Rotary imprinting machine moving selected character to imprinting position by shortest arc

Claim 1

AN IMPRINTING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, AN INDICIA AND LOGIC DISC MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR SELECTIVE DIRECTIONAL ROATATION BY INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED DIRECTIONAL CIRCUIT MEANS TO POSITION INDICIA FOR IMPRINTING, AND WHICH CONSISTS OF A LOGIC CIRCUIT MEANS HAVING AN ARCUATE CONTACT ON SAID DISC MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY SEMICIRCULAR IN LENGTH AND AN INSULATING PORTION, AN ANNULAR SERIES OF BRUSH MEANS SUPPORTED FROM SAID FRAME TO ENGAGE IN THE ROTARY PATH OF AND TO ENGAGE SAID ARCUATE CONTACT AND SAID INSULATED PORTION AS SAID DISC MEANS ROTATES, EACH OF SAID BRUSH MEANS REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC SELECTIVE INDICIA CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAID CIRCUIT CONNECTION WITH SAID ARCUATE CONTACT, CIRCUIT MEANS TO ENERGIZE A SPECIFIC BRUSH MEANS TO ROTATE SAID DISC MEANS IN ONE DIRECTION WHEN ITS RESPECTIVE ENERGIZED BRUSH MEANS IS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ARCUATE CONTACT, AND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHEN SAID ENERGIZED SPECIFIC BRUSH MEANS IS NOT IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SEMICIRCULAR CONTACT AND THEREBY DETERMINE THE SHORTEST DISTANCE FOR SAID SELECTED INDICIA TO TRAVEL FOR IMPRINTING, AND WHICH ALSO INCLUDES IN SAID LOGIC CIRCUIT MEANS A SECOND CONTACT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS IN ARCUATE LENGTH THAN SAID SEMICIRCULAR CONTACT AND MOUNTED ON SAID DISC MEANS TO BE ENGAGED BY SAID RESPECTIVE ENERGIZED SPECIFIC BRUSH MEANS AT THE POSITION OF IMPRINTING, A BRAKE MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME TO ENGAGE AND STOP SAID DISC MEANS WHEN ENERGIZED, SAID RESPECTIVE ENERGIZED SPECIFIC BRUSH MEANS ENGAGING SAID SECOND CONTACT ON SAID DISC MEANS TO CLOSE A CIRCUIT AND ENERGIZE SAID BRAKE MEANS TO STOP SAID DISC MEANS.