GB1410912A - Meter reading systems - Google Patents

Meter reading systems

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GB1410912A
GB1410912A GB1403075A GB1403075A GB1410912A GB 1410912 A GB1410912 A GB 1410912A GB 1403075 A GB1403075 A GB 1403075A GB 1403075 A GB1403075 A GB 1403075A GB 1410912 A GB1410912 A GB 1410912A
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elements
sept
degrees
band
pair
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GB1403075A
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COUNTING INSTRUMENTS Ltd
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COUNTING INSTRUMENTS Ltd
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Priority to GB1403075A priority Critical patent/GB1410912A/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06M—COUNTING MECHANISMS; COUNTING OF OBJECTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06M1/00—Design features of general application
    • G06M1/27—Design features of general application for representing the result of count in the form of electric signals, e.g. by sensing markings on the counter drum
    • G06M1/272—Design features of general application for representing the result of count in the form of electric signals, e.g. by sensing markings on the counter drum using photoelectric means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03M—CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
    • H03M1/00—Analogue/digital conversion; Digital/analogue conversion
    • H03M1/12—Analogue/digital converters
    • H03M1/22—Analogue/digital converters pattern-reading type

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  • Investigating Or Analysing Materials By Optical Means (AREA)
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Abstract

1410912 Angular position encoders COUNTING INSTRUMENTS Ltd 8 Sept 1972 [8 Sept 1971] 14030/75 Divided out of 1410911 Heading H3H For reading an electricity, gas or water meter, each of a plurality of drums of the totalizer of the meter has two coding bands having reflective and absorbing areas, one band having only a single reflective and a single absorbing area, each band co-operating with a pair of radiation receiving elements, the elements of each pair being angularly spaced around the axis of rotation of the drum by about 36 degrees. The elements may be fibre optics or photo-cells, all four of which may be on a single chip. Elements 36C, 36D may be spaced by more than 36 degrees to avoid ambiguity, the decoder (not described) accepting a 1 or 0 from 36D for numbers 3 and 8. If fibre optics are used, their outputs may be scanned as described in the parent Specification.
GB1403075A 1971-09-08 1971-09-08 Meter reading systems Expired GB1410912A (en)

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2241125A (en) * 1990-02-14 1991-08-21 Peter Richard Milner Digital shaft-encoder
WO1997009693A1 (en) * 1995-09-08 1997-03-13 Modesto Alvarez Fernandez Mechanical meter with remote reading capacity
EP0939380A1 (en) * 1998-02-27 1999-09-01 MR Engineering AG Reading apparatus for a drum counter
US6407377B1 (en) 1998-02-27 2002-06-18 Mr Engineering Ag Apparatus for reading-out a setting of number wheels

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2241125A (en) * 1990-02-14 1991-08-21 Peter Richard Milner Digital shaft-encoder
WO1997009693A1 (en) * 1995-09-08 1997-03-13 Modesto Alvarez Fernandez Mechanical meter with remote reading capacity
ES2112177A1 (en) * 1995-09-08 1998-03-16 Alvarez Fernandez Modesto Mechanical meter with remote reading capacity
EP0939380A1 (en) * 1998-02-27 1999-09-01 MR Engineering AG Reading apparatus for a drum counter
US6407377B1 (en) 1998-02-27 2002-06-18 Mr Engineering Ag Apparatus for reading-out a setting of number wheels

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