Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
328 words
An apparatus for the transmission of information betweeN a plurality of stations by means of a common transmission path comprising a plurality of receiver means for receiving signals and being operated only upon occurrence of a predetermined binary code, an impulse exciter means for providing impulses having time gaps therebetween, a counter chain including flip-flops operatively connected to said impulse exciter means, said impulse exciter means for delivering said binary code by means of said counter chain including said flip-flops to said receiver means, means for providing a time period section, divided into two partial time periods which are coordinated to each of said receiver means, means for selecting a corresponding receiver means by said binary code during said time period section within one of said partial time periods and means for transmitting information to said receiver means within the other of said partial time periods, another counter chain, said counter chains running synchronously, a plurality of extension stations, a conduit common to all said stations, said counter chains being operatively connectable with said impulse exciter means by means of said conduit, for setting said time period sections, said counter chains having at least as many flip-flops as are required for the number of provided channels corresponding with the binary code given by said flip-flops, decoding circuit means responding to a same counter position and being connected with said counter chains of said stations to be coordinated relative to each other, a gate connected to said conduit and said impulse exciter means, said time gaps between said impulses of said impulse exciter means being applied to said gate serving the transmission of information, means upon expiration of at least one of said partial time periods for the synchronization of said apparatus by a synchronous impulse being transmitted by filling out of the last of said impulse gaps, and at least one joint main station being operatively connected to a plurality of said extension stations connectable with said conduit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
328 words
An apparatus for the transmission of information betweeN a plurality of stations by means of a common transmission path comprising a plurality of receiver means for receiving signals and being operated only upon occurrence of a predetermined binary code, an impulse exciter means for providing impulses having time gaps therebetween, a counter chain including flip-flops operatively connected to said impulse exciter means, said impulse exciter means for delivering said binary code by means of said counter chain including said flip-flops to said receiver means, means for providing a time period section, divided into two partial time periods which are coordinated to each of said receiver means, means for selecting a corresponding receiver means by said binary code during said time period section within one of said partial time periods and means for transmitting information to said receiver means within the other of said partial time periods, another counter chain, said counter chains running synchronously, a plurality of extension stations, a conduit common to all said stations, said counter chains being operatively connectable with said impulse exciter means by means of said conduit, for setting said time period sections, said counter chains having at least as many flip-flops as are required for the number of provided channels corresponding with the binary code given by said flip-flops, decoding circuit means responding to a same counter position and being connected with said counter chains of said stations to be coordinated relative to each other, a gate connected to said conduit and said impulse exciter means, said time gaps between said impulses of said impulse exciter means being applied to said gate serving the transmission of information, means upon expiration of at least one of said partial time periods for the synchronization of said apparatus by a synchronous impulse being transmitted by filling out of the last of said impulse gaps, and at least one joint main station being operatively connected to a plurality of said extension stations connectable with said conduit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting of information with a half-amplitude of said impulses.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 1, further comprising means for providing a plurality of successive partial periods for the transmission of a plurality of different information between two stations of equal coding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 3, which includes additional flip-flops connected with said counter chains for obtaining said partial periods.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 4, which includes a synchronous impulse filter means for emitting a return impulse for said counter chains upon occurrence of a synchronous impulse.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 5, wherein said main station includes a main station unit operatively coordinated to each of said extension stations.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 6, which includes a phase exciter, all of said main station units of said main station are connected with said phase exciter, said phase exciter including said impulse exciter means, the latter is connected with said counter chain jointly for all of said main station units, and said main station units are connected according to the coding with outputs of said flip-flops of said counter chain.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
65 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 7, wherein the input of said counter chain is selectively connectable with said impulse exciter means and said conduit, respectively, whereby, upon connection of said counter chain with said impulse exciter, the output of said impulse exciter means as well as the conduit connected with said counter chain and emitting the synchronous impulse is connected with said conduit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The apparatus, as set forth in claim 8, further comprising a locking valve means for delivering with Said phase impulses simultaneously an output for the individual units connected with said conduit.