SE184635C1

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Publication number: SE184635C1
Authority: SE
Publication date: 1963-01-01

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KLASS INTERNATIONELLSVENSK G 06 k43 a:41/01 PATENT- OCH REGISTRE RI NGSVERKET Ans. 11 408/1956 den 15/12 1956Main en ritning A C NIELSEN Co., CHICAGO, ILL., USA Apparat for uppteekning av lyssnar- och/eller betraktarkretssammansattningen for en vfigsignalmottagare TJppfinnare: H A Rahmel Prior/let begiird Iran den 27 april 1956 (USA) Foreliggande uppfinning avser apparater for bestAmmande av lyssnings- och/eller betraktningsvanorna hos anvandare av vagsignalmottagare, vare sig vagsignalmottagaren är en standardradiomottagare, en frekvensmoduleringsmottagare eller en televisionsmottagare. Mera specifikt avser foreliggande uppfinning fOrbattringar i apparater for bestammande av popularitetsgraden Worn en lyssnar- och/eller betraktarkrets hos olika program, som utsandas frail en eller flera vagsignalsandare, och fOr uppsamling av upplysning av betydelse vid beraknandet av denna popularitetsgrad. KLASS INTERNATIONELLSVENSK G 06 k43 a: 41/01 PATENT AND REGISTERS RI NGSVERKET Ans. 11 408/1956 on 15/12 1956Main a drawing AC NIELSEN Co., CHICAGO, ILL., USA Apparatus for detecting the listening and / or spectator circuit composition of a vfigsignal receiver TJppfinnare: HA Rahmel Prior / let begiird Iran 27 April 1956 (USA The present invention relates to apparatus for determining the listening and / or viewing habits of users of wagon signal receivers, whether the wagon signal receiver is a standard radio receiver, a frequency modulation receiver or a television receiver. More specifically, the present invention relates to improvements in apparatus for determining the degree of popularity of a listener and / or viewer circuit of various programs transmitted by one or more car signal transmitters, and for collecting information of importance in calculating this degree of popularity.

Det har lange varit erkant, att instrumenterade metoder for bestammande av lyssningsoch/eller betraktningsvanorna hos anvandare av vagsignalmottagare aro det enda noggrant riktiga sattet att erhalla den grundlaggande lyssnings- eller betraktningsupplysning ur vilken effektiviteten av radio- eller televisionsannonsering kan bestammas. Sadana instrumenterade metoder, som i stor utstrackning begagnas av patentinnehavaren, ha innef at-tat framstallning av en oavbruten uppteckning av vagsignalmottagarens arbetstillstand dag in och dag ut under 24 timmar om dygnet, sa att varje vridning av ratten, varje nyavstamning, varje till- och frankopplingsomgang upptecknas. For att mojliggara utforandet av en sfirskilt noggrann analys av vissa programs dragningskraft a" det advandigt att bestamma typen av den person eller de personer, som attraheras till dem. Foljaktligen är dot onskvart att erhalla upplysning angaende personkretssammansattningen, nar de overvakade mottagarna anvandas. It has long been recognized that instrumented methods for determining the listening and / or viewing habits of users of wagon signal receivers are the only accurate way to obtain the basic listening or viewing information from which the effectiveness of radio or television advertising can be determined. Such instrumented methods, which are widely used by the patentee, have involved the production of an uninterrupted record of the working condition of the car signal receiver day in and day out for 24 hours a day, so that each rotation of the steering wheel, each new pedigree, each addition and disconnection circuit is recorded. In order to enable a particularly accurate analysis of the attractiveness of certain programs, it is difficult to determine the type of person or persons attracted to them. Consequently, it is difficult to obtain information about the composition of the circuit when using the monitored receivers.

Det finnes naturligtvis talrika icke-instrumenterade metoder for bestammande av ef fektiviteten av radio- och televisionsreklam, som innefattar talrika telefonuppringningar for att bestamma, -vilket program den sarskilde lyssnaren eller betraktaren rakar lyssna pa eller betraktavid den tid da uppringningen gores och vilken sammansattningen av person-. kretsen Or vid denna tid. Sadana system har tydligtvis mycket stora ofullkomligheter. Det finnes icke den minsta sakerhet f Or att vagsignalmottagaren anvandes pa det satt, som angives av besvararen av uppringningen, eftersom bes-vararen av uppringningen kan uppgiva vilken station som heist hlott och hart for att bli fri fran den uppringande. Brevkortsystemet for att erhalla sadan upplysning har samma ofullstandigheter och Or kanske annu mindre noggrant an telefonuppringningssystemet. There are, of course, numerous non-instrumental methods for determining the effectiveness of radio and television advertising, which include numerous telephone calls for determining which program the particular listener or viewer is going to listen to or watch at the time the call is made and what the composition of the person is. -. circuit Or at this time. Sadana systems obviously have very large imperfections. There is not the slightest certainty that the car signal receiver was used in the manner specified by the caller, since the caller can state which station heist is hard and hard to get rid of the caller. The postcard system for obtaining such information has the same incompleteness as Or perhaps even less accurate than the telephone dialing system.

Det skulle vara onskvart att tillhandahalla en anordning, vilken skulle giva noggranna data betraffande den lyssnande eller betraktande personkretsen med ett minimum av anstrangning a mottagare-anvandarens sida. I ovrigt skulle det vara Onskvart att tillhandahalla en mottagaretillsats, vilken skulle vara relativt liten i storlek och icke otilldragande i utseende och vilken skulle satta anvandaren eller anvandarna av en overvakad mottagare I stand att snabbt och noggrant uppteckna sammansattningen av personkretsen, som betraktar mottagaren vid tider foreskrivna av den statistiska organisationen. Det skulk t. ex. vara Onskvart att uppteckna personkretssammansattningen for varje sarskilt program, som avlyssnas eller betraktas, och dad& skulle en sadan uppteckning kunna Oxus varje gang som sammansattningen av personkretsen andras, avensom varje gang som det Or en — — programandring antingen pa grund av nyavstamning av mottagaren eller pa grind av de normala periodiska programandringarna. Om upplysning med avseende pa personkretssammansattningen skall uppsamlas fran en mottagare, som har darmed forknippad en anordning, vilken upptecknar mottagarens avstamningstillstand vid alla tidpunkter, skulle det vara Onskvart att vid mottagaren anordna nagon mekanism, med vilken medverkaren skulle kunna angiva personkretssammansattningen direkt pa uppteckningen. It would be unwise to provide a device which would provide accurate data regarding the listening or viewing circuit with a minimum of effort on the part of the receiver user. Otherwise, it would be unreasonable to provide a recipient additive which would be relatively small in size and unattractive in appearance and which would enable the user or users of a supervised recipient to quickly and accurately record the composition of the group of persons viewing the recipient at times. prescribed by the statistical organization. It skulk e.g. it would be unreasonable to record the composition of the personal circle for each particular program being listened to or watched, and such a record could Oxus every time the composition of the circle of people changes, even if each time it Or - - program change either due to new lineage of the recipient or pa gate of the normal periodic program changes. If information regarding the personal composition is to be collected from a recipient, who has associated it with a device which records the recipient's pedigree at all times, it would be unreasonable to arrange with the recipient some mechanism by which the participant could indicate the personal composition directly on the record.

Därför fir andamalet med foreliggande uppfinning att astadkomma en ny och forbattrad apparat for att satta vagsignalmottagare-anvandare i stand att latt och noggrant uppteckna personkretssammansfittningsdata och fOr att tillforsdkra, att mottagare-anvandarna vid de nodvandiga tidpunkterna verkligen uppteckna sammansattningen av personkretsen. Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus for enabling road signal receiver users to easily and accurately record personal circuit compression data and to ensure that the receiver users at the necessary times actually record the composition of the personal circuit.

