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Fail-safe product delivery system
Assignee: Scully Signal Co
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Filing: 1962-09-28
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Granted: 1966-01-04
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Expires: 1982-09-28
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 William G Rowell
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-22 16:18
CPC Classifications
B; B67; B67D; B67D7/00; B67D7/06; B67D7/08; B67D7/16; B67D7/163; B67D7/166; B65; B65B; B65B57/00; F; F16; F16K; F16K11/00; F16K11/02; F16K11/06; F16K11/065; G; G01; G01F; G01F15/00; G01F15/005; G05; G05B; G05B9/00; G05B9/05; G05D; G05D7/00; G05D7/06; G05D7/0617; G05D7/0629; G05D7/0635; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/7722; Y10T137/7837; Y10T137/7904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
171 words
A FAIL-SAFE AUTOMATIC-CHECKING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM HAVING AN INPUT SAID AN OUTPUT AND HAVING MEANS FOR APPLYING TO THE INPUT A PRINCIPAL SIGNAL, MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY MODIFYING SAID PRINCIPAL SIGNAL AT A PREDETERMINED RATE OF REPETITION, AND AN OUTPUT APPARATUS COMPRISING SWITCHING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RECOVERY OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL SIGNAL IN THE OUTPUT, AND FAIL-SAFE PRODUCT-DELIVERY VALVING MEANS HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A VALVE INLET FOR RECEIVING THE PRODUCT FROM A SOURCE THEREOF, A VALVE OUTLET FOR DELIVERING PRODUCT FROM THE VALVING MEANS TO A PRODUCT UTILIZATION DEVICE, PRODUCT STORAGE MEANS, POSITION-ORIENTABLE PASSAGE MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE SAID INLET AND OUTLET AND SHAPED TO PERMIT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INLET AND THE STORAGE MEANS IN A FIRST POSITION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STORAGE MEANS AND THE OUTLET IN A SECOND POSITION BUT PREVENTING ANY DIRECT COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE PASSAGE MEANS BETWEEN THE INLET AND OUTLET, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY CHANGING THE ORIENTATION OF THE SAID PASSAGE MEANS BETWEEN THE SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
171 words
A FAIL-SAFE AUTOMATIC-CHECKING SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM HAVING AN INPUT SAID AN OUTPUT AND HAVING MEANS FOR APPLYING TO THE INPUT A PRINCIPAL SIGNAL, MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY MODIFYING SAID PRINCIPAL SIGNAL AT A PREDETERMINED RATE OF REPETITION, AND AN OUTPUT APPARATUS COMPRISING SWITCHING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE RECOVERY OF THE MODIFICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL SIGNAL IN THE OUTPUT, AND FAIL-SAFE PRODUCT-DELIVERY VALVING MEANS HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A VALVE INLET FOR RECEIVING THE PRODUCT FROM A SOURCE THEREOF, A VALVE OUTLET FOR DELIVERING PRODUCT FROM THE VALVING MEANS TO A PRODUCT UTILIZATION DEVICE, PRODUCT STORAGE MEANS, POSITION-ORIENTABLE PASSAGE MEANS INTERMEDIATE THE SAID INLET AND OUTLET AND SHAPED TO PERMIT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INLET AND THE STORAGE MEANS IN A FIRST POSITION AND CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STORAGE MEANS AND THE OUTLET IN A SECOND POSITION BUT PREVENTING ANY DIRECT COMMUNICATION THROUGH THE PASSAGE MEANS BETWEEN THE INLET AND OUTLET, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY THE SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY CHANGING THE ORIENTATION OF THE SAID PASSAGE MEANS BETWEEN THE SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS.
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