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Top mounted buoy signaling device

  • US 5,016,227 A
  • Filed: 08/25/1989
  • Issued: 05/14/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/04/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A top mounted buoy signaling device for marine navigation, comprising:

  • remote transmitter assembly means for generating a coded address signal to selectively activate said top mounted buoy signaling device, said remote transmitter assembly means including encoder subcircuit means having a preset coded address for generating a digitized coded address for modulating a carrier signal to provide said coded address signal;

    means for disposing said top mounted buoy signaling device in a marine environment; and

    receiver assembly means top mounted in environmentally sealed combination with said signaling device disposing means in spaced apart relation from water in the marine environment for receiving said coded address signal, said receiver assembly means includingdetector means for detecting said coded address signal to provide the digitized coded address embodied in said coded address signal,decoder means coupled to said detector means and having stored therein a coded address corresponding to said preset coded address of said transmitter assembly means and operative in response to a match between said stored coded address and said preset coded address for generating a valid transmission signal; and

    lamp driver means coupled to said decoder means and operative in response to said valid transmission signal for providing a light output in a predetermined radiation pattern for a predetermined period of time for marine navigation.

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