Apparaten enligt uppfinningen for uppteckning av lyssnar- och/eller betraktarkretssammansattningen for en vagsignalmottagare omfattar en upptecknare, som har en rorlig uppteckningsbarare, och en skrivanordning anbragt i narheten av uppteckningsbararen, och kannetecknas av en installningsanordning innefattande Mr hand paverkbara kontaktanordningar, som aro forbundna med skrivanordningen, for att styra uppteckningen av antalet personer loch sarskilda typer av personer, som inga i lyssnarkretsen etc., och av dels automatiskt dels manuellt paverkbara element, som aro anordnade att till ett utgangslage aterstalla kontaktanordningarna och inkoppla en signalanordning for att harigenom tvinga till utforande av en ny installning under en folj aide uppteckningscykel och urkoppla signalanordningen. The apparatus according to the invention for recording the listener and / or viewer circuit assembly for a carriage signal receiver comprises a recorder having a movable recorder and a writing device arranged near the recorder, and may be characterized by an installation device comprising Mr hand actuable connectors, such as writing devices. , to control the recording of the number of persons and special types of persons, which are not in the listening circuit, etc., and of partly automatically and manually actuable elements, which are arranged to restore the contact devices to a starting position and connect a signal device to thereby force the execution of a new installation during a follow-up recording cycle and disconnect the signaling device.

Den narmare uppbyggnaden av apparaten enligt foreliggande uppfinning skall framga av fortsattningen av beskrivningen, varvid for en bathe forstaelse darav hanvisas till bifogade ritning, pa vilken schematiskt fortydligas en sarskild utforingsform av apparaten enligt foreliggande uppfinning anvand i forbindelse med en televisionsmottagare. The more detailed construction of the apparatus according to the present invention will be apparent from the continuation of the description, for a brief understanding thereof reference is made to the accompanying drawing, in which a particular embodiment of the apparatus according to the present invention used in connection with a television receiver is schematically illustrated.

I korthet forverkligas ovanstaende och ytterligare andamal med foreliggande uppfinning i saraband med overvakning av en vagsignalmottagare, vilken är askadliggjord pa ritningen som en televisionsmottagare 9, genom anordnandet av en mottagaretillsats, vilken Or allmant betecknad som 10. Mottagarens 9 kanalvaljare omkopplare, vilken Or schematiskt angiven som 11, Or mekaniskt forbunden med en lagesomkopplare, som Or allmant angiven vid 12. Pa delta satt är det majligt att i mottagaretillsatsen 10 alstra en. elektrisk signal oavbrutet och automatiskt utvisande mottagarens 9 avstamningstillstand. Denna signal Wilkes foretradesvis till en grupp av kanalidentifieringsnalar 13 i en flernalupptecknare 14, som ingar i mottagaretill- satsen 10. Tydligt-vis kan upptecknaren 14 vara av vilken lamplig typ som heist, och den askadliggjorda tjanar endast som exempel. Dessutom tillfor en tryckknapp-paverkad personkretssammansattningsenhet 15, vilken Oven ingar i mottagaretillsatsen 10, oavbrutet till en grupp av personkretssammansfittningsnalar 16 i upptecknaren 14 en signal utvisande sammansattningen av den personkrets, som betraktar det av mottagaren 9 atergivna programmet. I andamal att hjalpa mottagare-anvandarna med nyinstallning av anordningen 15, narhelst en andring i personkretssammansattning sker, arbetar en tandhjulpaverkad omkopplingsmekanism 18, som ingar i mottagaretillsatsen 10, i forbindelse med en frigoringssolenoid 19 i anordningen 15 till att frigora alla tryckknapparna varje gang som mottagaren 9 nyavstammes. Avenledes Or en periodiskt paverkad omkopplingsmekanism 20 anordnad for automatisk frigOring av tryckknapparna efter aterkommande intervall av lamplig varaktighet, t. ex. varje timme. For ovrigt varskor, varje gang som tryckknapparna i anordningen 15 ha au.- tomatiskt frigivits och mottagaren igangsattes, en stromkrets, vilken innefattar en signalanordning 21, mottagare-anvandarna, att personkretssammansattningen bOr upptecknas genom paverkan av tryckknapparna i anordningen 15. Signalanord.ningen 21 fOrblir verksam, tills tryckknapparna ha paverkats, vid vilken tid den gores strOmlos. Pa. detta satt upptecknas p0. uppteckningsbararen 22 i upptecknaren 14 en tjugofyratimmars uppteckning av de stationer, till vilka mottagaren 9 har avstamts, avensom en uppteckning av sammansiitiningen air personkretsen vid vOsentligen alla tider, nar mottagaren 9 Or i bruk. Eftersom stationsinstallningen och personkretssammansattningen samtidigt upptecknas pa uppteckningsbararen 22, Or det en enkel sak f Or granskningsorganisationen att jamfora programmen och typerna av personkretsar, vilka betrakta och/eller lyssna dem. Briefly, the above and further objects of the present invention are realized in conjunction with the monitoring of a carriage signal receiver, which is disabled in the drawing as a television receiver 9, by the provision of a receiver accessory, generally referred to as 10. The channel selector of the receiver 9 as 11, Or mechanically connected to a layer switch, as Or generally indicated at 12. In this case, it is possible to generate one in the receiver additive 10. electrical signal uninterrupted and automatically indicating the descent state of the receiver 9. This signal is preferably Wilkes to a group of channel identification needles 13 in a multi-recorder 14, which enter the receiver input 10. Clearly, the recorder 14 may be of any lamp type, and the incubator serves only as an example. In addition, a push-button-actuated personal circuit assembly unit 15, which in addition to the receiver additive 10, continuously provides to a group of personal circuit assembly needles 16 in the recorder 14 a signal indicating the assembly of the personal circuit viewing the program reproduced by the receiver 9. In order to assist the receiver users with re-installation of the device 15, whenever a change in personal circuit composition occurs, a gear-actuated switching mechanism 18, which engages the receiver attachment 10, in conjunction with a release solenoid 19 in the device 15, releases all pushbuttons each time the receiver 9 newly descended. Also a periodically actuated switching mechanism 20 arranged for automatic release of the pushbuttons after recurring intervals of lamp duration, e.g. every hour. Incidentally, each time the pushbuttons in the device 15 have been automatically released and the receiver is started, a circuit which includes a signal device 21, the receiver users, warns that the personal circuit composition should be recorded by the action of the pushbuttons in the device 15. The signaling device 21 Remains active until the pushbuttons have been activated, at which time it is de-energized. Pa. this sat recorded p0. the record carrier 22 in the recorder 14 a twenty-four hour record of the stations to which the receiver 9 has descended, as well as a record of the composition of the air circuit at substantially all times when the receiver 9 Or is in use. Since the station installation and the circuit assembly are simultaneously recorded on the record carrier 22, it is a simple matter for the audit organization to compare the programs and the types of circuits which are watching and / or listening to them.

