7. The dividing and encoding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said third solenoid means comprise one set of solenoids for motivating said slide plates in response to an odd number of word spaces counted by said word space counter means and another set of solenoids for motivating said slide plates in response to an even number of word spaces counted by said word space counter means, said motivating taking place preferably in two opposite directions.
1. A dividing and encoding apparatus comprising: first dividing and encoding switching means comprising a number of electrically conducting first slide means, means for electrically contacting said first slide means and insulatedly supporting said first slide means for movement back and forth between a normal position and an excursion position, dividend input means comprising amount left-in-a-line measuring means for measuring the amount left in a line, and first solenoid means responsive to said amount left-in-a-line measuring means, first means for coupling said first slide means to said first solenoid means for moving the first slide means to an excursion position, second dividing and encoding switching means comprising second slide means arranged in a number of group assemblies, each of said group assemblies comprising a number of electrically conducting dividing and encoding slide plates, means for insulatedly and movably supporting said dividing and encoding slide plates, whereby each of said slide plates is insulated from any other one of said slide plates and whereby each of said group of said assemblies of slide plates is movable back and forth between a normal position and an excursion position, divisor input means comprising word space counter means, second solenoid means and third solenoid means responsive to said word space counter means, second means for coupling the second solenoid means to respective ones of said group assemblies for selecting any one of said group assemblies in response to said word space counter means, and third means for couplng said third solenoid means to the group assemblies for moving a selected one of said group assemblies of said slide plates from its normal position to an excursion position also in response to said word space counter means, a source of current connected to said first slide means, and output circuit means comprising a plurality of sationary contact bars and means for insulatedly supporting said contact bars which are arranged to be contacted in a code channel relationship by said slide plates in their excursion positions whereby coded output signals are produced at said output circuit means which said output signals represent an appropriate quotient and remainder.