Large gap data communication system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR BIT-SYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSMITTING DIGITIAL DATA RECORDED ON TAPE IN BLOCKS SEPARATE BY LARGE SPACER GAPS, COMPRISING A NONSYNCHRONOUS DATE READER FRO READING SAID TAPE, A SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMITTER, A BUFFER STORAGE DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID READER AND SAID TRANSMITTER TO STORE NONSYNCHRONOUSLY READ DATA, A SYNCHRONOUS TIMING SOURCE CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMITTER AND TO SAID BUFFER STORAGE DEVICE TO SYNCHRONOUSLY UNLOAD IT INTO SAID TRANSMITTER, MEANS FOR BEGINNING THE UNLOADING OF SAID BUFFER AT THE BEGINNING OF A BLOCK BEING READ, TMING MEANS TRIGGERED BY THE OUTPUT OF SAID READER T PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND TIMED POINTS, SAID FIRST TIMED POINT BEING POSITIONED IN TIME FROM THE BEGINNING OF SAID BLOCK BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, SAID SECOND TIME POINTS BEING TIME SPACED LATER THAN SAID FIRST POINT, MEANS FOR MEASURING THE TIME LENGTHS OF BLOCKS BEING READ WITH RESPECT TO SAID MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, SAID MEASURING MEANS PROVIDING A SIGNAL OUTPUT FOR EACH LOAD BLOCK HAVING A SHORTER TIME LENGTH THAN SAID MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, READER STOP MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNAL OUTPUT OF SAID MEASURING MEANS TO STOP THE READING OPERATING OF SAID READER AT SAID FIRST TIMED POINT, AND SAID READER STOP MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SECOND TIMED POINT TO START SAID READER IN ITS NORMAL READING OPERATION.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR BIT-SYNCHRONOUSLY TRANSMITTING DIGITIAL DATA RECORDED ON TAPE IN BLOCKS SEPARATE BY LARGE SPACER GAPS, COMPRISING A NONSYNCHRONOUS DATE READER FRO READING SAID TAPE, A SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMITTER, A BUFFER STORAGE DEVICE CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID READER AND SAID TRANSMITTER TO STORE NONSYNCHRONOUSLY READ DATA, A SYNCHRONOUS TIMING SOURCE CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMITTER AND TO SAID BUFFER STORAGE DEVICE TO SYNCHRONOUSLY UNLOAD IT INTO SAID TRANSMITTER, MEANS FOR BEGINNING THE UNLOADING OF SAID BUFFER AT THE BEGINNING OF A BLOCK BEING READ, TMING MEANS TRIGGERED BY THE OUTPUT OF SAID READER T PROVIDE FIRST AND SECOND TIMED POINTS, SAID FIRST TIMED POINT BEING POSITIONED IN TIME FROM THE BEGINNING OF SAID BLOCK BY AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO A MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, SAID SECOND TIME POINTS BEING TIME SPACED LATER THAN SAID FIRST POINT, MEANS FOR MEASURING THE TIME LENGTHS OF BLOCKS BEING READ WITH RESPECT TO SAID MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, SAID MEASURING MEANS PROVIDING A SIGNAL OUTPUT FOR EACH LOAD BLOCK HAVING A SHORTER TIME LENGTH THAN SAID MEDIUM BLOCK TIME, READER STOP MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNAL OUTPUT OF SAID MEASURING MEANS TO STOP THE READING OPERATING OF SAID READER AT SAID FIRST TIMED POINT, AND SAID READER STOP MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SECOND TIMED POINT TO START SAID READER IN ITS NORMAL READING OPERATION.