Apparatus for decoding and printing digital data

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING BINARY DIGITAL DATA AND FOR RECORDING THE DECODED NUMERICAL VALUES, COMPRISING: A PRINTING SECTION FOR EACH PLACE OF THE NUMERICAL VALUES TO BE RECORDED, EACH SAID SECTION INCLUDING A ROTARY TYPE WHEEL CARRYING DIGITAL PRINTING ELEMENTS AND HAVING A ZERO ROTATIONAL POSITION, A CYCLICALLY MOVABLE DRIVING MEMBER, A SUPPORT MEANS ROTATABLY CARRYING SAID TYPE WHEEL AND MOVABLE FOR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TYPE WHEEL BETWEEN A MESHING POSITION AND A LOCKED POSITION, SAID TYPE WHEEL AND SAID DRIVING MEMBER RESPECTIVELY HAVING CONSTANT-PITCH GEAR TEETH EXTENDING OVER ACTIVE PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID TEETH BEING ENGAGEABLE IN MESH WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID MESHING POSITION AND SAID TEETH OF SAID TYPE WHEEL BEING SPACED AWAY FROM SAID TEETH OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID LOCKED POSITION, YIELDABLE MEANS URGING SAID TYPE WHEEL TOWARD SAID MESHING POSITION, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND TYPE WHEEL AND OPERATIVE WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID ZERO POSITION FOR DISPLACING SAID TYPE WHEEL BODILY AWAY FROM SAID DRIVING MEMBER TO SAID LOCKED POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID LOCKED POSITION TO HOLD SAID TYPE WHEEL AGAINST ROTATION, SAID DRIVING MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR RESETTING SAID TYPE WHEEL TO SAID ZERO POSITION FOLLOWING A MESHING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID GEAR TEETH, AND AN ELECTROMAGNET OPERATIVE WHEN ENERGIZED TO RETAIN SAID TYPE WHEEL IN SAID LOCKED POSITION AGAINST THE FORCE OF SAID YIELDABLE MEANS; MEANS OPERABLE TO EFFECT A SINGLE COMPLETE CYCLE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER OF EACH SAID SECTION AND TO INTERRUPT THE MOVEMENT THEREOF IN THE COURSE OF EACH SUCH CYCLE; MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTROMAGNET OF EACH SAID PRINTING SECTION AT THE POINT IN EACH SUCH CYCLE WHEN SAID TEETH OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WOULD BEGIN TO ENGAGE AND DRIVE SAID TEETH OF SAID TYPE WHEEL IF SAID TYPE WHEEL WERE IN SAID MESHING POSITION, AND FOR HOLDING SAID ELECTROMAGNET ENERGIZED FOR A PERIOD CORRESPONDING TO A DIGIT OF THE NUMERICAL VALUE TO BE RECORDED, WHEREBY SAID TYPE WHEEL WILL BE DISPLACED TO SAID MESHING POSITION ONLY AT THE END OF SAID PERIOD AND THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE END OF SAID PERIOD AND THE INTERRUPTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WILL DETERMINED THE EXTEND OF ROTATION OF SAID TYPE WHEEL FROM ITS ZERO ROTATIONAL POSITION; AND MEANS OPERABLE DURING SAID INTERRUPTION OF CAUSE A PRINTING ELEMENT OF SAID TYPE WHEEL OF EACH OF SAID SECTION TO IMPRINT A DIGIT CORRESPONDING TO SAID EXTENT OF ROTATION OF THE TYPE WHEEL.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR DECODING BINARY DIGITAL DATA AND FOR RECORDING THE DECODED NUMERICAL VALUES, COMPRISING: A PRINTING SECTION FOR EACH PLACE OF THE NUMERICAL VALUES TO BE RECORDED, EACH SAID SECTION INCLUDING A ROTARY TYPE WHEEL CARRYING DIGITAL PRINTING ELEMENTS AND HAVING A ZERO ROTATIONAL POSITION, A CYCLICALLY MOVABLE DRIVING MEMBER, A SUPPORT MEANS ROTATABLY CARRYING SAID TYPE WHEEL AND MOVABLE FOR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID TYPE WHEEL BETWEEN A MESHING POSITION AND A LOCKED POSITION, SAID TYPE WHEEL AND SAID DRIVING MEMBER RESPECTIVELY HAVING CONSTANT-PITCH GEAR TEETH EXTENDING OVER ACTIVE PORTIONS THEREOF, SAID TEETH BEING ENGAGEABLE IN MESH WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID MESHING POSITION AND SAID TEETH OF SAID TYPE WHEEL BEING SPACED AWAY FROM SAID TEETH OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID LOCKED POSITION, YIELDABLE MEANS URGING SAID TYPE WHEEL TOWARD SAID MESHING POSITION, MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID DRIVING MEMBER AND TYPE WHEEL AND OPERATIVE WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID ZERO POSITION FOR DISPLACING SAID TYPE WHEEL BODILY AWAY FROM SAID DRIVING MEMBER TO SAID LOCKED POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVE WHEN SAID TYPE WHEEL IS IN SAID LOCKED POSITION TO HOLD SAID TYPE WHEEL AGAINST ROTATION, SAID DRIVING MEMBER INCLUDING MEANS FOR RESETTING SAID TYPE WHEEL TO SAID ZERO POSITION FOLLOWING A MESHING ENGAGEMENT OF SAID GEAR TEETH, AND AN ELECTROMAGNET OPERATIVE WHEN ENERGIZED TO RETAIN SAID TYPE WHEEL IN SAID LOCKED POSITION AGAINST THE FORCE OF SAID YIELDABLE MEANS; MEANS OPERABLE TO EFFECT A SINGLE COMPLETE CYCLE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER OF EACH SAID SECTION AND TO INTERRUPT THE MOVEMENT THEREOF IN THE COURSE OF EACH SUCH CYCLE; MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTROMAGNET OF EACH SAID PRINTING SECTION AT THE POINT IN EACH SUCH CYCLE WHEN SAID TEETH OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WOULD BEGIN TO ENGAGE AND DRIVE SAID TEETH OF SAID TYPE WHEEL IF SAID TYPE WHEEL WERE IN SAID MESHING POSITION, AND FOR HOLDING SAID ELECTROMAGNET ENERGIZED FOR A PERIOD CORRESPONDING TO A DIGIT OF THE NUMERICAL VALUE TO BE RECORDED, WHEREBY SAID TYPE WHEEL WILL BE DISPLACED TO SAID MESHING POSITION ONLY AT THE END OF SAID PERIOD AND THE INTERVAL BETWEEN THE END OF SAID PERIOD AND THE INTERRUPTION OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID DRIVING MEMBER WILL DETERMINED THE EXTEND OF ROTATION OF SAID TYPE WHEEL FROM ITS ZERO ROTATIONAL POSITION; AND MEANS OPERABLE DURING SAID INTERRUPTION OF CAUSE A PRINTING ELEMENT OF SAID TYPE WHEEL OF EACH OF SAID SECTION TO IMPRINT A DIGIT CORRESPONDING TO SAID EXTENT OF ROTATION OF THE TYPE WHEEL.