Patent GB-388176-A (GB)
Abstract: 388,176. Totalizators. SIEMENS BROS. & CO., Ltd., Caxton House, Tothill Street, BROOME, J. H., 64, Heathwood Gardens, Charlton, and. CLARK, R. I. H., 65, Humber Road, Blackheath, all in London. Jan. 8, 1932, No. 637. [Class 106 (i).] In a totalizator system a common set of controlling keys is provided for two ticket issuing machines, one for win and one for place bets, the machines being adapted for operation, separately or together, by a single operation of the controlling keys. The invention is described as applied to ticket issuing machines of the type set forth in Specification 367,354 adapted to be operatively connected to the registering equipment by assignor arrangements as described in Specification 367,488. The two ticket issuing machines, one only of which is shown, Fig. 3, are identical and the control arrangements therefor (sender), Figs. 1 and 2, include competitor keys 1..30 each having contacts c1, c2, c3, win, place and each-way keys, having contacts tw1, tw2 .., tp1, tp2, .. ; tew1, tew2, .., respectively. The keys are of the locking type, and for the competitors are arranged in rows 1-10, 11-20, and 21-30, the rows having common contacts mc1, mc2, mc3, pc1, pc2, pc3 and release magnets C1, C2, C3 respectively. Further contacts mbt, pbt and a release magnet BT are common to the type of bet keys. Win betting. To render the apparatus operative a switch SW, Fig. 3, is thrown down to de-energize a fault relay P and +ve is applied over " open sales wire OW, Figs. 2 and 3, to operate a relay UL, winding (I). The competitor key 7, for example, and the win key are now depressed, after the race number has been set up on a switch WR1, WR2, WR3, Fig. 3. The machines being at normal, a relay M, Fig. 1, operates over the circuit pa3, a1 (place machine), a1 (win machine), pbt, pc1, tk2 and ul2, and locks over m3, ul3 and mc1, mbt. Relay UL locks over its winding (II) and contacts m5, ul1. Over contacts m1 the assignor start relay ST, Fig. 4, operates. If the assignor AS rests in a position other than that corresponding to the operated sender, it is stepped thereto as described in Specification 367,488 by interaction between relay I and drive-magnet ASDM, when over asdm1, AS1, st1, m2, rw2, ew2, ew1, rp2, a relay S operates, and over AS3, rp3, rw3 a relay G operates and locks over g1. At contacts s1, Fig. 2, +ve is connected over the c1 contact and line CM1 .. CM30 of competitor number 7 to the registering apparatus, contacts s2, s3 controlling the transmission of stake and multiple bet signals as disclosed in Specification 367,488, while contacts s4 direct the " type of bet " impulse over the win key contacts tw1 and line WW. When the bet is registered an impulse is reverted over line REW, contacts s6 and tw2 to operate a relay RW winding (I), which looks over its winding (II) and contacts rw1, m4. Relay S is de-energized at contacts rw2 ; at rw4 +ve is connected over pa4 to the main clutch MA, Figs. 1 and 3, of the win ticket issuing machine, which functions as in Specification 367,354 ; contacts rw5, Figs. 1 and 3, connect +ve over pa1, p1 and cam contacts b, to the wiper W1, which rotates with the main shaft of the machine, and, over the appropriate contacts and lines CPW energizes the competitor number CU (units), and CT (tens), clutches over rw8, rw7, and the race number clutch RNC over wiper WR1. (The race number is visually indicated over wiper WR2 and is set up on WR1, WR2, WR3 by sending pulses to the drive magnet RNS.) During the second revolution of the main shaft, cam contact b is opened, de-energizing the individual clutches, and a cam contact c is closed, energizing a relay P (winding (II)), which locks over contacts p1. Contacts p2 open the circuit to the main clutch and over p4 and ew4 a relay PA (winding (I)) energizes. The locking circuit of relay P, winding (II), is de-energized at pal and PA locks over its winding (II), Fig. 1, in series with the release magnets C1, C2, C3, BT, and contacts rw5, pa1. The operated keys are thereby released, contacts mc1, pc1, mbt, pbt open to release relay M and thereby ST, UL, RW and G, when conditions are normal. Place betting. The operations are similar to those for win betting, except that the " type of bet " impulse passes over contacts s4 and place key contacts tp1 to wire PW. The revertive impulse over line REW operates a relay RP which functions similarly to RW to set the place machine into operation, the bank CO of which is multipled to lines CPT,Fig. 1. The main clutch MA is however operated over place key contacts tp3, Fig. 1, in series with pa5. Each way betting. The each way key tew1, tew2, .. is operated instead of the win or place key, a relay EW, Fig. 2, operating over con. tacts tew4, ul4. The " type of bet impulse passes by way of contacts tew1, Fig. 2, and the revertive impulse over line REW operates both RW and RP. Relay RW functions as before to issue a win ticket, and when the win machine reaches normal the circuit to the main clutch of the place machine is closed over cam contacts a2 of the win machine (a1, a2 are only closed when ticket machine is at normal), the place ticket being now issued. Contacts ew1, ew2 hold up relay S until both RW and RP have operated and contacts ew3, ew4 ensure that relay PA does not operate until both machines are at normal (when their P relays operate) to release the operated keys as before. Cancellation. A set up bet may be cancelled up to the time of operation of relay S by operating a cancel key ck1, Fig. 2. Relay CC is thereby operated over s5, rp6, rw6, locks over cc1 and m4, and at cc2, Fig. 1, energizes relay PA in series with the key release magnets C1, C2, C3 and BT. Should a bet be set up on a nonrunner or for a type that is not allowed, a revertive signal is sent from the registering apparatus over line CAW, Fig. 2, to energize relay CC over contact s5 which resets the operated keys as above. Test tickets. To issue a test ticket, test key contacts te1, Fig. 1, are operated, and if the machines are at normal a relay TK operates over te1, a1 (win), a1 (place machine) and pa3 and locks over tk1. Keys are now operated as for a bet, for example, an each way bet, when relay T, Fig. 1, energizes over pa3, a1, a1, pbt, pc1 or pc2, pc3 and tk2, and locks over t1, tk3, ul3, mbt, mc1, .. relay TK also locking over t2 and this circuit. Relay EW, Fig. 2, operates over tew4 and tk4 ; contacts t3 operate relays RW, RP; and t4, Fig. 1, connects the CT clutch of both machines to wire 9 of lines CPW, CPT. The machines now function as above but issue tickets marked " test, " which word occupies the ninth position on the tens printing wheels. Precautionary arrangements. A disabling relay P is provided in each ticket issuing machine which if energized at a time other than that in the sequence of operations described above renders the machine inoperative. Energizing circuits are provided for this relay winding (I) over contacts pf1 if the paper feed runs out, over p/2 should the paper not be advanced correctly and over switch SW in its upper position. During a ticket issuing operation the cam operated contacts dare opened during the short period when contacts pf2 are closed, and as a further precaution, contacts m6 short circuit the winding (I) of relay P. The switch SW is thrown to the down position at the commencement of betting to energize a slow relay MS, and start the motor MO, the circuit of which includes contacts lc adapted to be opened by removal of the lid of the machine. Contacts ms1 open so that during idle running, the motor is supplied through a resistance SR short circuited by contacts ma1 when the main clutch MA operates. Relay P may also be energized over its winding (III) should the race number be set up incorrectly.