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Claim 1

IN A DEVICE OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED, CAPABLE OF PERFORMING DIFFERENT TYPES OF OPERATIONS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING AN INPUT KEYBOARD HAVING A PLURALITY OF KEYS ARRANGED IN ROWS ACCORDING TO DENOMINATION AND IN LINES ACCORDING TO DIGITAL VALUE FOR ENTRY OF INFORMATION USED IN RECORDING AND COMPUTING OPERATIONS; KEYBOARD OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A SOLENOID FOR EACH KEY, EACH SOLENOID BEING CAPABLE OF OPERATING ITS RESPECTIVE KEY WHEN ENERGIZED; MULTIPLE-LEVEL, SEQUENTIALLY-OPERABLE ROUTING MEANS HAVING AN EQUAL NUMBER OF CONTACT POSITIONS ON EACH LEVEL AND HAVING A WIPER FOR EACH LEVEL, SAID WIPERS BEING CAPABLE OF STEPPING IN UNISON FROM POSITION TO POSITION TO CAUSE A PREDETERMINED SEQUENCE OF OPERATION; CONDUCTING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS CONNECTING A GROUP OF CORRESPONDING CONTACT POSITIONS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE ROUTING MEANS TO SOLENOIDS ASSOCIATED WITH KEYS OF VARYING DIGITAL VALUES IN THE SAME ROWS SO THAT THE VARIOUS CONTACT POSITIONS OF EACH LEVEL ARE CONNECTED TO SOLENOIDS ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ROWS OF KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD; SENSING MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY SENSING FRAMES OF ENCODED INFORMATION FROM A RECORD MEDIUM;