Character generator for crt display having parallel delay lines

Claim 1

A CHARACTER-SIGNAL GENERATOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DELAY-LINE SECTIONS CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH ONE ANOTHER, A SENSING WINDING INDUCTIVELY COUPLED TO SAID PLURALITY TO DELAY-LINE SECTIONS AT A PLURALITY OF LOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PATTERN, SAID PREDETERMINED PATTERN BEING DETERMINED BY DISPOSING SAID DELAY-LINE SECTIONS IN THE FORM OF A GRID AND DISPOSING SAID SENSING WINDING OVER SAID GRID IN THE SHAPE OF A CHARACTER FOR WHICH SIGNALS ARE DESIRED, AND CONNECTING SAID SENSING WINDING TO SAID DELAY-LINE SECTIONS AT THE LOCATIONS ESTABLISHED BY THE INTERSECTIONS OF SAID SENSING WINDING WITH SAID DELAY-LINE SECTIONS, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING A PULSE TO ONE END OF SAID DELAY-LINE SECTIONS, WHEREBY SIGNALS ARE INDUCED IN SAID SENSING WINDING HAVING A SPACING DETERMINED BY SAID COUPLING PATTERN.