SE202309C1

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Publication number: SE202309C1
Authority: SE
Publication date: 1965-01-01

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Uppfinnare: H S Pollin Foreliggande uppfinning haul& sig till ett elektronur utan rorliga makroskopiska delar, som innefattar en oscillator, alstrande •elektriska impulser vid en given frekvens, fordelningsorgan, styrda av denna oscillator och avlamnande pa var och en av sina utgangar de fran oscillator. erhallna impulserna, en av oscillatorn styrd rakneanordning, vilken alstrar signaler av en frekvens pa en period per timme och period per minut, en elektronisk stromstallare, styrd av fordelningsorganet och successivt avlamnande signaler, som motsvara tillstandet has tim- och minutrakneanordningen pa en fOrdelningsmatris, vilken styr en indikatoranordning. Inventor: H S Pollin The present invention relates to an electron without moving macroscopic parts, which comprises an oscillator, generating electrical impulses at a given frequency, distribution means, controlled by this oscillator and attenuating at each of its outputs from the oscillator. received the pulses, an oscillator controlled by the oscillator, which generates signals of a frequency of one period per hour and period per minute, an electronic switch, controlled by the distribution means and successively attenuating signals, corresponding to the state of the hour and minute calculation device on a distribution matrix, which controls an indicator device.

Uppfinningen skall nu beskrivas narmare med hanvisning till bifogada ritning, i vilken fig. 1 visar ett schematiskt kopplingsdiagram av en form av uppfinningen, fig. lA visar en planvy av bildskannen hos katodstralroret i fig. 1, fig. 1B visar en modifikation av anordningen i fig. 1A, fig. 2 visar ett vagdiagram med avseende pa handelser i tiden, i kretsen I fig. 1, fig. 3 visar ett schematiskt kopplingsdiagram over en annan modifierad form av uppfinningen, fig. 4 visar ett sehematiskt kopplingsdiagram over ytterligare en mo,difierad form av uppfinningen, fig. 5 visar en planvy av ,ett indikatorelement, dar kemiska eller glimurladdningsfenomen anvandas for tidsindikering. The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows a schematic connection diagram of a form of the invention, Fig. 1A shows a plan view of the image scanner of the cathode ray tube in Fig. 1, Fig. 1B shows a modification of the device in Fig. 1A, Fig. 2 shows a wagon diagram with respect to transactions in time, in the circuit In Fig. 1, Fig. 3 shows a schematic wiring diagram of another modified form of the invention, Fig. 4 shows a sehematic wiring diagram of another mo Fig. 5 shows a plan view of an indicator element in which chemical or glow discharge phenomena are used for time indication.

I riktningarna referera samnaa siffror till samma delar alltigenom. In the directions, the same numbers refer to the same parts throughout.

En grundlaggande tids signal kan matas fran en yttre kalla, genom en matningslinje eller en antenn 10, och kan vara en periodisk signal frail en radiosandare eller en signalsandande k011a. Antennen 10 kan anvandas for att lasa en oscillator 11 till 60 perioder per sekund, som dr den vanliga frekvensen i de Dupi. kl. 83 b: 2/ fiesta (amerikanska) stader. En 60-periodig signal erhalles frail oscillatorn 11. Denna sig nal matas, via en knutpunkt 12 till fordelningsorgan, bar bestaende av en »ring of three» raknare 13, vilken utsander tre signa-. ler i ledare 14, 15 och 16, vilka signaler vaxelvis, framkomma som svar pa successiva insig-- naler. Ftir en detaljerad konstruktionsredog,orelse fOr de olika raknemaskinelementen refereras till »High Speed Computing Devices», by Tompkins, Wakelin and Stifler, Jr., Me-, Graw-Hill 1950. Utsignalerna frail raknaren 13 Or att en elektronisk stromstallare 17 such cessivt borjar att arbeta for att styra indikeringen air sekunder, minuter och tinimar. A fundamental time signal may be supplied from an external source, through a supply line or antenna 10, and may be a periodic signal from a radio transmitter or a signal transmitting k011a. The antenna 10 can be used to read an oscillator 11 to 60 periods per second, which carries the usual frequency of the Dupi. at 83 b: 2 / fiesta (American) cities. A 60-period signal is obtained from the oscillator 11. This signal is fed, via a node 12 to the distribution means, consisting of a "ring of three" rattler 13, which emits three signals. leads in conductors 14, 15 and 16, which signals alternately appear in response to successive inputs. For a detailed design description of the various shaver elements, see High Speed Computing Devices, by Tompkins, Wakelin and Stifler, Jr., Me-, Graw-Hill 1950. The Outputs from the Shaver 13 Or that an electronic switch 17 such cessively starts to work to control the indication air seconds, minutes and hours.

Räknaren. 13 utander ocksi ett signalpulstag i en ledare 18, som leder till en »dividera med tjugo-raknare» 19, mad en hastighet av tjugo perioder per sekund. Baknaren 19 dividera: signalerna inmatade pa. ledaren 18 oda ntsander signaler med frekvensen 1 period per sekund till en knutpunkt 20. The counter. 13 also exits a signal pulse bar in a conductor 18, which leads to a "divide by twenty-counters" 19, at a rate of twenty periods per second. The baker 19 divides: the signals entered pa. The conductor 18 transmits signals at a frequency of 1 period per second to a node 20.

