Patent GB-403177-A (GB)
Abstract: 403,177. Totalizators. ERICSSON TELEPHONES, Ltd., 67, Kingsway, London, LIMB, F., and GINEVER, J. W., c/o Ericsson Telephone Works, Beeston, Nottingham. Aug. 23, 1932, No. 23532. [Class 106 (i).] In an electric totalizator, a common collecting means is provided for associating sources of both individual bet signals and transfer signals with registering means, the arrangements being such that the transfer signals have precedence over waiting bet signals. As shown in Fig. 1, relays chains CC1, CC2, CC3 are common to a plurality of ticket-issuing machines, the chains CC1, CC2 serving groups of machines for issuing 2/- tickets only, whilst chain CC3 serves a group of machines for issuing various stake values. When a bet is made at a ticket machine served by chain CC3 the signal is routed direct to the appropriate individual adding equipment IAM and the totals adding equipment TAM. Bets made at a ticket issuing machine served by either chain CC1, CC2 cannot be routed directly to the adding equipment but are first registered in external betting registers EB1, EB2. These bets are not immediately displayed, but for every multiple of ten bets, a transfer is made to the ú1 denomination of the adding machine, the transfer being made through the intermediary of the chain CC3. The contacts of relays associated with each group of external-betting registers are included in the chain circuit CC3 and in order that transfers from externalregisters may have precedence over bets from ú1 machines, the contacts are arranged in preferential positions in the chain CC3. The relay chains may be of the single or two coordinate type as described in Specifications 368,445 and 371,101 respectively. Ticket-issuing machine. This is of the type described in Specification 390,193 and comprises a contact arm SD for selecting a competitor number and a switch cb for selecting the class (win or place) of a bet. The printing and issuing of a ticket is under the control of motor M, the operation of the machine being terminated, when betting on a particular event is stopped, by a magnet LM. Operations preliminary to setting up a bet. The contacts is, Fig. 7, of all relays associated with actual runners in an event are operated to extend lead 24 to the win and place access relays WA PA. Relay BS is operated to complete a circuit for relay CT, Fig. 9, over lead 26 and contacts sa1, sb1, .... sni of the group selecting relays SA, SB .... SN. Alternatively the contacts, e.g. pt1 of the access equipments Figs. 3, 3a may be included in this circuit by the connection of contact sa1 to lead 28 instead of lead 26. Operation of relay CT operates relay CF. Relay FA, Fig. 11, also is operated causing operation of stepping magnet RDM over wiper rw5 and interruptercontacts rdm. The switch self steps one step the wipers remaining in this position during betting. In all individual and totals adding machines, Figs. 13 and 14, taken into use, relays 1B, 1A and TA, TB, TT are energized. Bets via external-betting register. To signal a win bet, switch cb is moved to the left to complete a circuit for relays BC, WB, TI, the relay BC alone operating. When however contacts bc1 pull up, low resistance relay T is switched in and relay WB operates to energize relay SA which connects lead 26 over contact sa1 and the chain contacts in the relay equipments associated with unoperated ticket issuing machines, contact wb1 and relay A to lead 1. Relay A operates and locks and releases SA unless operated by contacts wb of another ticket machine. Relay A also earths lead 1 at contacts a6 and so long as this lead remains earthed, an A relay of another machine is prevented from operating. Relay A also operates access relay WA over a circuit including the competitor lead 24 and selector SD. Relay WA operates relay AG in the external betting register, Fig. 10, the relay being individual to the selected competitor. Relay AG causes operation of the switch ADM through one step and operates at contacts ag2 relay TI, Fig. 4. Relay TI operates HO and shortcircuits WB to bring about operation of relay T and the initiation of the ticket printing and issuing operations. When WB releases, relays WA, A, AG are released and earth potential is removed from lead 1 to allow an A relay corresponding to a waiting register to pull up. When upon the issue of a ticket cam contacts cl open, relay TI releases to releaseHO provided no other ticket machine belonging to the same chain circuit is waiting to register bets and consequently the contacts sa2, sb2 ... sa2 remain open. Transfer of bets from external-betting register. For every multiple of ten bets received by a register, a transfer is made to the ú1 section of the adding machine. When relay AG operates in response to each tenth bet, it is held operated independently of the interrupter contacts adm over a circuit-including wiper aw2 in its 9th position and relay TR is operated over wiper aw3. Relay PT also is