and separate means of controlled respectively by the longer closures and by the breaks of the circuit for shifting one of said complementary elements from a normal position 2550to either of two other positions for bringing different components of each group into action.
28. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating 2555devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in accordance with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code characters, said receiver embodying2560 the following complementary elements, viz.—groups of differential character-selecting componants which groups correspond in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters 2565representing said character-indicating devices, and a selector—one of which elements has a step-by-step feed movement controlled by the signal components, means for imparting a shift movement to one of said 2570complementary elements relatively to the other for bringing different components of each group into action, and means controlled by said character-selecting components for imparting a variable rotary 2575movement to one of said complementary elements.
29. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating devices and also a translating receiver 2580controlling said devices selectively in accordance with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code-characters, said receiver embodying the following elements, viz.—2585character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said character-indicating devices, a selector, means controlled by the signals 2590components for imparting to said selector a step-by-step feed movement in the direction of its axis, and means controlled by said character-selecting components for imparting a variable rotary movement to said 2595selector.
30. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in accordance2600 with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code characters, said receiver embodying the following elements, viz.—groups of fixed differential character-selecting 2605components which groups correspond in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said character-indicating devices, a selector, means controlled by the signal2610 components for imparting to said selector a step-by-step feed movement in the direction of its axis, means controlled by said character-selecting components for imparting a variable rotary movement to said selector, and means for imparting a shift2615 movement to said groups of character-selecting components for bringing different components of each group into action.
31. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating2620 devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in accordance with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code characters, said receiver embodying the 2625following elements, viz.—groups of fixed differential character-selecting components which groups correspond in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said2630 character-indicating devices, a selector, means controlled by the signal components for imparting to said selector a step-by-step feed movement in the direction of its axis, means controlled by said character-selecting 2635components for imparting a variable rotary movement to said selector, and means for shifting said groups of character-selecting components from a normal position to either of two other positions for bringing different2640 components of each group into action.
32. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in accordance2645 with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code characters, said receiver embodying the following elements, viz.—two groups of differential character-selecting components2650 each of which groups corresponds in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said character-indicating devices, and a selector coöperative with components2655 of each group.
33. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in accordance2660 with the combinations of receiver-influencing signals representing their respective code characters, said receiver embodying the following elements, viz.—character-selecting components representing signal2665 components of at least three characters corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said character-indicating devices, and a selector coöperative2670 with all of said components.
34. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising a plurality of character-indicating devices and also a translating receiver controlling said devices selectively in 2675accord-
