Rotary high speed print drum with staggered type columns

Claim 1

A HIGH-SPEED LINE-AT-A-TIME PRINTER COMPRISING A ROTARY PRINT WHEEL HAVING FORMED ON THE FACE THEREOF A PLURALITY OF COLUMNS OF SPACED CHARACTERS WITH EACH COLUMN EXTENDING CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND SAID PRINT WHEEL AND WITH SAID CHARACTER IN EACH COLUMN BEING POSITIONED ON THE PERIPHERY OF SAID WHEEL SO THAT IT LIES ON A LONGITUDINAL LINE PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID WHEEL WHICH LINE IS LOCATED BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS OF AN ADJACENT COLUMN OF CHARACTERS, A PLURALITY OF PRINT HAMMERS ADAPTED TO THE DRIVEN SELECTIVELY TOWARD SAID PRINT WHEEL TO FORCE AND MEDIUM ON WHICH PRINTING IS TO TAKE PLACE AGAINST SAID WHEEL, EACH OF SAID HAMMERS HAVING AN EFFECTIVE FACE WIDTH SUFFICIENT TO SPAN AT LEAST TWO ADJACENT COLUMNS OF CHARACTERS, AND SELECTING MEANS CONNECTED TO DRIVE SELECTIVELY EACH OF SAID HAMMERS TO PRINT FROM ONE COLUMN OR THE OTHER OF THE ADJACENT COLUMNS OF CHARACTERS, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS COMPRISING A DATA STORAGE REGISTER RESPONSIVE TO IMPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A SINGLE LINE OF PRINT TO STORE FOR EACH SUCH LINE THE DATA TO BE PRINTED FROM EACH COLUMN ON SAID WHEEL WHILE SAID WHEEL ROTATES THROUGH A SINGLE REVOLUTION,