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US4004675A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Tabulator device for typewriters and the like

Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1975-01-23
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Granted: 1977-01-25
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Expires: 1995-01-23
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Abstract

Abstract A tabulator device for typewriters, particularly for teleprinters or data-printers in which tabulation marks are set, cancelled and recalled, in which a store having electronically operable storage elements are operative to effect storage of the desired tabulation marks, register means being provided for addressing the respective storage elements of such store, with the setting i.e. insertion, or cancelling i.e. removal of a mark from the store being effected by means of a write-in control unit operatively connected thereto and tabulation marks being read out of the store by the aid of a read-out control unit operatively connected thereto. The store is in the form of a semi-conductor store constructed from MNOS (metal-nitride-oxide-substrate) transistors and thus does not change its contents following disconnection of the operating voltage. Where the matrix is in the form of a row and column matrix, two registers may be employed which may be in the form of shift registers provided with feedback.

Inventors

  • 👤 Martin Ludwig

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 17:30
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J21/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim 165 words
In a tabulator device for typewriters, particularly for teleprinters or data-printers, in which tabulation marks are set, cancelled and recalled, the combination of a semiconductor store having electronically operable storage elements, arranged in the form of a matrix having a plurality of rows and columns, in which the tabulation marks are stored, said storage elements being operative to retain their respective contents independently of the operating voltage thereto, register means which operatively contains the addresses of the particular actuated storage elements, means, including a write-in control unit, operatively connected with said store and register means for selectively writing the tabulation marks into the store or cancelling the same therefrom, said register means comprising a pair of registers, one for row designation and the other for column designation, cooperable to supply the addresses to said store for designating the respective storage elements thereof, and means, including a read-out control unit, operatively connected with said store and register means for reading tabulation marks out of said store.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 165 words
In a tabulator device for typewriters, particularly for teleprinters or data-printers, in which tabulation marks are set, cancelled and recalled, the combination of a semiconductor store having electronically operable storage elements, arranged in the form of a matrix having a plurality of rows and columns, in which the tabulation marks are stored, said storage elements being operative to retain their respective contents independently of the operating voltage thereto, register means which operatively contains the addresses of the particular actuated storage elements, means, including a write-in control unit, operatively connected with said store and register means for selectively writing the tabulation marks into the store or cancelling the same therefrom, said register means comprising a pair of registers, one for row designation and the other for column designation, cooperable to supply the addresses to said store for designating the respective storage elements thereof, and means, including a read-out control unit, operatively connected with said store and register means for reading tabulation marks out of said store.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 52 words
A tabulator device according to claim 1, wherein said registers are constructed as shift registers with feedback, means for shifting the contents of the row-designating register by single position increments following each row advance, and means for shifting the column-designating register by one position following each complete cycle of the row-designating register.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1980-01-25 1980-07-26 1981-01-25 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1984-01-25 1984-07-26 1985-01-25 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1988-01-25 1988-07-26 1989-01-25 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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