Signal reading system such as for remote reading of meters

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4683472
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06405689

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In the disclosed system, recurring signals, such as from a watt-hour meter or other type of meter, are registered, by sensing the signals, converting the signals to mechanical motions, and applying them to a mechanical register so that the register accumulates the motions sensed by the amplifier and indicates a value representative of the accumulated total of the signals. According to one embodiment of the invention, a sensor senses the signals formed by gaps in the rotating disc of a watt-hour meter and an amplifier drives a stepping motor on the basis of the signals. The stepping motor advances an odometer whose non-volatile output can be read visually or scanned electronically over a telephone line.

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SIGMA INSTRUMENTS INC 170 PEARL STREET BRAINTREE MA 02184 A CORP OF MASSACHUSETTSNot Provided

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Beling, Thomas E Saxonville, MA 11 197

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