Binary counter stages having two fluid vortex amplifiers

Claim 1

A BISTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING: FIRST AND SECOND PURE FLUID AMPLIFIERS EACH HAVING AT LEAST A POWER STREAM INPUT CHANNEL, AN OUTPUT CHANNEL, AND A VORTEX INTERACTION CHAMBER CONNECTING SAID POWER STREAM INPUT CHANNEL TO SAID OUTPUT CHANNEL IN A REGION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID OUTPUT CHANNEL, SAID SECOND FLUID AMPLIFIER HAVING FIRST AND SECONG FLUID CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNELS FOR SELECTIVELY DEFLECTING A POWER STREAM ENTERING THE CHAMBER OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER INTO THE OUTPUT CHANNEL IN A FIRST OR A SECOND DIRECTION, RESPECTIVELY; FIRST MEANS CONNECTING THE ENDS OF THE OUTPUT CHANNEL OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND FLUID CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNELS OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER; SECOND MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE ENDS OF THE OUTPUT CHANNEL OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER TO SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO CONTROL A POWER STREAM ENTERING THE CHAMBER OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER TO FLOW INTO SAID OUTPUT CHANNEL OF SAID FIRST AMPLIFIER IN A FIRST OR A SECOND DIRECTION;AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT CHANNEL OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER FOR SENSING THE STATE OF SAID SECOND AMPLIFIER.

Claim 3

THE METHOD OF SWITCHING A BISTABLE FLUID AMPLIFIER OF THE TYPE WHEREIN A POWER STREAM INJECTED INTO A BOUNDED FLUID CHAMBER IS SELECTIVELY DIRECTED FROM A FIRST OUTPUT CHANNEL TOWARD A SECOND OUTPUT CHANEL UNDER THE CONTROL OF A FLUID SIGNAL APPLIED TO SAID AMPLIFIER THROUGH A CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNEL,AMPLIFIER BEING OF THE TYPE WHEREIN SAID POWER STREAM IS MAINTAINED IN A FIRST OR A SECOND STABLE STATE OF FLOW THROUGH SAID CHAMBER BY FLUID FORCES CREATED BY SAID INJECTED POWER STREAM, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING TO SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNEL A FLUID CONTROL SIGNAL OF A MAGITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO CHANGE THE STATE OF POWER STREAM FLOW AS LONG AS SAID FLUID FORCES ARE PRESENT, TERMINATING SAID INJECTED POWER STREAM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY INITIATING SAID POWER STREAM, SAID APPLIED CONTROL STREAM BEING OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO DETERMINE THE STATE OF FLOW OF SAID POWER STREAM SAID POWER STREAM IS INITIATED

Claim 4

THE METHOD OF SWITCHING A BISTABLE FLUID AMPLIFIER OF THE TYPE WHEREIN A POWER STREAM INJECTED INTO A BOUNDED FLUID CHAMBER IS SELECTIVELY DIRECTED FROM A FIRST OUTPUT CHANNEL TOWARD A SECOND OUTPUT CHANEL UNDER THE CONTROL OF A FLUID SIGNAL APPLIED TO SAID AMPLIFIER THROUGH A CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNEL,AMPLIFIER BEING OF THE TYPE WHEREIN SAID POWER STREAM IS MAINTAINED IN A FIRST OR A SECOND STABLE STATE OF FLOW THROUGH SAID CHAMBER BY FLUID FORCES CREATED BY SAID INJECTED POWER STREAM, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING TO SAID CHAMBER THROUGH SAID CONTROL SIGNAL INPUT CHANNEL A FLUID CONTROL SIGNAL OF A MAGITUDE INSUFFICIENT TO CHANGE THE STATE OF POWER STREAM FLOW AS LONG AS SAID FLUID FORCES ARE PRESENT, TERMINATING SAID INJECTED POWER STREAM, AND SUBSEQUENTLY INITIATING SAID POWER STREAM, SAID APPLIED CONTROL STREAM BEING OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE TO DETERMINE THE STATE OF FLOW OF SAID POWER STREAM SAID POWER STREAM IS INITIATED