Pulserna vid knutpunkten 20 matas till en sekundraknare 21, dar pulstaget undergar en suecessiv division med 5, 3, 2 ocb, 2, varvid en si jnal med en frekvens pa en period per minut matas Over en knutpunkt 22 till en rainutraknare 23, vilken ar av liknande konstruktion. The pulses at the node 20 are fed to a second counter 21, where the pulse bar undergoes a successive division of 5, 3, 2 and 2, whereby a signal with a frequency of one period per minute is fed over a node 22 to a rain tractor 23, which is of similar construction.

Utsignalen frau raknaren 23 infores i en punkt i raknarkretsen, vilken .matar fram en puls var tolfte minut och appliceras pa ingangen till en, timraknare 24 vid en knutpunkt 25, varvid timraknaren framflyttas fern ganger i timmen for berakning av timinclikeringstillskotten. The output signal from the counter 23 is input at a point in the counter circuit which feeds a pulse every twelve minutes and is applied to the input of an hour counter 24 at a node 25, the hour counter being advanced four times an hour to calculate the hourly additions.

Pulstagssignalerna fran de individuella divisionskretsarna i raknarna 21, 23, och 24 matas via ledare 26, 27 och 28 resp. till den elektroniska stromstallaren 17, vilken matar en di- 2 gital-till-analogomvandlare 29, via ledare 30, .31 och 32 resp. i takt med signalerna fran raknaren 13 eller ledarna 14, 15 och 16. Var tjugonde sekund matas utsignalerna fran var ,och en av rakn.arna 21, 23 och 24 successivt in pa omvandlaren 29 for en sextiondedel av en sekund. Omvandlaren. 29 astadkommer avlankningssignaler for de vertikala och horisontella avlankningsplattorna i ett katodstralror 33, vars bildskarm, kan ha en ring av timsiffror runt periferin, pa det for klockor vanliga sattet. Onivandlingen erhalles genom inkoppling av dampsatser, av lampligt varde, i den krets, som erhaller sextioperiodiga signaler via en ledare 34, och inmatning av avlankningsspanningar pa avlankningsplattorna i katodstralroret 33 Over ledare 35 och 36. Dampningsgraden och storleken pa danapsatsen bestammes av den avlankning, som erfordras for att astadkomma det onskade visarlaget pa katodstralrkets bildskirm 37. Vaxelstromssignaler anvandas for att astadkomma en. kvarliggande linje, straekande sig radiellt ut fran centrum pa. bildskarmen 37 genom avlankning av elektranstralen. Fokuseringen astadkommes pa vanligt satt pa elektrostatisk och/eller elektromagnetisk vag. Langden pa den linje, som representerar en visare kontrolleras av utsignalen fran raknaren 13 till omvandlaren 29, via en ledare 38, komnaande Iran en knutpunkt 39 och ledaren. 14. StOrre signaler i ledaren 38 for en minutvisare 43 skiljer sig frail mindre signaler for en timvisare 41 genom motsvarande skillnad langd hos visartecknen. Sekundvisartecknet kan astadkommas av en. star vaxelstromssignal, vilken avlankar ljuspricken fran bildskarmen, stone delen av tiden, varvid en tunn linje 45, vilken ãr langre och irtte sa ljusstark, som tim- och minutvisartecknen, astadkommes. Oin sa. Onskas kan sokundtecknet vara en ljusflack, vilken rer sig runt periferin pa bildskarmen, 3.7 och som framstallts genom en pa. omvandlaren 29 inmatad likstromssignal. De pulsade signalerna i ledarna 14, 15 och 16 fran raknaren, 13 far elektronstralen att genom successiva pulser framstalla och vidmakthilla visarna 43, 44 och 45 pa bildrOrsskarmen 37, ino.m perioden for syntrogheten. The pulse tag signals from the individual division circuits in the racks 21, 23, and 24 are fed via conductors 26, 27 and 28, respectively. to the electronic switch 17, which supplies a digital-to-analog converter 29, via conductors 30, 31 and 32, respectively. in step with the signals from the counter 13 or the conductors 14, 15 and 16. Every twenty seconds the output signals from each, and one of the counters 21, 23 and 24 are successively fed into the converter 29 for one sixtieth of a second. The converter. 29 provides deflection signals for the vertical and horizontal deflection plates in a cathode ray tube 33, the display of which may have a ring of hour digits around the periphery, in the usual manner for clocks. The conversion is obtained by connecting vapor sets, of suitable value, in the circuit which receives sixty-period signals via a conductor 34, and inputting deflection voltages on the deflection plates in the cathode ray tube 33 over conductors 35 and 36. is required to provide the desired pointer layer on the cathode ray tube display 37. AC signals are used to provide one. remaining line, extending radially out from the center on. the display 37 by deflecting the electron beam. The focus is achieved in the usual way on electrostatic and / or electromagnetic path. The length of the line representing a pointer is controlled by the output signal from the rectifier 13 to the converter 29, via a conductor 38, coming to Iran a node 39 and the conductor. 14. Larger signals in the conductor 38 for a minute hand 43 differ from smaller signals for an hour hand 41 by a corresponding difference in the length of the hand signs. The second hand character can be provided by one. star alternating current signal, which deflects the dot of light from the monitor, stone part of the time, whereby a thin line 45, which is longer and slightly as bright as the hour and minute hands, is provided. Oin sa. If desired, the search character can be a light spot, which moves around the periphery of the screen, 3.7 and which is produced by a pa. the converter 29 input DC signal. The pulsed signals in the conductors 14, 15 and 16 from the razor, 13 cause the electron beam to produce through successive pulses and maintain the hands 43, 44 and 45 on the picture screen 37, during the period of synrogance.

