Sorter with overlap operation
CA 1102452 A · Owner: Singer Company (The) · Inventors: Florence, Judit K.
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An initial input list in a series of sequential dependent input lists is clocked through a first sort stack and written in to a first buffer as Q groups of P numbers each. The P numbers are in numerical order within each group with the smallest number in the first location of each group. The first number in each group is loaded into a second sort stack which arranges them in numerical order, causing the smallest number in the imput list to form the first number in the initial output list. A replacement number is numerically sorted into the second stack from the Q groups each time the smallest remaining number is clocked out. Each replacement number is from the next location of the same Q …
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- Granted June 2, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 2, 1998.
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