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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:
May. 12, 1987
Filed:
May. 23, 1985
Donald F Bullock, Somersworth, NH (US);
Francois Y Simon, Raleigh, NC (US);
Richard G Farnsworth, York, ME (US);
General Electric Company, Somersworth, NH (US);
Abstract
A solid state electronic pulse scaler uses the ratio of two integers to control a ratio of its input and output frequencies. In one embodiment, the pulse scaler is used as a calibration device to adjust for manufacturing tolerances in an electric metering device. In another embodiment, the pulse scaler is used to provide a pulse-initiator output to external circuits. A further embodiment includes both of the above functions in a single device. A switch-selectable control is provided to determine the consequences of input pulses generated during reverse rotation of a meter disk. The reverse pulses may be used to generate output pulses on the same, or a separate, channel as that employed for forward pulses, ignored, or temporarily stored and subtracted from ensuing forward pulses.