Apparatus for converting binary code into printed decimal data

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING BINARY CODE INFORMATION INTO A MECHANICAL MOVEMENT FOR THE ENTRY OF A CORRESPONDING NUMBER INTO AN ADDING MACHINE OF THE TYPE HAVING A NUMBER STOP SLIDE FOR EACH DECIMAL COLUMN, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A READOUT GEAR SECTOR ADAPTED TO BE MESHED WITH AND DRIVEN BY GEAR TEETH ON THE ADDING MACHINE STOP SLIDE, A STACK OF RELATIVELY ROTATABLE CODE ELEMENTS ADJACENT SAID GEAR SECTOR, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID GEAR SECTOR AND THE ADJACENT CODE ELEMENT, MEANS ON SAID CODE ELEMENTS DEFINING CODE TRACKS, THE NUMBER OF CODE TRACKS BEING EQUAL TO THE TOTAL OF THE DIFFERENT CODE INDICIA IN THE BINARY CODES ADAPTED TO BE CONVERTED, MEANS TRANSVERSABLE OF SAID CODE TRACKS RELASABLY LATCHING ADJACENT CODE ELEMENTS TOGETHER FOR ROTATION TOGETHER, AND SELECTIVELY OPERABLE MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID LATCHING MEANS TO RELEASE ADJACENT CODE ELEMENTS FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE APPROPRIATE CODE TRACK.