Dual string magnetic shift register

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A PAIR OF SHIFT REGISTERS EACH COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC CORES OF HIGH MAGNETIC REMANENCE ADAPTED TO SHIFT BITS OF INFORMATION FROM ONE CORE TO THE NEXT, A FIRST INPUT WINDING ON EACH CORE OF THE FIRST SHIFT REGISTER AND ON THE SECOND AND SUBSEQUENT CORES OF THE SECOND SHIFT REGISTER, AN OUTPUT WINDING ON EACH CORE FOR DRIVING THE FIRST INPUT WINDING ON THE NEXT CORE, A SECOND INPUT WINDING ON EACH CORE OF THE SECOND SHIFT REGISTER, A SHIFT WINDING ON EACH CORE, AND A COUPLING CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID OUTPUT WINDING AND THE FIRST INPUT WINDING ON THE NEXT CORE, SAID COUPLING CIRCUIT INCLUDING A FIRST DIODE, A SECOND DIODE BETWEEN AN OUTPUT WINDING ON A CORE OF THE FIRST SHIFT REGISTER AND A FIRST INPUT WINDING OF A CORRESPONDING CORE ON THE SECOND SHIFT REGISTER, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY BIASING SAID SECOND DIODE TO CONDUCTING AND NONCONDUCTING STATES, A SHIFT PULSE GENERATOR FOR DRIVING EACH SAID SHIFT WINDING, A LOW IMPEDANCE SOURCE OF PULSES SELECTIVELY OPERABLE CONCURRENTLY WITH SAID SHIFT PULSE GENERATOR FOR THE TRANSFER OF INFORMATION IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE TIME PERIOD OF ONE SHIFT PULSE, AND MEANS COUPLING SAID SOURCE OF PULSES TO SAID COUPLING CIRCUIT.