Electronic binary counter and converter

Claim 1

IN A BINARY INFORMATION CONVERTER, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT DIRECTING LEADS, CIRCUIT MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY ACTIVATING SAID PLURALITY OF OUTPUT LEADS, SAID CIRCUIT MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BISTABLE CIRCUIT MEANS EACH OF WHICH INCLUDES RESET AND SET INPUT TERMINALS AND TWO OUTPUT TERMINALS REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH OF THE TWO POSSIBLE STABLE STATES CONTAINED THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF STEERING CIRCUIT MEANS IN ONE TO ONE CORRESPONDENCE WITH SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE CIRCUIT MEANS, TWO INPUT PULSE DIRECTING LEADS, A SOURCE OF INPUT PULSES WHICH ALTERNATELY ACTIVATES EACH OF SAID INPUT LEADS, EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF STEERING CIRCUIT MEANS INCLUDING AN AND LOGIC GATE WHOSE OUTPUT IS CONNECTED TO THE SET TERMINAL OF ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE CIRCUIT MEANS, AND ANOTHER AND GATE WHOSE OUTPUT IS CONNECTED TO THE RESET TERMINAL OF THE SAME ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE CIRCUIT MEANS, EACH OF SAID AND GATES BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE SIMULTANEOUS RECEPTION OF A SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE TWO OUTPUT TERMINALS OF EACH OF THE NONCONNECTED ONES OF SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE CIRCUIT MEANS AND A SIGNAL FROM ONE OF SAID TWO ALTERNATELY ACTIVATED INPUT PULSE DIRECTING LEADS TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT, SAID OUTPUT DIRECTING LEADS BEING CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID AND GATES SUCH THAT EACH LEAD IS SEQUENTIALLY ACTIVATED, A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID OUTPUT DIRECTING LEADS BEING ACTIVATED FOR EACH OCCURRENCE OF AN INPUT PULSE, ALL OF SAID LEADS BEING ACTIVATED BEFORE ANY ONE OF SAID OUTPUT DIRECTING LEADS MAY BE REACTIVATED.