Counter with resiliently mounted detent and transfer means

Claim 1

A COUNTER COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL COUNTER SHAFT WITH A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED CIRCUMFERNTIALLY EXTENDING GROOVES FROMING A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED DETENT CAMS OF REDUCED DIAMETER AND A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY SPACED TRANSFER CAMS OF REDUED DIAMETER, A PLURALITY OF COAXIAL COUNTER WHEELS OF UNITARY CONSTRUCTION ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE COUNTER SHAFT IN SIDE-BY-SIDE CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP, THE COUNTER WHEELS HAVING INTEGRALLY FORMED TRANSVERSELY RESILIENT DETENT PAWLS RECEIVED IN THE GROOVES FORMING THE DETENT CAMS RESPECTIVELY TO ASSIST IN AXIALLY RETAINING THE COUNTER WHEELS AGAINST AXIAL DISPLACEMENT ON THE COUNTER SHAFT, THE DETENT PAWLS BEING IN RESILIENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE DETENT CAMS RESPECTIVELY TO PROVIDE DETENTS FOR RESTRAINING THE COUNTER WHEELS AGAINST ANGULAR DISPLACEMENT ON THE COUNTER SHAFT, AND TRANSFER MEANS BETWEEN ADJACENT HIGHER AND LOWER ORDER COUNTER WHEELS INCLUDING FORMED ON THE HIGHER ORDER COUNTER WHEELS AND GRALLY FORMED ON THE HIGHER ORDER COUNTER WHEELS AND TRANSVERSELY RESILIENT RATCHET PAWLS INTEGRALLY FORMED ON THE LOWER ORDER COUNTER WHEELS AND RECEIVED WITHIN THE GROOVES FORMING THE TRANSFER CAMS OF REDUCED DIAMETER TO ASSIST IN AXIALLY RETAINING THE COUNTER WHEELS AGAINST AXIAL DISPLACEMENT ON THE COUNTER SHAFT, THE RATCHET PAWLS BEING IN RESILIENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRANSFER CAMS RESPECTIVELY FOR GENERATING TRANSFERS TO HIGHER ORDER COUNTER WHEELS RESPECTIVELY, AND THE DETENT AND RATCHET BEING SUBSTANTIALLY DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED TO PROVIDE FOR PREVENTING THE COUNTER WHEELS FROM COCKING ON THE COUNTER SHAFT.