Symbol printer with means to print in two directions

Claim 1

PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING A ROTATABLE SYMBOL WHEEL SECURED TO A DRIVE SHAFT COMPRISING A DRIVE WHEEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT, A RESILIENT MEMBER CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID DRIVE WHEEL AND SAID SHAFT, DRIVE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DRIVE WHEEL THEREBY TO ROTATE SAID SHAFT AND SAID SYMBOL WHEEL, CONTROL MEANS FOR (1) STOPPING THE ROTATION OF SAID SYMBOL WHEEL AT A DESIRED SYMBOL PRINTING POSITION WHEREBY SAID DRIVE WHEEL CONTINUES TO BE ROTATED FOR STORING ENERGY IN SAID RESILIENT MEMBER IN THE FORM OF POTENTIAL ENERGY UNTIL THE FORCE STORED IN SAID RESILIENT MEMBER EQUALS THE DRVING FORCE OF SAID DRIVE MEANS AND (2) RELEASING SAID SYMBOL WHEEL FOR RELEASING SAID POTENTIAL ENERGY WHICH IMPARTS AN INSTANTANEOUS FORCE ON SAID SYMBOL WHEEL CAUSING ITS IMMEDIATE ROTATION, MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID SYMBOL WHEEL INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND SOLENOID MEANS SEPARATED A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE WHEREBY UPON ACTUATION OF SAID FIRST SOLENOID MEANS A SYMBOL IS PRINTED IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND UPON ACTUATION OF SAID SECOND SOLENOID MEANS A SYMBOL IS PRINTED IN A SECOND DIRECTION, FIRST AND SECOND CODE PICKUP MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SYMBOL WHEEL FOR PRODUCING CHARACTER CODES CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF SAID SYMBOL WHEEL WITH RESPECT TO THE POSITION OF SAID FIRST SOLENOID MEANS WHEN SAID FIRST SOLENOID MEANS IS TO BE ACTUATED, AND FOR PRODUCING CHARACTER CODES CORRESPONDING TO THE POSITION OF SAID SYMBOL WHEEL WITH RESPECT TO THE POSITION OF SAID SECOND SOLENOID MEANS WHEN SAID SECOND SOLENOID MEANS IS TO BE ACTUATED, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND CODE PICKUP MEANS AND TO SAID STOPPING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID CONTROL MEANS TO STOP THE ROTATION OF SAID SYMBOL WHEEL AT A DESIRED SYMBOL PRINTING POSITION WITH RESPECT TO EITHER SAID FIRST OR SAID SECOND SOLENOID MEANS AND TO THEN ACTUATE THE RESPECTIVE SOLENOID MEANS TO PRINT A DESIRED SYMBOL.