Maieretal

Claim 1

IN AN ACCOUNTING MACHINE, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORTING MEANS; A PAPER CARRIAGE MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING PAPER FORM MEANS HAVING COLUMNS, SAID PAPER CARRIAGE MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN COLUMN POSITIONS CORRELATED WITH THE COLUMNS OF THE PAPER FORM MEANS; TABULATING MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST PART MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND A SECOND PART CONNECTED TO SAID CARRIAGE FOR CONTROLLING TABULATION AND SKIP TABULARTION OF SAID CARRIAGE RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS BETWEEN SAID COLUMN POSITIONS; OPERATION CONTROL MEANS OPERABLE TO INITIATE FUNCTIONS OF THE ACCOUNTING MACHINE; FIRST ACTUATING MEANS OPERABLY CONNECTED TO SAID PAPER CARRIAGE FOR MOVEMENT IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE SAME BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF ACTUATING POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO SAID COLUMN POSITIONS, SAID FIRST ACTUATING MEANS ACTUATING SAID OPERATION CONTROL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PROGRAM DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIAGE RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORTING MEANS; PROGRAM CHANGING MEANS FOR CHANGING THE PREDETERMINED PROGRAM OF SAID FIRST ACTUATING MEANS TO ANOTHER PROGRAM; AND SECOND ACTUATING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID PROGRAM CHANGING MEANS WHEN SAID CARRIAGE IS STOPPED IN PREDETERMINED COLUMN POSITIONS BY COOPERATION OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PARTS OF SAID TUBULATING MEANS, SAID SECOND ACTUATING MEANS REMAINING INOPERATIVE WHEN SAID PREDETERMINED COLUMN POSITIONS ARE SKIPPED UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID TABULATING MEANS.