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AN INFORMATION RECORDING INSTRUMENT FOR A MOTOR OF THE TYPE ADAPTED TO ROTATE A DRIVE SHAFT, COMPRISING A HOUSING, A FLAT STRIP OF ELONGATED TAPE IN SAID HOUSING, GUIDE MEANS FOR DIRECTING SAID TAPE IN A SELECTED PATH, POWER MEANS DRIVING SAID TAPE AT A UNIFORM SPEED IN A LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, FIRST MARKING MEANS MOVABLE LINEARLY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID TAPE TO APPLY MARKING MEANS THEREON, ROTATABLE SHAFT MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID MARKING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE DRIVEN BY THE DRIVE SHAFT OF THE MOTOR FOR MOVING SAID MARKING MEANS IN RECORDING OPERATING SPEED CONDITIONS OF THE DRIVE SHAFT, MILEAGE STAMPING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST MARKING MEANS ADJACENT SAID TAPE, DRIVE MEANS ON SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID MILEAGE STAMPING MEANS FOR RECIPROCATING THE LATTER AT UNIFORM ROTATION INTERVALS OF THE SHAFT MEANS INTO STAMPING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID TAPE, SECOND MARKING MEANS MOVABLE LINEARLY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID TAPE TO APPLY MARKINGS THEREON, AND POWER MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SECOND MARKING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MOTOR FOR MOVING SAID SECOND MARKING MEANS IN RECORDING OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE MOTOR.