Deserializer and transducer therefor

Claim 1

AN INFORMATION BIT DESERIALIZER COMPRISING; A ROTOR HAVING AN AXIS; A RADIALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLUID CONDUIT CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID CODUIT WITH A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE; SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTOR ABOUT ITS AXIS DURING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT TIME PERIOD; A PLURALITY OF BISTABLE PURE FLUID LATCHES OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, EACH OF SAID FLUID LATCHES HAVING INPUT PASSAGE MEANS SPACED ANGULARLY ABOUT SAID AXIS FOR SERIAL FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CONDUIT DURING ROTATION OF SAID ROTOR IN SAID TIME PERIOD; PLURALITY OUTPUT MEANS INDIVIDUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH INDIVIDUAL ONES OF SAID LATCHES AND NORMALLY NON-SENSITIVE TO THE STATUS THEREOF; AND MEANS OPERATIVE SUBSEQUENT TO SAID TIME PERIOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY RENDERING ALL OF SAID OUTPUT MEANS SENSITIVE TO THE STATUS OF THEIR ASSOCIATED LATCHES.