Code conversion device

Claim 1

A TRANSLATING DEVICE IN WHICH DATA CODED IN A FIRST SYSTEM OF NOTATION IS TRANSLATED INTO FURTHER SEPARATE AND DISTINCT SYSTEMS OF NOTATION DURING SUCCESSIVE OPERATING CYCLES COMPRISING: A REGISTER MEANS FOR ACCEPTING AND STORING DATA CODED IN SAID FIRST SYSTEM OF NOTION; GATING MEAN HAVING OUTPUT LINES, SAID GATING MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO SAID REGISTER MEANS FOR RECEIVING THE OUTPUT THEREOF; MEANS OPERATIVE DURING A FIRST OPERATING CYCLE TO CONTROL SAID GATING MEANS ACCORDING TO THE DATA STORED IN SAID REGISTER MEANS TO PERMIT THE CONTENTS OF SAID REGISTER MEANS TO BE GATED UNCHANGED IF CERTAIN DATA IS PRESENT IN SAID REGISTER MEANS AND TO PERMIT PARITIAL GATING IF OTHER DATA IS PRESENT IN SAID REGISTER MEANS; FIRST MEANS TO INSERT DATA AT THE OUTPUTS OF SAID GATING MEANS FOR ANY PORTION OF DATA OF THE REGISTER MEANS NOT GATED; SECOND MEANS TO INSERT DATA AT THE OUTPUTS OF SAID GATING MEANS DURING A SECOND OPERATING CYCLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATA ORIGINALLY STORED BY SAID REGISTER MEANS TO PROVIDE DATA CODED IN A SECOND SYSTEM OF NOTION; THIRD MEANS TO INSERT DATA AT THE OUTPUTS OF SAID GATING MEANS DURING A THIRD OPERATING CYCLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DATA ORIGINALLY STORED BY SAID REGISTER MEANS TO PROVIDE DATA CODED IN A THIRD SYSTEM OF NOTATION; MEANS TO PROVIDE SIGNALS INDICATIVE OF SAID THREE DISTINCT OPERATING CYCLES TO SAID RESPECTIVE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD MEANS; AND MEANS TO READ OUT AND UTILIZE EACH OF SAID THREE DISTINCT DATA GROUPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS OF NOTATION.