operated in series with the other winding of TR and operates contacts pt1 to energize CT, LA in series Relay LA functions in a similar manner to relay A the relay being operated only when earth potential due to another machine is removed from the lead 1. Relay AG operates ADM and initiates the ticket issuing operation as previously described. Relay LA earths lead 1 to prevent other machines having access, and energizes the relay WA in the appropriate access equipment over circuit including lead 5 in the supervisory-equipment associated the chain circuit of CC3, Fig. 1, and contacts tr3, Fig. 10. In the selected access equipment the contacts wa3 switch in the ú1 denomination of the totals and the appropriate individual adding machines by energizing relay IM, Fig. 13, which energizes magnets IDM, TDM and relay G, Fig. 3. Relay G releases PT which releases LA. LA releases G and operation of IDM, TDM causes, at the interrupter contacts, release of IM which causes stepping of the switches and the registration of a ú1 bet on the selected competitor and on the totals indicators. Transfer of bets in adding-machine. Transfer from a 2 /- to a ú1 denomination is accomplished by applying earth to lead 181 to operate IZ. Similarly a transfer from ú1 to ú10 lead 81 is earthed to effect operation of a relay similar to IZ. Relay IZ operates IDM which at idm releases IZ and thereby causes switch to advance its wipers to register the transfer. Similar transfer arrangements are made in the totals register. Bets made direct to adding- machine. When a bet is made from a ú1 ticket machine, relays BC, WB operate as previously described. Provided lead 1 is free of earth potential, relay A is operated in a chain circuit including contacts such as pt1 to energize relay WA. Relay WA operates relay IM in the appropriate individual adding equipment and causes operation of TI in a manner similar to that produced by the external-betting relay AG previously described. Further operations are similar to those previously described. As the contacts pt1 are nearer to the relay CT than contacts sa1, sb1 .... sn1, transfer signals always have preferential access to the adding equipment. Final units counting. When betting on an event is finished, the units registered on the competitors external-betting registers are counted. Depression of a key de-energizes relays corresponding to relay FA in all final units counting equipments. Upon release of FA, relay ON is operated over wiper rw5 and operates TS. If wiper aw1, Fig. 10, is off normal, relay OP is operated over wipers aw1, rw2, rw3. Relay OP causes advance of wipers of switches SDM, ADM and stepping continues until wiper aw1 reaches its home position. Consequently switch SDM is advanced a number of steps complimentary to the number of residual bets stored by the external betting register. When wiper aw1 reaches its home position relay S is operated to cause a further step of switch RDM. Relay GR is then operated and through relays CH, B operates OP which again energizes switch magnet SDM and operates contacts op4 which closes a circuit over wiper rwl and lead 75 to the appropriate relay in the 2/- denomination of the adding machine. Upon operation of this relay, relay F operates and releases OP. Magnet SDM releases and the switch together with the individual and totals register are advanced. If the wiper sw1 is still in an off-normal position the operations are repeated and bets continue to be registered until the wipers reach their home positions. When the switch SDM arrives at its home position, switch RDM is again operated to make contact with contacts associated with another external betting register. If a GR relay corresponding to another equipment is operated, relay H is maintained operated and access to the adding machine is withheld for the time being. Relay H prevents a final units counting equipment having access out of its turn when other equipments are awaiting access. Simultaneous bets in same chain pair. When two or more ticket machines are waiting to make bets of the same class at the same time, the bets are accepted according to their relative position in the chain circuit and provided their relays HO are not operated. Thus machines associated with relay SA have preference over those associated with SB and so on and machines having their chain contacts (wb pb) nearer relays SA, SB etc. have precedence over other machines belonging to the same chain. Place bets. Place bets are registered by operation of the switch to the right to energize PB. Operation of PB operates a relay corresponding to SA in the place chain circuit. Operation then takes place in a manner similar to that previously described to effect operation of a place access relay PA which operates a relay AG in the appropriate externalbetting register. Non-runner bets. If an attempt is made to make a bet on a non-runner, relay NW or NP is operated over runner contacts is and relay HO is energized to light lam