Reader-decoder for tape-operated typesetting machines

Claim 1

A CONTROL FOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION OF TYPESETTING MACHINES FROM A CODE RECORD SUCH AS A PREFORATED TAPE, COMPRISING A READER ADAPTED TO COMPLETE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF CIRCUIT CONNECTIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIFFEENT MULTI-DIGIT CODE WORDS ON THE RECORD, A DECODER HAVING INPUT CONNECTIONS FROM SAID READER CORRESPONDING TO THE POSSIBLE DIGITS AVAILABLE IN THE RECORD TO FROM CODE WORDS, A FEEDBACK OUTPUT CONNECTION FROM SAID DECODER TO SAID READER FOR TRANSMITTING A STEPPING SIGNAL TO PRESENT THE NEXT CODE WORD ON SAID RECORD TO SAID READER, MEANS CONTROLLING SAID FEEDBACK CONNECTION OPERABLE IN TIMED RELATION TO THE MACHINE BEING CONTROLLED FOR CAUSING STEPPING SIGNALS IN SAID DECODER FEEDBACK CONNECTION AT A RATE CORRESPONDING TO THE FUNCTIONING OF SAID MACHINE, A HIGH SPEED CONTROL CIRCUIT GOVERNED BY SAID DECODER AND NORMALLY MAINTAINING IN AN INOPERATIVE CONDITION, AN OUTPUT CONNECTION FROM SAID HIGH SPEED CONTROL TO SAID READER FOR TRANSMITTING STEPPING SIGNALS AT A SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER RATE THAN THE NORMAL STEPPING SIGNALS FROM SAID DECODER, AND CIRCUIT MEANS IN SAID DECODER RESPONSIVE TO A PLURALITY OF SUCCESSIVELY OCCURRING CODE WORDS WHICH DO NOT REQUIRE AN OPERATION OF THE MACHINE AND CONNECTED TO ACTIVATE SAID HIGH SPEED CIRCUIT FOR CAUSING SAID READER TO READ SAID CONTROL RECORD AT A GREATER RATE AS LONG AS SUCH PLURALITY OF CODE WORDS CONTINUOUS TO BE PRESENTED TO SAID READER.