Electronic tax calculation circuit for use in business accounting system

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A FIRST RING COUNTER OF BIDIRECTIONAL TYPE, HAVING CENTS, 10-CENT, DOLLARS AND 10-DOLLAR DECADE PORTIONS, FOR COUNTING AND STORING THEREIN PULSES IN NUMBER REPRESENTING INFORMATION ON THE TOTAL RUNNING PRICE BEFORE TAX, OR SUB-TOTAL PRICE, OF THE QUANTITY OF COMMODITY ITEMS, OR SERVICES, SOLD ON A SINGLE ORDER TO A CUSTOMER; A CIRCUIT FOR COMPUTING AND INDICATING THE TAX ON SAID SUB-TOTAL PRICE COMPRISING INDICATING MEANS INCLUDING MECHANICAL TAX COUNTER MEANS HAVING CENTS AND DOLLARS PORTIONS; A PLURALITY OF GATES EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT TAX BREAK IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID LAW, CONNECTED TO DIFFERENT OUTPUTS OF SAID COUNTER PORTIONS AND ADAPTED TO BE ENABLE THEREBY WHEN SAID FIRST COUNTER COUNTS, A SUM EQUAL TO THAT TAX BREAK; CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLED FROM THE OUTPUT OF SAID DOLLARS AND 10-DOLLARS COUNTER PORTIONS FOR SELECTING THE RANGE OF TAX BREAKS AND THE REPETITIVE CYCLES THEREOF UNDER SAID LAW APPLICABLE TO SAID SUBTOTAL PRICE; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SIGNALS GENERATED BY SAID CIRCUIT IN DIFFERENT OPERATING CYCLES FOR CAUSING THE TAX ON THE CENTS AND DOLLARS PART OF SAID SUBTOTAL TO BE CALCULATED SEPARATELY IN THE FORM OF AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF PULSES OF ONE CENT VALUE EACH TRANSMITTED THROUGH ENABLED ONES OF SAID GATES SELECTED BY SAID CONTROL MEANS; AND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE PULSE OUTPUTS OF ALL THE ENABLED GATES TO SAID INDICATING MEANS TO ACCUMULATE THE TAX INFORMATION THEREIN.