Apparatus for storing information and triggering printing operations and the like

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRIGGERING A DESIRED OPERATION, PARTICULARLY FOR APPLICATION WITH PRINTING MACHINES, COMPRISING READ-IN MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY READING-IN INFORMATION RELEVANT TO A PRINTING OPERATION DESIRED TO BE UNDERTAKEN, MEANS FOR STORING SUCH READ-IN PRINTING-OPERATION INFORMATION, SAID STORING MEANS COMPRISING MAGNETIC RINGS EACH CAPABLE OF ASSUMING TWO DIFFERENT MAGNETIC CONDITIONS, ONE SUCH MAGNETIC CONDITION BEING IN RESPONSE TO SELECTIVE PRINTING-OPERATION INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SAID READ-IN MEANS AND STORED BY AN ASSOCIATED MAGNETIC RING, THE OTHER MAGNETIC CONDITION BEING IN RESPONSE TO INFORMATION DISCHARGED BY READ-OUT MEANS, READ-OUT MEANS FOR RETRIEVING THE STORED PRINTING-OPERATION INFORMATION, SAID READ-OUT MEANS INCLUDING AN IMPULSE GENERATOR FOR DRIVING SAID ASSOCIATED MAGNETIC RING INTO THE OTHER MAGNETIC CONDITION, CONDUCTOR MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID MAGNETIC STORAGE RINGS SUCH THAT THE MAGNETIC REVERSAL OF SAID ASSOCIATED MAGNETIC RING FROM SAID ONE MAGNETIC CONDITION INTO THE OTHER MAGNETIC CONDITION INDUCES A TRIGGER PULSE IN SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS, AND MEANS INCLUDING A FURTHER IMPULSE GENERATOR ELECTRICALLY COUPLED WITH SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID TIRGGER FOR CONTROLLING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SELECTIVELY READ-IN PRINTING OPERATION.