Register-sender arrangement for a communication switching system

Claim 1

IN A COMMUNICATION SWITCHING SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF COMMUNICATION PATHS AND REGISTER MEANS, SAID REGISTER MEANS COMPRISING: A MEMORY HAVING A PLURALITY OF STORAGE ELEMENTS FOR STORAGE OF DIGITAL CALL SIGNALING INFORMATION FROM A CALLING ONE OF SAID PATHS, SAID STORAGE ELEMENTS BEING ORIENTED IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS IN AT LEAST ONE ROW, EACH POSITION IN SAID ROW COMPRISING A GIVEN NUMBER OF SAID STORAGE ELEMENTS FOR STORAGE OF A CODED DIGIT; GATE MEANS INDIVIDUALLY RESPONSIVE TO EACH OF SAID MEMORY POSITIONS BEING SELECTIVELY AVAILABLE FOR STORAGE OF INFORMATION TO SELECTIVELY GENERATE "EMPTY" SIGNALS EACH CORRESPONDING TO AN AVAILABLE MEMORY POSITION; LOGIC MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CALL SIGNALING INFORMATION TO DETECT ONE DIGIT AT A TIME AND TO TRANSFER SAID DIGIT IN CODED FROM INTO ONE OF SAID MEMORY POSITIONS FOR STORAGE THEREOF; AND SHIFTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO AN "EMPTY" SIGNAL CORRESPONDING TO A MEMORY POSITION ADJACENT TO SAID MEMORY POSITION TO SUBSEQUENTLY SHIFT SAID DIGIT INTO THE ADJACENT MEMORY POSITION FOR STORAGE THEREOF.