Apparatus for providing a series of simultaneously recorded groups of test result records

Claim 1

APPARATUS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF TESTING MEANS, RECORDING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERABLE RECORDING DEVICES OPERATIVELY CONNECIBLE TO SAID TESTING MEANS GROUPS FOR RECORDING TEST RESULTS THEREFROM ON A MOVING, RECORD RECEIVING MEMBER, THE NUMBER OF TESTING MEANS IN EACH OF SAID GROUP BEING EQUAL TO NUMBER OF RECORDING DEVICES, SWITCHING MEANS OPERABLE TO ALTERNATELY CONNECT THE SAID TESTING MEANS GROUPS TO THE SAID RECORDING DEVICES IN ONE-TO-ONE TESTING MEANS-RECORDING DEVICE CORRESPONDENCE TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF SIMULTANEOUSLY RECORDED GROUPS OF TEST RESULT RECORDS FROM SAID TESTING MEANS GROUPS ON SAID RECORD RECEIVING MEMBER, SPACING MEANS OPERABLE TO INTERMITTENTLY DEACTIVATE SAID RECORDING DEVICES TO SPACE THE SAID GROUPS OF TEST RESULT RECORDS ON THE MOVING, RECORD RECEIVING MEMBER TO SEPARATE THE SAME THEREIN, AND CONTROLLING MEANS OPERABLE TO INTERMITTENTLY ACTUATE SAID SWITCHING AND SPACING MEANS.