Multiple bit phase-modulated storage loop

Claim 1

IN AN INFORMATION STORAGE SYSTEM EMPLOYING A PHASE NOTATION, IN COMBINATION, AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DELAY LOOP COMPRISING A CARRIER FREQUENCY PORTION ADAPTED TO SUSTAIN TRAVELING WAVES OF CARRIER FREQUENCY AMPLITUDEMODULATED INTO PULSES AT A LOWER, CLOCK FREQUENCY RATE, READ-IN MEANS FOR PHASE-MODULATING THE CARRIER FREQUENCY OF SUCCESSIVE SAID PULSES TO REPRESENT ITEMS OF INFORMATION IN PHASE NOTATION, SAID LOOP ALSO COMPRISING A CLOCK FREQUENCY PORTION CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF THE SAID CARRIER FREQUENCY PORTION, MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PORTION TO PHASE DEMODULATE A TRAIN OF SAID CARRIER PULSES INTO A TRAIN OF CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSES, THE POLARITY OF SUCCESSIVE CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSES VARYING TO REPRESENT THE CARRIER PHASE OF SAID SUCCESSIVE PHASE-MODULATED CARRIER PULSES, FILTER MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PORTION AND CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID PHASE DEMODULATOR MEANS TO PASS PULSES OF CLOCK FREQUENCY WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY ELIMINATING CARRIER FREQUENCY VARIATIONS WITHIN SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSES, EACH SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSE SERVING TO TRANSMIT THROUGH SAID FILTER THE PHASE INFORMATION OF A RESPECTIVE PHASE-MODULATED CARRIER PULSE WHILE SUBSTANTIALLY SUPPRESSING WAVES OF THE CARRIER FREQUENCY, A SOURCE OF TIMING WAVES OF SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY, A SOURCE OF CARRIER FREQUENCY WAVES AMPLITUDE-MODULATED INTO PULSES AT THE CLOCK FREQUENCY RATE AND SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID SOURCE OF CLOCK FREQUENCY TIMING WAVES, MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSES FROM SAID PHASE DEMODULATOR FOR PHASE-MODULATING SAID LAST-MENTIONED CARRIER FREQUENCY WAVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PHASE INFORMATION CONTENT OF SAID CLOCK FREQUENCY PULSES, AND MEANS FOR IMPRESSING SAID LAST-MENTIONED CARRIER FREQUENCY WAVES UPON THE INPUT OF THE SAID CARRIER FREQUENCY PORTION OF THE DELAY LOOP.