Multiple input counter utilizing magnetic drum storage

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A COUNTING SYSTEM FOR COUNTING AND SEPARATELY MAINTAINING THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTS FROM A PLURALITY OF INPUT SENSORS COMPRISING: A MOVING MAGNETIC MEDIUM HAVING ASSOCIATED THEREWITH IN MAGNETIC ASSOCIATION AT LEAST ONE READ HEAD AND ONE WRITE HEAD, READ AMPLIFICATION MEANS AND WRITE AMPLIFICATION MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID READ AND WRITE HEADS, DELAY MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID REAR AND WRITE AMPLIFICATION MEANS, SAID DELAY MEANS COMPRISING A READ FLIP-FLOP CONNECTED TO SAID READ AMPLIFICATION MEANS, A DELAY REGISTER HAVING AN INPUT STAGE AND AN OUTPUT STAGE HAVING ITS INPUT STAGE CONNECTED TO SAID READ FLIP-FLOP, A WRITE FLIP-FLOP, THE OUTPUT STAGE OF SAID DELAY REGISTER BEING CONNECTED TO SAID WRITE FLIP-FLOP, THE OUTPUT OF SAID WRITE FLIP-FLOP BEING CONNECTED TO SAID WRITE AMPLIFICATION MEANS, INPUT MEANS FOR SELECTING FROM AMONG SAID PLURALITY OF COUNT SENSORS, ADDING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID INPUT MEANS AND SAID DELAY MEANS FOR ADDING ONE TO THE CONTENTS OF SAID DELAY MEANS EVENT THAT AN INPUT IS RECEIVED FROM THE SELECTED COUNT SENSOR, SAID ADDING MEANS COMPRISING A DATA FLIP-FLOP HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT, AND A CARRY FLIP-FLOP, THE OUTPUT OF SAID DATA FLIP-FLOP BEING CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID CARRY FLIP-FLOP, THE OUTPUT OF SAID READ FLIP-FLOP BEING CONNECTED TO THE INPUT OF SAID CARRY FLIP-FLOP AND THE OUTPUT OF SAID CARRY FLIP-FLOP BEING COINNECTED TO THE INPUT STAGE OF SAID DELAY REGISTER.