High speed printing apparatus with input control network

Claim 1

IN A HIGH SPEED PRINTING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: AN ENDLESS TYPE CARRIER SUPPORTING AT LEAST TWO COMPLETE SETS OF TYPES EACH SET INCLUDING N TYPES WITH ALL SETS BEING DISPOSED ON SAID CARRIER WITH SIMILAR SUCCESSION OF TYPES AND EVERY N SUCCEEDING TYPES COMPRISE ONE SET; A PLURALITY OF PRINTING HAMMERS; MEANS FOR MOVING SAID CARRIER IN FRONT OF SAID HAMMERS PARALLEL THERETO WHEREBY ALL OF SAID HAMMERS ARE INDIVIDUALLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ALIGNABLE IN A PRINTING POSITION WITH RESPECTIVELY A SIMILAR PLURALITY OF SUCCEEDING TYPES ON SAID CARRIER FOR PRINTING SO THAT AFTER PASSAGE THROUGH N SUCCEEDING PRINTING POSTIONS A COMPLETE SET TYPES HAS PASSED IN FRONT OF ANY HAMMERS; A PULSE GENERATOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL CONTROL PULSES IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID MOVING TYPES; A STORAGE MATRIX REGISTER WITH STORAGE ELEMENTS AND HAVING LINE WIRES CORRESPONDING TO THE TYPE CHARACTERS, AND COLUMN WIRES WITH EACH COLUMN BEING ASSOCIATED WITH A HAMMER FOR PRINT CONTROL, SAID STORAGE ELEMENTS BEING RESPECTIVELY DISPOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF A LINE WIRE AND OF COLUMN WIRE; A PLURALITY OF READ OUT WIRES WITH EACH WIRE COUPLED TO THOSE ELEMENTS, ONE FOR EACH COLUMN, PERTAINING TO A SUCCESSION OF LINES CORRESPONDING TO A PREDETERMINED COMBINATION OF TYPE CHARACTERS AS POSITIONABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN FRONT OF SAID HAMMERS IN PRINTING POSITION UPON MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER, ASSOCIATING MEANS CONNECTED FOR ENABLING SAID READ OUT WIRES IN SYNCHRONISM AND CYCLICALLY WITH THE PASSAGE OF ANY COMPLETE TYPE SET IN FRONT OF ANY HAMMER; AND MEANS FOR PASSING SAID CONTROL PULSES THROUGH SAID LAST ASSOCIATING MEANS INTO THE RESPECTIVELY ACTIVATED READ OUT WIRE.