Character generation

Claim 1

IN CHARACTER GENERATION EQUIPMENT OF THE TYPE IN WHICH A CATHODE RAY BEAM IS CONTROLLED TO TRACE A PREDETERMINED RASTER, A COUNTER HAVING TEN OUTPUT LINES FOR RESPECTIVELY PROVIDING TEN SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL LENGTH OUTPUT PULSES SUCCESSIVELY WITH SUBSTANTIALLY NO DELAY BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE PULSES, SAID OUTPUT LINES AND PULSES BEING NUMBERED "O" THROUGH "9" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIME SEQUENCE OF THE OUTPUT PULSES, EACH OF SUCH OUTPUT PULSES HAVING A TIME PERIOD CORRESPONDING TO THE TIME A DIFFERENT GIVEN STROKE IN SAID RASTER IS TO BE TRACED, ANY HORIZONTAL RASTER STROKE BEING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ACCORDING TO WHETHER IT IS TO BE TRACED RIGHTWARDLY OR LEFTWARDLY AND ANY VERTICAL RASTER STROKE BEING POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE ACCORDING TO WHETHER IT IS TO BE TRACED UPWARDLY OR DOWNWARDLY, A FIRST OR CIRCUIT HAVING INPUTS COUPLED TO THE "4" AND "8" OUTPUT PULSE LINES, A SECOND OR CIRCUIT HAVING INPUTS COUPLED TO THE "1" AND "7" OUTPUT PULSE LINES, MEANS FOR COMBINING THE OUTPUTS OF SAID OR CIRCUITS INCLUDING MEANS FOR INVERTING THE OUTPUT OF ONE OF THE OR CIRCUITS TO EFFECT A FIRST WAVEFORM INCLUDING POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PULSES CORRESPONDING TO SAID HORIZONTAL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE STROKES, MEANS FOR INTEGRATING SAID FIRST WAVEFORM FOR CONTROLLING THE HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION OF SAID CATHODE RAY BEAM, A THIRD OR CIRCUIT HAVING INPUTS COUPLED TO THE "0", "5" AND "6" OUTPUT PULSE LINES, A FOURTH OR CIRCUIT HAVING INPUTS COUPLED TO THE "2", "3" AND "7" OUTPUT PULSE LINES, MEANS FOR COMBINING THE OUTPUTS OF SAID THIRD AND FOURTH OR CIRCUITS INCLUDING MEANS FOR INVERTING THE OUTPUT OF