US3072894A
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Telemetering system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1960-06-22
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Granted: 1963-01-08
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Expires: 1980-06-22
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Daryl M Chapin
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 20:59
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/002; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S164/00; Y10S164/01
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING A METER HAVING A PLURALITY OF DIAL-FACES AND A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF INDICATING POINTERS THEREFOR TO A REMOTE READING SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A PLURALITY OF AUXILIARY POINTERS EACH MOUNTED IN FIXED, JUXTAPOSED, SPACED RELATION WITH RESPECT TO A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID INDICATING POINTERS, EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS BEING MECHANICALLY DRIVEN BY SAID METER BUT ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THEREFROM, A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE RECEIVING BUTTON ELEMENTS EACH IN JUXTAPOSED, SPACED RELATION TO THE PIVOT END OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS, A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF CAPACITIVE PICK-UP BUTTON ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID GROUPS BEING EVENLY SPACED IN JUXTAPOSED, SPACED RELATION TO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE FREE END OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS, MEANS FOR APPLYING AN ALTERNATING CURRENT INPUT SIGNAL SIMULTANEOUSLY TO EACH OF SAID RECEIVING BUTTON ELEMENTS, WHEREBY SAID SIGNAL IS APPLIED BY CAPACTIVE COUPLING TO EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS AND FROM EACH OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS TO A RESPECTIVE PLURALITY OF A RESPECTIVE GROUP OF SAID PICK-UP BUTTONS AS AN OUTPUT SIGNAL, THE AMPLITUDE OF SAID OUTPUT SIGNAL AT EACH OF SAID LAST NAMED PICK-UP BUTTONS BEING INDICATIVE OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID AUXILIARY POINTERS AND SAID
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1966-01-07 | 1966-07-09 | 1967-01-08 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1970-01-07 | 1970-07-09 | 1971-01-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1974-01-07 | 1974-07-09 | 1975-01-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |