Director system with time division access of a common translator

Claim 1

IN A TELEPHONE SYSTEM INCLUDING AUTOMATIC SWITCHING EQUIPMENT FOR ESTABLISHING TELEPHONE CIRCUITS, A REGISTERSENDER-TRANSLATOR ARRANGEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID SWITCHING EQUIPMENT FOR ACCEPTING DIALED DIGITS THEREFROM AND FOR EXTENDING ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, EACH SAID CONNECTED INCLUDING AN INCOMING LOOP AND AN OUTGOING LOOP, SAID REGISTER-SENDER-TRANSLATOR ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING: (A) A TRANSLATOR INCLUDING A TRANSLATING MATRIX HAVING AN INPUT AND AN OUTPUT; (B) A PLURALITY OF REGISTER-SENDERS EACH CONNECTED TO AN INCOMING AND AN OUTGOING LOOP AND EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUTS AND OUTPUTS, ONE OF SAID INPUTS CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSLATOR MATRIX OUTPUT AND ONE OF SAID OUTPUTS OF EACH SAID REGISTER-SENDER CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSLATOR MATRIX INPUT AND (C) A TIME DIVISION SIGNALING ARRANGEMENT HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINAL PAIRS EACH CONNECTED TO A SEPARATE ONE OF SAID REGISTER-SENDERS, SAID SIGNALING ARRANGEMENT OPERATING TO PROVIDE TO EACH SAID PAIR, DURING CORRESPONDINGLY ASSIGNED CYCLIC RECURRING TIME POSITIONS, A FIRST SWITCHED POTENTIAL ON ONE TERMINAL AND A SECOND SWITCHED POTENTIAL ON THE OTHER TERMINAL ASSOCIATE EACH OF SAID REGISTERSENDERS WITH SAID TRANSLATOR DURING SEPARATE TIME POSITIONS.