An improved price increment computer is disclosed that is used in a price computer for gasoline or fuel dispensing pumps wherein a blend of gasolines is dispensed. The improved price increment computer includes an input shaft that rotates in response to the total volume of blended fluid being dispensed and an output shaft that rotates at speeds proportional to the speed of the input shaft. An idler mechanism is provided that selectively and operably connects portions of the input and output shaf...

In a program controlled electronic computer the address of the return point (or main program re-entry storage location) from a program subroutine to the main program is specified by information in a fixed address program storage location, which location is loaded by a special instruction placed in the main program ahead of the branching point. Each subroutine may be contained in an individual record card, which upon being fed into the computer causes said subroutine to be executed.

The unit computes the handicap of a golfer from information corresponding to golf score and course rating entered on a punchcard. The machine performs its function by reading the information stored on the card and by using solid-state and electro mechanical devices to derive the handicap defined by the United States Golf Association. This handicap may then be permanently recorded on the punchcard and may additionally actuate a display panel. One embodiment of the invention provides the handicap ...

A disc computer having a lower disc with a peripheral scale at the edge of its upper face and an upper disc rotatably and concentrically secured at its center to the first disc. The upper disc being smaller in diameter than the lower disc and having a peripheral scale at the edge of its upper face for use in conjunction with the scale on the lower disc. The upper disc has a pair of diametrically opposed, transparent lugs extending from its peripheral edge substantially to, but not beyond the per...

A ballistic computer comprising a first section for computing the ballistic levation angle signal by the mechanization of a power series as a function of target range, the selected ammunition type, and variations in firing conditions from standard values; and a second section for computing a time of flight signal as the sum of the ballistic elevation angle signal and target range, with the scale factors of the summation circuit being a function of the selected ammunition type.

An improved interfacing system has been provided for processing data values in the form of rapidly occurring analog pulses from an analytical photometer into a digital computer. The interface comprises an electrical circuit having a data sample-and-hold section that provides data values to an analog-to-digital converter for reading into the computer. A gating circuit is provided which, when enabled by the computer, allows the computer to sense the first of a series of data pulses to provide an a...

A device for instantly computing time, distance and fuel in an aircraft consisting of a housing, a vertically movable tape and a horizontally movable tape. The vertically movable tape indicates time and the horizontally movable tape indicates distance and fuel. The indicia on both tapes work in conjunction with indicia on the face of the housing.

A plurality of electrical contacts other than the first and last one each connected to any one of a second plurality of bus bars. Each bar is connected through a corresponding lamp to one end of a common switch. The other end of the switch is connected to one side of a power supply. The other side of the power supply is connected to a contact arm manually movable to any one of the contacts. The user plays against a built in program to win or lose in accordance with specified rules.

A computer-controller device for controlling the cooking operation of a cooking apparatus, the device having a weight input means for setting the device at a weight setting corresponding to the weight of a meat item to be cooked by the apparatus. The device has a meat doneness input means for setting the device at a doneness setting for a particular meat item. The device has means operatively associated with the input means to cause the cooking apparatus to cook the meat item at a predetermined ...

Hardware registers which are addressed in the same manner as the main core memory and exchange data with external devices. The computer has no dedicated registers used as the accumulator, program counter and program counter save. Rather, addressed registers in the main core memory are used for these functions. Preferably, there are a plurality of each group comprising a dedicated computational machine. The computational machine which is being operated is specified by a dedicated machine pointer ...