Coding apparatus for flight recorders and the like

• US 3,075,192 A
• Filed: 12/21/1959
• Issued: 01/22/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James J. Ryan, Karl E. Neumeier
• Original Assignee: James J. Ryan, Karl E. Neumeier
• Inventors: Ryan, James J., Neumeier, Karl E.
• Application Number:
  US03/860,803
• Time in Patent Office: 1,128 Days
• US Class Current: 346/23
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/0065 Black boxes, devices automatically broadcasting distress signals
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00

Claims

4. IN A FLIGHT RECORDER HAVING A RECORD UPON WHICH CERTAIN FLIGHT DATA IS TO BE RECORDED AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID RECORD IN ONE DIRECTION WHILE SAID FLIGHT DATA IS BEING RECORDED, CODING APPARATUS COMPRISING A STYLUS MOUNTED SO THAT SAID RECORD IS MOVED RELATIVE THERETO WHEN MOVED IN ITS SAID ONE DIRECTION, ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID STYLUS WITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE DIRECTION TO MAKE A DETECTABLE MARK ON SAID RECORD, SWITCH MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS, AND MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE SELECTIVE MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID SWITCH MEANS A DESIRED NUMBER OF TIMES TO ENERGIZE SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEGREE OF ADJUSTMENT OF SAID SELECTIVE MEANS TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFYING CODE ON SAID RECORD.