Sasom visat Or for att astadkomma en likriktad arbetsspanning for de i mottagaretillsatsen 10 ingaende enheterna anordnat en sarskild krafttillforselenbet 23 i mottagaretillsatsen 10, vilken Or anordnad att energimatas frau primfirlindningen ay televisionsmottagarens 9 krafttransformator 24. Narhelst mottagarens 9 strombrytare 25 slutes for att energimata mottagaren frail transformatorns 24 sekundarlindning, inkoppla.s foljaktligen mottagarens 9 kraftledningskontakter 26 direkt till krafttillforselenhetens 23 ingangskontakter 27 for att anlagga den nodvandiga hoga likriktade spanningen med avseende pa jord yid dessB-kontakt 28. Ehuru det i vissa fall kan vara mOjligt att energimata stromkretsarna hos mottagaretillsatsen 10 enligt f religgande Uppfinning fran mottagarens kraft- — —3 tillforselenhet, har erfarenheten visat, att det är onskvart att anordna en sarskild krafttillforselenhet, vilken energimatas n.ar och endast nar den samhoriga mottagaren 9 är i gang, sasom har ovan beskrivits. As shown in order to provide a rectified operating voltage for the units included in the receiver additive 10, a special power supply 23 is arranged in the receiver additive 10, which Or is arranged to be supplied with energy from the primary winding to the power transformer 24 of the television receiver 9. 24 second winding, consequently, the power line contacts 26 of the receiver 9 are connected directly to the input contacts 27 of the power supply unit 23 to apply the necessary high rectified voltage with respect to ground yB itsB contact 28. Although in some cases it may be possible to supply power to the circuits of the receiver. In accordance with the invention of the receiver's power supply unit, experience has shown that it is unreasonable to arrange a special power supply unit which supplies energy and only when the cohesive receiver 9 is running, as described above. ts.

Kanalidentifieringsomkopplaren 12 kan omfatta vilken lamplig lagesomkopplare som heist sasom en vridomkopplare, vilken har en vridbar glidkontakt 29 i stand att selektivt ingripa med ett flertal pa inbordes avstand liggande kontakter 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e, 301, 30g och 30h. Tydligtvis kan antalet kontakter vara flera eller farre an de visa:de, men i varje fall motsvarar varje kontakt en sarskild kanal, till vilken mottagaren 9 kan avstammas. Kanalidentifieringsomkopplarens 12 rorliga glidkontakt 29 ãr direkt forbunden med kraftkallans 23 + B-kontakt 28. F8r ovrigt är var och en av kontakterna 30 forbunden med en av nalarna 13, vilka lampligen are markta med samma bokstavstillagg. Alltsâ är kontakten 30a forbunden med nalen. 13a, kontakten 30b med nalen 13b etc. Salunda energimatas den kanalidentifieringsnhl 13, vilken är forbunden med den sarskilda kontakt 30, pa vilken glidkontakten 29 star. Nar t. ex. glidkontakten 29 ar i det visade laget, dvs. den mot kontakten 30a svara.nde stationen är avstamd medelst avstammaren. 11, ar na'len 13a energimatad. En uppteckning gores salunda pa den uppteckning mottagande bararen 22 pa platsen for nalen 13a. The channel identification switch 12 may comprise any suitable layer switch such as a rotary switch having a rotatable sliding contact 29 capable of selectively engaging a plurality of inboard spacers 30a, 30b, 30c, 30d, 30e, 301, 30g and 30h. Obviously, the number of contacts may be more or less than those shown, but in each case each contact corresponds to a separate channel to which the receiver 9 can be descended. The movable sliding contact 29 of the channel identification switch 12 is directly connected to the power call 23 + B contact 28. Otherwise, each of the contacts 30 is connected to one of the needles 13, which are suitably marked with the same letter addition. Thus, the contact 30a is connected to the squeegee. 13a, the contact 30b with the pin 13b, etc. Salunda is fed to the channel identification pin 13, which is connected to the special contact 30, on which the sliding contact 29 stands. Nar t. Ex. the sliding contact 29 is in the shown team, i.e. the station corresponding to the contact 30a is descended by means of the descendant. 11, ar na'len 13a energimatad. A record is thus made on the record receiving bearer 22 at the location of the needle 13a.

Ehuru vilken lamplig typ av upptecknare 14 som heist kan anvandas i systemet enligt foreliggande uppfinning, innefattar den askadliggjorda upptecknaren en oavbrutet energimatad motordriven vridtrumma eller drivvals 31, som forflyttar den elektrokansliga uppteckningsbararen 22, placerad mellan nalarna 13 och 16 a ena sidan, och en metall-platta 32 a andra sidan. Plattan 32 är forbunden med jord sasom visas vid 33. Bararen 22 är foretradesvis ett elektrokansligt papper, och nar nagon av nalarna flakes den haga likriktade spanningert frau krafttillforselenheten 23, alstrar darfor spanningsgradienten tvars igenom den uppteckning mottagande bararen 22 ett marke darph. Det torde inses, att strainbegransande motstand kunna vara seriekopplade med de respektive nalarna 13 och 16, dar sa fir nodvandigt. Uppteckningen, vilken salunda gores, bestar av ett flertal linjer parallella med bararens 22 rorelseriktning, varvid placeringen av de av nalarna 13 Over bredden av bararen 22 alstrade linjerna aro tecken pa de vid mottagaren 9 installda kanalerna och placeringen av de av nhlarna 16 alstrade linjerna aro tecken pa den personkretssammansattning, som underhalles med det av mottagaren 9 atergivna programmet. Ldngderna av linjerna i bararens 22 rorelseriktning angiva tiden for mottagarens inkoppling pa viss kanal och ra.dande personkretssammansattning. Foretradesvis drives driv valsen 31 fran en med konstant hastighet 16- pande motor 34, sa att den spiv far en med avseende pa tiden likformig hastighet. Regardless of the type of recorder 14 that can be used in the system of the present invention, the ashless recorder includes an uninterrupted energy-fed motor-driven rotating drum or drive roller 31 which moves the electro-sensory recorder 22 located between the needles 13 and 16 on one side and a metal on one side. -plate 32 on the other side. The plate 32 is connected to ground as shown at 33. The carrier 22 is preferably an electroconductive paper, and when any of the needles flakes the high rectified voltage from the power supply unit 23, the voltage gradient across the recording receiving carrier 22 produces a mark darph. It will be appreciated that strain-limiting resistors may be connected in series with the respective needles 13 and 16, where necessary. The record, which is thus made, consists of a plurality of lines parallel to the direction of movement of the bar 22, the location of the lines generated by the needles 13 across the width of the bar 22 being indicative of the channels installed at the receiver 9 and the location of the lines generated by the needles 16. signs of the circuit composition, which is maintained with the program reproduced by the receiver 9. The lengths of the lines in the direction of movement of the carrier 22 indicate the time for the receiver's connection to a certain channel and the prevailing circuit composition. Preferably, the drive roller 31 is driven from a constant speed 16-speed motor 34 so that the spindle has a time uniform with respect to time.