Installning av ratt tid sker genom en tryckknapp 40 for minutvisarindikeringen och en knapp 11 for timvisarindikeringen. Inpressning av endera av dessa knappar fOranleder resp. visare att forflytta sig Bled en lin stighet av sex grader per sekund och att gra ett vary pa. en minut. En nollstallningsstromstallare 42 medger synkronisering genom telesignalkontroll tVa ganger om dagen, genom av raknarna 21, 23 och 24 till mid- dags- eller midnattsposition. Nollstallning kan utforas via. varje annan tidpunkt genom lamp-hg anslutning. Installation of the clock time is done by a pushbutton 40 for the minute hand indicator and a button 11 for the hour hand indicator. Pressing either of these buttons prompts resp. show to move Bled a linear speed of six degrees per second and to make a vary pa. one minute. A zero setting power switch 42 allows synchronization by telesignal control twice a day, through the racks 21, 23 and 24 to the midday or midnight position. Zeroing can be performed via. every other time through lamp-hg connection.

En ring 100 kan placeras runt bildskarmen 37 pa katodstralrOret for att tillhandahalla ett magnetfalt for framstallning av speeiella konfigurationer av visarna 43, 44 och 45. Dessa visare kan givas en dekorativ form, I. ex. Lissajous figurer eller varianter av dem, behallancle sina huvudegenskaper och visarfunktimer. Olika spareffekter kan erhallas genom segmentering av ringen. 100, som via. 100', och palaggande av lampligt valda spanningar pa de olika. segmenten. I fig. 1B visas en annorlunda forin av indikering av sekunder best& ende av en ring av sextio ljuspunkter, vilka upptrada pa. bildskarmen 37, som en svepande signal av stralvaxlande element. De ma.'ngfaldiga operationerna for indikering av sekunder, minuter och timmar kan, utforas genom duplexkoppling a'v anordningen, sa att den funktionerar pa ett tidsuppdelande att. A ring 100 can be placed around the display 37 on the cathode ray tube to provide a magnetic field for producing special configurations of the hands 43, 44 and 45. These hands can be given a decorative shape, e.g. Lissajou's figures or variants of them, behallancle their main features and pointers. Different saving effects can be obtained by segmenting the ring. 100, as via. 100 ', and application of suitably selected voltages on the various. segments. Fig. 1B shows a different sequence of indication of seconds consisting of a ring of sixty light points, which appeared on. the display 37, as a sweeping signal of beam-shifting elements. The multiple operations for indicating seconds, minutes and hours can be performed by duplexing the device so that it operates on a time division.

I den form av uppfinningen som schematiskt visas i fig. 3, utnyttjas vid indikering, aktivering av diskreta, resistiva indikatordelar hos elektroluminiscenta eller fluorescenta material. De resistiva indikatordelarna matas var och en av en distributionsledare 50', utga.- ende fran en fordelningsmatris 61. De sextio ledarna 50' aktiveras i tur och ordnin.g som gensvar pa raknarnas 21, 23, 24 tillstand och successivt av sekund, minut och timsignaler. Pa. detta satt matas varje indikatordel successivt, salunda producerande luminiscerande indikeringar, som svepa runt urtavlan radiellt ten gang var sextionde sekund. In the form of the invention schematically shown in Fig. 3, use is made in indicating, activating discrete, resistive indicator parts of electroluminescent or fluorescent materials. The resistive indicator parts are each fed by a distribution conductor 50 ', starting from a distribution matrix 61. The sixty conductors 50' are activated in turn and order in response to the condition of the racks 21, 23, 24 and successively by second, minute and hour signals. Pa. this way, each indicator part is fed successively, thus producing luminescent indications, which sweep around the dial radially ten times every sixty seconds.

De indikatordelgrupper, som hanfora sig till indikering av sekunder, minuter och timmar resp., ,exciteras ytterligare av en ringraknare 13' genom tradarna eller ledarna 14', 15' och 16' resp. Om det antages att Onskernalen betraffande ljusstyrka hos sparet, efterlysningstid hos fosfom och syntroghet är uppfyllda av sextio ljusexciteringar per sekund for var och, en av de tre indikatorerna, representerar varje lage hos sekundindikatorn runt urtavIan sextio impulser. Eftersom timindikatorn och minutindikatorn vardera fordrar sextio pulser per sekund och varje indikator maste upplysas separat, uppgar det onskade antalet pulser till sextio ganger sextio ganger tre, dvs. tiotusenattahun.dra per minut. Varje grupp av tiotusenattahundra pulser representerande en minut brytes upp i tretusensexhundra grupper, om tre pulser i varje grupp, vilka appliceras pa tre utvalda ledare 50', vilka vardera pulsas sextio ganger per sekund for att stimulera de Ire indikatorerna. Den elektroniska omkopplaren. 17', matar pulserna till distributionsmatrisen 6.1, vilken arl3etar elekt- 3 roniskt utan rorliga delar och distribuerar dem i grupper om tre, en for vane indikator. Matrisen kan betraktas som en elektronisk komrnutator, vilken astadkommer ekvivalenten till etthundraattio vary i sekunden, framstallande en representation av sekund-, minut- och timindikatorsvepen. The indicator subgroups which operate to indicate seconds, minutes and hours, respectively, are further excited by a ring counter 13 'through the wires or conductors 14', 15 'and 16', respectively. Assuming that the Onskernalen in terms of brightness of the spare, search time of phosphoma and syntroughness are satisfied by sixty light excitations per second for each, one of the three indicators, each layer of the second indicator around the clock represents sixty pulses. Since the hour indicator and the minute indicator each require sixty pulses per second and each indicator must be illuminated separately, the desired number of pulses amounts to sixty times sixty times three, ie. tiotusenattahun.dra per minute. Each group of ten thousand eight hundred pulses representing one minute is broken up into three thousand six hundred groups, of three pulses in each group, which are applied to three selected conductors 50 ', each of which is pulsed sixty times per second to stimulate the Irish indicators. The electronic switch. 17 ', feeds the pulses to the distribution matrix 6.1, which operates electronically without moving parts and distributes them in groups of three, a conventional indicator. The matrix can be considered as an electronic commutator, which produces the equivalent of one hundred and eighty vary per second, producing a representation of the second, minute and hour indicator sweeps.

