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Optical encoder

  • US 4,642,634 A
  • Filed: 09/18/1984
  • Issued: 02/10/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Encoding apparatus secured to and for use with a utility meter having at least one dial register carried on a shaft and arranged to be responsive to registering of energy consumption, said apparatus comprisingclock means,at least one modular assmebly having at least one dial register axially corresponding and operably coupled to the dial register of the utility meter and having a slotted wheel for movement with the dial register of the modular assembly,radiation source means and means for sensing the radiation source means,means operably associated with the modular assembly for interrupting beams of radiation from said radiation source means,means responsive to detection by the radiation sensing means of interruption of the beams of radiation for outputting signals, andprogrammable means including a serial communications link enabling at least one of a plurality of metering functions to be performed at times set by said clock means for converting the output signals into code form for transmission thereof to a facility remote from the utility meter.

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