Data transmitting and recording device and system

Claim 1

A DATA TRANSMITTER SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECORDING DATA COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF TRANSMITTER STATIONS WHICH MAY BE WIDELY SEPARATED IN LOCATIONS DISTANT FROM A CENTRAL OFFICE; A RECEIVER-SELECTOR CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO ALL OF SAID TRANSMITTER STATIONS AND LOCATED AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE; A DATA TRANSMITTER AT SAID CENTRAL OFFICE; A DATA RECORDER ALSO AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE; AND A PLURALITY OF DATA PLATES HAVING DATA-BEARING FORMATIONS INCLUDED THEREON FOR REPRESENTING CODED DATA, SAID DATA ALSO HAVING GROOVE FORMATIONS BUILT INTO THE BODY OF THE PLATES FOR SELECTIVE INSERTION INTO SLOTS IN SAID TRANSMITTER STATIONS; EACH OF SAID TRANSMITTER STATIONS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF FIRST CONTACT ASSEMBLIES FOR OPERATION BY SAID DATA PLATES, MECHANICAL MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID FIRST CONTACT ASSEMBLIES TO COMPLETE ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS REPRESENTING SAID DATA, AND A FIRST TRANSMITTER STEPPING SWITCH HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS FOR SEQUENTIAL OPERATION TO SAID CONTACT ASSEMBLIES; SAID RECEIVER-SELECTOR INCLUDING A SECOND STEPPING SWITCH HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS CONNECTED TO SAID TRANSMITTER STATIONS AND OPERABLE TO BE SEQUENTIALLY CONNECTED TO A PLURALITY OF ROTATABLE CONTACT BARS, AND MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID SECOND STEPPING SWITCH TO SELECT A DESIRED TRANSMITTER STATION; SAID DATA TRANSMITTER AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE INCLUDING CONTACT ASSEMBLIES REPRESENTING CODED VALUES FOR TRANSMISSION TO THE DATA RECORDER WITH THE DATA FROM SAID TRANSMITTER, AND A THIRD STEPPING SWITCH HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONTACTS FOR SEQUENTIAL CONNECTION TO SAID DATA RECORDER TO TRANSMIT DATA; SAID DATA RECORDER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMECHANICAL MEANS FOR RECORDING SAID CODED DATA IN A TAPE.