Pulsfolj den bestammes enligt foljande: Den forsta pulsen representerar sekundindikatorsvepet och appliceras pa den forsta av ledarna 50' i »klockan tolv position», pa samma gang som raknaren 13' aktiverar ledaren 14', matande sekundindikatordelarna. Om vi an-tar att tiden Er 6: 10, exciterar nasta puls den tionde ay ledarna 50' pa samma gang som raknaren 13' applicerar en puls pa 15' for att excitera minutindikatordelarna till att framstalla en minutinclikatorvisare. Den tredje pulsen appliceras pa. den trettionde ay ledarna 50 pa samma gang som timindikatordelen exciteras medelst traden 16' for att framstalla en timindikering. Den fjarde pulsen aterigen aktiverar den forsta av ledarna 50' samtidigt med excitation av traden 14', den femte pulsen aktiverar den tionde av ledarna 50' samtidigt med att ledaren 15' exciteras och den. sjatte pulsen aktiverar den trettionde av ledarna 15', samtidigt med att traden 16' exciteras. Denna f&ljd upprepas sextio ganger, representerande den forsta sekunden av den forflutna tiden, efter vilken den forsta pulsen, i den sextiofiirsta gruppen om tre pulser, appliceras pa den andra av ledarna. 50', samtidigt som traden 14' exciteras for en andra omgang ay sextio grupper um tre pulser. Den andra pulsen i den andra omgangen av trepulsgrupper appliceras pa den tionde ledaren 50', samtidigt som traden 15' exciteras for att ge en minutindikering, vilken fortfarande visar pa tio minuter over sex. Den tredje pulsen i den andra omgangen: trepulsgrupper appliceras pa den trettionde ay ledarna 50', samtidigt med att traden 16' exiteras f5r att ge en timindikering. Denna Mid av pulser upprepas sextio ganger, representerande den forsta minuten av fOrfluten tid, under vilken sekundindikatorn sveper frau den ena indikatordelen till den andra for varje omgang av sextio trepulsgrupper, astadkommande tiotusenaltahundra pulser in.alles. Under derma period liar aninutindikatorn mottagit tretusensexhundra pulser pa den tionde av ledarna 50' och dikatorn samma antal pa den trettionde ay ledarna 50'. Pulse sequence It is determined as follows: The first pulse represents the second indicator sweep and is applied to the first of the conductors 50 'in the "twelve o'clock position", at the same time as the rake 13' activates the conductor 14 ', feeding the second indicator parts. Assuming the time is 6:10, the next pulse excites the tenth of the conductors 50 'at the same time as the rake 13' applies a pulse of 15 'to excite the minute indicator portions to produce a minute indicator pointer. The third pulse is applied on. the thirtieth ay conductors 50 at the same time as the hour indicator part is excited by the wire 16 'to produce an hour indication. The fourth pulse again activates the first of the conductors 50 'simultaneously with the excitation of the wire 14', the fifth pulse activates the tenth of the conductors 50 'at the same time as the conductor 15' is excited and it. the sixth pulse activates the thirtieth of the conductors 15 ', at the same time as the wire 16' is excited. This sequence is repeated sixty times, representing the first second of the past time, after which the first pulse, in the sixty-first group of three pulses, is applied to the second of the conductors. 50 ', while the trade 14' is excited for a second round ay sixty groups um three pulses. The second pulse in the second round of three pulse groups is applied to the tenth conductor 50 ', while the wire 15' is excited to give a minute indication, which still shows ten minutes over six. The third pulse in the second round: three pulse groups are applied to the thirtieth of the conductors 50 ', while the wire 16' is excited to give an hour indication. This Mid of pulses is repeated sixty times, representing the first minute of elapsed time, during which the second indicator sweeps from one indicator part to the other for each round of sixty three pulse groups, producing ten thousand to one hundred pulses in total. During this period, the aninut indicator receives three thousand six hundred pulses on the tenth of the conductors 50 'and the indicator the same number on the thirtieth of the conductors 50'.

