Flaw recorder

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING A RECORD OF FLAWS IN AN ELONGATE PIECE OF MATERIAL WHILE THE MATERIAL IS TRAVELING PAST AN INSPECTION POINT, COMPRISING A KEYBOARD, A PLURALITY OF MANUALLY-OPERABLE SEPARATELY-MOVABLE BUTTONS MOUNTED ON SAID KEYBOARD, EACH OF SAID BUTTONS REPRESENTING, RESPECTIVELY, A SEPARATE TYPE OF FLAW AND ADAPTED TO BE ACUTATED WHEN THE CORRESPONDING FLAW IN THE MATERIAL PASSES THE INSPECTION POINT, A FRAME, A BED MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME FOR SUPPORTING A RECORD FORM, A CARRIAGE SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME IN OPERATIVE RELATION TO SAID BED, A PLURALITY OF ALIGNED MARKING MEMBERS MOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID CARRIAGE AND SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE, SPRING MEANS CONSTANTLY URGING SAID MARKING MEMBERS AWAY FROM SAID BED, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE TO MOVE SAID CARRIAGE IN ONE DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE SURFACE OF SAID BED AT A RATE OF SPEED PROPORTIONAL TO THE RATE OF SPEED OF TRAVEL OF THE PIECE OF MATERIAL, A PLURALITY OF BAIL BARS MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME ABOVE SAID CARRIAGE, EACH OF SAID BAIL BARS HAVING AN ELONGATED PORTION SPACED ABOVE A RESPECTIVE MARKING MEMBER AND EXTENDING A DISTANCE AT LEAST EQUAL TO TTHE MAXIMUM TRAVEL OF SAID CARRIAGE, SPRING MEANS CONSTANTLY URGING SAID BAIL BARS IN ONE DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID MARKING MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS MOUNTED IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BAIL BAR AND EACH OPERATIVE WHEN ENERGIZED TO ENGAGE A RESPECTIVE BAIL BAR TO CAUSE THE ELONGATE PORTION THEREOF TO ENGAGE A MARKING MEMBER TO CAUSE SAID MARKING MEMBER TO MARK THE FORM POSITIONED ON SAID BED, AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF SAID MANUALLY-OPERABLE BUTTONS TO ONE OF SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS FOR ENERGIZING A RESPECTIVE ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS WHEN A CORRESPONDING BUTTON IS ACTUATED, THEREBY CAUSING A RECORD TO BE MADE ON SAID FORM IN A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO THE LOCATION OF THE FLAW ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF THE MATERIAL.