multiplier setting means for setting a plurality of separate coded electrical signals of amounts of different relative weights collectively establishing the multiplier, an electrical pulse generator having a first input and operable thereby to generate a single pulse train having a pulse for each predetermined incremental operation of the first input, a product accumulator having a plurality of accumulator sections of increasing order of significance and operable for accumulating a count of the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the pulse generator input and the established multiplier, and accumulator indexing means comprising settable counter means and stepping means connected for automatically stepping the counter means from any set count to a predetermined count and connected for simultaneously stepping the product accumulator along with the counter means, and control means for the accumulator indexing means operable by the generated pulses for connecting the multiplier setting means for setting the settable counter means with said plurality of coded electrical signals and for stepping the accumulator with the counter means for adding an amount to the accumulator corresponding to the established multiplier for each predetermined number of generated pulses for thereby accumulating the product of a first amount proportional to the operation of the pulse generator input and the established multiplier.

Claim 11

In a computing device according to claim 6 wherein the separate coded electrical signals are binary coded electrical signals.

Claim 12

In a computing device according to claim 6 wherein the coded electrical signals have different relative weights in accordance with a geometric progression having a common ratio of 10 and the amounts encoded thereby establish the multiple places respectively of a multiple place multiplier.

Claim 13

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the amounts encoded by the electrical signals have relative weights in accordance with a geometric progression.

Claim 14

A computing device according to claim 9 wherein the geometric progression has a common ratio of ten.

Claim 15

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the multiplier setting means comprises a plurality of settable binary switches for respectively setting such coded electrical signals.

Claim 16

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the control means is operable by each generated pulse for connecting the multiplier setting means for separately setting the counter means with each of said plurality of coded electrical signals.

Claim 17

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the control means is operable for connecting the stepping means for stepping different accumulator sections of the accumulator in accordance with the weights of the amounts encoded by the electrical signals.

Claim 18

A computing device according to claim 13 wherein the control means is operable by each generated pulse for connecting the stepping means for sequentially stepping said different accumulator sections.

Claim 19

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the control means comprises sequencing means operable by the generated pulses for connecting the multiplier setting means for sequentially setting the counter means in accordance with said amounts encoded by the electrical signals and for connecting the stepping means for stepping different accumulator sections of the product accumulator in conjunction therewith.

Claim 20

A computing device according to claim 6 wherein the control means comprises control gate means for each coded electrical signal for connecting the coded electrical signal for stepping a respective accumulator section with the stepping means in accordance with the weight of the amount encoded thereby for adding the amount encoded by the signal thereto, and sequencing means operable by the pulses of the pulse train for sequentially operating the control gate means.