Binary to binary-coded-decimal converter

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING A BINARY NUMBER TO A BINARY-CODED-DECIMAL NUMBER COMPRISING A REGISTER HAVING A CAPACITY FOR HOLDING FOUR BINARY DIGITS, MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENTERING THE BINARY DIGITS OF A BINARY NUMBER MOST-SIGNIFICANT DIGIT FIRST INTO ONE END OF SAID REGISTER, MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SHIFTING ALL BINARY DIGITS ENTERED INTO SAID REGISTER ONE DIGIT POSITION TOWARD THE OTHER END OF SAID REGISTER, MEANS FOR SENSING THE VALUE OF THE NUMBER IN SAID REGISTER AFTER EACH SHIFT OPERATION OF SAID MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SHIFTING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CONTENTS OF SAID REGISTER EQUAL OR EXCEED FIVE AND PRODUCING AN OUTPUT INDICATIVE THEREOF, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT FOR ADDING THREE TO SAID NUMBER, STORAGE MEANS FOR RECEIVING OVERFLOW BINARY DIGITS FROM SAID OTHER END OF SAID REGISTER INCLUDING MEANS FOR REPEATEDLY PASSING THE CONTENTS OF SAID STORAGE MEANS IN THE ORDER RECEIVED TO SAID MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENTERING BINARY DIGITS, TIMING MEANS SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE OPERATION OF SAID MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SHIFTING FOR RENDERING SAID MEANS FOR SENSING INOPERATIVE EACH TIME THE CONTENTS OF SAID REGISTER REPRESENTS A BINARY-CODED-DECIMAL DECADE, AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID TIMING MEANS ATTAINING A PREDETERMINED TIMING STATE FOR TERMINATING OPERATION OF SAID MEANS FOR REPEATEDLY PASSING THE CONTENTS OF SAID STORATE MEANS TO SAID MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY ENTERING BINARY DIGITS AND SAID MEANS FOR PERIODICALLY SHIFTING, SAID PREDETERMINED TIMING STATE BEING ATTAINED WHEN SAID STORAGE MEANS CONTAINS A BINARY-CODED-DECIMAL NUMBER EQUIVALENT TO SAID BINARY NUMBER.