Patent GB-305682-A (GB)
Abstract: 305,682. Bethell, G. M. Aug. 9, 1927. Tickets, issuing and cutting-off; registering number and value of; printing arrangements.- In a ticket issuing machine with or without printing means the selecting member which is set to various positions to determine the nature of the ticket to be issued positions a following member relatively to the operating members o a plurality of valve counters arranged in a circular manner about a shaft and the operation of issuing a ticket causes the following member to actuate the counter corresponding to the setting. Means are also described for locking the main operating handle unless the following member is correctly positioned, and for printing the serial numbe and class of the ticket to be issued. The inven tion is shown applied to the type of machine described in Specifications 246,580, 248,687, and 273,824. A set of nested sleeves, Figs. 1 and 7 carries the adjusting knobs 37 - 40 and the typ wheels 48 - - 51 for the fare value, stage number trip number, and code number or letter respec tively. The shaft 52 carrying the face type whee 48 is provided with a bevel wheel 60 gearing wit] a similar wheel 129 on a shaft 130, Figs. 1 and 3 carrying at its outer end, within a cylindrical cap 210, a head 211 slotted to receive a pivoted lever 214. Adjustment of the knob 37 positions the lever in operative relation with one of a series of links 217 each connected to a crank arm 216 of a. corresponding counting mechanism 215, Figs. 3 and 4. The tail 220 of the lever 214 engages a circumferential groove in a sleeve 222 slidable along the shaft 130 but prevented from rotating thereon by a pin 224 in a guide 225. The sleeve 222 has an arm 226 engaging a cam groove 227 on a shaft 228 geared to a shaft 146 which is turned by the operating handle thereby imparting a sliding movement to the sleeve to rock the lever 214 and actuate the appropriate counter. The shaft 130 is provided with a notched disc 229, Fig. 5 with which co-operates a pawl 230 formed at its free end with a locking projection 234 adapted to enter a notch in a disc 235 on the shaft 146 and hold it against rotation unless the projection 232 of the pawl 230 is correctly seated in the notch of the disc 229. The serial numbering type wheels 237 - - 239 are arranged between and coaxial with the printing wheels 50, 51 and each wheels has a ten toothed ratchet wheel and the two lower denominational wheels, a single notched disc co-operating in the known manner with a set of pawls pivotally mounted on the three arms of a bail 248, Figs. 7 and 8, the upper arm of which is connected by a link 252 to the printing platen 30. The pawls of the tens and hundreds denominations are interconnected by a, pin and slot arrangement to render the hundreds pawl effective only when the tens wheel passes from " 9 " to " 0." The actual number of tickets issued is registered on a counter 128 the actuating arm 148 of which is rocked by being eccentrically mounted on the shaft 146. The class of ticket, such as children's, workmen's, return, &c., is printed by a type wheel 261 coaxial with the other type wheels, the setting being effected by gearing sectors 262, 263 from a setting handle 265. Operating mechanism. The means for reciprocating the platen 30 and rotating the operating shafts 111, 146 is similar to that described in Specification 248,687.