Binary divider

Claim 1

A DIRECT BINARY DIVIDER ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED DURING A SUCCESSION OF DIGITAL TIME INTERVALS TO PRODUCE A BINARY QUOTIENT COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND REGISTERS FOR STORING OPERANDS, A GROUP OF BINARY DIGITS IN SAID FIRST REGISTER REPRESENTING A DIVIDENED, A STORAGE MEANS CONTAINING A GROUP OF BINARY DIGITS REPRESENTING A DIVISOR CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND REGISTER FOR APPLYING THESE DIGITS BIT BY BIT TO SAID SECOND REGISTER, A FULL PARALLEL SUBTRACTOR CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO BOTH OF SAID REGISTERS FOR CONTINUOUSLY COMPARING THE DIVISOR WITH THE DIVIDEND, A FEEDBACK CIRCUIT CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID SUBTRACTOR AND SAID FIRST REGISTER FOR REPLACING THE DIGITS IN SAID FIRST REGISTER WITH THE OUTPUT OF SAID SUBTRACTOR, A CONTROL GATE CONNECTED IN SAID FEEDBACK CIRCUIT, FIRST GATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND REGISTER AND SAID CONTROL GATE FOR RENDERING SAID CONTROL GATE INOPERATIVE WHEN SAID SECOND REGISTER CONTAINS ONLY ZERO DIGITS, SECOND GATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID STORAGE MEANS AND SAID CONTROL GATE FOR RENDERING SAID CONTROL GATE INOPERATIVE AS LONG AS SAID STORAGE MEANS CONTAINS A NON-ZERO DIGIT, THIRD GATING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SUBTRACTOR AND SAID CONTROL GATE FOR RENDERING SAID CONTROL GATE INOPERATIVE WHENEVER THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DIGIT IN SAID SUBSTRACTOR IS A NONZERO DIGIT, AND OUTPUT MEANS FOR PROVING A BINARY REPRESENTATION OF SAID QUOTIENT AS MANIFESTED BY THE OPERATION OF SAID CONTROL GATE DURING SAID DIGITAL TIME INTERVALS.