Phase modulation reading system

Claim 1

IN A PHASE MODULATION READ OUT SYSTEM WHEREIN RECORDED INFORMATION SIGNALS ARE NORMALLY SEPARATED IN TIME BY ONE DIGIT PERIOD AND ARE TRANSLATED INTO A SERIES OF PULSE SIGNALS REPRESENTING "1" AND "0" BITS OF INFORMATION AND INCLUDE NON-SIGNIFICANT PULSE SIGNALS BETWEEN TWO BITS OF INFORMATION WHENEVER SAID TWO BITS OF INFORMATION ARE OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTIC, A SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATING NON-SIGNIFICANT SIGNALS FROM A TRAIN OF INFORMATION SIGNALS COMPRISING A GATING CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID NON-SIGNIFICANT AND INFORMATION SIGNALS TO SAID GATING CIRCUIT, MEANS FOR PRODUCING INHIBIT SIGNALS OF A VARIABLE DURATION GREATER THAN ONE HALF AND LESS THAN THE FULL TIME PERIOD BETWEEN SAID INFORMATION PULSE SIGNALS, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID INHIBIT SIGNALS TO SAID GATING CIRCUIT TO PREVENT SAID NON-SIGNIFICANT PULSE SIGNALS FROM PASSING THROUGH SAID GATING CIRCUIT.