Data transmitter

Claim 1

A DATA TRANSMITTER OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILAR LINEAR MULTI-CHARACTER SELECTOR ASSEMBLIES ARRANGED IN JUXTAPOSITION MOUNTING, EACH SELECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD HAVING A COMMON CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT AND A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER REPRESENTING CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS, A SLIDER ELEMENT MANUALLY MOVABLE IN A LENGTHWISE DIRECTION AND HAVING A SERRATED DETENTING PORTION, A PLURALITY OF FINGER RECEIVING SLOTS FOR ENABLING THE MANUAL MOVEMENT OF THE SLIDER ELEMENTS, A CHARACTER IDENTIFYING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID FINGER RECEIVING SLOTS, MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SLIDER ELEMENT FOR BIASING IT TO HOME POSITION, A DETENTING MEMBER ADAPTED TO COACT WITH SAID SERRATED DETENTING PORTION OF SAID SLIDER ELEMENT FOR DETENTING SAID SLIDER ELEMENT IN ANY DEPRESSED POSITION, MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID DETENTING MEMBER WHEN SUCH SLIDER ELEMENT HAS BEEN FULLY DEPRESSED SO AS TO PERMIT SAID SLIDER ELEMENT TO RETURN TO ITS NORMAL POSITION, SAID SWITCHING CONTACTS ATTACHED TO SAID SLIDER ELEMENT SERVING TO ELECTRICALLY CONNECT THE COMMON CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT WITH ONE OF THE CHARACTER REPRESENTING CONDUCTIVE ELEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DEPRESSED SETTING OF THE SLIDER ELEMENT, TERMINAL MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT OF SAID PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD WITH A DATA TRANSMISSION CABLE OVER WHICH DATE REPRESENTING PULSES CAN BE IMPARTED TO A CENTRALLY LOCATED DATA STORING MEDIUM, AND MEANS ARRANGED TO ACTUATE THE DETENTING MEMBERS OF ALL SELECTOR ASSEMBLIES SO THAT SLIDER ELEMENTS CAN BE SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASED FOR RETURN TO THE HOME POSITION.