Patent GB-368802-A (GB)
Abstract: 368,802. Issuing and cutting-off tickets. LANGDON, F. E., 39, East Drive, Carshalton, Surrey. Nov. 14, 1930, Nos. 34342 and 37271. [Class 106 (iii).] Comprises a ticket-issuing machine including a rotary printing device adapted to print and issue tickets from a strip magazine, and capable of adjustment for printing two or more independently variable markings such as " value," " fare stage," markings on each ticket issued, means being also provided for independently registering the number of the various values or classes issued and the total number of tickets issued. The frame comprises a bedplate 1, two endplates 2, 3, an intermediate plate 3a, and a cover 4. The bedplate also carries a strip magazine 5 provided with a hinged cover 6 which may be released to replace the strip by pressing a projecting finger-piece 9. The ticket roll 10 is on a detachable spindle 10a, the ends of which are of different sizes and inserted into corresponding slots in the sides of the casing 5. The strip passes under a spring-pressed roller 15 on a hinged frame 16 and over a guide-plate 13. Printing devices. The printing drum 21 engages the under side of the ticket strip through an opening 12 and feeds the strip forward to eject the ticket. The drum is supported at one end by a ball bearing 22 in the end cap 23 of the casing which supports a sleeve 24, a flange 25 of which is fixed to the drum. The other end of the drum is fixed to a shaft 26 supported at the opposite end of the casing in a ball bearing 27. The drum 21 has fixed dies for printing the border 30, Fig. 9, and the invariable matter on the ticket, and adjustable dies for value, class, stage, fare, date, and consecutive and service numbers. The dies 31, 32 for service number and date shown at 34, 35, Fig. 9, are adjustable by hand when the device is in the " rest " position through openings in the cover. The fare stage dies are carried by rotary holders 36, 37 on a spindle 38, a transfer mechanism being arranged between " units " and " tens wheels. Adjustment is effected by a spindle 40 through gearing to the shaft 38 by turning a butterfly grip 43 accessible through the open end of the sleeve 44. The stage is indicated by register wheels 45 visible through openings 48, 49 ; the units wheel being moved by a lug 47 on the spindle 40. The " value " dies for printing portion 50, Fig. 9, are carried on a rotary disc 51 on a spindle 52 and moved by a rack 53 meshing with a pinion 55 fixed to the spindle 52. The rack is fixed, at the end remote from the printing drum, to a grooved disc 57 sliding on a squared portion of the shaft 26 and moved by a yoke 58 carried by a sliding rack 59 meshing with a pinion 61 carried by a spindle 62 on the upper end of which is a dial plate 63 formed with fingerholes 64 each marked with a fare value. The disc 63 is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by a spring 64a. The disc 51 is selectively adjusted by the conductor placing a finger in the corresponding hole and rotating the plate 63 until the finger is arrested by a stop 66 carried at one end of a two-armed lever 67 formed with a pawl 68 engaging a ratchet wheel 69 fixed to the spindle 62. The engagement of the stop causes the pawl to hold the disc against the influence of the spring 64a. The " 1d." indicator is normally visible through the first hole. The pawl 67 is released by a projection 75 on the printing drum through lever mechanism. The " class " dies to print the portion 76 of the ticket, Fig. 9, are carried by a die holder 77 mounted side by side with the holder 51 and moved by rack and pinion 78, 79, the rack being attached to a bracket 80 sliding on a squared part of the shaft 26 and connected by links 81 to a bracket 82 attached to a grooved disc 83 moved by a yoke 84 attached to a rack 85 moved by a pinion 87 on the spindle 89 by adjusting lever 90. The " consecutive number " portion 93, Fig. 9, is printed by wheels 94 advanced one step for every rotation of the drum. Cutting and severing. The ticket is partly severed by a fixed blade 101, and a movable blade 102, a lever pivoted at one end under the cover 4 and guided at the other end in a slot in a lever 105 carrying a pivoted handlever 108. This has two positions and two projections 111, 112 which lie in the path of a pin 113 on the drum. When the lever 108 is in the position shown in full lines, Fig. 5, the pin 113 actuates the blade 102. When the lever 108 is in the position shown in dotted lines, the pin 113 misses projection 112 and engages projection 111, swinging the lever 108 to be ready for the cutting to be operated at next operation of machine. The cutting mechanism is thus disabled when a fare made up of two tickets is issued. The portion of the ticket between the pressure roller and the knife blades is printed with the invariable matter 115, Fig. 9, for the next ticket to be issued. Inking means. Inking and ink supply. rollers 116 are supported in a pivoted frame acted upon by a spring 119. Registering mechanism. Counters 123a .. 123i are provided for counting the number of tickets issued for the various fares and are mounted on spindles 124 arranged around the shaft 26 and read through openings in the cover 4. Totalizers 125, 126 for return tickets and total number of tickets are provided. Tickets made up of more than one value are regarded as one ticket. The counters are all mounted in a frame detachable as a unit. The fare counters are operated by a finger 127 on a disc 57, each counter having a toothed wheel 128 on the units wheel. Whenever the dial 63 is moved, the disc 57 is moved so that finger 127 actuates the appropriate counter. The counter 125 is similarly operated by a finger 129 on a disc 83 and has a wide wheel 130 to be operated for workmen's tickets and ordinary returns. The counter 126 is actuated by suitable mechanism at each operation of the machine. A further counter 132 for the total number of rotations of the drum is actuated by a finger 133 on the bracket 80 through an elongated pinion 134. The gaps in a fixed comb 136 are engaged by the edges of the discs 57, 83 in each registering position, each disc being provided with a recess to allow of axial movement in the " rest" position. A ratchet wheel 138 on the cup 28 engages a pawl to prevent reverse movement. A stop lever 140 readily released arrests the handle 29 in the " zero " or " rest position. The machine may be operated by a motor through a clutch allowing a single rotation. A coloured line on the strip may indicate when exhaustion of the roll is approaching or, alternatively, an indicator mounted on a spring arm may become visible through an opening in the cover 6 when the roll is reduced to a certain diameter.