Typesetting systems

Claim 1

IN A TYPSETTING SYSTEM, THE COMBINATION OF A KEYBOARD FOR SELECTION OF A SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS AND SPACES TO MAKE UP LINES OF COMPOSITION, AN ENCODING DEVICE OPERATED BY SAID KEYBOARD TO PRODUCE A DISTINCTIVE CODE FOR EACH OPERATION OF SAID KEYBOARD IDENTIFYING THE CHARACTER OR FUNCTION SELECTED, SHIFT REGISTER MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE OUTPUT OF SAID ENCODING DEVICE AND OPERATING TO RETAIN EACH CODE THEREIN, CIRCUIT CONNECTIONS EXTENDING DIRECTLY FROM SAID ENCODING DEVICE TO SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS TO TRANSFER A CODE FROM THE ENCODING DEVICE INTO THE SHIFT REGISTER MEANS DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF A KEY OPERATION, A TYPSETTING MACHINE OPERATIVE TO PRODUCE JUSTIFIED LINES OF TYPE BY ASSEMBLING THE INDIVIDUALLY SELECTED CHARACTERS AND SPACES IN THE ORDER DETERMINED BY OPERATION OF SAID KEYBOARD, A DECODING DEVICE CONTROLLING SAID TYPSETTING MACHINE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE CODES FROM SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS FOR DECODING THE CODES STORED THEREIN INTO CONMTROL SIGNALS FOR SAID TYPESETTING MACHINE, FURTHER CIRCUIT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS AND SAID DECODING DEVICE FOR DIRECT TRANSFER OF CODES INTO SAID DECODING DEVICE, AND CONTROL MEANS OPERATIVE ON SAID DECODING DEVICE AND SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS TO READ CODES FROM SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS ON DEMAND FROM SAID DECODING DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE RATE AT WHICH SAID TYPESETTING MACHINE CAN PERFORM THE OPERATIONS DIRECTED BY SAID DECODING DEVICE WHEREBY SAID TYPESETTING MACHINE IS CONTROLLED DIRECTLY BY KEY OPERATIONS ON SAID KEYBOARD AND SAID SHIFT REGISTER MEANS PROVIDES A BUFFER BETWEEN THE ENCODING DEVICE AND THE DECODING DEVICE.