Vid borj an. ay den andra oangfmgen ay tiolusenattahundra pulser appliceras aterigen den f8rsta pulsen i den forsta trepulsgruppen pa den forsta av ledarna 50', samtidigt med att traden 14' exciteras, den andra pulsen i den fiirsta trepulsgruppen, appliceras pa den elfte ay ledarna 50' samtidigt med att traden exciteras, givande en minutindikering, som daryid Andras frau tio minuter Over sex till elva minuter Over sex. Den tredje pulsen i denna forsta trepulsgrupp i andra omgangen appliceras pa den trettionde ledaren 53', samtidigt som traden 16' exciteras far att bibe- hãllaDenna foljd upprepas sextio ganger under den forsta sekunden ay den andra minuten forfluten_ tid, vilket mu visar sig som 6: 11 pa urtavlan. Den forsta pulsen i den forsta trepulsgruppen 1 den andra omgangen av sextiogrupper under den andra minuten, appliceras pa den andra av ledarna 50' samtidigt med att traden 14' exciteras, den andra pulsen i derma trepulsgrupp appliceras pa den elite av ledarna 50', samtidigt med att &Hen 15' exciteras for att bibehalla minutindikeringen och den tredje pulsen i denna trepulsgrupp appliceras pa den trettionde ay ledarna 50', samtidigt med att traden 16' exciteras for att bibehalla timindikeringen. Denna pulsfoljd upprepas sextio ganger under den andra omgangen av sextio trepulsgrupper, representerande den andra sekunden i den andra minuten. Den forsta pulsen i den tredje omgangen av sextia trepulsgrupper under den andra minuten, appliceras pa den tredje ay ledarna 50', samtidigt med att traden 14' exciteras for att visa den tredje sekunden av den andra minfaten forfluten tid. Den andra pulsen i denna trepulsgrupp appliceras pa den elite av ledarna 50', samtidigt med att traden 15' exciteras och den tredje pulsen appliceras pa ledaren 30, samtidigt som traden exciteras. Derma foljd upprepas sextio ganger, samtidigt som sekundindikatorn ror sig genom den andra minuten fOrfluten tid medan mirmt- och timindikatorerna bibehalles ay sextio pulser per sekund var. At the beginning. In the second phase of ten thousandths of a hundred pulses, the first pulse in the first three-pulse group is again applied to the first of the conductors 50 ', while the wire 14' is excited, the second pulse in the first three-pulse group is applied to the eleventh and the conductors 50 'simultaneously with that the trade is excited, giving a minute indication, as daryid Andras frau ten minutes Over six to eleven minutes Over six. The third pulse in this first three-pulse group in the second round is applied to the thirtieth conductor 53 ', while the wire 16' is excited to maintain this sequence repeated sixty times during the first second of the second minute elapsed time, which turns out to be 6 : 11 pa urtavlan. The first pulse in the first three pulse group 1 the second round of sixty groups during the second minute, is applied to the second of the conductors 50 'while the wire 14' is excited, the second pulse in this three pulse group is applied to the elite of the conductors 50 ', simultaneously with & Hen 15 'being excited to maintain the minute indication and the third pulse in this three pulse group being applied to the thirtieth of the conductors 50', while the wire 16 'is excited to maintain the hour indication. This pulse sequence is repeated sixty times during the second round of sixty three-pulse groups, representing the second second of the second minute. The first pulse in the third round of sixty three pulse groups during the second minute is applied to the third ay conductors 50 ', while the wire 14' is excited to show the third second of the second mine barrel elapsed time. The second pulse in this three pulse group is applied to the elite of the conductors 50 ', at the same time as the wire 15' is excited and the third pulse is applied to the conductor 30, at the same time as the wire is excited. This sequence is repeated sixty times, while the second indicator moves through the second minute elapsed time while the mirmt and hour indicators are maintained at sixty pulses per second each.

Den forsta impulsen i den forsta trepulsgruppen i det forsta partiet ay sextio trepulsgrupper i den tredje omgangen av pulser, representerande den tredje minuten forgangen tid, appliceras pa den forsta ay ledarna 50' samtidigt som traden 14' exciteras, den andra pulsen i denna trepulsgrupp appliceras pa den tolfte ledaren, samtidigt som traden 15' exciteras, varvid minutinclikatorn ror sig en indikatordel framat och den indikerade tiden blir 6: 12. Den tredje pulsen i denna trepulsgrupp appliceras pa den trettioforsta ay ledarna 50', samtidigt som traden 16' exciteras, sa att ants& timindikatorn avancerar en ledare 50'. Varje gang minutindikatorn avancerar tolv ledare 50', kommer timindikatorn att avancera en ay ledarna 50', varvid fern ayverkade ledare fullbordar en timm.e. The first pulse in the first three pulse group of the first batch of sixty three pulse groups in the third round of pulses, representing the third minute elapsed time, is applied to the first ay conductors 50 'while the line 14' is excited, the second pulse in this three pulse group is applied on the twelfth conductor, at the same time as the line 15 'is excited, the minute indicator moving one indicator part forward and the indicated time being 6:12. The third pulse in this three-pulse group is applied to the thirty-first ay conductors 50', while the line 16 'is excited, said that the ants & hour indicator advances a conductor 50 '. Each time the minute indicator advances twelve conductors 50 ', the hour indicator will advance one ay conductors 50', with four active conductors completing one hour.e.

Ovannamnda pulsfoljd upprepas med minutyisarindikatorn avancerande en. ledare 50' 4 f8r varje vary a-v sekundindikatorsvepet och timindikatorn avan.cerande en ledare 50' for var tolfte ledareminutvisaren har avan- cerat. The above pulse rate is repeated with the minute indicator advanced one. conductor 50 '4 for each vary a-v of the second indicator sweep and the hour indicator advancing one conductor 50' for every twelfth conductor minute indicator has advanced.

Ringraknaren 13.' matar salunda in en motsvarande samtidig impuls pa en av tradarna eller ledarna 14', 15' och 16' for att bestamma indikeringen for varje impuls frail matrisen 61. Som synes fornyas varje visarindikering sextio .ganger per sekund sã att 6.gat erhaller en flimmerfri bild trots att visarindikatorerna ror sig i diskreta steg fran den ena till den andra av ledarna 50'. Ringraknaren 13. ' thus inputs a corresponding simultaneous pulse on one of the wires or conductors 14 ', 15' and 16 'to determine the indication for each pulse from the matrix 61. As can be seen, each pointer indication is renewed sixty times per second so that 6.gat obtains a flicker-free image despite the pointer indicators moving in discrete steps from one to the other of the conductors 50 '.

