Bidirectional code translation circuit

Claim 1

A BIDIRECTIONAL CODE TRANSLATION CIRCUIT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO EXPANSION CIRCUIT MEANS, EACH BEING COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF INPUT CONTROL TERMINALS FOR RECEIVING ANY OF THE INPUT INFORMATION COMBINATIONS; A PLURALITY OF EXPANSION TERMINALS CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF INFORMATION COMBINATIONS TO BE DISCRIMINATED, AND LOGICAL NETWORK MEANS SELECTIVELY CONNECTING SAID INPUT CONTROL TERMINALS TO SAID EXPANSION TERMINALS OF JUMPER MEANS SELECTIVELY CONNECTING THE EXPANSION TERMINALS OF AT LEAST TWO OF SAID EXPANSION CIRCUIT MEANS; MULTIPLE STAGE COUNTER MEANS CAPABLE OF COUNTING ANY PREDETERMINED NUMBER; MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID COUNTER MEANS TO ONE OF SAID EXPANSION CIRCUIT MEANS WHEN ONE OF THE REMAINING EXPANSION CIRCUIT MEANS RECEIVING INPUT INFORMATION; MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID COUNTER MEANS; DETECTION CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID EXPANSION CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INDICATING COMPLETION OF THE CODE TRANSLATION OPERATION; MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DETECTION CIRCUIT MEANS FOR INHIBITING THE ADVANCING OPERATION OF SAID COUNTER MEANS WHEN SAID DETECTION CIRCUIT MEANS COMPLETES SAID CODE TRANSLATION OPERATION.