Signal storage device

Claim 1

IN A XEROGRAPHIC REPRODUCTION APPARATUS INCLUDING MEANS TO FORM REPRODUCTIONS OF ORIGINAL COPY DURING THE COURSE OF ITS MOVEMENT ONTO A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING WEB AND CUTTER MEANS FOR CUTTING SAID WEB IN SPACED RELATION TO THE REPRODUCTION THEREON, A SIGNAL STORAGE DEVICE FOR EMITTING A TIME DELAYED OUTPUT SIGNAL FOR THE OPERATION OF SAID CUTTER FROM AN INPUT SIGNAL GENERATED BY THE MOVEMENT OF THE ORIGINAL COPY COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) MEANS ADPATED FOR MOVEMENT AT A RATE HAVING A PREDEFINED TIME RELATION BETWEEN THE RECEIPT OF A SAID INPUT SIGNAL AND THE REQUIRED CORRESPONDING OUTPUT SIGNAL THEREOF; (B) SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS SLIP-COUPLED TO SAID LAST RECITED MEANS TO SLIP RELATIVE THERETO WHEN IMPEDED AND WHEN UNIMPEDED TO MOVE COUPLED THEREWITH TO A SWITCH ACTUATING POSITION; (C) RELEASE MEANS OPERABLY SUPPORTED IN THE PATH OF SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS TO IMPEDE SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS IN THE ABSENCE OF A RECEIVED INPUT SIGNAL TO BE STORED AND TO RELEASE SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS ON RECEPT OF AN INPUT SIGNAL; AND (D) SWITCH MEANS OPERABLY SUPPORTED INTERPOSED IN THE PATH OF SAID ACTUATING MEANS WHEN MOVING TO EMIT AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FOR EFFECTING OPERATION OF SAID CUTTER WHEN ACTUATED BY SAID SWITCH ACTUATING MEANS.