Binary coded information store

Claim 1

A PERMANENT STORE FOR BINARY CODED INFORMATION COMPRISING: A DIELECTRIC PLATE; A CONDUCTIVE MATRIX ARRANGED ON ONE FACE OF SAID PLATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CONDENSER ELECTRODES ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY PERPENDICULAR ROWS AND COLUMNS, THE CONDENSER ELECTRODES IN EACH ROW BEING SPACED APART FROM THE CONDENSER ELECTRODES IN ADJACENT ROWS; A CONDUCTIVE LINE ARRANGED BETWEEN EACH PAIR OF ADJACENT ROWS, AND HAVING BRANCH CONNECTIONS TO THE CONDENSER ELECTRODES IN ONE OF SAID ROWS, BUT BEING INSULATED FROM THE ELECTRODES IN THE OTHER ADJACENT ROW; A SECOND CONDUCTIVE MATRIX FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF CONDENSER ELECTRODES CARRIED ON THE OPPOSITE FACE OF SAID DIELECTRIC PLATE, THE ELECTRODES IN SAID SECOND MATRIX BEING ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF ROWS EXTENDING AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE ROWS IN THE FIRST MATRIX, EACH ROW IN THE SECOND MATRIX BEING SPACED APART FROM THE ADJACENT ROW, THE SECOND MATRIX HAVING A CONDUCTIVE LINE LOCATED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT ROWS AND HAVING BRANCH CONNECTIONS TO THE CONDENSER ELECTRODES IN ONE ROW, BUT BEING INSULATED FROM THE CONDENSER ELECTRODES IN THE ROW IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THE CONDUCTIVE LINE, SAID CONDENSER ELECTRODES, CONDUCTIVE LINES, AND BRANCH CONNECTIONS IN EACH MATRIX BEING ARRANGED IN THE SAME PLANE, AND SAID BRANCH CONNECTIONS IN EACH MATRIX BEING POSITIONED SO THAT EACH CONNECTION MAY BE INTERRUPTED BY A PERFORATION PASSING THROUGH SAID PLATE WITHOUT, HOWEVER, DESTROYING THE ELECTRICAL CONTINUITY OF THE LINE.