Coded disk repertory telephone dialer

Claim 1

IN AN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE DIALER: A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER; A SUPPORT; A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT; ELECTRICAL POWER MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATING THE LATTER; A PLURALITY OF DIALING CAM HAVING RAISED AND DEPRESSED CAMMING SURFACES THEREON REPRESENTING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF PRESELECTED TELEPHONE NUMBERS, EACH DIALING CAM BEING MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT FOR ROTATION THEREWITH AND AXIALLY SPACED THEREALONG; ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT; A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CAM FOLLOWERS, EACH OF THE LATTER BEING SHIFTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND NORMALLY DISENGAGED FROM THE CAMMING SURFACES OF A CORRESPONDING CAM, EACH FOLLOWER BEING RESPONSIVE TO ITS CORRSPONDING CAM, UPON MOVEMENT INTO ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND ROTATAION OF SAID SHAFT, TO ALTERNATELY ENGAGE AND DISENGAGE SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS; TERMINAL MEANS ELECTRICALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID FOLLOWERS; SHIFTABLE MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID FOLLOWERS FOR MOVING A SELECTED FOLLOWER INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CAMMING SURFACES OF THE CORRESPONDING CAM UPON ACTUATION OF SAID SHIFTABLE MEANS;