Programmer utilizing diaphragm operated switches

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A READING HEAD HAVING OPPOSED SURFACES, MEANS DEFINING FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PORTS THROUGH ONE OF SAID SURFACES, MEANS DEFINING A GROOVE IN SAID ONE SURFACE, SAID GROOVE LEADING FROM SAID FIRST PORT TO SAID SECOND PORT, A THIN FLEXIBLE TAPE SECURED ON SAID ONE SURFACE AND COVERING SAID GROOVE AND PORTS, SAID TAPE HAVING TWO APERTURE MEANS PASSING THERETHROUGH AND ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST AND THIRD PORTS, SAID TAPE CONFORMING TO THE CONTOUR OF SAID ONE SURFACE OF SAID READING HEAD AND BEING DIRECTLY SECURED TO SAID ONE SURFACE AT LEAST COMPLETELY AROUND AND AT THE PERIPHERY OF SAID GROOVE AND PORTS, A READING MEMBER MOVABLE OVER SAID TAPE AND HAVING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY AND FLUIDLY INTERCONNECTING SAID FIRST PORT WITH SAID THIRD PORT SO THAT SAID THIRD PORT IS FLUIDLY INTERCONNECTED TO SAID SECOND PORT, AND A SECOND TAPE BEING SECURED ON TOP OF SAID FIRST NAMED TAPE TO PROVIDE A RAISED READING SURFACE OVER SAID APERTURE MEANS FOR SAID READING MEMBER, SAID SECOND TAPE ALSO HAVING AN APERTURE MEANS PASSING THERETHROUGH AND RESPECTIVELY ALIGNED WITH SAID FIRST-NAMED APERTURE MEANS.