Fluid amplifier shift register circuit

Claim 1

IN A FLUID-OPERATED SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT FOR SHIFTING AND STORING INFORMATION IN PRESSURIZED FLUID FORM AND COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SERIALLY CONNECTED STAGES, EACH STAGE COMPRISING FLUID AMPLIFIER GATING MEANS HAVING VENTED AND NONVENTED POWER FLUID RECEIVERS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING PERIODIC PRESSURIZED FLUID TIMING PULSES TO SAID GATING MEANS FOR INITIATING EACH PERIODIC SHIFT OPERATION THEREOF, SAID TIMING PULSE MEANS FURTHER PROVIDED WITH SUBAMBIENT PRESSURE MEANS FOR BIASING SAID GATING MEANS BETWEEN TIMING PULSES TO CAUSE POWER FLUID FLOWS THEREIN TO BE DIRECTED TO THE VENTED RECEIVERS REGARDLESS OF ANY INFORMATION SIGNAL APPLIED TO SAID GATING MEANS, SAID GATING MEANS EACH PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF CONTROL FLUID INLETS POSITIONED INTERMEDIATE A POWER FLUID INLET AND SAID RECEIVERS, A FIRST OF SAID PAIR OF CONTROL FLUID INLETS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID TIMING PULSE AND BIASING MEANS, A SECOND OF SAID PAIR OF CONTROL FLUID INLETS SUPPLIED WITH PRESSURIZED FLUID PULSES REPRESENTING DIGITAL INFORMATION IN BINARY BIT FROM WHICH IS SHIFTED THROUGH THE SHIFT REGISTER ONE BIT AT A TIME IN RESPONSE TO EACH SUCCESSIVE TIMING PULSE, SAID GATING MEANS BEING UNSTABLE IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY TIMING PULSES, BIAS AND INFORMATION PULSES APPLIED TO SAID PAIR OF CONTROL FLUID INLETS, AND FLUID AMPLIFIER FLIP-FLOP MEANS IN FLUID COMMUNICATION WITH SAID GATING MEANS FOR STORING THE INFORMATION PULSES BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TIMING PULSES.