Multidigit register circuit

Claim 1

A RECYCLABLE MULTIDIGIT REGISTER CIRCUIT COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF OPERABLE, LOCKABLE AND RELEASABLE DIGIT REGISTERS; INPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING A SERIES OF DIGITS EXCEEDING IN NUMBER THE NUMBER OF SAID REGISTERS AND FOR SEQUENTIALLY OPERATING CONSECUTIVE REGISTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FIRST SUB-SERIES OF SAID DIGITS EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF SAID REGISTERS, THEREBY TO REGISTER CONSECUTIVE DIGITS OF SAID SUB-SERIES IN CORRESPONDING CONSECUTIVE REGISTERS; AN OPERABLE AND RELEASABLE READ-OUT CONNECTOR FOR EACH REGISTER; CONNECTOR CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLED BY OPERATED SAID REGISTERS TO SEQUENTIALLY OPERATE AND TO SEQAUENTIALLY RELEASE SAID CONNECTORS FOR SEQUENTIALLY READING OUT SAID SUB-SERIES DIGIT REGISTRATIONS IN THE ORDER OF REGISTRATION THEREOF; EACH OF AN INITIAL CONSECUTIVE SUB-PLURALITY OF PARTICULAR SAID REGISTERS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENERGIZABLE LOCKING CIRCUITS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL; THE FIRST LOCKING CIRCUIT FOR A SAID PARTICULAR REGISTER CONTROLLED BY A PRESCRIBED SUCCEEDING REGISTER CONNECTOR SO THAT SAID FIRST LOCKING CIRCUIT IS ENERGIZED DURING THE INTERVAL WHEN SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR IS RELEASED AND IS DEENERGIZED DURING THE INTERVAL WHEN SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR IS OPERATED; THE OPERATED INTERVAL OF SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR CONSISTING OF AN INITIAL PORTION AND A TERMINAL PORTION, SAID INITIAL PORTION BEGINNING AT THE TIME SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR IS OPERATED AND ENDING AT THE BEGINNING OF SAID TERMINAL PORTION, SAID TERMINAL PORTION BEGINNING AT THE ENDING OF SAID INITIAL PORTION AND ENDING AT THE TIME SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR IS RELEASED; THE SECOND LOCKING CIRCUIT FOR SAID PARTICULAR REGISTER CONTROLLED BY SAID PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR SO THAT SAID SECOND LOCKING CIRCUIT IS DEENERGIZED DURING THE SAID INITIAL PORTION AND IS ENERGIZED DURING THE SAID TERMINAL PORTION; AND, MEANS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID INPUT MEANS INCIDENT TO RECEPTION OF THE LAST DIGIT OF SAID FIRST SUB-SERIES FOR CAUSING SAID INPUT MEANS TO SEQUENTIALLY REOPERATED CONSECUTIVE ONES OF SAID SUB-PLURALITY OF PARTICULAR REGISTERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REMAINDER OF SAID RECEIVED DIGITS IN EXCESS OF SAID FIRST SUB-SERIES, THE RATE AT WHICH SAID DIGITS ARE RECEIVED BEING SUFFICIENTLY FASTER THAN THE RATE AT WHICH SAID REGISTERED DIGITS ARE READ OUT SO AS TO REQUIRE ENERGIZATION OF THE SAID SECOND LOCKING CIRCUITS OF SAID REOPERATED PARTICULAR REGISTERS DURING THE SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS OF SAID CORRESPONDING PRESCRIBED CONNECTOR OPERATED INTERVALS..