Innan ovriga delar av mottagaretillsatsens 10 regleringsstromkrets beskri-vas, torde en kort beskrivning av personkretssammansattnings-enheten 15 vara ph sin plats. Denna en-het har visats schematiskt och kan ha vilken form som heist. Det viktiga dr en anordning, vilken kan. mekaniskt paverkas av medlemmar av personkretsen kring vagsignalmottagaren som overvakas och som automatiskt foranleder, att en uppteckning, soul utvisar personkretssammansattningen, alstras. Anordningen innefattar vidare organ for periodisk frigivning av den mekaniskt paverkade anordningen efter vissa forflutna tidsperioder eller nar mottagarens avstamningstillstand Andras och vid vissa andra tider, nar en sannolikhet for en andring i personkretssammansattning skulle kunna ske. Anordningen 15, vilken ãr schematiskt askadliggjord pa ritningen, visas innefatta ett flertal mekaniskt paverkade tryckknappar, vilka ha betecknats som A, B, C och liknande. Det är tydligt, att tryckknappen A skulle kunna angiva en sarskild medlem av fanailjen sasom huvudmannen for bus-ballet. Tryckknappen B skulle kunna utvisa makan till huvudmannen for hushallet, och tryckknappen C skulle kunna utvisa nagon annan medlem av familjen. Ytterligare tryckknappar kunna vara anordnade fOr utvisande av andra medlemmar av familj en. Naturligtvis skulle man i stallet for tryckknappar lika val kunna utnyttja nagon: slags skala, vilken skulle kunna paverkas till ett lage utvisande den sarskilda personkretssammansattningen. Patentskyddel skall icke anses begran. sapersonkretssammansattnings-enheten till nagon specifik konstruktion, och den askadliggj orda utforingsformen tjanar endast som exempel. I varje fall dro tryckknapparna A, B och C, som fortydligas pa ritningen, var for sig paverkbara av medlemmar av den personkrets, som betraktar det av televisionsmottagaren 9 atergivna programmet, och nar de paverkats, forbliva de paverkade, tills vissa tillstand intraffa for paverkan av den ovannamnda frigivningssolenoiden 19. I delta syfte aro var och en av tryckknapparna A, B och C visad forsedd med en skara 35, vilken samverkar med ett lasorgan 35a, i det att ett lasorgan dr forknippat med varje tryckknapp. Narhelst en. sarskild tryckknapp sasom I. ex. A nedtryckes, kommer lasorganet 35a att ingripa i skaran 35 och Ulla den samhoriga tryckknappen i ett nedtryckt eller paverkat lage. Alla lasorganen 35a for tryckknapparna A, B och C aro mekaniskt inbordes hopkopplade med hjalp av en mekanisk lank 19a, som Or forbunden med frigivningssolenoidens eller -elektromagnetens 19 ankare. Vid magnetisering av elektromagneten 19 komma alla tryckknapparna A, B och C att frigivas sam- — — tidigt och maste aterpaverkas for att utvisa personkretssammansattningen for den efterfoljande perioden. Sasora skall beskrivas utforligare nedan reglera tryckknapparna A, B och C aven vissa elektriska stromkretsar innefattande energimatning av nalarna 16, vilka aro specifikt betecknade p. ritningen som 16A, 16B och 16C etc. Before describing other parts of the control circuit of the receiver additive 10, a brief description of the circuit assembly 15 should be in its place. This unit has been shown schematically and can have any shape heist. The important thing is a device that can. mechanically affected by members of the personal circle around the car signal receiver which is monitored and which automatically causes a record, soul exhibits the personal circle composition, to be generated. The device further comprises means for periodically releasing the mechanically actuated device after certain past periods of time or when the recipient's descent state of others and at certain other times, when a probability of a change in personal circuit composition could occur. The device 15, which is schematically damaged in the drawing, is shown to comprise a plurality of mechanically actuated pushbuttons, which have been designated as A, B, C and the like. It is clear that the pushbutton A could indicate a particular member of the fanail as the principal of the ballet. Pushbutton B could expel the spouse to the head of the household, and pushbutton C could expel another member of the family. Additional pushbuttons may be provided for expulsion of other members of the family. Of course, instead of pushbuttons, equal choices could be used: some kind of scale, which could be influenced to a low showing the special composition of the personal circle. Patent protection shall not be considered limited. the individual circuit assembly to any specific construction, and the embodied embodiment serves only as an example. In each case, the pushbuttons A, B and C, as illustrated in the drawing, were each actuable by members of the person viewing the program reproduced by the television receiver 9, and when actuated, remained actuated until certain conditions occurred for actuation. of the above-mentioned release solenoid 19. For this purpose, each of the pushbuttons A, B and C is shown provided with a crowd 35, which cooperates with a welding means 35a, in that a welding means dr is associated with each pushbutton. Narhelst en. special push button such as I. ex. When pressed, the locking means 35a will engage the groove 35 and the associated push button in a depressed or actuated position. All the locking means 35a for the pushbuttons A, B and C are mechanically embedded by means of a mechanical link 19a, which Or is connected to the armature of the release solenoid or electromagnet 19. Upon magnetization of the electromagnet 19, all the pushbuttons A, B and C will be released at the same time and must be reactivated to indicate the circuit composition for the subsequent period. Sasora will be described in more detail below, regulating the pushbuttons A, B and C also certain electrical circuits including energy supply of the needles 16, which are specifically indicated in the drawing as 16A, 16B and 16C etc.

For att energimata eller magnetisera frigivningssolenoiden 19 for frigivning av tryckknapparna A, B och C och dessutom energimata signalanordningen 21 vid den tid da mottagaren 9 ursprungligen energimatas eller tillkopplas avensom vid andra tider sa.- som nfir avstamningstillstandet andras eller efter forloppet av en forutbestaand tid är en regleringsstrOmkrets innefattande oinkopplingsrelaer 37 och 38 anordnad. Relaets 37 lindning 37a Or kopplad parallellt med transformatorns 24 primarlindaing, sa att relaet 37 energimatas eller magnetiseras, nfir mottagarens strombrytare 25 slutes. Relaet 37 omfattar en forsta sats air kontakter 36 och en andra sats av kontakter 39, vilka paverkas av en arbetande ankar- och shunts-tang 40, som Or mekaniskt f8rbunden med relaets 37 ankare. I vardera satsen av namnda kontakter 36 och 39 aro dessa sa. anordnade, att den ena slutes, innan den andra brytes, vid varje magnetisering eller avmagnetisering ay relaet. Shuntstangen 40 Or elektriskt forbunden med kraftkallans 23 + B-kontakt 28. Nar vid denim anordning mottagaren, g forst energimatas eller tillkopplas, vilket medfOr omedelbar magnetisering av relaet 37, tillatas kontakterna 36a och 36b i den sats kontakter 36, som Oro i vila slutna, att sluta sig, varvidB- kallan 23 forbindes Over shuntstangen 40 och en. ledare 41 med frigivningssolenoiden 19. Den ena anden av frigivningssolenoidens 19 lindning Or jordad sasom angivet vid 42. Energimatningen eller magnetiseringen ay frigivningselektromagneten 19 fororsakar frigivning av tryckknapparna A, B och C och riirelse till det p0. ritningen angivna laget. In order to energize or magnetize the release solenoid 19 to release the pushbuttons A, B and C and also to energize the signal device 21 at the time when the receiver 9 is initially energized or switched on as well as at other times such as before the descent state of others or after a predetermined time is a control circuit comprising disconnecting relays 37 and 38 arranged. The winding 37a of the relay 37 is connected in parallel with the primary winding of the transformer 24, so that the relay 37 is energized or magnetized before the receiver's switch 25 is closed. The relay 37 comprises a first set of air contacts 36 and a second set of contacts 39, which are actuated by a working armature and shunt pliers 40, which are mechanically connected to the armature 37 of the relay 37. In each set of said contacts 36 and 39 aro these sa. arranged, that one is closed, before the other is broken, at each magnetization or demagnetization of the relay. The shunt rod 40 is electrically connected to the power call 23 + B connector 28. When in the denim device the receiver is first energized or switched on, which results in immediate magnetization of the relay 37, the contacts 36a and 36b are allowed in the set contacts 36, which are closed at rest. , to close, the B- call 23 being connected across the shunt rod 40 and a. conductor 41 with the release solenoid 19. One end of the winding solenoid 19 winding Or grounded as indicated at 42. The energy supply or excitation of the release electromagnet 19 causes the release of the pushbuttons A, B and C and movement to it p0. drawing specified team.

