Checking device for record processing machines

Claim 1

IN A TAPE-TO-CARD CONVERTER FOR SEQUENTIALLY PROCESSING RECORD CARDS HAVING ROWS AND COLUMNS OF BINARY INDEX POINT POSITIONS AND COMPRISING MEANS OPERABLE FOR ENTERING AN INFORMATION BIT INTO EACH INDEX POINT POSITION OF A CARD, THE INFORMATION BITS OF EACH COLUMN REPRESENTING A CHARACTER, IN COMBINATION, A TAPE READER, FIRST TIMING MEANS FOR DEFINING A TAPE READING STEP AND A CARD PUNCHING STEP, SAID LAST-MENTIONED STEP COMPRISING A SEQUENCE OF INDEX TIMES CORRESPONDING TO SAID ROWS, SECOND TIMING MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST TIMING MEANS FOR DEFINING SEQUENTIAL COLUMN TIMES CORRESPONDING TO SAID COLUMNS DURING EACH ONE OF SAID INDEX TIMES, MAGNETIC CORE STORAGE MEANS COMPRISING FOR EACH COLUMN OF A CARD A PLURALITY OF CORES, EACH PLURALITY INCLUDING A GROUP OF CORES ARRANGED TO STORE A CODE REPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER TO BE ENTERED IN SAID COLUMN, A CHECK BIT GENERATING CORE AND A COMPARING CORE, FIRST COMMON READING MEANS FOR SAID CHECK BIT GENERATING CORES, SECOND COMMON READING MEANS FOR SAID COMPARING CORES, FIRST COMMON WRITING MEANS FOR SAID CHECK BIT GENERATING CORES, SECOND COMMON WRITING MEANS FOR SAID COMPARING CORES, COMMON SELECTING WIRES COUPLED TO THE CORES OF EACH PLURALITY, MEANS FED BY SAID TAPE READER AND CONTROLLED BY SAID FIRST TIMING MEANS FOR STORING INTO SAID STORAGE MEANS THE CODE REPRESENTATIONS OF ALL THE CHARACTERS TO BE ENTERED IN A CARD, MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND