Subscribers' metering systems

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A TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER METERING SYSTEM FOR STORING TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER METER RECORDS PRIOR TO RECORDING ON MAGNETIC TAPE AT A CERTAIN RECORDING RATE COMPRISING A GROUP OF SUBSCRIBER LINES, A METER PULSE MAGNETIC CORE MATRIX HAVING EACH CORE OF SAID MATRIX INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID LINES, COIL MEANS CAPABLE OF INDIVIDUALLY SETTLING SAID CORES RESPONSIVE TO ELECTRICAL METER PULSES ON AN ASSOCIATED CALLING ONE OF SAID LINES, ENABLING MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY ENABLING SAID COIL MEANS TO TRANSMIT SAID METER PULSES, READING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONVERTING SAID STORED ELECTRICAL METER PULSES TO OUTPUT PULSES, TRANSLATING MEANS OPERATED RESPONSIVE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID READING MEANS AND SAID OUTPUT PULSES FOR TRANSLATING SAID OUTPUT PULSES INTO CODED PULSES DESIGNATING SAID ASSOCIATED CALLING LINE, TEMPOARY STORAGE MEANS OPERATED RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT PULSES AND SAID CODED PULSES FOR STORING IN SUCCESSION THE CODED PULSES, AND TRANSFER CONTROL MEANS OPERATED RESPONSIVE TO AN ANTICIPATED ARRIVAL RATE OF SAID CODED PULSES AND SAID CERTAIN RECORDING RATE FOR SUCCESSIVELY TRANSFERRING THE STORED CODED PULSES FROM THE TEMPORARY STORE TO SAID MAGNETIC TAPE.