Asynchronous binary computer system using ternary components

Claim 1

AN ASYNCHRONOUS BINARY ADDER SYSTEM COMPRISING; OPERAND STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING THE BINARY BITS OF AN AUGEND AND THE BINARY BITS OF AN ADDEND, SAID STORAGE MEANS HAVING AN ADDER AUGEND INPUT LINE FOR EACH BIT OF SAID AUGEND AND AN ADDER ADDENED BIT INPUT LINE FOR EACH BIT OF SAID ADDEND; A BINARY ONE BEING INDICATED ON AN ADDER INPUT LINE BY POSITIVE CURRENT IN SAID LINE AND A BINARY ZERO BEING INDICATED ON AN ADDER INPUT LINE BY NEGATIVE CURRENT IN SAID LINE; A PLURALITY OF ADDERS, ONE FOR EACH BINARY ORDER OF SAID OPERANDS, EACH OF SAID ADDERS HAVING A CARRY OUTPUT LINE AND A SUM OUTPUT LINE, EACH OF SAID ADDERS BEING RESPONSIVE TO ONE ADDER AUGEND BIT INPUT LINE, TO ONE ADDER ADDEND BIT INPUT, LINE, AND TO THE CARRY OUTPUT LINE OF THE ADDER IN THE NEXT LOWER BINARY ORDER; A BINARY ONE BEING INDICATED ON SAID CARRY OUTPUT LINES AND ON SAID SUM OUTPUT LINES BY POSITIVE CURRENT IN THE RESPECTIVE LINE AND A BINARY ZERO BEING INDICATED ON SAID CARRY OUTPUT LINES AND ON SAID SUM OUTPUT LINES BY NEGATIVE CURRENT IN THE RESPECTIVE LINE; THE CONDITION WITH NO CURRENT IN A CARRY OUTPUT LINE INDICATING THAT THE CARRY OUTPUT IS AS YET UNDETERMINED; DETECTION MEANS FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF CURRENT IN EACH OF SAID CARRY OUTPUT LINES; SYSTEM OUTPUT MEANS; GATING MEANS FOR GATING THE SIGNALS ON SAID SUM OUTPUT LINES TO SAID SYSTEM OUTPUT MEANS; CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID DETECTION MEANS FOR ACTIVATING SAID GATING MEANS; WHEREBY THE SUM OUTPUT FROM EACH OF SAID ADDERS IN GATED TO SAID SYSTEM OUTPUT MEANS WHEN THE CARRY OUTPUT OF EACH ONE OF SAID BIT ADDERS IS IN EITHER THE BINARY ONE OR THE BINARY ZERO STATE.