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Meter cradle with wireless communication port

  • US 5,640,155 A
  • Filed: 02/18/1992
  • Issued: 06/17/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for communicating by means of a wireless link, including:

  • a meter, including electrically conductive leads having first ends and second ends, circuitry connected to the first ends for generating data indicative of status of the leads when the second ends are in contact with an external object, and means for substantially continuously transmitting out of the meter signal-transporting radiation representing the data;

    a cradle, shaped for removably constraining the meter in a cradled position with respect to the cradle; and

    a wireless interface means in the cradle for receiving the signal-transporting radiation from the meter when the meter is in said cradled position, said wireless interface means including means for transmitting radiation in wireless fashion to the meter when said meter is in said cradled position.

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