Device for converting binary or decimal code into printed decimal data

Claim 1

IN A MECHANICAL TRANSLATOR, FOR USE IN TRANSLATING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT BINARY DIGIT INTO A MECHANICAL MOVEMENT REPRESENTING A DECIMAL DIGIT TO CONTROL THE INPUT TO AN ADDING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING A STOP SLIDE MOVABLE TO ANY ONE ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT DECIMAL DIGIT, AN ACCUMULATOR AND A TOTAL TAKING MECHANISM, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING, A PLURALITY OF SLIDE BARS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT BINARY DIGIT NORMALLY BIASED IN ONE DIRECTION AND ADAPTED TO BE MOVED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION A DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE DIGITAL VALUE OF THE SLIDE BAR, A LATCH FOR EACH SLIDE BAR NORMALLY RESTRAINING IT AGAINST MOVEMENT IN SAID OTHER DIRECTION, AN ELECTROMAGNET FOR EACH SLIDE BAR CONNECTED TO WITHDRAW THE SLIDE BAR LATCH UPON ENERGIZATION OF SAID ELECTROMAGNET, AN OUTPUT MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE ADDING MACHINE STOP SLIDE, A DESCENDING ORDER LINK MATRIX INTERCONNECTING EACH OF SAID SLIDE BARS WITH SAID OUTPUT MEMBER AND PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID OUTPUT MEMBER A DISTANCE CORRESPONDING TO THE SUM OF SAID SLIDE BAR MOVEMENTS IN SAID OTHER DIRECTION, AND A RELEASE SLIDE ADAPTED TO BE MOVED IN ONE DIRECTION BY THE TOTAL TAKING MECHANISM OF THE ADDING MACHINE AND ARRANGED TO WITHDRAW THE LATCHES OF A MINIMUM NUMBER OF SAID SLIDE BARS HAVING A TOTAL VALVE OF AT LEAST THAT OF THE HIGHEST DECIMAL DIGIT TO WHICH THE ADDING MACHINE STOP SLIDE CAN BE MOVED THEREBY RELEASING SAID OUTPUT MEMBER FOR A TOTAL TAKING OPERATION.