Planetary recording apparatus

Claim 1

A RECORDING DEVICE OF RECEIVING CODED DATA INFORMATION SIGNALS AND RECORDING MANIFESTATION OF SUCH DATA INFORMATIN ON A RECORD MEDIUM COMPRISING; (A) A PLANETARY MECHANISM INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO POWER INPUT MEANS ONE OF WHICH MEANS INCLUDES AS A PLANET COMPONENT AT LEAST ONE ROTATABLE MEMBER COMPRISING AN OPERATOR DRUM INCLUDING: (1) A PLURALITY OF OPERATOR MEANS PLACED AT CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED APART POSITIONS ON THE OUTER PERIPHERAL SURFACE ON THE DRUM, EACH RECORDING OPERATOR MEANS PASSING THROUGH A DISTINCT REPETITIVE MULTIPLE PEAK CYCLODIAL PATH; (B) POWER MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ONE POWER INPUT MEANS TO CNTINUALLY ROTATE SAID PLURALITY OF OPERATOR MEANS ABOUT THE AXIS OFF THE PLANETARY MECHANISM AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PLANETATE SAID OPERATOR MEANS TO FOLLOW SAID CYCLOIDAL PATHS; (C) MEANS PROVIDING A CONTROLLABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OTHER OF SAID PLANETARY INPUT MEANS AND SAID POWER MEANS TO IMPART A ROTATIONAL BIAS FORCE TO SAID OTHER PLANETARY INPUT MEANS; (D) RECORDING MECHANISM, ADAPTED TO IMPART RECORD DATA ON A RECORD MEDIUM POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID PLANETARY MECHAMISM AND INCLUDING: (1) RECORDING MEANS ADAPTED TO BE OPERATED TO RECORD DATA ON A RECORD MEDIUM IN ACCORD WITH OPERATIVE ENGGEMENT BY AN OPERATOR MEANS, THE CYCLOIDAL PEAK OF WHICH IS SELECTED BY SELECTING MEANS TO OCCUR AND MAKE OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT AT A POSITION LOCATION COINCIDING WITH THE LOCATION OF RECORDING MEANS; (E) SAID SELECTING MEANS INCLUDING A PORTION OF SAID OTHER PLANETRY INPUT MEANS AND A PLURALITY OF A SELECTIVELY OPERABLE STOP MEANS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID PORTION OF SAID OTHER INPUT MEANS TO NORMALLY MAINTAIN SAID OTHER PLANETARY INPUT MEANS IN A NORMAL NEUTRAL POSITION AND TO ENABLE ROTATINAL SHIFTING OF SAID OTHER PLANETARY INPUT MEANS TO A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT FIXED ANGULAR POSITIONSWITHIN A CYCLE OF ROTATION WHEREBY A RELATIVE REPHASING OF THE CYCLOIDAL PATHS OF MOVEMENT OF SAID OPERATOR MEANS IS ENABLED TO ASSURE OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT OF SELECTED ONES OF SAID OPERATOR MEANS WITH RECORDING MEANS AT ONE OF SAID CYCLOIDAL PEAK POSITIONS WITH A SUBSEQUENT RELATIVE REPHASING OF THE CYCLOIDAL PATH TO AVOID SUBSEQUENT OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENTS BETWEEN SELECTED OPERATOR MEANS AND SAID RECORDING MEANS; AND (F) FEED MEANS ENBLING A RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID RECORD MEDIUM AND SAID RECORDING MECHANISM TO ENABLE SUCCESSIVE SPACED RECORDING OF SAID ON THE RECORD MEDIUM.