Means for applying information to data-storing elements

Claim 1

EQUIPMENT FOR APPLYING INFORMATION TO A DATA-STORING ELEMENT COMPRISING: (A) MEANS FOR LOCATING AN ELEMENT TO WHICH DATA IS TO BE APPLIED IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION IN SAID EQUIPMENT; (B) A PLURALITY OF SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEMBERS MOVABLE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A FIRST DIRECTION INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH AN ELEMENT LOCATED IN SAID PREDETERMINED POSITION TO APPLY SAID DATA; (C) A PLURALITY OF SELECTING MEANS INDIVIDUAL TO THE SEVERAL MEMBERS AND MOVABLE IN A SECOND DIRECTION FROM A NORMAL REST POSITION TO SELECT WHICH OF SAID MEMBERS ARE TO BE MOVED INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELEMENT; (D) AN ACTUATING DEVICE COMMON TO ALL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS AND MOVABLE GENERALLY IN SAID FIRST DIRECTION TO MOVE ALL THE MEMBERS SELECTED BY SAID MEANS SIMULTANEOUSLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ELEMENT; AND (E) RESTORING MEANS COMMON TO ALL OF SAID SELECTING MEANS AND MOVABLE IN A THIRD DIRECTION GENERALLY OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF THE SELECTING MEANS TO RETURN SAID SELECTING MEANS TO THE NORMAL, REST POSITION THEREOF, SAID RESTORING MEANS, ATT THE OPTION OF A USER, BEING AT TIMES MOVABLE IN SAID THIRD DIRECTION AFTER SAID MOVEMENT OF THE ACTUATING DEVICE, AND BEING MOVABLE AT OTHER TIMES WITHOUT THE PRIOR MOVEMENT OF THE ACTUATING DEVICE.