Magnetic storage device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR STORING A PLURALITY OF BINARY DIGITS COMPRISING, A SOURCE OF BIAS CURRENT, A PLURALITY OF PAIRS OF MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENTS EACH PAIR COMPRISING; A FIRST MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENT HAVING A BIAS WINDING FOR SATURATING SAID ELEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION, A WRITE WINDING FOR SATURATING SAID ELEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND A SET WINDING FOR SENSING CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION OF SATURATION IN SAID ELEMENT; A SECOND MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENT HAVING A SET WINDING FOR SATURATING SAID SECOND ELEMENT IN ONE DIRECTION, A READ WINDING FOR SATURATING SAID SECOND ELEMENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A BIAS WINDING FOR PREVENTING SAID SET WINDING FROM SATURATING SAID SECOND ELEMENT IN OTHER THAN SAID ONE DIRECTION, AND A SENSE WINDING FOR SENSING CHANGES IN THE DIRECTION OF SATURATION IN SAID SECOND ELEMENT; MEANS CONNECTING THE SET WINDINGS OF SAID ELEMENTS OF A PAIR OF MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENTS IN SERIES TO FORM A CLOSED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, MEANS CONNECTED TO THE WRITE WINDINGS OF EACH PAIR OF MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENTS FOR APPLYING A WRITE CURRENT THERETO, MEANS CONNECTING THE BIAS WINDINGS OF EACH PAIR OF MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENTS IN SERIES AND TO SAID SOURCE OF BIAS CURRENT, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID READ WINDINGS OF EACH PAIR OF MAGNETIZABLE ELEMENTS FOR APPLYING A READING CURRENT THERETO.