Data register with particular intrastage feedback and transfer means between stages to automatically advance data

Claim 1

A DATA REGISTER COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF BISTABLE DEVICES EACH HAVING A D.C. GATED SET INPUT AND AN A.C. RESET INPUT AND SET AND RESET OUTPUTS; MEANS CONNECTING THE RESET OUTPUT OF EACH BISTABLE DEVICE TO SAID D.C. GATED INPUT THEREOF; AN INPUT TERMINAL CONNECTED TO THE D.C. SET INPUT OF THE FIRST OF SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE DEVICES; MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID SET OUTPUTS OF PRECEDING BISTABLE DEVICES TO SAID D.C. SET INPUTS OF SUCCEEDING BISTABLE DEVICES WHEREBY WHEN A PRECEDING BISTABLE DEVICE IS IN ITS SET STATE AND A SUCCEEDING BISTABLE DEVICE IS IN ITS RESET STATE, SAID SUCCEEDING BISTABLE DEVICE IS SWITCHED TO ITS SET STATE; MEANS CONNECTING SAID SET OUTPUTS OF SAID SUCCEEDING BISTABLE DEVICES TO SAID A.C. RESET INPUTS OF SAID PRECEDING BISTABLE DEVICES WHEREBY UPON THE SETTING OF SAID SUCCEEDING BISTABLE DEVICES SAID PRECEDING BISTABLE DEVICES ARE RESET TO AGAIN BE CONDITIONED FOR BEING SET; MEANS GATING THE SET OUTPUT OF THE LAST OF SAID PLURALITY OF BISTABLE DEVICES; AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID GATING MEANS TO THE A.C. RESET OF SAID LAST BISTABLE DEVICE TO RESET THE SAME UPON SAID GATING MEANS GOING OFF.