Electric data storage apparatus

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC DATA STORAGE APPARATUS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR ENABLING THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGH SPEED COMPUTATIONS COMPRISING AN INPUT-OUTPUT WORD STORAGE REGISTER FOR STORING, AT ANY ONE TIME, A SINGLE MULTI-DIGIT WORD SUPPLIED TO IT THROUGH INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS, WRITE-IN MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING WORDS STORED SUCCESSIVELY IN THE REGISTER TO SUCCESSIVE ONES OF A PLURALITY OF NON-ADDRESSABLE SIMILAR STORAGE UNITS IN RESPONSE SOLELY TO SUCCESSIVE WRITE-IN SIGNALS, AND READ-OUT MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING WORDS SUCCESSIVELY FROM SUCCESSIVELY STORAGE UNIT BACK INTO THE REGISTER IN RESPONSE TO SUCCESSIVE READ-OUT SIGNALS, THE WRITER-IN MEANS INCLUDING WRITE-ON SELECTING MEANS RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE IDENTICAL WRITE-IN SIGNALS AND FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING IN A RESPONSE THERETO SUCCESSIVE STORAGE UNIT RESPECTIVELY IN A PREDETERMINED WRITE-IN SEQUENCE, AND A WRITE-IN WORD TRANSFER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO EACH OF THE IDENTICAL WRITEIN SIGNALS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EFFECTING IN RESPONSE THERETO A TRANSFER OF THE WORD THAN STORED IN THE REGISTER TO THE SELECTED STORAGE UNIT FOR STORAGE THEREIN, AND THE READOUT MEANS INCLUDES READ-OUT SELECTING MEANS FOR RECEIVING SUCCESSIVE IDENTICAL READ-OUT SIGNALS AND FOR AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING IN RESPONSE THEREOF SUCCESSIVE STORAGE UNITS RESPECTIVELY IN A PREDETERMINED READ-OUT SEQUENCE WHICH IS THE REVERSE OF THE SAID WRITE-IN SEQUENCE, AND A READOUT WORD TRANSFER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO EACH OF THE IDENTICAL READ-OUT SIGNALS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EFFECTING IN RESPONSE THERETO TRANSFER OF THE WORD THEN STORED IN THE SELECTED STORAGE UNIT TO THE REGISTER, WHEREBY WORDS ARE AUTOMATICALLY RETURNED TO THE REGISTER IN AN ORDER WHICH IS THE REVERSE OF THAT IN WHICH THEY WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO THE REGISTER THROUGH THE SAID INPUT CIRCUIT MEANS FOR STORAGE IN THE RESPECTIVE STORAGE UNITS.