Automatic sequence typing mechanism for printing words upon depression of a single key

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TYPING SINGLE CHARACTERS OR SEQUENCES OF CHARACTERS, COMPRISING: CHARACTER PRINTING MEANS: CONTROL MEANS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING SETTABLE FROM A RESTORED CONDITION TO A PARTICULAR ONE OF TWO OPERATING CONDITIONS, AND SAID CONTROL MEANS HAVING A COMMON ACTUATING MEMBER EXTENDING THEREFROM; A SELECTION MECHANISM FOR SAID PRINTING MEANS, SAID MECHANISM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ACTUATABLE CHARACTER SELECTING INTERPOSERS, EACH OF SAID INTERPOSERS HAVING A LUG OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION EXTENDING THEREFROM IN PROXIMITY TO AND AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM SAID COMMON ACTUATING MEMBER; AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR ACTUATING A SINGLE ONE OF SAID INTERPOSERS WHEN SAID CONTROL MEANS IS IN ONE OF ITS OPERATING CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO SELECT A PARTICULAR CHARACTER FOR PRINTING, AND FOR ACTUATING A PLURALITY OF SAID INTERPOSERS IN TURN WHEN SAID CONTROL MEANS IS IN ITS OTHER OPERATING CONDITION IN ORDER TO SELECT A PARTICULAR SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS FOR PRINTING.