Subscription television meter

Claim 1

APPARATUS LOCATED EXTERNAL TO THE HOME OF A SUBSCRIBER FOR MARKING A CIRCULAR CHARGE CARD TO IDENTIFY AND INDICATE THE NUMBER OF SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAMS SELECTED FOR VIEWING BY A SUBSCRIBER OF A SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION SYSTEM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME HAVING AN UPSTANDING SHAFT AFFIXED THERETO, A TABLE ROTATABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID SHAFT, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE PRESENCE OF AN EXTERNAL PULSE SIGNAL TO ROTATE SAID TABLE A PRESELECTED NUMBER OF DEGREES FOR EACH OCCURRENCE OF SAID PULSE, MEANS FORMING A PART OF SAID TABLE TO RETAIN A CHARGE CARD ON THE TOP THEREOF AND INDEX THE ROTATIONAL POSITION OF SAID CARD WITH RESPECT TO SAID TABLE, AND A PAIR OF SOLENOIDS SUPPORTED OVERLYING THE TOP OF SAID TABLE AT DIFFERENT RADIAL DISTANCES FROM THE CENTER OF SAID CARD, SAID SOLENOIDS ENERGIZABLE IN RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUAL EXTERNAL SIGNALS UNIQUELY RELATED TO INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID PROGRAMS TO MARK THE CARD AT THE RADIAL DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM SELECTED FOR VIEWING BY THE SUBSCRIBER, THE TOP OF SAID TABLE HAVING A PAIR OF CIRCULAR GROOVES FORMED THEREIN AT RADIAL POSITIONS UNDERLYING THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF THE ARMATURES OF SAID SOLENOIDS SO THAT THE ACTUATION OF A SOLENOID CAUSES THE ARMATURE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH TO PERFORATE A CHARGE CARD ON THE TABLE AND TO DEPEND INTO THE GROOVE ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.