Ytterligare rorelse av shuntstingen 40 vid magnetisering ay relaet 37 fororsakar, att den forra ingriper med kontakten 39a i satsen av kontakter 39 for att f8rbinda kallan av B-potential genom en ledare 43 med en »mottagaren inkopplad»-nal 44 i upptecknaren 14 ilk nMarna 13. Denna nOl kommer att energimatas for att framstalla en uppteckning, narheist mottagaren 9 inkopplas, oavsett den kanal till vilken den Or avstamd. Om kanalnalar 13 lace Oro anordnade f Or varje kanal, till vilken mottagaren 9 kan avstammas, skall nalen 44 Oven lamna upplysning om avstamning till kanaler, som det icke Or specifikt serjt for i upptecknaren 14. Ingreppet av shuntstangen 40 med kontakten 39a fullbordar Oven kortvarigt en strOmkrets fran Bkallan 23 Over kontakten 39b, en ledare 45 och relaets 38 tillslagslindning 38a, till jord, som Or angiven vid 46. Dessutom kommer det att fullborda magnetiseringsstromkretsen for frigivningssojenoiden 19 genom en ledare 41a och ledaren 41. Ytterligare rörelse ay shuntstangen 40 after energimatning eller magnetisering av relaet 37 orsakar brytning av den stromkrets, som styres av kontakterna 39a och 39b, vilka foras ur elektriskt ingrepp, salunda avmagnetiserande relaets 38 tillslagslindning 38a. Emellertid Or relaet 38 forsett med en fasthallningsspole 38b och samhoriga fasthallningskontakter 47 f Or bibehallande ay relaet 38 magnetiserat, feautsatt att tillstanden Oro de riktiga i personkretssammansattningsenheten 15 sasom beskrives utforligare nedan. Om tryckknapparna A, B och C Oro frigivna, sasona Or angivet ph ritningen, Oro forhallandena eller tillstanden Or riktiga for att fasthallningsspolen 38b skall forbliva magnetiserad. Relaet 37 Or sasom askadliggjort forsett med en sats av normalt oppna kontakter 48, vilka Oro kopplade i se-r med kontakterna 47 och relaets 38 fasthallningsspole 38b. Further movement of the shunt stitch 40 during magnetization of the relay 37 causes the former to engage the contact 39a in the set of contacts 39 to connect the call of B-potential through a conductor 43 to a "receiver connected" pin 44 of the recorder 14 in the 13. This nOl will be energized to produce a record when the receiver 9 is connected, regardless of the channel to which it is derived. If channel needles 13 are arranged for each channel to which the receiver 9 can be descended, the channel 44 must also provide information on descent to channels which are not specifically provided for in the recorder 14. The engagement of the shunt rod 40 with the contact 39a completes the above briefly. a circuit from Bkallan 23 across the contact 39b, a conductor 45 and the on-winding 38a of the relay 38, to ground, as indicated at 46. In addition, it will complete the excitation circuit of the release soybean 19 through a conductor 41a and the conductor 41. Further movement of the shunt rod 40 after energy supply or magnetization of the relay 37 causes the circuit of the circuit, which is controlled by the contacts 39a and 39b, which are led out of electrical engagement, to break, thus switching on the switching winding 38a of the relay 38. However, the relay 38 is provided with a retaining coil 38b and associated retaining contacts 47 for maintaining the relay 38 magnetized, provided that the state of the real ones in the circuit assembly 15 is described in more detail below. If the pushbuttons A, B and C are not released, then indicated in the drawing, the conditions or condition are correct for the holding coil 38b to remain magnetized. Relay 37 or as provided with a set of normally open contacts 48, which Oro are connected in series with the contacts 47 and the retaining coil 38b of the relay 38.

FOr att signalanordningen 21 skall kunna paverkas Or den kopplad i serie med Bkallans andkontakt 28 Over normalt oppna kontakter 50, som Oro anordnade pi relaet 38, och kontakterna 48 pa relaet 37. Man kan salunda se, att signalanordningen 21 Or energimatad, narhelst mottagaren 9 Or energimatad och relaet 38 Or tillslaget. In order to be able to actuate the signal device 21, it is connected in series with the duct contact 28 of the call via normally open contacts 50, which are arranged on the relay 38, and the contacts 48 on the relay 37. It can thus be seen that the signal device 21 is energized, whenever the receiver 9 Or energy-fed and relay 38 Or the switch-on.

I det att fasthMlningsstromkretsen for read 38 nu betraktas narmare, kan man se, att den undre anden av fasthallningslindningen 38b Or seriekopplad med satsen av nor-malt Oppna fasthAllningskontakter 47, satsen av normalt oppna kontakter 48 pa re15.et 37 till j ord. I ovrigt Or den. ovre anden ay relaets 38 fasthallningsspole 38b forbunden med andkontakten 28 av B-kallan genom en ledare 51 och seriekopplingen av ett flertal normalt slutna strombrytare 52, 53 ocb. 54 1 anordningen 15. Var och en ay strombrytarna 52, 53 och 54 Or anordnad aft oppnas, nar den samhoriga tryckknappen paverkas, sasom Or schematiskt angivet pa ritningen. Foljaktligen energimatas signalanordningen 21, nar mottagaren 9 forst inkopplas, eftersom frigivningssolenoiden 19 energimatas for att frigi-va tryckknapparna A, B och C i an.ordningen 15, nar relfiets 38 tillslagslindning 38a fiirst magnetiseras. Denna streankrets kan latt Mips fran B-kallans andkontakt 28 genom shuntstangen 40, kontakten 39a, kontakten 39b, ledaren 41a, ledaren 41 och solenoidens 19 lindning till j ord. I ovrigt forblir signalanordningen. 21 energimatad till foljd av att relaet 38 fasthalles i tillslaget lage av fasthallningsspolen 38b, tills atminstone en av tryckknapparna A, B eller C i anordningen 15 paverkas. Paverkan ay flagon av tryckknapparna Oppnar magnetiseringsstromkretsen f Or fasthallningsspolen 38b vid antingen en eller flera —a av strombrytarna 52, 53 eller 54, varigenom relaet 38 tillates att sla ifran och 5ppna kontakterna 47 och 50, vilket leder till frankoppling av signalanordningen 21. Det torde att kontakterna 48 kunna vara utelimnade i det askadliggjorda systemet, vid vilket kraftkfillan 23 fir energimatad, endast ndr mottagaren är i gang. Dessa kontakter kunna vara Onskvarda emellertid, ddr ett batten i anyandes for att lamna B-spdnningen. In that the holding circuit for read 38 is now considered more closely, it can be seen that the lower end of the holding winding 38b is connected in series with the set of normally open holding contacts 47, the set of normally open contacts 48 on the ground 37 to ground. Otherwise Or den. the upper coil 38 of the holding coil 38b of the relay 38 is connected to the duct contact 28 of the B-call through a conductor 51 and the series connection of a plurality of normally closed circuit breakers 52, 53 and so on. 54 1 of the device 15. Each of the circuit breakers 52, 53 and 54 is arranged to open when the associated pushbutton is actuated, as shown schematically in the drawing. Consequently, the signal device 21 is energized when the receiver 9 is first switched on, since the release solenoid 19 is energized to release the pushbuttons A, B and C in the device 15, when the on-turn winding 38a of the relay 38 is first magnetized. This string circuit can allow Mips from the B-call duct contact 28 through the shunt rod 40, contact 39a, contact 39b, conductor 41a, conductor 41 and solenoid 19 to wind to ground. Otherwise, the signal device remains. 21 is energized as a result of the relay 38 being held in the on position of the holding coil 38b until at least one of the pushbuttons A, B or C in the device 15 is actuated. Effect on the Flange of the Pushbuttons Opens the excitation circuit f Or the holding coil 38b at either one or more of the circuit breakers 52, 53 or 54, thereby allowing the relay 38 to turn off and open the contacts 47 and 50, leading to disconnection of the signaling device 21. that the contacts 48 can be omitted in the ash-damaged system, at which the power supply 23 is energized, only when the receiver is running. These contacts may be Onskvarda, however, ddr a batten in anyandes to leave the B-voltage.

