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Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY RECORDING AN ELECTRICAL SIGNAL COMPRISING A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORDING MEDIUM, A FIRST LIGHT SOURCE, A MIRROR-SUPPORTING GALVANOMETER POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST LIGHT SOURCE AND SAID MEDIUM SO THAT A BEAM OF LIGHT FROM SAID FIRST LIGHT SOURCE IS REFLECTED FROM SAID MIRROR TO SAID MEDIUM, A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVING A FIRST SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF FIRST GEARS LOOSELY MOUNTED ON SAID FIRST SHAFT, A SECOND SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SECOND GEARS MOUNTED ON SAID SECOND SHAFT AND SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER, EACH OF SAID SECOND GEARS ENGAGING A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID FIRST GEARS, A PLURALITY OF CLUTCH COUPLERS EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID FIRST GEARS AND ADAPTED TO CAUSE THE RESPECTIVE FIRST GEAR TO ROTATE WITH SAID FIRST SHAFT, EACH OF SAID CLUTCH COUPLERS BEING ACTUATED BY ELECTRICAL COILS, A RECORDING MEDIUM DRIVE ROLLER FOR MOVING SAID MEDIUM RELATIVE TO SAID GALVANOMETER AND SAID FIRST LIGHT SOURCE SO THAT SAID BEAM IS DEFLECTED PERPENDICULAR TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID MEDIUM BY THE ROTATION OF SAID MIRROR, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROLLER RESPONSIVE TO THE ROTATION OF SAID SECOND SHAFT, AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY, A FIRST SWITCH HAVING A CONTACTOR AND A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF CLUTCH COUPLERS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING ONE TERMINAL OF SAID POWER SUPPLY TO SAID CONTACTOR, MEANS ADAPTED TO CONNECT EACH OF SAID CONTACTS TO A FIRST TERMINAL OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ELECTRICAL COILS, AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING EACH OF THE SECOND TERMINALS OF SAID ELECTRICAL COILS TO THE SECOND TERMINAL OF SAID POWER SUPPLY.