Electrical pulse counters – pulse dividers – or shift registers: c – Applications – Counting based on number of times machine or apparatus operates
Patent
1986-10-20
1988-02-16
Heyman, John S.
Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c
Applications
Counting based on number of times machine or apparatus operates
377107, 377 53, 377112, 136291, 368205, 250206, H03K 2118, H03K 2138
Patent
active
047260440
ABSTRACT:
A ballpoint pen of conventional size and shape has a movable ball point that is pressed upwardly in the direction of the housing of the pen when a mark is made. Means is provided for normally biasing the ballpoint outwardly of the housing. However, when the ballpoint is pressed against a writing surface, the refill cartridge having the ball at the lower end thereof is moved upwardly to close a normally open switch which connects a solar cell array in circuit with an electronic counter that counts each time the switch is closed. Controlled by the counter is a liquid crystal display that visually indicates the total number of counts. A second switch is actuated by gravity to reset or clear the counter in preparation for counting a succeeding group of marks.
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Perna Fred P.
Peterson Stuart R.
Heyman John S.
Perna Fred P.
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