Multiplex transmission systems

Claim 1

IN A MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, A TRANSMITTER INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO MATRIX-TYPE STORES, MEANS FOR WRITING SIGNALS FROM A FIRST PLURALITY OF CHANNELS INTO ONE OF SAID STORES, MEANS FOR WRITING SIGNALS FROM A SECOND PLURALITY OF CHANNELS INTO A SECOND STORE, MEANS WHEREBY SAID SIGNALS ARE FED SEQUENTIALLY INTO SAID STORES IN LINES ALONG ONE DIRECTION SO THAT SIGNALS OF EACH CHANNEL ARE STORED IN RESPECTIVE LATERAL LINES, MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS STORED IN SAID LATERAL LINES SEQUENTIALLY TO TRANSMIT SUCCESSIVE BURSTS OF EACH CHANNEL SIGNAL, SWITCHING MEANS WHEREBY IN EACH STORE IN OPERATION OF WRITING A LINE OF SIGNALS IN ONE DIRECTION ALTERNATES WITH READING OF SAID LATERAL LINE OF STORED SIGNALS AND MEANS WHEREBY WRITING OF A LINE IN ONE STORE COINCIDES WITH READING OF A LINE OUT OF THE OTHER STORE.