Automatic decimal-point indicator for computers

Claim 1

IN A COMPUTER HAVING A FIRST NUMBER RECORDER SERVING AS AN OUTPUT OF THE COMPUTER AND A SECOND NUMBER RECORDER DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS AND SERVING AS AN INPUT OF THE COMPUTER, MEANS FOR INSERTING DECIMAL POINTS IN THE NUMBERS INDICATED BY THE FIRST AND SECOND RECORDERS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DECIMAL POINT SWITCHES FOR INSERTING A DECIMAL POINT BETWEEN ANY TWO SUCCESSIVE DIGIT PLACES OF THE SECOND NUMBER RECORDER, EACH OF SAID DECIMAL POINT SWITCHES BEING PROVIDED WITH MULTIPLE CONTACTS, A PULSE GENERATOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINALS, EACH TERMINAL WHEN ACTIVATED DELIVERING A SERIES OF PULSES, EACH TERMINAL DELIVERING ONE MORE PULSE THAN THE NEXT PRECEEDING TERMINAL, SAID CONTACTS BEING NORMALLY OPEN, ONE OF SAID CONTACTS BEING CLOSED WHEN A CALCULATION IS PERFORMED AND A DECIMAL POINT IS INSERTED IN THE SECOND NUMBER RECORDER, EACH CLOSED CONTACT CONNECTING AN OUTPUT OF THE PULSE GENERATOR TO AN INPUT TERMINAL OF A CLOSED-END SHIFT REGISTER, SAID REGISTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUTS WITH EACH INPUT PULSE SUCCESSIVELY ENERGIZING AN OUTPUT OF SAID REGISTER, SAID OUTPUTS BEING CONNECTED TO AN INDICATING MEMBER FOR INDICATING A DECIMAL POINT BETWEEN TWO SUCCESSIVE DIGIT PLACES IN THE NUMBER RECORDED BY SAID FIRST NUMBER RECORDER.