Converter of meter-gauge readings

A meter-gauge reading converter comprising:

• a plurality of cam pieces rotating with a counting action of a meter gauge, said cam pieces converting the counting action into a binary code, said cam pieces having concaves and convexes formed in a circumferential direction on circumferential faces corresponding to binary digits, said cam pieces having teeth circumferentially on one side thereof and digit-adding teeth on the other side thereof;
• a digit-adding gear located between two adjacent cam pieces, said digit-adding gear meshing with teeth on said one side of one of said adjacent cam pieces, said digit-adding gears teeth having wide teeth with a constant pitch at a constant interval for binary condification which intermittently mesh with said digit-adding teeth on the remaining of said adjacent cam pieces, said digit-adding gear effecting raising of the digit in said remaining adjacent cam piece;
• a plurality of oscillators having a first end fixed and a remaining end opposed respectively to the face of a cam piece;
• hold pieces of flexible material each having one end fixed and the other end opposed to one of said oscillators, said hold pieces other ends being positioned to be displaceable by a convex as corresponding cam piece rotates, whereby said hold piece is urged into contact with said oscillator suppressing an oscillation of said oscillator;
• means for successively flexing said oscillators at the time said readings are to be detected;
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• means for detecting the vibration of oscillators whereby a first set of oscillations are detected when said hold piece is adjacent a concave and a second set of oscillations are detected when said hold piece is adjacent said convex indicating a binary digit represented by said cam position.