Character selection mechanism without return to home position

Claim 1

A HIGH SPEED SELECTION MECHANISM COMPRISING: TWO SETS OF CAM MEANS WITH EACH OF SAID SETS OF CAM MEANS BEING MOUNTED FOR AXIAL MOVEMENT; EACH OF SAID SETS OF CAM MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PROFILES; MEANS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ROTATE SAID TWO SETS OF CAM MEANS THE SAME AMOUNT DURING EACH ACTUATION OF SAID ROTATING MEANS TO PRODUCE FIRST AND SECOND CYCLES OF OPERATION; THE PROFILES ON ONE OF SAID SETS OF CAM MEANS BEING THE SAME AS THE PROFILES ON THE OTHER OF SAID SETS OF CAM MEANS BUT DISPLACED THEREFROM AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF ROTATION OF SAID SETS OF CAM MEANS DURING EACH OF THE CYCLES OF OPERATION; FIRST FOLLOWER MEANS ADAPTED TO BE SELECTED FOR COOPERATION WITH THE PROFILES ON SAID ONE SET OF CAM MEANS TO DETERMINE THE AXIAL POSITION OF SAID ONE SET OF CAM MEANS DURING EACH OF THE FIRST CYCLES OF OPERATION;