Typesetting system and apparatus

Claim 1

IN AN INTELLIGENCE CONVEYING SYSTEM OR THE LIKE, A COMPOSING APPARATUS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A SUPPORTING FRAME, A ROTATABLE CHARACTER DISC UPON WHICH IS CARRIED AT LEAST ONE FONT OF MASTER CHARACTERS ARRANGED ARCUATELY ON THE DISC AND CONCENTRICALLY THEREWITH FROM WHICH SELECTIONS ARE MADE FOR EFFECTING INTELLIGENCE CONVEYING COMPOSITION, MEANS FOR ACCOMPLISHING THE REPRODUCTION OF SUCCESSIVE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS FROM SAID CHARACTER DISC AT A GIVEN POINT IN SAID APPARATUS, AND MEANS FOR PRESENTING SELECTED CHARACTERS ON SAID DISC AT SAID POINT, SAID LAST NAMED MEANS COMPRISING DRIVING MEANS IN DIRECT FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH SAID DISC FOR CONTINUALLY URGING SAID DISC TO ROTATE ABOUT ITS AXIS IN A GIVEN DIRECTION ONLY, STOP MEANS CARRIED BY SAID DISC, A SERIES OF STOP ELEMENTS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING INDIVIDUAL STOP ELEMENTS CORRESPONDING TO SELECTED CHARACTERS INTO THE PATH OF THE STOP MEANS ON SAID DISC, WHEREBY THE DISC IS HALTED AGAINST THE FRICTIONAL URGING OF SAID DRIVING MEANS, WITH THE SELECTED MASTER CHARACTER POSITIONED AT SAID GIVEN POINT OF REPRODUCTION, AND MEANS FOR RESTORING SAID STOP ELEMENTS TO INITIAL POSITIONS WHEREUPON THE FRICTIONAL DRIVE OF THE DISC IS AGAIN EFFECTIVE.