Arrangement for series-transmission of coded signals

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AN INFORMATION OUTPUT ARRANGEMENT FOR DELIVERING THE OUTPUT OF AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM SIMULTANEOUSLY IN DIFFERENT FORMS INCLUDING DIFFERENT FORMS OF A CHOSEN MULTI-ORDER CODE, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, (A) MEANS FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC ENERGY; (B) INFORMATION TRANSFER MEANS FOR MAKING AVAILABLE MULTI-ORDER DIGITAL INFORMATION HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTROL PULSE INPUT MEANS RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ORDER POSITIONS OF SAID MULTI-ORDER DIGITAL INFORMATION, AND A PLURALITY OF PULSE OUTPUT MEANS RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT DIGITAL VALUES, SAID TRANSFER MEANS RELEASING AN OUTPUT PULSE REPRESENTING A DIGITAL VALUE UPON APPLICATION OF A CONTROL PULSE; (C) ELECTRICAL CODING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID OUTPUT MEANS FOR TRANSLATING OUTPUT PULSES REPRESENTING DIGITAL VALUES RELEASED FROM SAID TRANSFER MEANS INTO OUTPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTING SUCH DIGITAL VALUES INTERMS OF A MULTI-ORDER CODE AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT MEANS FOR DELIVERING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS AS A GROUP OF CODE PULSES IN PARALLEL; (D) FIRST STEPWISE OPERABLE SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID OUTPUT MEANS OF SAID CODING MEANS AND HAVING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL FOR DELIVERING DURING EACH CYCLE OF OPERATION THEREOF SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS AS A CODED SEQUENCE OF PULSES IN TERMS OF SAID MULTI-ORDER CODE; (E) SECOND STEPWISE OPERABLE SELECTOR MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID MEANS FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC ENERGY AND SAID CONTROL PULSE INPUT MEANS OF SAID INFORMATION TRANSFER MEANS FOR APPLYING SEQUENTIALLY DURING EACH OF ITS CYCLES OF OPERATION A CONTROL PULSE TO EACH OF SAID CONTROL PULSE INPUT MEANS; AND (F) DRIVE MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID FIRST AND SECOND SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT SAID FIRST SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS CARRIES OUT AT LEAST ONE COMPLETE CYCLE OF OPERATION WHILE SAID SECOND SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS APPLIES ONE OF SAID CONTROL PULSES TO SAID INFORMATION TRANSFER MEANS, WHEREBY WITH CONSECUTIVE STEPS OF SAID SECOND SELECTOR SWITCH MEANS OUTPUT PULSES REPRESENTING DIGITAL VALUES ARE RELEASED IN THE SEQUENCE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE ORDER POSITIONS FROM SAID TRANSFER MEANS, TRANSLATED BY SAID CODING MEANS INTO OUTPUT SIGNALS IN TERM OF THE MULTI-ORDER CODE AND THESE OUTPUT SIGNALS ARE DELIVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN PARALLEL AND IN SERIES.