Readout device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR STORING A NUMBER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POSITION OF A RACK MOVABLE TO ANY SELECTED ONE OF A NUMBER OF POSITIONS REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS COMPRISING SUPPORTING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF NUMBERS CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT SELECTABLE POSITIONS OF THE RACK, A FIRST ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, A PAIR OF CONTACT MEMBERS CARRIED BY SAID ARM AND SETTABLE BY THE PIVOTING OF SAID ARM INTO CONTACT WITH ANY ONE OF SAID MOUNTED CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID ARM HAVING A HOME POSITION, A SECOND ARM PIVOTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS COAXIALLY WITH SAID FIRST ARM AND IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH THE RACK, SAID SECOND ARM HAVING A HOME POSITION, A FIRST SPRING URGING SAID SECOND ARM AGAINST SAID RACK IN A DIRECTION TO EFFECT A PIVOTING OF SAID SECOND ARM AWAY FROM HOME POSITION AS THE RACK MOVES TO A SELECTED ONE OF SAID POSITIONS, AN ABUTMENT PIN ON SAID FIRST ARM ENGAGING AN ABUTMENT ON SAID SECOND ARM IN A RELATIONSHIP TO EFFECT UNIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST ARM BY SAID SECOND ARM TO SET SAID PAIR OF CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID SECOND ARM RETURNABLE TO HOME POSITION BY AND UPON RETURN OF SAID RACK, A RETRACTABLE DETENT OPERABLE TO ENGAGE AND HOLD SAID FIRST ARM IN CONTACT SELECTED POSITION, A SECOND SPRING URGING SAID FIRST ARM AND SAID SECOND ARM TOGETHER AND OPERABLE TO RETURN SAID FIRST ARM TO HOME POSITION FOLLOWING RETRACTION OF SAID DETENT, AND A SHOCK ABSORBER POSITIONED TO YIELDINGLY OPPOSE RETURN OF SAID ARM TO HOME POSITION PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT OF SAID PIN ABUTMENT WITH THE ABUTMENT ON SAID SECOND ARM.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR STORING A NUMBER IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POSITION OF A RACK MOVABLE TO ANY SELECTED ONE OF A NUMBER OF POSITIONS REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF DIFFERENT NUMBERS COMPRISING SUPPORTING MEANS, A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEMBERS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS AND REPRESENTATIVE RESPECTIVELY OF NUMBERS CORRESPONDING TO THE DIFFERENT SELECTABLE POSITIONS OF THE RACK, A FIRST ARM PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS, A PAIR OF CONTACT MEMBERS CARRIED BY SAID ARM AND SETTABLE BY THE PIVOTING OF SAID ARM INTO CONTACT WITH ANY ONE OF SAID MOUNTED CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID ARM HAVING A HOME POSITION, A SECOND ARM PIVOTED ON SAID SUPPORTING MEANS COAXIALLY WITH SAID FIRST ARM AND IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH THE RACK, SAID SECOND ARM HAVING A HOME POSITION, A FIRST SPRING URGING SAID SECOND ARM AGAINST SAID RACK IN A DIRECTION TO EFFECT A PIVOTING OF SAID SECOND ARM AWAY FROM HOME POSITION AS THE RACK MOVES TO A SELECTED ONE OF SAID POSITIONS, AN ABUTMENT PIN ON SAID FIRST ARM ENGAGING AN ABUTMENT ON SAID SECOND ARM IN A RELATIONSHIP TO EFFECT UNIDIRECTIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST ARM BY SAID SECOND ARM TO SET SAID PAIR OF CONTACT MEMBERS, SAID SECOND ARM RETURNABLE TO HOME POSITION BY AND UPON RETURN OF SAID RACK, A RETRACTABLE DETENT OPERABLE TO ENGAGE AND HOLD SAID FIRST ARM IN CONTACT SELECTED POSITION, A SECOND SPRING URGING SAID FIRST ARM AND SAID SECOND ARM TOGETHER AND OPERABLE TO RETURN SAID FIRST ARM TO HOME POSITION FOLLOWING RETRACTION OF SAID DETENT, AND A SHOCK ABSORBER POSITIONED TO YIELDINGLY OPPOSE RETURN OF SAID ARM TO HOME POSITION PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT OF SAID PIN ABUTMENT WITH THE ABUTMENT ON SAID SECOND ARM.