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United States Patent | 3,585,369 |
Nather , et al. | June 15, 1971 |
An instrument with two or more punched tape readers and a solenoid hand designed to control and enter data into a programmable desk calculator or similar instrument. Data on a calibration tape on one reader is employed to edit raw data on a data tape on another reader by selecting or rejecting specified data fields. The calibration tape may also store constants which are to be used repetitively in carrying out the program of the associated computer. Additional data readers may be employed to permit data from several sources to be combined in a single computer computation.
Inventors: | Nather; Roy Edward (Austin, TX), Sharp; Rodman A. (La Jolla, CA), Jenkins; Jon A. (San Diego, CA) |
Assignee: |
Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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Appl. No.: | 04/705,035 |
Filed: | February 13, 1968 |
Current U.S. Class: | 235/435 ; 400/63; 400/68 |
Current International Class: | G06F 3/06 (20060101); G11C 21/00 (20060101); G06k 007/04 (); B41j 005/36 () |
Field of Search: | 197/20,19 235/61.6,61.11 |
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