Multiple module time division multiplex communication system utilizing highlow speed conversion

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING AN INFORMATION ANALOG SIGNAL FROM A FIRST OF A PLURALITY OF LINE CIRCUITS TO A SECOND OF SAID PLURALITY OF LINE CIRCUITS, COMPRISING A FIRST AND A SECOND INFORMATION STORAGE UNIT, A THIRD AND A FOURTH INFORMATION STORAGE UNIT, FIRST MEANS INCLUDING A SEND GATE AND AN OUTERPUT CONTROL GATE IN SERIES FOR PERIODICALLY TRANSFERRING A SAMPLE OF SAID SIGNAL FROM SAID FIRST LINE CIRCUIT TO SAID FIRST STORAGE UNIT DURING A FIRST TIME INTERVAL OF GIVEN DURATION, SECOND MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING SAID SAMPLE STORED BY SAID FIRST STORAGE UNIT TO SAID THIRD STORAGE UNIT DURING A SECOND TIME INTERVAL FOLLOWING SAID FIRST TIME INTERVAL WHICH SECOND TIME INTERVAL IS SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER IN DURATION THAN SAID GIVEN DURATION, AND THIRD MEANS INCLUDING A RECEIVE GATE AND AN INPUT CONTROL GATE IN SERIES FOR TRANSFERRING SAID SAMPLE STORED BY SAID THIRD STORAGE UNIT TO SAID SECOND LINE CIRCUIT DURING A THIRD TIME INTERVAL FOLLOWING SAID SECOND TIME INTERVAL WHICH THIRD TIME INTERVAL IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL IN DURATION TO SAID GIVEN DURATION, SAID SEND GATE, OUTPUT CON-