Control circuit for a key punch or verifier

Claim 1

IN AN INTERNALLY PROGRAMMED RECORDING APPARATUS HAVING INFORMATION INPUT MEANS, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: FIRST STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADDRESSABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS COUPLED TO SAID INPUT MEANS FOR STORING A FIRST TYPE OF INFORMATION ENTERED FROM SAID INPUT MEANS; SECOND STORAGE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF ADDRESSABLE STORAGE LOCATIONS FOR STORING A SECOND TYPE OF INFORMATION ENTERED FROM SAID INPUT MEANS; READOUT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST STORAGE MEANS TO READOUT THE CONTENTS OF AN ADDRESSABLE STORAGE LOCATION AND PRODUCE SIGNALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INFORMATION STORED THEREAT; MECHANICAL ADDRESSING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE MEANS; ELECTRICAL ADDRESSING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE MEANS; SAID MECHANICAL AND ELECTRIICAL ADDRESSING MEANS EACH CAPABLE OF ADDRESSING THE LOCATIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND STORAGE MEANS IN A SEQUENTIAL MANNER; CONTROL MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MECHANICAL ADDRESSING MEANS AND SAID ELECTRICAL ADDRESSING MEANS TO PERMIT THE OPERATION OF EITHER OF SAID ADDRESSING MEANS OR BOTH; AND WRITE-IN MEANS COUPLED BETWEEN SAID INPUT MEANS AND SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS AND COUPLED TO SAID READOUT MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID SIGNALS FROM SAID READOUT MEANS TO PERMIT THE WRITE-IN OF INFORMATION FROM SAID INPUT MEANS INTO LOCATIONS OF SAID SECOND STORAGE MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SAID SIGNALS FROM SAID READOUT MEANS.