Time informing display device
First Claim
1. IN COMBINATION WITH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ASSEMBLY HAVING A DIRECTIONAL LAMP ILLUMINATED FOR AN ILLUMINATION PERIOD BY A SOURCE OF CURRENT ALTERNATING AT A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, A TIME INFORMING DEVICE MOUNTED BY SAID SIGNAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, TIME BASE ESTABLISHING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT FOR DEVELOPING TIMING PULSES AT A RELATIVELY LOW PULSE RATE HAVING A FIXED RATIO TO SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, STORAGE MEANS HAVING A MAXIMUM TIMING PERIOD EXCEEDING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD, GATE MEANS RENDERED OPERATIVE TO SUPPLY PULSES TO THE STORAGE MEANS FOR DEPLETING THE TIMING PERIOD STORED THEREIN, COUNTER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE GATE MEANS FOR COUNTING THE TIMING PULSES DEVELOPED DURING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD, TRANSFER MEANS CONNECTING THE STORAGE MEANS TO THE COUNTER MEANS DURING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD FOR LIMITING THE COUNT OF THE COUNTER MEANS TO SAID TIMING PERIOD OF THE STORAGE MEANS AND PREVENTING DEPLETION OF THE TIMING PERIOD OF THE STORAGE MEANS, SIGNAL DETECTING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE GATE MEANS FOR STOPPING SUPPLY OF TIMING PULSES TO THE COUNTER MEANS AND THE STORAGE MEANS UPON TERMINATION OF THE ILLUMINATION PERIOD, CORRECTING MEANS RENDERED OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SAID TERMINATION OF THE ILLUMINATION PERIOD FOR SUPPLYING PULSES AT A RELATIVELY HIGH PULSE RATE TO THE STORAGE MEANS AND THE COUNTER MEANS UNTIL THE MAXIMUM TIMING PERIOD OF THE COUNTER MEANS IS DEPLETED, OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COUNTER MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING BINARY CODE INFORMATION, AND DISPLAY MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT MEANS FOR PRODUCING ILLUMINATED DIGITS IN RESPONSE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID BINARY CODE INFORMATION.
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1. IN COMBINATION WITH A TRAFFIC SIGNAL ASSEMBLY HAVING A DIRECTIONAL LAMP ILLUMINATED FOR AN ILLUMINATION PERIOD BY A SOURCE OF CURRENT ALTERNATING AT A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, A TIME INFORMING DEVICE MOUNTED BY SAID SIGNAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, TIME BASE ESTABLISHING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SOURCE OF CURRENT FOR DEVELOPING TIMING PULSES AT A RELATIVELY LOW PULSE RATE HAVING A FIXED RATIO TO SAID PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY, STORAGE MEANS HAVING A MAXIMUM TIMING PERIOD EXCEEDING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD, GATE MEANS RENDERED OPERATIVE TO SUPPLY PULSES TO THE STORAGE MEANS FOR DEPLETING THE TIMING PERIOD STORED THEREIN, COUNTER MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE GATE MEANS FOR COUNTING THE TIMING PULSES DEVELOPED DURING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD, TRANSFER MEANS CONNECTING THE STORAGE MEANS TO THE COUNTER MEANS DURING SAID ILLUMINATION PERIOD FOR LIMITING THE COUNT OF THE COUNTER MEANS TO SAID TIMING PERIOD OF THE STORAGE MEANS AND PREVENTING DEPLETION OF THE TIMING PERIOD OF THE STORAGE MEANS, SIGNAL DETECTING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE GATE MEANS FOR STOPPING SUPPLY OF TIMING PULSES TO THE COUNTER MEANS AND THE STORAGE MEANS UPON TERMINATION OF THE ILLUMINATION PERIOD, CORRECTING MEANS RENDERED OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO SAID TERMINATION OF THE ILLUMINATION PERIOD FOR SUPPLYING PULSES AT A RELATIVELY HIGH PULSE RATE TO THE STORAGE MEANS AND THE COUNTER MEANS UNTIL THE MAXIMUM TIMING PERIOD OF THE COUNTER MEANS IS DEPLETED, OUTPUT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COUNTER MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING BINARY CODE INFORMATION, AND DISPLAY MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT MEANS FOR PRODUCING ILLUMINATED DIGITS IN RESPONSE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID BINARY CODE INFORMATION.
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Current AssigneeHines James L R
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Original AssigneeHines James L R
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InventorsHINES JAMES L R
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Application NumberUS04/420,716Time in Patent Office874 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current340/929CPC Class CodesG04G 9/10 by controlling light source...G08G 1/096 provided with indicators in...