Fig. IB illustrerar hur kontaktanslutningar 81 passera genom periferin pa ett gem.ensarnt glasholje. Anslutningar kan "goras till dessa punkter av ett godtycldigt antal underenheter, som reagera fOr de signaler, som uppsta vid drift av huvudroret. En sadan und.erenhet skulk ocksa kunna innehalla en egen katodstraleindikator, matad och kantrollerad Iran huvudenheten. Fig. 1B illustrates how contact connections 81 pass through the periphery of a common glass oil. Connections can be made to these points by any number of sub-units, which respond to the signals which arise during operation of the main rudder. Such a sub-unit could also contain its own cathode ray indicator, fed and controlled by the Iran main unit.

Siffrorna som representera timmar pa klockan, Oro etsade eller intryekta pa ytan ay .ett genomsynligt skyddsholje 76 (fig. 1B) av metylmetacrylat ,eller liknande. The figures representing hours on the clock, Concealed or imprinted on the surface of a transparent protective cover 76 (Fig. 1B) of methyl methacrylate, or the like.

Ett urtavleliknande ror 101 i fig. 4 bestir av en kombination av ett katodstraleror med en bildskarm .och ett sky:Mande holje barande lampliga tecken 82, med ett stralvaxlingsOw (beam switching tube), hada anordnade i ett gemensamt holje. Urtavleindikatorn liknar bildskarmen 37, pa, yilken elektronstrMen formar miinstret av visarna, vilkas lagen bestammes av tidsinteryall. Mintrt- och timvisarna motsvaras av sparen 43 och 44, projicerade av de styrelement, som forut beskrivits. Genom att utforma en lamplig rOrgeometri till- sammans medoch effektkretsar, vilka styra avlankningsplattorna och ringen 100 for justering ay sparkonfigurationerna, for framstallning av en. konyentionell urtavla pa den fluorescenta eller aktiva ytan pa. roret, erhalles ett elektronur. A dial-like rudder 101 in Fig. 4 consists of a combination of a cathode ray tube with a monitor and a sky: Mande housing bearing lamp signs 82, with a beam switching tube (beam switching tube), had arranged in a common housing. The clock indicator is similar to the monitor 37, on which the electron current forms the pattern of the hands, the law of which is determined by time interval. The mintr and hour hands correspond to the savers 43 and 44, projected by the control elements previously described. By designing a suitable tube geometry together with power circuits, which control the deflection plates and the ring 100 for adjusting the saving configurations, for producing one. conventional dial on the fluorescent or active surface on. rudder, one electron is obtained.

Element 65 utgora en del av ett fOr ,strMva2dingsror konventionellt ,elektrodsystem och best& i den form som, visas i fig. 1, av ett hogimpedansomkopplande galler 77, ett konstantstromelement 78, en anod 79 och en katod 80. Sekunder kunna avlasas pa bildskarmen som en svepande signal av de stralvaxlande elementen, reagerande pa signaler fran raknarna 21, 23 och 24, upptradande i periferirt av skarmen sasom visas i fig. 1B vid 75. 1VIinut och timvisarna motsvara sparen 43 och 14, som projicerades av de styrelement som farut beskrivits. Element 65 forms part of a conventional current electrode system, electrode system and in the form shown, in Fig. 1, of a high impedance switching grid 77, a constant current element 78, an anode 79 and a cathode 80. Seconds can be read on the monitor as a sweeping signal of the beam-shifting elements, responsive to signals from the rakes 21, 23 and 24, appearing in the periphery of the screen as shown in Fig. 1B at 75. 1 minute and the hour hands correspond to the tracks 43 and 14 projected by the control elements described above. .

Styrkretsen Or en sextioperiodig oscillator, ansluten till en integrator och en forstarkare, innefattande organ som angiva en impuls per sekund, vilken passerar -de strilvaxlande .elementen, en impuls per minut for den del av katodstralerorsvepet, som motsyarar minutvisaren och en impuls var sextionde minut for den del av svepet SOUL motsvarar timvisaren. Dessutom innehaller styrkretsen tidsfordrojande element, som laser effekten vid varje signal, tills en ny signal anlander. The control circuit Or is a sixty-period oscillator connected to an integrator and an amplifier, comprising means for indicating a pulse per second which passes the beam-shifting elements, a pulse per minute for the portion of the cathode ray tube sweep which counteracts the minute hand and a pulse every sixty minutes for that part of the sweep SOUL corresponds to the hour hand. In addition, the control circuit contains time-delaying elements, such as the laser power at each signal, until a new signal arrives.

Vid en modifikation av nagot av de hittills beskrivna utforandena kan en mottagare for radions tidsignal, avstamnd fOr minut- och timsignaler, infOras. Denna anordning är in-ford i urkretsen pa ett sadant sitt att svepet fordrojes tills triggning sker medelst en signal frau observatoriesdndaren, salunda astadkommande kontinuerlig korrektion av eventu.ella storningar .hos -styroscillatorn. Tidsignalmottagaren kan kortslutas ur kretsen, av en stromstallare. In the event of a modification of any of the embodiments described so far, a receiver for the time signal of the radio, derived from minute and hour signals, can be introduced. This device is inserted into the clock circuit in such a way that the sweep is delayed until triggering takes place by means of a signal from the observatory transmitter, thus effecting continuous correction of any disturbances at the control oscillator. The time signal receiver can be short-circuited out of the circuit by a switch.

