stevens

Claim 1

A CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR ELIMINATING AT LEAST ONE PULSE FROM A SERIES OF PULSES, COMPRISING: A SOURCE OF PULSES INITIATED IN SERIES; OUTPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID PULSES; SWITCH MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY COUPLING AND UNCOUPLING SAID SOURCE OF PULSES WITH SAID OUTPUT MEANS AND BEING IN NORMALLY UNCOUPLING CONDITION; A SWITCH ENERGIZATION CIRCUIT MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENDS; A RESISTOR CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID FIRST END AND A COMMON REFERENCE POTENTIAL POINT, SAID FIRST END ALSO BEING NORMALLY COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE OF PULSES BY SAID SWITCH MEANS; A CAPACITOR AND A FIRST DIODE IN SERIES, SAID CAPACITOR BEING CONNECTED TO SAID COMMON REFERENCE POTENTIAL POINT, AND SAID FIRST DIODE BEING NORMALLY COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE OF PULSES BY SAID SWITCH MEANS, SAID FIRST DIODE BEING POLED IN A DIRECTION TO PASS SAID PULSES TO SAID CAPACITOR FOR CHARGING THEREOF; A SECOND DIODE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SECOND END OF SAID SWITCH ENERGIZATION CIRCUIT MEANS AND A JUNCTION BETWEEN SAID CAPACITOR AND SAID FIRST DIODE, SAID SECOND DIODE BEING POLED IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE POLARITY OF THE PULSES COUPLED TO SAID FIRST END TO PREVENT CURRENT THROUGH SAID SWITCH ENERGIZATION CIRCUIT MEANS DURING THE OCCURRENCE OF A FIRST ONE OF SAID PULSES AND, UPON TERMINATION OF SUCH FIRST ONE PULSE, SAID CAPACITOR WILL DISCHARGE THROUGH SAID SECOND DIODE AND SAID SWITCH ENERGIZATION CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CAUSING SAID SWITCH MEANS TO CHANGE TO ITS ALTERNATE CONDITION; AND A HOLDING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SOURCE OF DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL AND HAVING NORMALLY OPEN CONTACTS CLOSED BY SAID SWITCH ENERGIZATION CIRCUIT MEANS UPON ENERGIZATION THEREOF FOR APPLYING SAID DIRECT CURRENT POTENTIAL TO SAID SWITCH ENERGIZATION MEANS TO PERMIT MORE THAN ONE PULSE TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE SERIES.