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Remote meter display unit

  • US 4,600,923 A
  • Filed: 05/04/1984
  • Issued: 07/15/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An arrangement for displaying the reading of a meter at a location remote from said meter comprising:

  • switching means at said meter adapted to alternately close one of a pair of circuits each time a measured volume of metered product passes through said meter;

    a respective conductor connected to each of said circuits and extending to said remote location;

    a multidigit display unit;

    counting means coupled to said display unit for causing said display unit to display digits corresponding to the contents of said counting means, said counting means having a count input and a reset input, said counting means responding to a count signal at said count input for incrementing its contents and responding to a reset signal at said reset input for setting its contents to a predetermined value;

    pulse means coupled between said conductors and said count input for generating said count signal; and

    fault detection means coupled between said conductors and said reset input for generating and thereafter maintaining said reset signal when neither of said circuits is closed.

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