Elementens 75-80 funktion i stralvaxlingsroret sker soma svar pa. signaler frin raknaren 21, den elektroniska stromstallaren 17 och digital-till-analogomvandlaren 29. The function of the elements 75-80 in the beam shift tube is as an answer to. signals from the rake 21, the electronic switch 17 and the digital-to-analog converter 29.

Pulstagskalan i fig. 2 Or sa yald att motsvarande pulstag tydligt kan visas. I praktiken kan tidsskalan andras betydligt for att tillgodo-se speciella onskemal. The pulse rate scale in Fig. 2 Or sa yald that the corresponding pulse rate can be clearly shown. In practice, the time scale can change significantly to accommodate special wish schedules.

I fig. 2 representerar A, B, G, D och E nagra spanningar Over en period pa en sekund. A illustrerar den sextioperiodiga spanningen i punkt 12 i fig. 1, B visar den tjugoperiodiga spanningen i punkt 18, G den enperiodiga spanningen i punkt 20. I D visas den en-minutperiodiga spanningen i punkt 22 och i E visas fem-perioder-per-timme-spanningen i punkt 25. Spanningen I F representerar styrspanningen i punkt 31 far minutvisaren, G kontrollspanningen i punkt 32 for timyisaren och H slutligen kontrollspanningen I punkt 30 fOr sekundvisaren. In Fig. 2, A, B, G, D and E represent some voltages over a period of one second. A illustrates the sixty-period voltage in point 12 in Fig. 1, B shows the twenty-period voltage in point 18, G the one-period voltage in point 20. ID shows the one-minute period voltage in point 22 and E shows the five-period voltage. the hour voltage in point 25. The voltage IF represents the control voltage in point 31 for the minute hand, G the control voltage in point 32 for the timer and H finally the control voltage I point 30 for the second hand.

I fig. 5 visas ett indikatorelement, i vilket snabba fargvaxlingar astadkommes av elektriskt initierade, kemiska reaktioner, bestaende av ett genomskinligt ror 300 med elektroder 301 och 302. ItOret 300 kan fyllas med en vattenlosning av fenolftalin, kaliumpermanganat, alkohollosningar och likrtande, vilka snabbt andra farg nar en lamplig spanning anbringas Over elektroderna 301 och 302. Roret 300 skulle kunna placeras radiellt, pa. samma satt som indikatordelarna och elektroderna 302, 303 ,och 301 for att astadkomma minut- och timindikeringar p0. ungefar gamma satt som ledarna 11', 15' och 16'. Sekundvisarsvepet astadkommes genom applicering a-v en spanning Over anslutningarna 301 och 302. En sadan anordning skulle kunna aktiveras av ett pulstag av trepulsgrupper, sasom beskrivits ovan i anslutning till fig. 3. Reaktionerna Ore naturligtvis reversibla och introdu- cera xnycket liten efterslapning eftersom pulssvaret kan goras ganska snabbt. Fig. 5 shows an indicator element in which rapid color changes are effected by electrically initiated chemical reactions, consisting of a transparent tube 300 with electrodes 301 and 302. ItOret 300 can be filled with an aqueous solution of phenolphthalin, potassium permanganate, alcohol solutions and the like, which rapidly second color when an appropriate voltage is applied across the electrodes 301 and 302. The tube 300 could be placed radially, pa. same as the indicator parts and electrodes 302, 303, and 301 to provide minute and hour indications p0. about gamma sat as the leaders 11 ', 15' and 16 '. The second hand sweep is accomplished by applying a voltage across terminals 301 and 302. Such a device could be activated by a pulse bar of three pulse groups, as described above in connection with Fig. 3. The Ore reactions are of course reversible and introduce very little lag as the pulse response can be pretty fast.

Roret i fig. 5 kan aven fyllas med en sjalvluminiscerande gas sasom argon, neon och liknande for att astadkomma en gasurladdningsbild av avsevard ljustathet och med .ett stort fargvalsomrade. I denna variant hor hallkretsar anvandas Mr de sinmlerade minut- och timvisarna om en forlangd livslangd onskas hos roret. The tube in Fig. 5 can also be filled with a self-luminescent gas such as argon, neon and the like to provide a gas discharge image of considerable brightness and with a large color selection area. In this variant, hall circuits are used Mr the recorded minute and hour hands if a desired service life is desired at the rudder.

Den liar namnda strukturen hos stralvaxlingsroret motsvarar den hos Burroughs elektroniska omkopplarror BX 1000 och vad som atergives i sadana publikationer som Burroughs Switching Tubes, Burroughs Corp., Dec. 1959 och The Basic Beam Switching Tube Circuit, by Sourbyody, Burroughs Corp., Oct. 29, 1958. The aforementioned structure of the beam shift tube corresponds to that of Burroughs electronic switching tubes BX 1000 and what is reflected in such publications as Burroughs Switching Tubes, Burroughs Corp., Dec. 1959 and The Basic Beam Switching Tube Circuit, by Sourbyody, Burroughs Corp., Oct. 29, 1958.

