Punched card to internal storage translator with parity check

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APPARATUS FOR READING RECORDS OF THE TYPE HAVING COLUMNS OF BIT POSITIONS WITH CORRESPONDING BIT POSITIONS OF EACH COLUMN ARRANGED IN ROWS COMPRISING A FIRST SENSING STATION FOR SENSING A FIRST RECORD SERIALLY BY ROWS AND PARALLEL BY COLUMNS AND PROVIDING FIRST BIT SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE BITS SENSED IN THE FIRST RECORD, A SECOND SENSING STATION FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SENSING A SECOND RECORD SERIALLY BY ROWS AND PARALLEL BY COLUMNS AND PROVIDING SECOND BIT SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO THE BITS SENSED IN SAID SECOND RECORD, A FIRST STORAGE DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND STORING ALL THE FIRST BIT SIGNALS SENSED IN A ROW OF SAID FIRST RECORD AT SAID FIRST SENSING STATION, A SECOND STORAGE DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND STORING ALL THE SECOND BIT SIGNALS SENSED IN THE CORRESPONDING ROW OF SAID SECOND RECORD AT SAID SECOND SENSING STATION, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY ADVANCING RECORDS THROUGH SAID SENSING STATIONS TO ENABLE CORRESPONDING ROWS OF SUCCESSIVE RECORDS TO BE SIMULTANEOUSLY SENSED AT SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND SENSING STATIONS, MEANS FOR SERIALLY READING OUT THE BIT SIGNALS STORED IN SAID FIRST AND SAID SECOND STORAGE DEVICES IN UNISON, A THIRD STORAGE DEVICE FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF CHARACTERS IN A CODE DIFFERENT FROM THE CODE OF SAID RECORDS, A TRANSLATOR HAVING FIRST AND SECOND INPUTS AND AN OUTPUT, MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY TRANSFERRING BIT SIGNALS READ OUT OF SAID SECOND STORAGE DEVICE TO SAID FIRST INPUT, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING CHARACTER MANIFESTING SIGNALS FROM SAID THIRD STORAGE DEVICE TO SAID SECOND INPUT UPON THE TRANSFER OF EACH BIT SIGNAL FROM SAID SECOND STORAGE DEVICE, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSLATED DATA CHARACTER SIGNALS APPEARING AT SAID OUTPUT TO SAID THIRD STORAGE DEVICE, FIRST AND SECOND BINARY-TYPE COUNTERS RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST STORAGE DEVICE AND SAID SECOND STORAGE DEVICE FOR COUNTING THE BIT SIGNALS ENTERED RESPECTIVELY INTO SAID FIRST STORAGE DEVICE AND SAID SECOND STORAGE DEVICE, AND ERROR SIGNALING MEANS FOR ISSUING A CHARACTER ERROR SIGNAL WHEN THE COUNT VALUES IN SAID COUNTERS ARE DISSIMILAR.