Electrical information handling circuits

Claim 1

AN INFORMATION STORAGE CELL COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ELEMENT HAVING A MAGNETIC TAPE HELICALLY WOUND THEREAROUND, SAID TAPE BEING NORMALLY MAGNETIZED IN ONE DIRECTION, SAID TAPE BEING CAPABLE OF ASSUMING STABLE MAGNETIC STATES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN DISCRETE PORTIONS THEREOF WHEN SAID PORTIONS ARE AT LEAST MINIMUM LENGTH AS DETERMINED BY THE MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS OF THE MAGNETIZATION OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID TAPE AND SAID DISCRETE PORTIONS, MEANS FOR SETTING MORE THAN TWO IMMEDIATELY ADJOINING SEGMENTS OF SAID TAPE EACH BEING LESS THAN SAID MINIMUM LENGTH TO SAID STABLE STATE IN SAID OPPOSITE DIRECTION REPRESENTATIVE OF A BINARY VALUE, READ-OUT MEANS INCLUDING A WINDING COUPLED ONLY TO AN INTERMEDIATE ONE OF SAID LAST-MENTIONED SEGMENTS FOR REVERSING THE MAGNETIC STATE OF ONLY SAID LAST-MENTIONED SEGMENT TO SAID ONE DIRECTION, AND MEANS FOR DETECTING VOLTAGE CHANGES BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID CONDUCTOR ELEMENT INDICATIVE OF SAID BINARY VALUE.