Patent GB-297693-A (GB)
Abstract: 297,693. Brecknell, Munro, & Rogers, Ltd., Tilly, E. C., and Mattinson, H. April 25, 1927. Ticket and token, systems and apparatus for recording and registering. -A ticket printing and registering machine for use by tramway, &c. conductors operable to print upon inserted ticket-blanks only comprises a plurality of unit value counters any desired one of which is selected by a value setting means acting to position a marking element into printing &c. position and operating means for effecting the marking and registering operation. A single member is employed to effect the setting and operating movements a longitudinal and angular movement being imparted thereto for the said purposes. The machine comprises a casing with a detachable back plate, a slot being provided in the front for the insertion of a ticket as shown in Fig. 5 and another slot in the back plate for the reception of a record-card or way-bill as shown in Fig. 6. Printing arrangements. The type members are constituted by discs or rings 42, 47, 48, 49, Figs. 7, 13 and serve to represent the class of ticket, stage of journey, date, and fare. The disc 42 is formed on a tube 41 to which is secured the setting nut 43 and a headed bolt 45 is secured within the tube 41 and carries a rotatable type discs 47 - - 49. The disc 47 has secured thereto a wheel 50 which meshes with a wheel 62 on a flanged indicating disc 59 rotatable on a shaft 55 and adapted to be adjusted to exhibit the stage of the journey through an aperture 64 in the casing top by means of a tool inserted into the slot 76 of the hub 58. The type disc 48 for the date is set by a similar indicating disc 54 which is secured to the shaft 55, the shaft carrying a wheel 61 in mesh with the wheel 51 of the type disc. The fare type segment 49 is provided with two toothed wheels 52, 53; the wheel 53 engages annular rack teeth 19, Fig. 15, formed on the operating shaft 14 so that when it is moved longitudinally it will effect the setting of the segment 49. This movement of the segment, through the wheel 52 and a gear 67 on a sleeve 66 loose on the shaft 55, actuates a crown wheel 69 carrying an annular indicating plate 72 to exhibit the fare through the aperture 74. The operating shaft 14 is slidable within sleeve elements 16, 17, Fig. 15, relative rotation between the shaft and the element 16 being prevented by a feather 23 secured to the shaft engaging a slot 22 in the sleeve. The sleeve 16 is formed with cam teeth 21, Figs. 8 and 15, at one end and adjacent thereto is a collar 25 with notches for engagement with an aligning spring-pressed ball 27. The other end of the sleeve is provided with a collar 28 having cam teeth 29 similar to teeth 21 but oppositely directed and with a projection engaging a groove in the sleeve 16. The sleeve element 17 is also provided with a set of cam teeth 32 and with a collar 34 and internal clutch member 35, the latter being adapted to be engaged by a similar clutch member 37 on the end of the operating shaft, to effect the rotation of the sleeve 17, when it is pushed in to the limit. In operation a quarter rotation of the shaft 14 causes one of the teeth 21 to depress a sliding rod 143, Fig. 8, to rock a shaft 145 and lower the printing platen 78 against the action of a spring 149 bearing against a lever 146 mounted on the shaft 145 and supporting the guided platen 78. At the end of the movement the rod 143 will clear the tooth 21 and the platen will be raised suddenly to effect an impression. An inking-ribbon 79 is provided and is moved in any known manner during an operation. The platen may be constituted by two separate members, one for the ticket and the other for the card, the latter being actuated by the teeth 32 on the sleeve 17. Registering and recording. - Sets of counters are provided to register the number of tickets according to each fare value and to register the total or serial number of the tickets issued. The serial number is printed on each ticket and the counter 82 for this purpose is arranged centrally, the discs being mounted on a common sleeve 87, Fig. 13, rotated on a shaft 100. The other sets of counters 88 - - 93 are mounted on either side of the counter 82 and the actuating pawls which are of the deep notch kind are mounted on yoke members 94, 98, 99, which are coupled together by a bar 101. In order to ensure that only one set of the pawls carried by yoke 98, 99 shall be operative at one time a shaft 103, parallel with the shaft 100, is rotated by skew gearing 68, 114, from the sleeve 66 associated with the type disc 49 so as to position the set of cam members 107, 108, 109 &c. of the sleeves 104, 106, to prevent engagement of the actuating pawls with the counters other than that of the appropriate set. The cam members are of circular form with a groove to serve as a clearance for the tails of the pawls which are to be effective. The yokes are oscillated by a link 119, Fig. 9, attached to an arm 115 pivoted to a shaft 116 and having a cam projection 117 co-operating with the cam teeth 29. When the shaft 14 is pushed in to the fullest extent for the purpose of rotating the sleeve 17 when taking a summary card record the shaft 103 is rotated until the cam projection 113, Figs. 13 and 15, is so positioned as to interfere with the tail projections 135 of the actuating pawls 129 of the counter 82 so as to prevent its actuation during the total taking operation. To prevent rotation of the shaft 14 unless it is accurately positioned longitudinally a spring-pressed plunger 139, Figs. 11 and 12, is provided to engage the annular rack teeth 19 and has a circular groove 141 therein which will normally permit the passage of a set of claws 142 on the end of the sleeve 16. In a modification of the means for controlling the action of the driving pawls of the counters, Fig. 17, the tails of the pawl instead of coacting with the cams 107, &c. directly act through bars or strips 153 secured at one end to the yoke members 94, &c. An additional counter actuated in the manner above described may be provided to exhibit the serial number of tickets issued.