Serial time read out apparatus

Apparatus for serially reading out time comprising, in combination:

• clock means for providing clock pulses;
• counter means for counting pulses from the clock means and for providing output pulses in terms of minutes, 10 minutes, and hours,
• register means connected to the counter means for storing and shifting pulses representing time information in terms of minutes, 10 minutes, and hours;
• encoding means connected to the register means for serially encoding the pulses representing time information into pulses of varying time lengths;
• control means for controlling the storing, shifting, and encoding of pulses;
• and
• output means for providing a serial output of the encoded time information.