Audio readout of remotely located meter

Claim 1

A TRANSMITTING APPARATUS FOR TELEMETERING SYSTEMS AND THE LIKE COMPRISING A COUNTER OF THE DIGITAL ACCUMULATOR TYPE HAVING A PLURALITY OF DIGIT INDICATING ELEMENTS AND A ROW OF NORMALLY OPEN SWITCHES FOR EACH ELEMENT EACH SWITCH REPRESENTING A DIGIT OF THE ELEMENT AND BEING CLOSED WHEN ITS RESPECTIVE DIGIT IS INDICATED BY THE ELEMENT WHEREBY ONE SWITCH OF EACH ELEMENT IS CLOSED DEPENDING ON THE POSITION OF THE COUNTER, A ROTATABLE RECORD HOLDER HAVING VOICE RECORDINGS OF THE NINE DIGITS AND ZERO ARRANGED IN SPACED POSITIONS, A MOTOR FOR ROTATING SAID RECORD HOLDER, PICKUP HEADS ONE ADJACENT EACH RECORDING FOR REPRODUCING SAID VOICE RECORDINGS, MEANS ACTUATED BY A PREDETERMINED SIGNAL FOR ENERGIZING SAID MOTOR TO ROTATE SAID RECORD HOLDER, SCANNING MEANS CONNECTED TO BE ACTUATED BY SAID MOTOR FOR CONNECTING THE CLOSED SWITCH OF EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS IN ORDER AND AT PREDETERMINED SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL INTERVALS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE HEADS REPRESENTING THE RESPECTIVE DIGIT CORRESPONDING TO EACH CLOSED SWITCH, SAID SCANNING MEANS COMPRISING A ROTARY SWITCH UNIT FOR CONNECTNG SAID PICKUP HEADS SELECTIVELY ONE AT A TIME TO SAID OUTPUT CIRCUIT, SAID UNIT COMPRISING A ROTATABLE ARM AND A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY OPEN SWITCHES POSITIONED FOR SUCCESSIVE ENGAGEMENT AND OPERATION BY SAID ARM DURING ITS ROTATION, EACH OF SAID SWITCHES HAVING AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE ACTUATING MEMBER EXTENDING INTO THE PATH OF SAID ARM AND ARRANGED TO REMAIN IN OPERATING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ARM A TIME SUFFICIENT TO AFFORD REPRODUCTION OF THE RECORDING ON THE CORRESPONDING HEAD, AND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING THE VOICE SIGNALS FROM THE SELECTED DIGIT RECORDING TO A TELEPHONE CIRCUIT.