Patent GB-681184-A (GB)
Abstract: 681,184. Checking fares and receipts. HOFER, R. Oct. 14, 1949 [Oct. 14, 1948], No. 26490/49. Classes 106 (i) and 106 (iii). In apparatus for checking the issue of tickets comprising a closed casing, a ticket inserted in an opening in the casing causes actuation of electric switch means to energize an electromagnet for operating a pivotally-mounted driving lever, and upon one to-and-fro stroke of this lever, firstly a stub is cut from the ticket and attached to a record tape and the date and other data are recorded on the ticket, and afterwards the tape is advanced. General operation. In the apparatus described, a railway ticket 77, Fig. 27, is inserted in a slot 168, Figs. 1 and 23, so as to abut and rock an arm 169 of a lever 170 which carries a plate 175, Fig. 8, normally abutting a projection on an arm 177. When the lever is rocked the projection is freed and rides over a pawl 183, and contacts 134, 184 are closed, through linkwork 179, 180, to energize the operating electromagnet 15 which pulls down its armature 17 into the position shown in Fig. 4. The armature is connected by a disc 18 and rod 19 to a plate 28 guided by rollers 30 on a bracket 32 and carrying rod 29 on which are pivoted a spring-loaded lever 34, Fig. 3, and a link 35 connected by a pivoted plate 38 and links 40 to the driving lever 42. The lever 42 is connected by a rod 44 to a beam 80 which is pressed down when the magnet is energized and carries impression wheels 49, Fig. 23, for punching or printing the date and booking clerk's number or sign on the ticket, and a severing knife 82 for cutting off the stub 78, Fig. 29, and pressing it on the adhesive record tape 85. A forgery-preventing safetystamp 83 is also pressed on the ticket. The contacts 134, 184 are opened by a projection 186, Fig. 4, on the rod 19 near the end of its downward stroke to de-energize the magnet and when the lever 42, Fig. 3, is returned it drives a ratchet 125 by a pawl 126 to advance the tape-driving roller 97, Figs. 4 and 17. If a half-ticket is to be issued, the remaining ticket portion 77<SP>1</SP> is inserted in a slot 188, Figs. 1 and 8, and rocks the lever 170 to cause a second knife 189, on the beam 80, to cut off a further stub 195 which is pressed by pins 196 into a receptacle 190 carried in a drawer 191. A slide 203 is moved laterally by the insertion of the ticket 77<SP>1</SP>, and carries an arm (not shown) which moves the pawl 126, Fig. 3, about a pivot 127 out of the plane of the ratchet 125 to prevent advance of the tape 85. Setting the impression wheels. Each impression wheel 49, Fig. 23. meshes with a corresponding setting wheel 49<SP>1</SP> which indicates the setting of the wheels 49, -through an opening 53, Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 17, the wheels 49 are normally prevented from rotation by a pin 70 on a lever 68 pivoted at 67, and are set by rotating a shaft 57 carrying wheel-releasing cams 74 which rock the lever 68, Fig. 23, and pins 58 which can be engaged with each setting- wheel in turn by sliding the shaft in a slotted rotatable sleeve 59 to which is secured a resilient member 61 having pin-aligning notches (not shown). The position of the pins 58 can be seen through openings 65, Fig. 1. Record tape mechanism. The adhesive tape 85, is fed from a supply roll 91, Fig. 17, mounted on an extension 95 of a box 92 over a sticking table 84 and into the box where it passes over and between a driving roller 97 and pressure roller 103 to a receiving roll 105 driven from the roller 97 through an elastic steel string 133. A pawl 102 and ratchet prevent re verse rotation of the roller 97 which carries a disc 100, Fig. 4, removably coupled to a disc 124 on a spindle 122 which carries the ratchet 125. Each booking clerk has his own box 92 which h e cannot remove until he has opened the pivot ed sidedoor 6, Figs. 1 and 4, by pressing latch <SP>2</SP> 53, and turned the lever 215 to rotate sleeves 216, 217 on the spindle 122. The sleeve 217 carries a pawl which advances the ratchet 125 to move all accessible stubs 78, Fig. 17, into the box, and an arm 220 having a lost-motion connecting with a link 221, Fig. 37, connected to a cam sleeve 223 having a notch engaging a spring-pressed pin 227 on an axially-slidable rod 226, connected to a pivoted lever 230, which latches the pivoted door 5, Fig. 1. When the lever 215 has been moved sufficiently to rock the lever 230, the door 5 can be opened, as shown in Fig. 17, and the box 92 is then accessible. The cover 93 of the box can be opened by a key 116, Fig. 21, and the roller 103 can be moved away from roller 97, for inserting a new tape, by depressing an arm 106 against a spring 104, Fig. 17. The arm is latched by a pawl 112 and an abutment 110 prevents the cover being closed until the arm and roller are returned. The sticking table is lowered to receive the tape by a cam 87 operated by a handle 86 and acting on a lever 89 connected to a table-supporting spring 90. Spring-urged feelers 239, 248, cause contacts to be closed for a lamp 211, Fig. 1, when the tape is running out on the roll 91 or when the roll 105 will be soon filled. Interlocking mechanism preventing incorrect operation. The apparatus cannot be operated until a key 146, Fig. 3, is turned in a lock 145, and until a box 92, Fig. 4, is in correct position and the door 5 closed. A locking-rod 139, which engages an aperture in the plate 28, holds open contacts 135, 141 in the circuit of the operating magnet 15 and prevents movement of the ticketoperated lever 170, is released by turning a keyoperated cam 144 out of engagement with a collar 139. A similarly functioning locking-rod 140, Fig. 8, is spring-urged against an arm 151 fixed to a shaft 152 having a bent portion 152<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 12, which is pushed to the rod-operating lock-releasing position only when an abutment 164 on the door 5 engages a link 161 and a pin on the box extension 95 engages a rod 159, as shown. Modifications. The apparatus may be used with wider tickets if a latch 210, Fig. 1, is raised to uncover a side slot 209. If the ticket is a paper sheet which cannot move the lever 170, the lever is rocked by depressing a button 234. The apparatus can be operated manually by a knob 150, Fig. 3, which is substituted for the cover 215, Fig. 8, and engages the upper edge of the plate 28. The apparatus may be used in conjunction with an electric adding and listing machine.