Electronic distributor for either serial input to parallel output or parallel input to serial output

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AN ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTOR FOR CONVERSION OF PARALLEL SIGNALS TO SERIES SIGNALS AND SERIES SIGNALS TO PARALLEL SIGNALS COMPRISING: A PULSE SOURCE OPERATED TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS TRAIN OF CLOCK PULSES OF SIMILAR POLARITY, DURATION AND FREQUENCY; A FIRST AND A SECOND PLURALITY OF GATE CIRCUITS, EACH OF SAID GATE CIRCUITS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ENABLING PULSE INPUTS, AND A SIGNAL PULSE OUTPUT TERMINAL, AND EACH OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF GATE CIRCUITS FURTHER INCLUDING A SIGNAL PULSE INPUT TERMINAL; COUNTING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUTS CONNECTED TO SAID GATE CIRCUIT ENABLING PULSE INPUTS, AND A CIRCUIT CONNECTION OT SAID PULSE SOURCE, OPERATED IN RESPONSE TO CLOCK PULSES RECEIVED OVER SAID CONNECTION FROM SAID PULSE SOURCE TO EXTEND CYCLICALLY RECURRING INDIVIDUAL ENABLING PULSES TO SAID GATE CIRCUITS; AND MEANS IN SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF GATE CIRCUITS ENABLED IN RESPONSE TO SAID ENABLING PULSES AND CONCURRENT PULSES OF SIMILAR POLARITY AT SAID SIGNAL INPUT TERMINALS, AND MEANS IN SAID SECOND SAID SIGNAL OUTPUT TERMINALS, AND MEANS IN SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF GATE CIRCUITS ENABLED IN RESPONSE ONLY TO SAID ENABLING PULSES TO SUPPLY SIGNAL PULSES AT SAID SIGNAL OUTPUT TERMINALS.