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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:
Jul. 29, 1986
Filed:
May. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander D Firmani, Wilmington, DE (US);
David R Nelson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10B / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84484 ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A gated electronic metronome including an oscillator generating pulses for a counter that divides them to the fundamental tempo which is gated with a switch-selectable binary division of the fundamental tempo to produce an interrupted pattern of the fundamental tempo so a singer, player, drummer, etc. can monitor the error in his or her ability to maintain tempo without a reference.