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Remote meter reading apparatus

US4352104A · kind A · utility

16Cited by
4References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 5, 1980
Grant dateSep 28, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 5, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q9/14
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A remote meter reading unit (22) feeds clock pulses to a meter (23) over a transmission line (34). The meter (23), in synchronism with the clock pulses, feeds a predetermined number of synchronization signals, a predetermined number of meter data signals and a predetermined number of redundancy signals back to the reading unit (22).

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