Automatic telephone calling system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM, FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIALING ANY OF A PLURALITY OF CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATIONS FROM A CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION THROUGH A CENTRAL OFFICE TO WHICH EACH CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION AND THE CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION ARE CONNECTABLE BY CORRESPONDING LINE CIRCUITS, COMPRISING: A TELEPHONE NUMBER STORAGE DEVICE AT THE CALLINGSUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION, SAID STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE STORAGE DISCS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON A ROTATABLE COMMON SHAFT, EACH STORAGE DISC HAVING A PREDETERMINED ARRANGEMENT OF CONDUCTIVE TEETH THEREON REPRESENTING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF A DIFFERENT CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION; A MOTOR OPERABLE FOR ROTATING SAID COMMON SHAFT AND SAID PLURALITY OF STORAGE DISCS MOUNTED THEREON; A PLURALITY OF SWITCHING MEANS, EACH SWITCHING MEANS BEING INTERMITTENTLY OPERABLE BY THE MOVING SUCCESSIVE TEETH OF A PARTICULAR ROTATING STORAGE DISC; A VOLTAGE SOURCE; A PLURALITY OF SELECTOR SWITCHES, EACH SELECTOR SWITCH BEING IN SERIES WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS AND SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE, SAID MOTOR BEING OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF ANY SELECTOR SWITCH, THE ACTUATION OF A PARTICULAR SELECTOR SWITCH CONNECTING SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE TO A PARTICULAR SWITCHING MEANS WHEREBY THE INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS TRANSMITS AN INTERMITTENT GROUP OF VOLTAGE PULSES CORRESPONDING TO THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BEING CALLED THROUGH THE PARTICULARLY SELECTED STORAGE DISC; FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID STORAGE DISC PLURALITY FOR CONVERTING SAID INTERMITTENT GROUP OF PULSES INTO A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF TRIGGER PULSES; SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS, INCLUDING A MONO-STABLE MULTIVIBRATOR, FOR CONVERTING SAID TRIGGER PULSES INTO RECTANGULAR PULSES OF CONSTANT WIDTH; MEANS FOR AMPLIFYING SAID RECTANGULAR PULSES; AND A PULSE GENERATOR DRIVEN BY SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES FOR TRANSMITTING SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES TO THE CENTRAL STATION THROUGH THE CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S LINE CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION THROUGH THE CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S CORRESPONDING LINE CIRCUIT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM, FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIALING ANY OF A PLURALITY OF CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATIONS FROM A CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION THROUGH A CENTRAL OFFICE TO WHICH EACH CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION AND THE CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION ARE CONNECTABLE BY CORRESPONDING LINE CIRCUITS, COMPRISING: A TELEPHONE NUMBER STORAGE DEVICE AT THE CALLINGSUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION, SAID STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTIVE STORAGE DISCS MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ON A ROTATABLE COMMON SHAFT, EACH STORAGE DISC HAVING A PREDETERMINED ARRANGEMENT OF CONDUCTIVE TEETH THEREON REPRESENTING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF A DIFFERENT CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION; A MOTOR OPERABLE FOR ROTATING SAID COMMON SHAFT AND SAID PLURALITY OF STORAGE DISCS MOUNTED THEREON; A PLURALITY OF SWITCHING MEANS, EACH SWITCHING MEANS BEING INTERMITTENTLY OPERABLE BY THE MOVING SUCCESSIVE TEETH OF A PARTICULAR ROTATING STORAGE DISC; A VOLTAGE SOURCE; A PLURALITY OF SELECTOR SWITCHES, EACH SELECTOR SWITCH BEING IN SERIES WITH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS AND SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE, SAID MOTOR BEING OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF ANY SELECTOR SWITCH, THE ACTUATION OF A PARTICULAR SELECTOR SWITCH CONNECTING SAID VOLTAGE SOURCE TO A PARTICULAR SWITCHING MEANS WHEREBY THE INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF SAID SWITCHING MEANS TRANSMITS AN INTERMITTENT GROUP OF VOLTAGE PULSES CORRESPONDING TO THE TELEPHONE NUMBER BEING CALLED THROUGH THE PARTICULARLY SELECTED STORAGE DISC; FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID STORAGE DISC PLURALITY FOR CONVERTING SAID INTERMITTENT GROUP OF PULSES INTO A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF TRIGGER PULSES; SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS, INCLUDING A MONO-STABLE MULTIVIBRATOR, FOR CONVERTING SAID TRIGGER PULSES INTO RECTANGULAR PULSES OF CONSTANT WIDTH; MEANS FOR AMPLIFYING SAID RECTANGULAR PULSES; AND A PULSE GENERATOR DRIVEN BY SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES FOR TRANSMITTING SAID AMPLIFIED PULSES TO THE CENTRAL STATION THROUGH THE CALLING-SUBSCRIBER''S LINE CIRCUIT FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S TELEPHONE-SET STATION THROUGH THE CALLED-SUBSCRIBER''S CORRESPONDING LINE CIRCUIT.