For att energimata nalarna 16 endast i beroende av de tryckknappar i anordningen 15, som paverkas, innefattar anordningen 15 en ytterligare sats av normalt oppna strOmbrytare 56, 57 och 58, vilka forbinda respektive av nalarna 16 med andkontakten 28 av käl- Ian avB-spanning, narhelst den motsva- rande tryckknappen är paverkad. Nar t. ex. den med bokstaven A betecknade tryckknappen paverkas, slutes strombrytaren 56 for att f6rbinda + B-kontakten 28 med den av nalarna 16, vilken är betecknad som 16A. Nan tryckknappen B paverkas, slutes strombrytaren 57 for att lamna en matningsspanning pa den som 16B betecknade nalen, sa att det gores en uppteckning ph den uppteckning mottagande bararen 22. Eftersom kraftkdllan 23 energimatas endast nar mottagaren 9 är energimatad, gores tydligtvis ingen uppteckning pa bararen 22, med mindre mottagaren 9 är tillkopplad. In order to supply the needles 16 only in dependence on the pushbuttons in the device 15 which are actuated, the device 15 comprises an additional set of normally open switches 56, 57 and 58, which connect each of the needles 16 to the duct contact 28 of the source of voltage. , whenever the corresponding pushbutton is actuated. Nar t. Ex. when the pushbutton denoted by the letter A is actuated, the switch 56 is closed to connect the + B contact 28 to that of the needles 16, which is designated 16A. When the pushbutton B is actuated, the switch 57 closes to supply a supply voltage to the pin designated 16B, so that a record is made on the record receiving carrier 22. Since the power supply 23 is energized only when the receiver 9 is energized, apparently no record is made on the carrier 22, unless the receiver 9 is connected.

Det torde inses, att ndr en andring i avstamning sker, an det onskvart att erhalla en ny indikering av den personkretssammansattning, som Mier omedelbart efter denna avstananingsfindring. Del kan uppras genom frigivning av tryckknapparna A, B och C efter denna avstamningsandring och energimatning av signalanordningen 21 fOr att uppmuntra till paverkan f8r hand av de nodvandiga tryckknapparna. For det dubbla andamalet att frigiva tryckknapparna A, B och C i anordningen 15 och energimata signalanordningen 21 varje gang som den kanal eller station, till vilken mottagaren 9 Or avstamd, andras, Or salunda omkopplingsmekanismen 18 anordnad, vilken omfattar en omkopplarepaverkare 60 av tandhjulstyp, vilken Or mekaniskt fOrbunden med avstammaren 11 pa samma shit som lagesomkopplaren 12, sa att den Or vrid-installbar i enlighet med mottagarens 9 avstfimningstillstand. Enheten 18 innefattar vidare en normalt oppen strombrytare 61, vilken kortvarigt slutes vid den minsta and-ring i avstdmning av mottagaren 9, sa att denna strOmbrytare 61, dd. avstamningsaxeln omstfilles for att ateraystamma mottagaren 9, slutes under en kort tidsperiod. Eftersom strombrytaren 61 Or seriekopplad med frigivningssolenoidens 19 lindning mellan + Bkontakten 28 och jord genom en ledare 62 och ledarna 41a och 41, frigivas tryckknapparna i enheten 15 nOrhelsi tandhjul-paverkaren 60 sattes i verksamhet Vidare Or aven relaets 38 tillslaggspole 38a seriekopplad med strOmbrytaren 61 meLlan + B-kontakten 28 och jord, sa. att under den tid som strombrytaren 61 Or sluten, reldet 38 Or tillslaget. Eftersom strombrytaren 61 Or sluten under en tidsperiod av storleksordningen en. tiondels sekund, frigivas tryckknapparna, innan spolen 38a avmagnetiseras, ddrigenom tillforsakrande, att fasthallningsspolen 38b magnetiseras for att bibehalla relaet 38 tillslaget, tills tryckknapparna aterigen paverkas eller naturligtvis mottagaren 9 slas ifran. Magnetiseringen av reldet 38 energimatar signalanordningen 21, vilken kan avstangas endast genom paverkan av tryckknapparna pa nytt eller avstangning av mottagaren 9. It should be understood that when a change in lineage occurs, it is unreasonable to obtain a new indication of the composition of the circle of persons which Mier immediately after this finding of distance. Part can be raised by releasing the pushbuttons A, B and C after this pedigree change and energizing the signal device 21 to encourage the manual action of the necessary pushbuttons. For the dual purpose of releasing the pushbuttons A, B and C in the device 15 and energizing the signaling device 21 each time as the channel or station to which the receiver 9 is descended is arranged by other, Or switching mechanism 18, which comprises a gear type switch driver 60, which Or is mechanically connected to the pedigree 11 on the same shit as the layer switch 12, so that it Or is rotatable according to the tuning condition of the receiver 9. The unit 18 further comprises a normally open switch 61, which is briefly closed at the slightest change in tuning of the receiver 9, so that this switch 61, dd. the pedigree axis is reversed to re-stem the receiver 9, closed for a short period of time. Since the circuit breaker 61 Or is connected in series with the winding of the release solenoid 19 between the + B contact 28 and ground through a conductor 62 and the conductors 41a and 41, the pushbuttons in the unit 15 are released. The helical gear actuator 60 is activated. The relay 38 switching coil 38a is also connected in series with the circuit breaker 61. + B-connector 28 and ground, said. that during the time that the circuit breaker 61 Or closed, the fire 38 Or turned on. Since the circuit breaker 61 Or is closed for a period of time of the order of one. tenths of a second, the pushbuttons are released before the coil 38a is demagnetized, thereby ensuring that the holding coil 38b is magnetized to maintain the relay 38 turned on until the pushbuttons are actuated again or of course the receiver 9 is turned off. The magnetization of the belt 38 energizes the signal device 21, which can be switched off only by actuating the pushbuttons again or switching off the receiver 9.

Det har visat sig, att for noggrann uppteckning av personkretssammansattningen Mir en provning av denna sammansattning goras atminstone en gang varje timme. I detta syfte Or den periodiskt paverkade omkopplaremekanismen 20 anordnad, vilken innefattar en elektrisk motor 63 med konstant hastighet, kopplad parallellt med transformatorns 24 primarlindning for att energimatas endast nar mottagaren 9 Or energimatad. Motorn 63 driver en omkopplarepaverkningskamanordning 64 for att periodiskt mata omkopplaremekanismens 20 kontakt 65 med + B-spanning. Det torde inses, att den schematiskt askadliggjorda periodiskt pa.verkade omkopplarmekanismen 20 Or vald endast som exempel. Det Or viktigt, att kontakterna 65 kortvarigt energimatas en gang under varje kringyridningsperiod for kammen 64, vilket for praktiska Ondamal foretradesvis Or en gang varje timme. Tydligtvis Or tim-perioden endast ett exam-pal, och kortare eller langre perioder kunna begagnas. It has been found that for accurate recording of the composition of the personal circuit Mir a test of this composition is made at least once every hour. To this end, the periodically actuated switch mechanism 20 is provided, which comprises an electric motor 63 at a constant speed, connected in parallel with the primary winding of the transformer 24 so as to be energized only when the receiver 9 is energized. The motor 63 drives a switch actuating cam device 64 to periodically supply the switch 65 of the switch mechanism 20 with + B voltage. It will be appreciated that the schematically inactivated periodically actuated switch mechanism 20 Or is selected by way of example only. It is important that the contacts 65 be briefly energized once during each cycle riding period for the cam 64, which for practical purposes is preferably once every hour. Obviously the Or tim period is only an exam pal, and shorter or longer periods can be used.

Omkopplingsmekanismen 20 innefattar en tidpaverkad strombrytare, som Or seriekopplad med frigivningssolenoidens, 19 lindning mellan + B-kontakten 28 och jord, sa att tryekknapparna i anordningen 15 frigivas varje gang som den tidpaverkade strombrytaren slutes. For ovrigt an relaets 38 tillslagsspole 38a fiven styrd av omkopplingsmekanismen 20, vilken innefattar en strombrytare inkopplad mellan + B-kontakten 28 och jord genom ledarna 41 och 41a, sfi. att signalanordningen 21 aven energimatas vid den tid som tryckknapparna frigivas. The switching mechanism 20 comprises a time-switched circuit breaker, which Or is connected in series with the winding of the release solenoid 19 between the + B contact 28 and ground, so that the pushbuttons in the device 15 are released each time the time-switched circuit breaker is closed. Incidentally, the turn-on coil 38a of the relay 38 is controlled by the switching mechanism 20, which includes a switch connected between the + B contact 28 and ground through the conductors 41 and 41a, sfi. that the signal device 21 is also energized at the time the pushbuttons are released.

