Boots – shoes – and leggings
Patent
1977-07-27
1979-01-02
Atkinson, Charles E.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
235432, 364483, 364900, G06K 100
Patent
active
041330340
ABSTRACT:
A method of assimilating utility meter data at the meter locations by accumulating on an input tape customer profile information for a plurality of meter customers, including the customer's account number, service address, meter number, customer name, previous reading date and meter reading, utility rate factors and debit/credit transactions. The input tape is then placed in a portable computer capable of being manually carried to the site of a given meter. The portable computer has the capability of updating, printing and visually presenting various of the customer profile information before and after receiving current customer profile information. The computer is actuated to visually present at least the meter number and customer address of a given meter customer. The current meter reading is then placed in the computer which is then actuated to calculate the charge for the utility usage based upon the previous meter reading and the current meter reading. The computer is then actuated to print a bill for the meter customer, and the computer imposes on an output tape the updated customer profile information. The printed bill is then removed from the computer and deposited at the customer address.
A device for assimilating utility meter data comprising a portable computer means having a computer housing, computer circuitry, input and output tapes connected to the computer circuitry, printout means operatively connected to the computer circuitry, and a manually held control means connected to the computer housing by a flexible coupling for actuating the computer circuitry and for putting raw data into the computer means. The manual control means includes a visible message output board connected to the computer circuitry whereby the operator can visually observe certain of the information contained in the computer as said information is imposed on the output board.
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Atkinson Charles E.
Krass Errol A.
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