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carrier and controlling the selection of character-selecting components corresponding to said signal components.

36. A receiving telegraph instrument 1905comprising in combination with a plurality of character-recording devices, character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said 1910recording devices, a carrier supporting said character-selecting components and having a variable movement controlled by each of said signal components, and a feed device having a variable movement reciprocal to that of the 1915carrier and controlling the selection of character-selecting components corresponding to said signal components.

37. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising in combination with a plurality of 1920character-recording devices, character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said 1925character-selecting components and having an intermittent rotary movement controlled by each of said signal components, and a feed device also having an intermittent rotary movement reciprocal to that of the carrier 1930and controlling the selection of character-selecting components corresponding to said signal components.

38. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising in combination with a plurality of 1935character-recording devices, character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said 1940character-selecting components and having an intermittent rotary movement controlled by each of said signal components, and a feed device also having an intermittent rotary movement about the axis of the carrier reciprocal1945 to that of the carrier and controlling the selection of character-selecting components corresponding to said signal components.

39. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising in combination with a plurality of 1950character-recording devices, character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said 1955character-selecting components and having an intermittent rotary movement determined by said character-selecting components respectively, a feed device also having an intermittent rotary movement reciprocal to that 1960of the carrier, driving means normally tending to rotate said carrier and feed device, and an escapement controlled by said signal components and controlling the movements of said carrier and feed device.

40. A receiving telegraph instrument 1965comprising in combination with a plurality of character-recording devices, character-selecting components corresponding in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said1970 recording devices, a carrier supporting said character-selecting components and having an intermittent rotary movement determined by said character-selecting components respectively, a feed device also having an 1975intermittent rotary movement reciprocal to that of the carrier, driving means normally tending to rotate said carrier and its feed device, and an escapement controlled by the makes and breaks of the circuit to the instrument1980 and controlling the movements of said carrier and feed device.

41. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising in combination with a plurality of character-recording devices, groups of differential1985 character-selecting components which groups correspond in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said 1990character-selecting components and having a movement controlled by each of said signal components, and a pair of differential feed devices each movable reciprocally to said carrier and each controlling the selection of character-selecting1995 components corresponding to said signal components said feed devices being governed respectively by signal components of different values.

42. A receiving telegraph instrument 2000comprising in combination with a plurality of character-recording devices, groups of differential character-selecting components which groups correspond in number to the maximum number of signal components of any of the code2005 characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said character-selecting components and having a group-selecting movement controlled by the position of each signal component of a code having2010 signals of different lengths for various positions of a code character and also having a feed movement transverse to said first movement and controlled by the length of each signal component, and a pair of differential2015 feed devices controlling the character-selecting components of each group and governed respectively by signal components of different values and each movable reciprocally to said carrier.2020

43. A receiving telegraph instrument comprising in combination with a plurality of character-recording devices, groups of differential character-selecting components which groups correspond in number to the maximum2025 number of signal components of any of the code characters representing said recording devices, a carrier supporting said character