Method and apparatus for wiring memory arrays

Claim 1

IN A WIRING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF A JIG COMPRISING A PLANAR BODY OF NON-MAGNETIC MATERIAL DEFINING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS IN A SURFACE THEREOF, SAID SLOTS BEING ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF ROWS EACH ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A PLURALITY OF MAGNETIC TOROIDS WITH THE CENTRAL HOLES THEREOF ALIGNED, MEANS FOR INSERTING INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID TOROIDS INTO INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID SLOTS THEREBY TO ALIGN THE HOLES IN SAID TOROIDS IN AN ARRAY, A FLAT, RIGID RETAINING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SLOT-BEARING SURFACE OF SAID JIG, AND ADHESIVE MEANS ON A SURFACE OF SAID MEMBER TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGAGE SAID TOROIDS ALIGNED IN SAID SLOTS AT THEIR OUTER EDGES AND TO RETAIN THEM IN ALIGNMENT, WHEREBY SAID TOROIDS TEND TO BE HELD IN RIGIDLY ALIGNED CONFIGURATION ON SAID MEMBER AND SAID HOLES ARE UNOBSTRUCTED TO PERMIT WIRING OF SAID ARRAY.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF WIRING AN INFORMATION STORAGE ARRAY WHICH COMPRISES INSERTING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL MAGNETIC TOROIDS INTO A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SLOTS, RESPECTIVELY, IN A SLOT-BEARING JIG THEREBY TO ALIGN SAID TOROIDS ALONG A PLURALITY OF COORDINATES IN AN ARRAY, FORCING THE OUTER EDGES OF SAID ALIGNED TOROIDS INTO CONTACT WITH A SUPERPOSED, RIGID, FLAT, ADHESIVE-COATED RETAINING MEMBER SO THAT SAID TOROIDS ARE HELD IN SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID ALIGNMENT WITH THE AXES OF THE HOLES OF THE TOROIDS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID MEMBER AND WITH SAID HOLES UNOBSTRUCTED AND MOVING SAID RETAINING MEMBER TO SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHDRAW SAID TOROIDS FROM SAID JIG SLOTS, AND THREADING WIRES ALONG A PLURALITY OF COORDINATES THROUGH SAID ALIGNED TOROIDS WHILE THEY ARE HELD ON SAID MEMBER.