Som ovan beskrivits skulle det vara Omskvart, att anvandarna av mottagaren 9 stalla om tryckknapparna i anordningen 15, nal.- heist sarnmansfittningen av personkretsen andras. Tydligtvis Iran detta ske vid andra ti-der On nar mottagaren nyavstammes eller mar omkopplaren 20 paverkas. Ddrfor Or i aridamal att frigiva tryckknapparna, sa att en ny uppsdttning kan goras, en Mr hand paverkbar tryckknapp-strombrytare 66 inkopplad for att styra eller reglera energimatningen eller magnetiseringen av frigivningssolenoiden 6— — 19 och reldets 38 tillslagsspole 38a. Med denna anordning kunna anyfi.ndarna latt frigiva tryckknapparna A, B och C, nar personkretssammansattningen andras mitt under ett program. As described above, it would be Omskvart, that the users of the receiver 9 rearrange the pushbuttons in the device 15, nal.- heist the same fitting of the personal circle of others. Obviously Iran this happens at other times On when the receiver is newly descended or if the switch 20 is affected. Dredfor Or in aridamal to release the pushbuttons, so that a new set-up can be made, a Mr hand actuable pushbutton switch 66 connected to control or regulate the energy supply or magnetization of the release solenoid 6-19 and the ignition coil 38a of the fire 38. With this device, the inventors can have the pushbuttons A, B and C released when the circuit assembly is changed in the middle of a program.

Ehuru verkningssattet av det pa ritningen askadliggjorda systemet torde framga av foregaende beskrivning, skola enkelheten av och fordelarna med detta system tydligare framga av foljande sammanfattande beskrivning av systemets verkningssatt vid normal anvandning. Antag, att mottagaren 9 är aystangd, tryckknapparna A, B och C etc. alla aro frigivna och den i omkopplingsmekanismert 20 ingaende strombrytaren oppen. Nar mottagaren 9 forst energimatas genom slutning av strombrytaren 25, sattes motorn 63 igang och tillslas reldet 37. Da relaet 37 slas till, tillfo- resB-spanning till relaets 38 tillslagsspole 38a genom shuntstangen 40 och satsen av kontakter 36 pa reldet 37, varigenom relaet 38 sluter sina tvá satser av normalt oppna kontakter 47 och 50. Relaet 38 forblir magnetiserat pa grund av att dess fasthallningsspole 38b energimatas eller magnetiseras genom seriekopplingen av kontakterna 48 pa reldet 37, kontakterna 47 pa relaet 38 och kontakterna 52, 53 och 54 i anordningen 15. Anvandaren varskos salunda av installningsanordningen, som innefattar signalanordningen 21, att han bor paverka den eller de ratta av tryckknapparna A, B, C etc. for att uppteckna personkretssammansattningsdata pa den uppteckning mottagande bararen 22. Nar anvandaren paverkar flagon av eller alla tryckknapparna, avmagnetiseras relfiets 38 fasthallningsspole 38b darigenom oppnande relaets 38 kontakter 47 och 50 och avbrytande energitillforsel till signalanordningen 21. Vid samma tid som personkretssammansattningsdata upptecknas genom verkan av nalarna 16 gores samtidigt en uppteckning av mottagarens 9 avstamningstillstand antingen av kanalnalarna 13 eller av »mottagaren inkopplad»-nalen 44. I allmanhet ãr det nalen 44 och en av stationsnalarna 13, som samtidigt framstalla en uppteckning, nar mottagaren vrides pa. Denna uppteckning av avstamda kanaler och personkretssammansattning skall goras med avseende pa tiden. En representativ uppteckning framstalld av upptecknaren 14 Or angiven pa ritningen. Although the operation of the system deprived of the drawing should be apparent from the foregoing description, the simplicity and advantages of this system will become more apparent from the following summary description of the operation of the system in normal use. Assume that the receiver 9 is switched off, the pushbuttons A, B and C etc. are all released and the circuit breaker 20 entering the switching mechanism 20 is open. When the receiver 9 is first energized by closing the circuit breaker 25, the motor 63 is turned on and the relay 37 is turned on. When the relay 37 is turned on, B voltage is applied to the relay coil 38a of the relay 38 through the shunt rod 40 and the set of contacts 36 on the relay 37, whereby the relay 38 closes its two sets of normally open contacts 47 and 50. The relay 38 remains magnetized because its retaining coil 38b is energized or magnetized by the series connection of the contacts 48 on the rail 37, the contacts 47 on the relay 38 and the contacts 52, 53 and 54 in the device. 15. The user is thus warned by the installation device, which comprises the signal device 21, that he should actuate the steering wheel or knobs of the pushbuttons A, B, C, etc. to record personal circuit composition data on the recording receiving bar 22. When the user acts on the flake of all or all pushbuttons, the retaining coil 38b of the relay 38 is demagnetized thereby opening the contacts 47 and 50 of the relay 38 and roaring energy supply to the signaling device 21. At the same time as the personal circuit composition data is recorded by the action of the needles 16, a recording is made at the same time of the pedigree state of the receiver 9 either of the channel needles 13 or of the "receiver connected" needle 44. In general it is the needle 44 and one of the station needles 13 , which at the same time produce a record when the receiver is turned on. This record of tuned channels and personal composition shall be made with respect to time. A representative record produced by the recorder 14 Or indicated on the drawing.

Om avstammaren 11 nu omstalles f6r att nyavstamma mottagaren 9 for mottagning av en annan station eller kanal, fororsakar lagesomkopplaren 12, att en annan nal 13 gores verksam, och samtidigt slutes aven genom kringvridningen av tandhjulet 60 strombrytaren 61 kortvarigt, varigenom bade frigivningssolenoiden 19 och tillslagsspolen 38a for relaet 40 magnetiseras. Darfor frigivas tryckknapparna och magnetiseras reldet 38 for att bibehalla signalanordningen 21 i ett energimatat tillstand, tills en eller flera av tryckknapparna paverkas. Nar tryckknapparna ha paverkats far att uppteckna personkretssammansattningsdata pa den uppteckning mottagande bararen 22, avbrytes energitillforseln till bade relaet 38 och signalanordningen 21. Om vid denna tid eller kort darefter personkretssammansattningen andras, kan anvandaren eller anvandarna kortvarigt sluta strombrytaren 66 for att frigiva tryckknapparna A, B och G, sa att de kunna Ora en ny installning i enheten 15 genom att paverka de ratta tryckknapparna. Efter det att mottagaren 9 har arbetat under en timme fran den tid da omkopplingsmekanismen 20 sist paverkades, kommer en strambrytare att slutas av kamanordningen 64 for att magnetisera eller energimata reldets 38 frigivningssolenoid 19 och tillslagsspole 38a. Signalanordningen 21 energimatas annu en gang, tills en eller flera av tryckknapparna paverkas. If the pedigree 11 is now switched to retun the receiver 9 to receive another station or channel, the layer switch 12 causes another pin 13 to be actuated, and at the same time also closes the circuit breaker 61 for a short time by rotating the gear 60, whereby both the release solenoid 19 and the 38a for the relay 40 is magnetized. Therefore, the pushbuttons are released and the belt 38 is magnetized to maintain the signal device 21 in an energized state until one or more of the pushbuttons is actuated. When the pushbuttons have been actuated to record the circuit composition data on the recording receiving bar 22, the power supply to both the relay 38 and the signal device 21 is interrupted. If at this time or shortly thereafter the circuit assembly changes, the user or users may briefly close the switch 66 to release the pushbutton. and G, so that they can Ora a new installation in the unit 15 by actuating the steering wheel pushbuttons. After the receiver 9 has been operating for one hour from the time when the switching mechanism 20 was last actuated, a switch will be stopped by the cam device 64 to magnetize or energize the release solenoid 19 and turn coil 38a. The signal device 21 is energized once more, until one or more of the pushbuttons are actuated.

