Programming system-cable tape type switch with deflectable spring contact means

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A PROGRAMMING SYSTEM COMPRISING (A) A BLOCK (B) AT LEAST ONE PASSAGEWAY EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BLOCK (C) AT LEAST ONE CONTINUOUS SLOT INTERCONNECTED AND COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID PASSAGEWAY (D) A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING MOVABLE CIRCUIT ACTUATOR SLIDABLY MOUNTED FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT IN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND EXTENDING INTO, THROUGH AND OUT OF SAID PASSAGEWAY (E) MEANS IN SAID BLOCK FOR PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID ACTUATOR (F) SAID ACTUATOR INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING SPACED FEELER MEMBERS SECURED TO SAID ACTUATOR AND EXTENDING INTO AND TRAVELLING IN SAID SLOT (G) AT LEAST ONE FIXED CIRCUIT IN SAID BLOCK HAVING CIRCUIT OPERATING MEANS EXTENDING INTO SAID SLOT INTO THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF SAID FEELER MEMBERS, (H) SAID CIRCUIT OPERATING MEANS AND SAID FEELER MEMBERS INCLUDING SPRING DEFLECTING MEANS FOR PERMITTING SAID FEELER MEMBERS TO PASS SAID CIRCUIT OPERATING MEANS WHEREBY WHEN SAID ACTUATOR IS MOVED IN SAID PASSAGEWAY, SAID FEELER MEMBERS MOVE IN SAID SLOT AND ENGAGE SAID CIRCUIT OPERATING MEANS THEREBY OPERATING SAID CIRCUIT IN A PROGRAMMED SEQUENCE AS DETERMINED BY THE SPACING OF SAID FEELER MEMBERSS AND THE RATE OF TRAVEL OF SAID ACTUATOR.