Machine for registering a series of transactions

Claim 1

A REGISTER FOR RECORDING A SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS ON SUCCESSIVE LINE SPACES OF A RECORD SHEET, COMPRISING A RECORDING MECHANISM, A CARRIAGE ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A RECORD SHEET IN RECORDING RELATION TO SAID RECORDING MECHANISM, A DRIVE FOR SAID CARRIAGE COMPRISING A MOTOR AND A DRIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID MOTOR AND SAID CARRIAGE, SAID DRIVE MOVING SAID CARRIAGE TO BRING A SELECTED LINE SPACE OF SAID RECORD SHEET IN POSITION TO RECEIVE A RECORDING IMPRESION FROM SAID MECHANISM, MEANS FOR STOPPING SAID CARRIAGE AGAINST THE DRIVING ACTION OF SAID MOTOR, A SERIES OF MANUALLY OPERABLE LINE SELECTOR KEYS FOR CONTROLLING THE STOPPING POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE, WHEREBY THE INITIAL POSITION OF SAID CARRIAGE FOR THE RECORDING OF THE FIRST LINE IS PREDETERMINED, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID RECORDING MECHANISM THROUGH SUCCESSIVE CYCLES, AND ESCAPEMENT MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID STOPPING MEANS AT RECURRENT PERIODS IN TIME RELATION TO SAID RECORDING MECHANISM OPERATING MEANS TO CAUSE SAID CARRIAGE TO MOVE STEP BY STEP BY THE DRIVE ACTION OF SAID MOTOR AND TO CAUSE THEREBY SAID TRANSACTIONS TO BE ENTERED IN SAID RECORD SHEET IN THE SUCCESSIVE LINE SPACES THEREOF.