Skulle det vara onskvart fOr anvandarna att omstalla tryckknapparna vid en sarskild kalendertid, t. ex. en gang vane timme, i stallet for vid slutet av varje forutbestaind period av mottagareanvandning, bor motorn 63 vara inkopplad direkt Over kraftledningen i stallet for Over mottagarens 9 stromhrytare 25. Det satt, pa vilket anvandarna av mottagaren periodiskt paminnas om att omstalla tryckknappen, beror pa ett flertal faktorer, och vartdera systemet kan anvandas. Should it be inconvenient for users to switch the pushbuttons at a particular calendar time, e.g. once an hour, instead of at the end of each predetermined period of receiver operation, the motor 63 should be connected directly to the power line in the place of the receiver 9 of the receiver 25. The mode on which the users of the receiver are periodically reminded to switch the pushbutton depends on a number of factors, and each of the systems can be used.

Det kan ofta hända, att anvandarna av mottagaren 9 kunna onska att paverka tryckknapparna kort fOre den tid, vid vilken omkopplingsmekanismen 20 kommer att goras verksam, i vilket fall det skulle kunna vara fortretligt for dem att behova atervanda till mottagaren om nagra fa minuter for att Ora samma installning i tryckknappanordningen 15 och for att avsluta verkan av signalanordningen 21. Foljaktligen kan en tidfordrojningsenhet vara inkopplad i serie mellan omkopplingsmekanismens 20 kontakt 65 och frigivningssolenoiden 19 och aven mellan kontakten 65 och tillslagsspolen 38a for relaet 38. Denna tidfordrojningenhet skulle kunna vara en hydraulisk dampcylinder, som nor-malt intager ett overksamt lage vid den tid da flagon av eller alla tryckknapparna paverkas, och skulle ha till uppgift att forbindra slutning av stromkretsen mellan omkopplingsmekanismens 20 kontakt 65 och bade frigivningssolenoiden och tillslagsspolen 38a for reldet 40 under en foruthestamd tid efter paverkan av tryckknapparna A, B och C. Soin exempel kan tidfOrdrOjningen vara av storleksordningen tva eller Ire minuter. Den verkliga tidfordrojning, som ombesorjes av en sadan anordning, skulle hero pa ett flertal faktorer och foretradesvis vara installbar. Forutom att utnyttja apparaten enligt foreliggande uppfinning for uppteckning av lyssningsvanorna hos anvandare av vagsignalmottagare kan apparaten anvandas for uppteckning av olika individuella varderingar av — —7 lyssnarna, dvs. lyssnare-omrostning I enlighet med ett satt att anvanda apparaten i och for lyssnar-omrostning kunna tillsatsknappar tillaggas for att visa gillande eller ogillande hos personkretsen eller de enskilda medlemmarna i personkretsen av programmet som mottages. I det fall att undersOkningsorganisationen är villig att avsta frail overvakningen av mottagarna under ett sarskilt tidsintervall, kunna fOr ovrigt samma knappar, som anvandas fOr utvisande av personkretssammansattning, anyandas i och for lyssnaromrostning. Vid vardera metoden dr emellertid den viktiga fordel, som uppnas, att uppteckningen av mottagarens arbetstillstand, personkretssammansattningen och personkretsens varderingar upptagas pa en enda uppteckningsbarare. It may often be that the users of the receiver 9 may wish to actuate the pushbuttons shortly before the time at which the switching mechanism 20 will be activated, in which case it might be advantageous for them to need to return to the receiver in a few minutes to Ora the same installation in the pushbutton device 15 and to terminate the action of the signal device 21. Consequently, a time delay unit may be connected in series between the switch 65 of the switching mechanism 20 and the release solenoid 19 and also between the switch 65 and the switching coil 38a for the relay 38. This time delay unit could be a hydraulic steam cylinder, which normally occupies an idle position at the time the flake of or all the pushbuttons are actuated, and would have the task of connecting the closing of the circuit between the switch 65 of the switching mechanism 20 and both the release solenoid and the coil 38a of the belt 40 for a predetermined time after impact of pressure pacifiers A, B and C. For example, the time delay may be of the order of two or two minutes. The actual time delay provided by such a device would depend on a number of factors and would preferably be installable. In addition to using the apparatus according to the present invention for recording the listening habits of users of car signal receivers, the apparatus can be used for recording different individual evaluations of the listeners, ie. listener roasting In accordance with a method of using the apparatus in and for listener roasting, additional buttons may be added to show the approval or disapproval of the circle of persons or the individual members of the circle of persons of the program received. In the event that the survey organization is willing to refrain from supervising the recipients for a special period of time, the same buttons, which are used for displaying the composition of the circle, may otherwise be used in and for the listener's voting. In each method, however, the important advantage that is achieved is that the record of the recipient's work condition, the composition of the circle of persons and the values of the circle of persons are recorded on a single recorder.

Ehuru fOreliggande uppfimiing hat beskrivits i samband med en sarskild utforingsform darav, inser man, att manga andringar och modifikationer kunna goras utan att man avviker frail uppfinningens sanna grundide och ram. Although the present invention has been described in connection with a particular embodiment thereof, it will be appreciated that many changes and modifications may be made without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

Patent claim:

Apparatus for recording the composition of listeners and / or viewers. Or a carriage signal receiver comprising a recorder, such as a movable recorder, and a writing device located near the recorder, characterized by an installation device (10) comprising manually actuable contact devices (56, 57, 58) connected to the writing device (14). ), to control the recording of the number of persons and special types of persons, which are not present in the listening circuit, etc., and of both automatically and manually actuable elements (20, 66), which are arranged to restore the contact devices to an output mode and connect a signal device ( 21) to thereby force a new installation to be performed during a subsequent recording cycle and disconnect the signaling device.

2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the installation device comprises means (37, 38) for influencing the signal device when the receiver is switched on.

Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the installation device comprises means (18, 38) for influencing the signal device, when the descent state of the receiver is varied.

Apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the installation device comprises a device (20) with the influence of the signal device at predetermined time intervals.

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding patent claims, which may be characterized therefrom, since the contact devices have push-button-switched switching devices (35).

Apparatus according to any one of the preceding patent claims, characterized by a sparing device (35a) for retaining one or more air contact devices in an actuated state operable to control the recording of data relating to said listener and / or viewer circuit on said recorder.

7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that the spar device comprises a construction which mechanically engages with and maintains actuated contact devices.

Apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the spar device comprises a device (19, 37). For the release of the said sparring device, when the receiver is switched on.

Apparatus according to claim 6, 7 or 8, characterized by a device (60, 61) for releasing said sparring device, when the pedigree state of the receiver is varied.

Apparatus according to any one of patent claims 6-9, characterized by a device (64, 65) for releasing said sparring device at predetermined time intervals.

Apparatus according to any one of claims 6-10, characterized by a manually actuated device (66) for releasing air said sparing device.

Apparatus according to any one of the foregoing patent claims, noted & ray, that the writing device comprises a device (14) Mr recording data representing the recipient's lineage state on said record bearer in a chronological connection with said listener and / or viewer circuit data.

13. An apparatus according to any one of the preceding patent claims, characterized in that the writing device comprises a. device (37, 44) for recording data relating to the state of the receiver or off state on naninda barare. Request publications: