Transducing system

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION FOR USE WITH A RECORDING SYSTEM FOR RECORDING ON A MEDIUM AN INFORMATION SIGNAL HAVING A TOKEN, SAID TOKEN PRESENTING CODED INDICIA DESIGNATING CIPHERED INFORMATION AND RAISED ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA VARIABLE FREQUENCY AND FOR COMPENSATING FOR THE PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING RESPONSE OF THE MEDIUM TO PRODESIGNATING KNOWN INFORMATION, SAID DEVICE INCLUDING A HOUSING HAVING AN EXTERIOR PORTION AND AN INTERIOR PORGRESSIVELY INCREASING FREQUENCIES OF THE INFORMATION SIGNAL, TION PROVIDING A CHAMBER, SEATING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID TOKEN, SAID SEATING MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN FIRST MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE INFORMATION SIGNAL FOR DETECTING THE FREQUENCY OF THE INFORMATION SIGNAL, A FIRST POSITION AT SAID EXTERIOR PORTION AND A SECOND POSITION IN SAID CHAMBER, SELECTING MEANS PRESENTING SELECSECOND MEANS OPEATIVELY COUPLED TO THE FIRST MEANS FOR DEVELOPING A CONTROL SIGNAL HAVING CHARACTERISTICS TIVE ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA DESIGNATING CODED INFORMATION, SAID SELECTING MEANS INCLUDING A LARGER DIAMETER PORTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FREQUENCY OF THE INFORMATION SIGNAL, AND A SMALLER DIAMETER PORTION, SAID SELECTIVE ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA BEING ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID LARGER DITHIRD MEANS FOR DEVELOPING A BIAS SIGNAL HAVING A PARTICULAR FREQUENCY, AMETER PORTIONS, SAID SMALLER DIAMETER PORTION, HAVING RADIAL SLOTS, A PLURALITY OF CODE READOUT FINGERS SELECTIVELY FOURTH MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE SECOND MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID CODED INDICIA WHEN SAID SEATING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CONTROL SIGNAL FOR VARYING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIAS SIGNAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH IS AT SAID SECOND POSITION IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID SELECTTHE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONTROL SIGNAL TO COMPENING MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY MANUALLY ROTATABLY ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA PERIPHERY, PRINTING MEANS WHEN ACTUATED SATE FOR THE PROGRESSIVELY DECREASING RESPONSE OF THE MEDIUM TO PROGRESSIVELY INCREASING FREQUENCIES FOR IMPRINTING A RECORD OF SAID RAISED ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA, SAID CODE READOUT FINGERS PROJECTING INTO SAID RADIAL OF THE INFORMATION SIGNAL, FIFTH MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE FOURTH MEANS SLOTS WHEN SAID CODED INDICIA DESIGNATING CIPHERED INFORMATION AND SAID SELECTIVE ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA CORAND RESPONSIVE TO THE INFORMATION SIGNAL FOR MIXING THE INFORMATION SIGNAL AND THE BIAS SIGNAL WITH THE RESPOND, INTERLOCKING MEANS FOR ENABLING ACTUATION OF SAID PRINTING MEANS WHEN SAID CODED INDICIA AND SAID VARIABLE CHARACTERISTICS TO OBTAIN A RESULTANT SIGNAL, AND SELECTIVE ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA CORRESPOND AND FOR PREVENTING ACTUATION OF SAID PRINTING MEANS WHEN SAID CODED SIXTH MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE FIFTH MEANS FOR OBTAINING A RECORDING OF THE INFORMATION SIGNAL ON INDICIA AND SAID SELECTIVE ALPHANUMERIC INDICIA DO NOT CORRESPOND, AND DETECT MEANS LIMITING MOVEMENT OF SAID THE MEDIUM. SELECTING MEANS TO INCREMENTALLY DISCRETE ANGULAR POSITIONS.