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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1978
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
David E Earls, Norwalk, CT (US);
C N Nampoothiri, Stamford, CT (US);
Assignee:
General Time Corporation, Thomaston, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G04C / ; G04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
58 13 ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
An electronic system having a chime and strike program simulating the program of a Westminster clock including an actuating source, a solid state integrated circuit and a loud speaker. The integrated circuit includes a plurality of counters for activating a frequency synthesizer and both tone switching and generating circuits thereby to generate the strike and chime program on the hour and a chime program on the other quarter hours indicative of the time throughout a 24-hour period. The chime program is sequenced by a chime matrix.