System for transferring data to a number of terminals

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING MESSAGE DATA FROM A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM TO EACH OF A NUMBER OF CYCLICALLY OPERABLE OUTPUT DEVICES COMPRISING FIRST REVOLVER MEANS FOR SEPARATELY STORING SEQUENCES OF CHARACTERS REPRESENTING THE MESSAGES FROM THE DATA PROCESSING MEANS; SECOND REVOLVER MEANS FOR SEPARATELY STORING SUCCESSIVE CHARACTERS FROM EACH OF THE MESSAGES, THE SECOND REVOLVER MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO DETERMINE THE ARRIVAL OF A SELECTED CHARACTER AT A SELECTED POSITION OF REVOLUTION AT SAID SECOND REVOLVER MEANS, THIRD REVOLVER MEANS SELECTIVELY RESPONSIVE TO THE ARRIVAL OF CHARACTERS AT SELECTED CYCLING POSITIONS AT SAID OUTPUT DEVICES FOR PROVIDING OUTPUT CONTROL SIGNALS HAVING CONTROLLED TIME RELATIONSHIPS TO THE CYCLING OF THE OUTPUT DEVICES, AND SCANNER AND DISTRIBUTOR MEANS COUPLING THE THIRD REVOLVER MEANS TO THE OUTPUT DEVICES.