Converting plural-element information

Claim 1

A CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONVERTING A FIRST INFORMATION WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THE ACTIVATION RESPECTIVELY OF ONE OF M ELEMENTS IN X GROUPS, WHEREBY M MAY VARY FROM GROUP TO GROUP, INTO A SECOND INFORMATION WHICH IS REPRESENTED BY THE MAGNETIZATION OF ONE OF N MAGNET CORES DISPOSED IN A FIELD OF CORES HAVING WIRES EXTENDING THERERESPECTIVE CORES, COMPRISING MEANS FORMING X STAGES CORREREPECTIVE CORES, COMPRISING MEANS FORMING X STAGES CORRESPONDING TO THE X GROUPS, EACH STAGE COMPRISING SWITCHES CONNECTED IN PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, SAID SWITCHES PROVIDED RESPECTIVELY WITH SERIALLY DISPOSED WRITING WIRES, THE SWITCHES OF THE RESPECTIVE STAGES BEING RESPECTIVELY ASSIGNED TO THE M ELEMENTS OF THE CORRESPONDING GROUP OF THE FIRST INFORMATION AND BEING OPERAIVELY CLOSED UPON ACTIVATION OF THE CORRESPOONDING ELEMENT, THE SERIES CIRCUIT OF SAID STAGES BEING DISPOSED IN SERIES WITH A BLOCKING WIRES EXTENDING THROUGH ALL CORES, SAID BLOCKING WIRE PASSING (X-1) TIMES THROUGH EACH CORE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE WRITING WIRES, WHEREBY AN INDIVIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT IS FORMED RESPONSIVE TO CLOSURE OF A SWITCH, WHICH CIRCUIT EXTENDS OVER X WRITING WIRES AND THE BLOCKING WIRE, SAID INDIVIDUAL CIRCUIT PASSING X-TIMES ONLY THROUGH ONE OF THE N CORES AND BEING OWING TO OPPOSING ENERGIZATION EFFECTED BY SAID BLOCKING WIRES OPERATIVE TO CHANGE THE MAGNETIZATION OF ONLY SUCH CORE TO WHICH IS ASSIGNED THE SECOND INFORMATION.