Program controlled selective printing machine

Claim 1

PROGRAM CONTROLLED SELECTIVE PRINTING MACHINE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, ROTARY PRINTING ROLLER MEANS; RECORD CARRIED MEANS INCLUDING A PRINTING FORM LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS AND COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ADJACENT TEXT LINE SECTIONS, AND PROGRAM SHEET MEANS LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS AND COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF LINE SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH CORRESPONDING TEXT LINE SECTIONS, SAID RECORD CARRIER MEANS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND MARKINGS IN SAID LINE SECTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING THE FIRST AND THE LAST TEXT LINE SECTIONS OF A GROUP OF ADJACENT TEXT LINE SECTIONS; MEANS CONNECTING SAID RECORD CARRIER MEANS WITH SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS FOR ROTATION IN SYNCHRONISM WITH THE SAME; ROTARY COUNTERPRESSURE ROLLER MEANS FORMING A GAP WITH SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS; MEANS FOR MOVING COPY SHEETS INTO SAID GAP; OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING ELECTROMAGNETIC MEANS FOR MOVING SAID COUNTERPRESSURE ROLLER MEANS IN A TRANSLATORY MOVEMENT BETWEEN A PRINTING POSITION IN THE PROXIMITY OF SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS IN WHICH SUCCESSSIVE TEXT LINE SECTIONS ARE PRINTED ON A COPY SHEET DURING EACH REVOLUTION OF SAID PRINTED ROLLER MEANS, AND AN INOPERATIVE POSITION; SENSING MEANS FOR SENSING SAID MARKINGS DURING ROTATION OF SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS, SAID SENSING MEANS INCLUDING PHOTOELECTRIC MEANS PRODUCING FIRST AND SECOND IMPULSES WHEN SENSING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MARKINGS; AND CONTROL MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SENSING MEANS TO ACTUATE SAID OPERATING MEANS AND INCLUDING A FIRST CIRCUIT CONNECTED WITH SAID ELECTROMAGNETIC OPERATING MEANS INCLUDING A SERIES OF CIRCUIT PREPARING SWITCHES AND A SERIES OF FIRST CONTACT MEANS RESPECTIVELY CONNECTED IN SERIES WITH THE SAME, AND CORRELATED WITH SAID TEXT LINE SECTIONS, AND ACTUATING MEANS OPERATING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID PRINTING ROLLER MEANS TO SUCCESSIVELY CLOSE SAID FIRST CONTACT MEANS WHEN THE CORRELATED TEXT LINE SECTION PASSES THROUGH SAID GAP, AND A SECOND CIRCUIT INCLUDING A SERIES OF SECOND CONTACT MEANS AND, RESPECTIVELY IN SERIES WITH THE SAME, A SERIES OF SWITCH OPERATING ELEMENTS FOR CONTROLLING SAID CIRCUIT PREPARING SWITCHES, AND SWITCHING MEAN RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST IMPULSE RECEIVED FROM SAID SENSING MEANS TO MAKE, AND TO SAID SECOND IMPULSE TO BREAK SAID SECOND CIRCUIT, SAID ACTUATING MEANS SUCCESSIVELY CLOSING SAID SECOND CONTACT MEANS BEFORE CLOSING CORRESPONDING FIRST CONTACT MEANS SO THAT SAID SECOND CIRCUIT IS CLOSED AND SAID SWITCH OPERATING ELEMENTS CLOSE AND HOLD SUCCESSIVE CIRCUIT PREPARING SWITCHES WHEN SAID SENSING MEANS PRODUCES SAID FIRST IMPULSE UPON SENSING FIRST MARKING UNTIL SAID SENSING MEANS PRODUCES SAID SECOND IMPULSE UPON SENSING SAID SECOND MARKING WHEREBY SAID ACTUATING MEANS CLOSES SAID FIRST CIRCUIT WHENEVER CLOSING A FIRST CONTACT MEANS IN SERIES WITH A CLOSED CIRCUIT PREPARING SWITCH SO THAT THE GROUP OF TEXT LINE SECTIONS BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND MARKINGS IS PRINTED ON A COPY SHEET.