Binary to decimal binary code translator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING FROM A BINARY NUMBER TO A DECIMAL BINARY CODE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, (A) A SOURCE OF SIGNALS REPRESENTING A BINARY NUMBER (B) A SUCCESSIVE SERIES OF SUBTRACTION MODULES EACH CAPABLE OF REGISTERING A VARIABLE BINARY SEQUENCE AND SUBTRACTING THEREFROM A PRESELECTED FIXED BINARY SEQUENCE, (C) MEANS FOR SUPPLYING THE FOUR HIGHEST ORDER BITS OF SAID BINARY NUMBER TO THE FIRST MODULE OF SAID SERIES AS THE VARIABLE BINARY SEQUENCE, (D) A SERIES OF QUOTIENT RECORDERS ONE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH MODULE AND CONTROLLED THEREBY TO A FIRST CONDITION WHEN THE SUBTRACTION IS COMPLETED AND TO A SECOND CONDITION WHEN SAID FIXED SEQUENCE IS GREATER THAN THE RECEIVED VARIABLE SEQUENCE, (E) EACH MODULE OTHER THAN THE FIRST MODULE BEING CONTROLLED BY THE PRECEDING MODULE IN SAID SERIES AND THAT ASSOCIATED QUOTIENT RECORDER FOR REGISTERING AS THE FIRST PORTION OF ITS VARIABLE SEQUENCE THE DIFFERENCE RESULTING FROM THE SUBTRACTION IN THE PRECEDING MODULE WHEN THAT ASSOCIATED QUOTIENT RECORDER IS IN ITS FIRST CONDITION AND THE LAST FOUR BITS OF THE VARIABLE SEQUENCE REGISTERED BY THE PRECEDING MODULE WHEN THAT ASSOCIATED RECORDER IS IN ITS SECOND CONDITION, (1) EACH OTHER MODULE ALSO BEING CONTROLLED BY SAID SOURCE FOR TRANSFERRING THE NEXT UNUSED LOWER ORDER BIT INTO THAT MODULE AS THE FINAL BIT OF THE VARIABLE SEQUENCE, (F) OUTPUT MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID QUOTIENT RECORDERS AND BY THE FINAL MODULE OF SAID SERIES FOR SUPPLYING A DECIMAL BINARY CODE SEQUENCE EQUIVALENT TO THE INPUT BINARY NUMBER.