Dubbelbrytande material kunna aven ersatta indikatordelarna. En antydan om hur detta skulle kunna utforas ges i fig. 6 och 7 i den amerikanska patentskriften 2 951 895. For denna konstruktion skulle tacklagret 76 kunna goras synligt och-besta av en kondensatorplatta. Den andra kondensatorpolen, skulle bestâ av de sextio tradarna 50'. Skiktet 52 kan besta av flytande nitro-bensin eller amoniumfosfatkristaller, vilka are dubbelbrytande till sin karaktar och andra sin ljusgenornslappande karaktar nar de utsattas for ett elektrostatiskt fait. Eftersom tradarna 50' laddas efter varandra av kretsen i fig. 1 eller fig. 3, Mr de motsvarande segment i lagret 52 att -vrida polarisationsplanet sà att ljus genomslappes under inverkan av det palagda faltet. Detta verkningssatt kan anvandas till att astadkomma en roterande visare, f6rorsakad av ljus, som frau en lamplig kalla passerar genom och vrides av segmenten i skiktet 52, alit eftersom det elektriska faltet roterar. Tre visare kunna astadkommas genom att dela upp kondensatorpolen i tre delar genom koncentriska cirklar motsvarande tradarna 11', 15' och 16'. Nir alla tre sektoravsnitten aro uppladdade har ett sekundsvep astadkommits. Samna effekt kan aven astadkommas genom enbart uppladdning av den yttre elektroddelen. Uppladdning av de tva inre sektoravsnitten astadkommer en minutvisarindikering och den hare sektorn enbart astadkommer en timvisarindikering. Double-breaking materials can also replace the indicator parts. An indication of how this could be done is given in Figures 6 and 7 of U.S. Pat. No. 2,951,895. For this construction, the roof layer 76 could be made visible and consist of a capacitor plate. The second capacitor pole, would consist of the sixty wires 50 '. The layer 52 may consist of liquid nitro-gasoline or ammonium phosphate crystals, which are birefringent in character and others in their light-transmitting character when subjected to an electrostatic effect. Since the wires 50 'are successively charged by the circuit of Fig. 1 or Fig. 3, the corresponding segments of the bearing 52 rotate the plane of polarization so that light is transmitted through the action of the padded field. This actuation can be used to provide a rotating pointer, caused by light, which from a lamp cold passes through and is rotated by the segments of the layer 52, all because the electric field rotates. Three hands can be achieved by dividing the capacitor pole into three parts by concentric circles corresponding to the wires 11 ', 15' and 16 '. Nearly all three sector sections have been uploaded, a second sweep has been achieved. The same effect can also be achieved by only charging the outer electrode part. Charging the two internal sector sections provides a minute hand indication and the hare sector only provides an hour hand indicator.

Claims

Patent claim:

Electron clock without movable macroscopic parts, characterized by an oscillator (11), which generates electrical impulses at a given frequency, distribution means (13), controlled by this oscillator and arranged to unload at each of its outputs from the oscillator ( 11) received the pulses, a calculator (19, 211, 23, 24), controlled by the oscillator and arranged to output signals with a frequency of one period per hour and one period per minute, an electronic switch (17), controlled by the distribution means (13) and arranged to successively slow down signals, which correspond to the state of the calculating device with respect to hours and minutes to a distribution matrix (29), which controls the indication of an indication.

2. An electron clock according to claim 1, characterized in that the distribution means (13) comprises as many outputs for controlling the electronic tensioner (17) as the number of different indicators on the indicator device (33).

3. An electron clock according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the signals corresponding to the condition of the shaving device are applied to the distribution matrix (29) through the electronic current switch (17), at each time corresponding to the type of indicator which emits. selected by the output of the distribution means (13) which detects a signal at the time in question ...

4. An electron clock according to claims 1-3; characterized in that the distribution means (13) comprises a ring of three rattles, in which the raking device (11) detracts second, minute and hour signals.

5. An electron clock according to claims 1-4, characterized in that the distribution matrix (29) is fed successively with the same rhythm as the frequency of the pulses attenuated by the oscillator with hourly, minute and second indicator signals.

Electron clock according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the indicator device comprises groups of indicator elements for indicating hours and minutes, each of these groups being successively controlled by the distribution matrix (29).

Electron clock according to claims 1, 4-6, characterized in that the indicator device comprises a third group of indicator elements for indicating seconds, each indicator element group being fed from the distribution matrix (29) with the corresponding signals of the rake device with a rhythm equal to the frequency of those of the oscillator (11) slowed down the pulses.

8. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 7, characterized in that the condition of the shaving device determines which indicator elements of each indicator element group are most likely to be fed to give one. visual indication.

9. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 8, characterized in that each output signal from the ringing of three counters determines which of the indicator element groups must be fed in order to provide a visual indication. 2. An electron clock according to claims 1, 8 and 9, characterized in that the usual group of indicator elements comprises sixteen indicator elements, corresponding to resp. seconds, minutes and hours. 3. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 10, characterized in that the corresponding indicator element reads: the three groups with respect to pa seconds, minutes and hours respectively, consist of a combined indicator element, which is fed by the distribution matrix and the ring of three counters. 4. An electron clock according to claims 1-3, characterized in that the indicator device consists of a cathode ray tube (33), comprising a fluorescent core (37), wherein the voltages of the deflection plates are partially controlled by the distribution matrix (29). 5. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 12, characterized in that the amplitude of the sweep voltage is controlled by the output signals from the ring of three rakes. 6. An electron clock according to claim 13, characterized in that the oscillator (11) comprises an antenna (10), the time base of the clock being obtained at least in part from an electromagnetic signal which travels outside the clock. 7. An electron clock according to patent claims 1 and 11, characterized in that the indicator elements consist of discharge devices. Electron clock according to patent claim 13, characterized in that the indicator device consists of a beam shaft tube (Fig. 4). 8. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 15, characterized in that the discharge device comprises a chemical compound which undergoes rapid color changes in response to an electrochemical reaction. 9. An electron clock according to claims 1 and 17, characterized in that it comprises gas discharge devices (300-304). Request publications: U.S. Patent Nos. 2,410,156, 2,958,179.