Data collecting and recording device

• US 3,303,471 A
• Filed: 08/26/1963
• Issued: 02/07/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John L. Decker, John M. Duncan, William L. Sprague
• Original Assignee: John L. Decker, John M. Duncan, William L. Sprague
• Inventors: Duncan, John M., Sprague, William L., Decker, John L.
• Application Number:
  US04/304,368
• Time in Patent Office: 1,261 Days
• US Class Current: 702/187
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 3/045 Mechanical counters or clocks

Claims

1. DATA COLLECTION AND CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING:

CLOCK MEANS FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS AT A PLURALITY OF SELECTED FREQUENCIES, THE CLOCK MEANS INCLUDING FIRST STORAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE ONE OF SAID SELECTED FREQUENCIES AND TO STORE A CODED REPRESENTATION THEREOF;

SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS FOR PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF CLASSIFICATION SIGNALS;

SECOND STORAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND TO STORE A CODED REPRESENTATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION SIGNALS;

RECORDING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE MEANS FOR MAKING A PERMANENT RECORD OF THE CONTENTS THEREOF;

CONTROL MEANS HAVING OUTPUT MEANS AND OPERABLE TO PRODUCE A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS IN RESPONSE TO INPUT COMMAND SIGNALS;

MEANS CONNECTING THE SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS TO THE CONTROL MEANS TO PROVIDE FIRST COMMAND SIGNALS WHICH CONDITION THE CON-