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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. 03, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
David D Miller, Blue Grass, IA (US);
Assignee:
Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ;
Abstract
In a timer or counter for timing to a selected time or counting to a selected count, there is included digital counting means and means for creating an output signal when the counting means counts to a selected number. In this type of device, there is further provided a plurality of two state indicator elements and means responsive to the counting means for changing the state of one of the elements after the timer or counter has progressed through each of several, preselected portions of the selected number being counted.