Remote meter reading apparatus
First Claim
1. IN COMBINATION, A MULTI-DIAL UTILITY METER, POSITION SENSING MEANS ON EACH DIAL, MEANS TO SET THE POSITION OF THE SENSING MEANS ON EACH DIAL AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS WHICH GENERATES ONE OR MORE TONES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND WHICH IS RESPONSIVE DIFFERENTLY FOR EACH SETTING OF THE SENSING MEANS, MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING TO A DISTANCE THE OUTPUT OF THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS, A MULTIDIGIT COUNTER LOCATED AT SAID DISTANCE, ELECTRICAL MEANS AT SAID DISTANCE RESPONSIVE TO EACH TONE GENERATED BY THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING THE TRANSMITTED OUTPUT OF THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS TO POSITION A DIGIT OF THE COUNTER TO THE NUMERICAL POSITION OF A DIAL OF THE METER, AND SWITCHING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY CONNECTING THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS TO THE POSITION SENSING MEANS OF THE DIALS OF THE METER AND FOR CONNECTING THE CORRESPONDING DIGITS OF THE COUNTER TO THE CONVERTING MEANS.
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1. IN COMBINATION, A MULTI-DIAL UTILITY METER, POSITION SENSING MEANS ON EACH DIAL, MEANS TO SET THE POSITION OF THE SENSING MEANS ON EACH DIAL AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS WHICH GENERATES ONE OR MORE TONES SIMULTANEOUSLY AND WHICH IS RESPONSIVE DIFFERENTLY FOR EACH SETTING OF THE SENSING MEANS, MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING TO A DISTANCE THE OUTPUT OF THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS, A MULTIDIGIT COUNTER LOCATED AT SAID DISTANCE, ELECTRICAL MEANS AT SAID DISTANCE RESPONSIVE TO EACH TONE GENERATED BY THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONVERTING THE TRANSMITTED OUTPUT OF THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS TO POSITION A DIGIT OF THE COUNTER TO THE NUMERICAL POSITION OF A DIAL OF THE METER, AND SWITCHING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY CONNECTING THE AUDIO TONE GENERATING MEANS TO THE POSITION SENSING MEANS OF THE DIALS OF THE METER AND FOR CONNECTING THE CORRESPONDING DIGITS OF THE COUNTER TO THE CONVERTING MEANS.
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Current AssigneeRichard L. Burtner, Robert E. Lane
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Original AssigneeRichard L. Burtner, Robert E. Lane
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InventorsLane, Robert E., Burtner, Richard L.
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Application NumberUS04/151,545Time in Patent Office1,537 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current379/106.03CPC Class CodesG01F 15/063 using electrical meansH04M 11/002 with telemetering systems t...
