Random-access information storage device utilizing flexible rectangular magnetic strips

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IN A RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A PREDETERMINED PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE SELECTOR RODS ARRANGED ALONGSIDE AND PARALLEL TO ONE ANOTHER IN A COMMON PLANE AND A PAIR OF ROTATABLE SUSPENDER BARS LOCATED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID ROTATABLE SELECTOR RODS AND SPACED FROM SAID COMMON PLANE, A PLURALITY OF FLEXIBLE RECTANGULAR MAGNETIC DATA-STORAGE STRIPS VERTICALLY SUSPENDED FROM SAID SELECTOR RODS AND SAID SUSPENDER BARS AND COOPERATING THEREWITH SO THAT ONLY ONE OF SAID STRIPS CAN BE RELEASED FOR FREE FALL AT A TIME DEPENDING UPON THE SELECTIVE ORIENTATION OF SAID SELECTOR RODS, EACH STRIP HAVING A PAIR OF OPPOSITE FLAT SURFACES, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SIDE EDGES AND A PAIR OF END EDGES, THE PAIR OF SIDE EDGES OF EACH STRIP HAVING A LENGTH MANY TIMES GREATER THAN THE ENDS EDGES, ONE OF THE END EDGES OF EACH STRIP BEING PROVIDED WITH A UNIQUE BINARY-CODED CONFIGURATION OF UNDERCUT EDGE INDENTATIONS FOR COOPERATIONS WITH SAID SELECTOR RODS, AND THE PAIR OF PARALLEL SIDE EDGES OF EACH STRIP BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF OPPOSED SIDE INDENTATIONS FOR COOPERATION WITH SAID SUSPENDER BARS AND LOCATED RELATIVELY CLOSE TO BUT SPACED FROM THE END EDGE CONTAINING SAID UNDERCUT EDGE INDENTATIONS, EACH STRIP BEING FORMED OF A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL HAVING A FLEXIBLE LAYER OF CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL UNIFORMLY DISPOSED ON ONE FLAT SURFACE THEREOF FOR DISPERSING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGES AND A LAYER OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL UNIFORMLY DISPOSED ON THE OPPOSITE FLAT SURFACE THEREOF, AND A PROTECTIVE LAYER OF DURABLE MATERIAL UNIFORMLY DISPOSED OVER THE MAGNETIC LAYER.