Perforating device for the recording of message signals, data, measurement values or the like, especially in conjunction with a drum counting mechanism and/or printing mechanism

Claim 1

A PERFORATING DEVICE FOR THE RECORDING OF MESSAGE SIGNALS, DATA, MEASUREMENT VALUES, AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING A SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF NUMERAL DRUMS FREELY ROTATABLE THEREON, DETENT MEANS FOR RETAINING THE RESPECTIVE DRUMS IN ANY OF A PLURALITY OF SELECTED POSTIONS, COMPRISING A STAR WHEEL CARRIED BY EACH DRUM AND A DETENT SPRING COOPERABLE THEREWITH, A FEELER LEVER FOR EACH DRUM, PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON A COMMON SHAFT, COOPERABLE MEANS ON EACH DRUM AND THE ASSOCIATED FEELER LEVER FOR ADJUSTING THE LATTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SETTING OF THE ASSOCIATED DRUM, A RESILIENT MEANS, NORMALLY BIASING SAID FEELER LEVERS IN A DIRECTION TOWARD SAID DRUMS, A PLURALITY OF TOOTHED RACKS, EACH COOPERABLE WITH AND MOVABLE BY A RESPECTIVE FEELER MEMBER, SAID RACKS HAVING RECESSES FROMED THEREIN CORRESPONDING TO A SELECTED CODE, A PERFORATOR BLOCK MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID TOOTHED RACKS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF PUNCH PINS CARRIED THEREBY DISPOSED ADJACENT THE RECESSES OF THE RESPECTIVE RACKS AND ENGAGEABLE THEREWITH, ADJUSTMENT OF SAID RACKS BY MEANS OF SAID DRUMS BEING OPERATIVE TO RESTRICT, OR LEAVE UNRESTRICTED CERTAIN SELECTED PUNCH PINS, WHEREBY MOVEMENT OF SAID PERFORATOR BLOCK RELATIVE TO RESTRICTED PUNCH PINS IS OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE A PERFORATION IN A RECORDING ELEMENT DISPOSED ON SAID BLOCK, SAID PERFORATOR BLOCK FOR MOVING SAID FEELER LEVERS FROM OPERATIVE TO INOPERATIVE POSITION, AND SAID PERFORATOR BLOCK TO PERFORATING POSITION.