(under subclass 55) Device comprising a plurality of said receiving means effective to register and retain a plurality of such records, and the transmitting means being effective to transmit two or more control impulses to the tool selecting means in altered sequence from that in which the corresponding records are registered.
(1) Note. Within the meaning of the subclass definition, either the read-in* or the read-out* may be simultaneous, if the other is in timed sequence.
(2) Note. As methods of achieving a different sequence, for example, input data may be entered in parallel and read-out serially, or vice versa, or data may be entered in column-by-column order and read-out row-by-row.