Multiple circuit data transmission control

Claim 1

IN AN INFORMATION HANDLING MACHINE OF THE TYPE IN WHICH SIGNAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CHARACTERS ARE TRANSMITTED BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE MACHINE, EACH CHARACTER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DATA DESIGNATING BIT MANIFESTATIONS, CHARACTER TRANSMISSION BEING EFFECTED SERIALLY, BIT BY BIT, SAID DATA BIT MANIFESTATIONS INCLUDING A START SIGNAL WHICH APPEARS AT THE COMMENCING OF THE TRANSFER OF A GROUP OF DATA BIT MANIFESTATIONS, AND AN END SIGNAL WHICH INDICATES THE END OF TRANSMISSION OF SAID GROUP; SAID MACHINE PROVIDING SELECT SIGNALS, A FIRST TIMING SIGNAL, AND A SECOND TIMING SIGNAL SUBSEQUENT TO SAID FIRST TIMING SIGNAL; A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE TRANSFER OF SAID DATA BIT MANIFESTATIONS, COMPRISING: OUTPUT MEANS CAPABLE OF ASSUMING EITHER ONE OF TWO STABLE CONDITIONS, SAID MEANS WHEN IN A FIRST ONE OF SAID CONDITIONS GENERATING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL TO INDICATE TO SAID MACHINE AN ORDER TO COMMENCE THE TRANSFER OF A DATA GROUP; DELAY MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID END SIGNAL AND TO SAID SECOND SIGNAL TO GENERATE A DELAYED SIGNAL A DETERMINABLE TIME AFTER THE CONCURRENCE OF SAID END SIGNAL AND SAID SECOND TIMING SIGNAL; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST TIMING SIGNAL AND SAID DELAYED SIGNAL FOR CAUSING SAID OUTPUT MEANS TO ASSUME SAID FIRST CONDITION; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID START SIGNAL AND SAID FIRST TIMING SIGNAL FOR CAUSING SAID OUTPUT MEANS TO ASSUME THE SECOND ONE OF SAID CONDITIONS.