Reversible electronic counter

Claim 1

A HIGH SPEED BINARY COUNTING CIRCUIT, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF COUNTING AND STEERING ELEMENTS; EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS HAVING A BISTABLE BINARY STORAGE DEVICE, SAID COUNTING ELEMENTS BEING ACTUATABLE BY THE LEADING EDGE OF A PULSE TO CHANGE STATES AND SAID STEERING ELEMENTS ACTUATABLE BY THE END OF SAID PULSE TO CHANGE STATES; EACH OF THE BISTABLE BINARY STORAGE DEVICES HAVING SET AND RESET INPUT CONDUCTORS AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT CONDUCTORS; THE SIGNALS ON THE OUTPUT CONDUCTORS OF THE BISTABLE BINARY STORAGE DEVICES OF SAID COUNTING ELEMENTS PROVIDING COUNTING SIGNALS INDICATING THE COUNT STORED IN SAID COUNTING CIRCUIT; THE SIGNALS ON THE OUTPUT CONDUCTORS OF THE BISTABLE BINARY STORAGE DEVICES OF SAID STEERING ELEMENTS PROVIDING STEERING SIGNALS; A SOURCE OF PULSES TO BE COUNTED; FIRST GATING MEANS FOR APPLYING COMBINATIONS OF SAID STEERING SIGNALS AND THE PULSES TO BE COUNTED TO THE SET AND RESET INPUT CONDUCTORS OF EACH OF SAID BISTABLE BINARY STORAGE DEVICES OF SAID COUNTING ELEMENTS; AND SECOND GATING MEANS FOR APPLYING COMBINATIONS OF SAID COUNTING SIGNALS AND THE INVERSE OF SAID PULSES TO BE COUNTED TO THE SET AND RESET INPUT CONDUCTORS OF EACH OF SAID BISTABLE STORAGE DEVICES OF SAID STEERING ELEMENTS.