Electrical digital data stores

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AN ELECTRICAL DIGITAL DATA STORE HAVING AN INPUT CONDUCTOR CONFIGURATION WHICH IS FOR CARRYING INTERROGATING CURRENT PULSES AND WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST TWO ALINED CONDUCTOR ELEMENTS WITH FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTOR PORTIONS EACH EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT ENDS OF THESE ELEMENTS TO PROVIDE A BINARY DIGIT STORAGE LOCATION, A CONDUCTOR PATH CONTAINING TWO ADJACENT SPACED CONDUCTOR STRIPS CONNECTED IN SERIES IN SUCH MANNER THAT CURRENT FLOWING IN ONE DIRECTION IN ONE STRIP FLOWS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION IN THE OTHER STRIP, AND MOUNTING MEANS WHICH CARRIES SAID CONDUCTOR PATH AND ON WHICH SAID CONDUCTOR CONFIGURATION IS MOUNTED WITH TWO END PARTS OF SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR PORTION ALONSIDE BUT NOT IN CONTACT WITH SAID TWO CONDUCTOR STRIPS RESPECTIVELY WHEREBY AN INTERROGATING CURRENT PULSE FLOWING THROUGH SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR PORTION INDUCES TWO AIDING VOLTAGES IN SAID CONDUCTOR PATH, THERE BEING AN ELECTRICAL DISCONTINUITY IN ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTOR PORTIONS IN DEPENDENCE UPON THE BINARY DIGIT VALUE STORED AT SAID STORAGE LOCATION WHEREBY AN INTERROGATING CURRENT PULSE SUPPLIED TO THE CONDUCTOR CONFIGURATION IS DIRECTED THROUGH THE OTHER ONE OF THESE CONDUCTOR PORTIONS.