Telephone dialing device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY DIALING ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS COMPRISING: SUPPORT MEANS; AN ENDLESS MAGNETIC RECORD BELT CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MEANS; A MAGNETIC RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS SLIDABLY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF THE RECORD BELT IN OPERATIVE POSITION ADJACENT THE RECORD BELT; ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING THE ENDLESS RECORD BELT ONE COMPLETE REVOLUTION PAST THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS UPON ACTUATION; AND, CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROGRAM RECORDED ON THE RECORD BELT, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING PULSE FORMING MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL PULSE OF UNIFORM AMPLITUDE AND DURATION EACH TIME THE TELEPHONE CIRCUIT IS TO BE INTERRUPTED, INTEGRATION CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE PULSES FROM THE PULSE FORMING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PRODUCING A SINGLE ELECTRICAL PULSE HAVING A DURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE DURATION OF PULSES REPRESENTATIVE OF A SINGLE DIGIT, A MUTING RELAY THE COIL OF WHICH IS DRIVEN BY THE OUTPUT OF THE INTEGRATOR CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE CONTACTS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTABLE IN PARALLEL WITH THE MUTING CONTACTS OF THE TELEPHONE, AND A DIALING RELAY THE COIL OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE PULSE FORMING CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE CONTACTS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTABLE IN PARALLEL WITH THE DIALING CONTACTS OF THE TELEPHONE WHERE A SERIES OF PULSES ARE REPRODUCED, THE MUTING CONTACTS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF EACH SERIES OF PULSES CORRESPONDING TO A DIGIT AND THE DIALING CONTACTS WILL BE CLOSED ONLY DURING EACH INDIVIDUAL PULSE, WHEREBY ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS RECORDED ON TRANSVERSELY SPACED PROGRAM TRACKS ON THE RECORD BELT CAN BE SELECTIVELY REPRODUCED BY MOVING THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD TO THE SELECTED TRACK AND ACTUATING THE ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED MEANS FOR MOVING THE ENDLESS RECORD BELT.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY DIALING ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS COMPRISING: SUPPORT MEANS; AN ENDLESS MAGNETIC RECORD BELT CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MEANS; A MAGNETIC RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS SLIDABLY CONNECTED TO THE SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOVEMENT TRANSVERSELY OF THE RECORD BELT IN OPERATIVE POSITION ADJACENT THE RECORD BELT; ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING THE ENDLESS RECORD BELT ONE COMPLETE REVOLUTION PAST THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS UPON ACTUATION; AND, CIRCUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD MEANS FOR INTERRUPTING A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PROGRAM RECORDED ON THE RECORD BELT, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING PULSE FORMING MEANS FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRICAL PULSE OF UNIFORM AMPLITUDE AND DURATION EACH TIME THE TELEPHONE CIRCUIT IS TO BE INTERRUPTED, INTEGRATION CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE THE PULSES FROM THE PULSE FORMING CIRCUIT MEANS FOR PRODUCING A SINGLE ELECTRICAL PULSE HAVING A DURATION CORRESPONDING TO THE DURATION OF PULSES REPRESENTATIVE OF A SINGLE DIGIT, A MUTING RELAY THE COIL OF WHICH IS DRIVEN BY THE OUTPUT OF THE INTEGRATOR CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE CONTACTS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTABLE IN PARALLEL WITH THE MUTING CONTACTS OF THE TELEPHONE, AND A DIALING RELAY THE COIL OF WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE PULSE FORMING CIRCUIT MEANS AND THE CONTACTS OF WHICH ARE CONNECTABLE IN PARALLEL WITH THE DIALING CONTACTS OF THE TELEPHONE WHERE A SERIES OF PULSES ARE REPRODUCED, THE MUTING CONTACTS WILL BE CLOSED FOR THE DURATION OF EACH SERIES OF PULSES CORRESPONDING TO A DIGIT AND THE DIALING CONTACTS WILL BE CLOSED ONLY DURING EACH INDIVIDUAL PULSE, WHEREBY ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS RECORDED ON TRANSVERSELY SPACED PROGRAM TRACKS ON THE RECORD BELT CAN BE SELECTIVELY REPRODUCED BY MOVING THE RECORD-PLAYBACK HEAD TO THE SELECTED TRACK AND ACTUATING THE ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED MEANS FOR MOVING THE ENDLESS RECORD BELT.