Patent GB-628115-A (GB)
Abstract: 628,115. Ticket-printing machines ; cash registers. RIV - OFFICINE DI VILLAR PEROSA SOC. PER AZIONI. April 16, 1946, No. 11717. Convention date, Feb. 27, 1941. [Classes 106 (i) and 106 (iii)] A machine for printing railway tickets in which the fare, type of ticket, &c. are entered by setting levers and printed on the ticket, on a stump detachable therefrom, and on a record tape, is characterized in that it comprises : (a) auxiliary counters equalling in number the types of ticket printed ; (b) means for printing the amounts standing in the counters on a record tape ; (c) two totalizers, one with and the other without zeroizing means, and (d) means for printing the amounts standing in the totalizers on a card. The embodiment described is a modification of the cash register described in Specification 615,304. It is intended primarily for printing and certifying season tickets a, Fig. 3, which already bear a serial number. This number must agree with the serial number printed by the machine which also prints the class, fare, date, and a number identifying the issuing station on both the main portion B of the ticket and on a stump B<SP>1</SP>. The ticket is inserted in an aperture 21, Fig. 1, and the type of ticket, class and fare are set up on levers 3. The actuation of the machine is either by a rotary handle 17, Fig. 1, or by an electric motor 15 (Fig. 6, not shown), controlled by a button 16. The inserted ticket passes between cut-away rollers 38, Fig. 13, which, during the actuation, rotate to give it two positions for printing the information set up on type wheels 7, 22 ... 25, on the ticket and the stub in succession ; an arm 40 carrying printing hammers 39, 41 is actuated twice by a double-humped cam 72 to perform this operation. Fixed type 42 reproduces the number identifying the issuing station. The type wheels 7, 22 ... 25 bear two series of characters, thus enabling simultaneous printing on a record strip 34 by a hammer 43 to be carried out. Fig. 11 shows the arrangement of sleeves 6 through which the fare type wheels 7 are set ; the serial number type wheels 22 comprise transfer means, and the lowest denomination is stepped on at each machine operation through a pinion 27 driven from a Geneva device 96, Fig. 14. The date type wheels 23 ... 25, Fig. 11, are set by a knob 26. The type of ticket setting lever 3 operates through gears 129, 127 to rotate a group of counters 100 arranged around a shaft 33, Fig. 13, bringing the selected counter pinion 33<SP>1</SP>, Fig. 14, opposite a pinion 102. The counter pinions are locked against individual movement by engagement with a central sleeve 109, Fig. 15. The sleeve is cut away opposite the pinion 102 but this section is blocked by a cam 119 until the pinion 102 is engaged. Cam means 74, 116, 97, operate during a machine cycle to lower the slide 111 bringing the pinion 102 into engagement with the selected counter pinion 33<SP>1</SP> and, during this movement, a sector 123, Fig. 16, is operated by a pin and notch 122 in the slide to rock the blocking cam 119 clear of the notch in the sleeve 109. The selected counter is held in position during engagement with the pinion 102 by means of a lug 125 on the slide which enters a corresponding notch in a wheel 126 fast with the group of counters. The selected counter is stepped on during the machine cycle from the Geneva wheel 96, Fig. 14, through gears 106, 107, 108, the pinion 102 being long enough to mesh with both the gear 108 and the pinion 33<SP>1</SP> thus transmitting the movement to the latter. The movement is continued through gears 112, 113 and 114 to step on the serial number type wheels 22, mentioned above. Control of the various machine operations is by a handle 30, Fig. 1, provided with locking key 131, and movable to five positions : (i) counter printing-to cause printing of the number standing on any selected counter on the record tape 34 ; (ii) and (iii) sub-total and grand-total printing on an inserted card ; (iv) work position-the normal, ticket, printing position, and (v) lock position, in which the machine is locked up against unauthorized use. The actuating means includes three similar gear-wheels side by side on a shaft 48, Fig. 18. The centre one is the driving gear and the drive is continued to either of the adjacent gears through long pinions 56 and 63, respectively, mounted on a lever 57 controlled through a cam 136 and bevel gears by the handle 30. In the first position of the handle 30 the pinion 63 is brought into engagement and cam means actuates the lever 44, Fig. 13, at each machine cycle to print, by means of a hammer 45, the amount standing in the selected counter 100 on the record tape 34. In the next position of the handle 30 a cam 145, Fig. 23, is rotated into a position in which a lever 163 is rocked to open an access door 28, and also a hooked link 165 is pulled into engagement with a pin 167 on a printing hammer 168 (see also Fig. 26). The operator then inserts a card and during the next machine cycle the hammer 167 is actuated to print the amount standing on the sub-totalizer 10 on the inserted card. The totalizer can then be zeroized by a key inserted in a slot 14, Fig. 1. In the third position of the handle 30, similar linkages operate to obtain a printed record on a card inserted through an access door 29 from the totalizer 12 without zeroizing means. In the fifth (" lock ") position of the handle 30, cam means breaks the circuit of the driving motor and causes a gear on the main shaft to be blocked against movement. This lock is maintained also when the handle 30 is not in one of the four other positions. Moreover, the control handle 30 cannot be repositioned until the machine has performed a complete cycle (Fig. 22, not shown). Specifications 143,821, 276,725, [both in Class 106 (iii)], 461,984 and 465,799 also are referred to.