Floating mark data transfer system

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PRERECORDED DATA SIGNALS FROM A FIRST CYCLIC STORAGE MEDIUM TO A SECOND SUCH MEDIUM SUCH THAT ALL OF THE TRANSFERRED DATA SIGNALS ARE ACCURATELY SYNCHRONIZED AND EACH SUCH SIGNAL IS RECORDED IN ONLY ONE REVOLUTION OF THE SECOND MEDIUM, COMPRISING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEDIUMS, SAID FIRST MEDIUM, HAVING AT LEAST ONE DATA SIGNAL PRERECORDED THEREON, SAID SECOND MEDIUM HAVING A SIGNAL MEANS PRERECORDED THEREON FOR INDICATING EACH PERIOD OF REVOLUTION THEREOF, ADJUSTABLE DRIVE MEANS COUPLED TO BOTH OF SAID MEDIUMS FOR VARYING THE RELATIVE ROTATIONAL SPEED THEREOF, MEANS FOR READING SAID DATA SIGNAL OUT OF SAID FIRST MEDIUM, MEANS FOR DETERMINING WHEN THE PERIOD OF SAID READ-OUT DATA SIGNAL IS SYNCHRONIZED TO SAID PERIOD OF REVOLUTION AS SAID DRIVE MEANS IS ADJUSTED, AND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID SYNCHRONIZED READ-OUT DATA SIGNAL TO SAID SECOND MEDIUM IN ONE OF SAID REVOLUTION PERIODS, WHEREBY THE READBACK OF THE TRANSFERRED DATA SIGNAL BEGINS AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME TIME AS THE READBACK OF ANY OTHER TRANSFERRED DATA SIGNAL AND IS COMPLETE IN ONE PERIOD OF REVOLUTION.