Telephone calling equipment

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR RECORDING CODED TELEPHONE NUMBERS: THE COMBINATION OF A SUPPORT FOR A RECORD MEDIUM, A RECORDING HEAD, DRIVE MEANS FOR PRODUCING A RELATIVE TRAVELING MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID HEAD AND RECORD MEDIUM, A TELEPHONE DIALING MECHANISM FOR PRODUCING SIGNALS REPRESENTING CODED TELEPHONE NUMBERS AS THE NUMBERS ARE DIALED, SAID DIALING MECHANISM INCLUDING A ROTARY DIAL BIASED TO A HOME POSITION AND MOVABLE FROM SAID HOME POSITION BY RESPECTIVE DISTANCES ACCORDING TO DIGITS AND LETTERS TO BE DIALED, A FIRST PULSING SWITCH RECURRENTLY OPERATED DURING EACH RETURN OF THE DIAL TO HOME POSITION FOR PRODUCING PULSE SIGNALS OF CODED TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND INCLUDING A SECOND PULSING SWITCH ALSO RECURRENTLY OPERATED DURING EACH RETURN OF SAID DIAL, SAID SECOND PULSING SWITCH BEING TIMED TO OPERATE AHEAD OF SAID FIRST PULSING SWITCH; MEANS FOR CONTROLLING SAID DRIVE MEANS BY SAID SECOND PULSING SWITCH TO CAUSE SAID DRIVE MEANS TO START PRIOR TO THE FEED OF SAID PULSE SIGNALS TO SAID RECORDING HEAD; AND TIMING MEANS TO STOP SAID DRIVE MEANS UPON ELAPSE OF A PREDETERMINED TIME INTERVAL FOLLOWING EACH RETURN OF THE DIAL TO HOME POSITION.