Signal transfer in cyclic storages

Claim 1

CYCLICALLY OPERABLE DATA STORAGE APPARATUS WITH FIRST AND SECOND DATA STORAGE TRACKS FOR MAGNETICALLY RECORDED SIGNALS, EACH TRACK BEING DIVIDED INTO A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER STORAGE POSITIONS, INCLUDING A FIRST MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING HEAD CO-OPERATING WITH THE FIRST TRACK, A PLURALITY OF SECOND MAGNETIC TRANSDUCING HEADS CO-OPERATING WITH THE SECOND TRACK AND SPACED APART ALONG IT, FIRST SWITCHING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SECOND MAGNETIC HEADS, SIGNAL GATING MEANS CONNECTING THE SWITCHING MEANS TO THE FIRST MAGNETIC HEAD, MEANS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENTLY TIMED TIMING PULSE TRAINS, SECOND SWITCHING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY APPLYING THE TIMING PULSE TRAINS TO THE GATING MEANS, AND TRANSFER CONTROL MEANS ADAPTED TO OPERATE THE FIRST AND SECOND SWITCHING MEANS TO COMPLETE A SIGNAL TRANSFER PATH BETWEEN A SELECTED SECOND MAGNETIC HEAD AND THE FIRST MAGNETIC HEAD AT A PRE-DETERMINED TIMING TO EFFECT TRANSFER OF SIGNALS FROM A SELECTED CHARACTER POSITION OF ONE TRACK TO A SELECTED CHARACTER POSITION OF THE OTHER TRACK.