Patent GB-366064-A (GB)
Abstract: 366,064. Totalizators. S I E M E N S BROS. & CO., Ltd., Caxton House, Tothill Street, BROOME, J. H., 64, Heathwood Gardens, Charlton, and CLARK, R. I. H., 148, Evering Road, Stoke Newington, all in London. Sept. 26. 1930, No. 28844. [Class 106 (i).] A totals indicator for use in totalizator systems or like apparatus comprises a moving band adapted to be coupled to a continuously rotating member to take up a setting corresponding to that of the highest or the two highest denominational parts of the total registered. A number of such bands, one for each runner, arranged side by side, give a thermometer type indication of the horse totals, and, in conjunction with moving bands which move in accordance with various proportions of the grand total enable the approximate odds on each competitor to be visually estimated. Fig. 4 shows operated bands 1, 2, 3 .. 9, the corresponding horse totals being read off a suitably graduated scale. A band 13, moved according to the grand total, may be provided in the centre of the indicator. Bands moved in accordance with submultiples of the grand total as 2-1 ; 3-1 ; 4-1 ; 5-1 ; 10-1 ; 25-1 ; 50-1; 100-1 are provided at each side of the indicator and may be connected by tapes or bars 14, 16, .. against which the heights of the various runner bands may be compared, the odds on a runner being approximately that of the band corresponding to the top of the coloured runner column. Numerical indicator. A roller blind indicator as described in Specification 357,616 may be provided for each runner and for the grand total in addition to the thermometer indicators of the odds calculator. These indicators have a moving band for each denomination, adapted to be independently clutched to a common driving source when the corresponding denominational counter is operated. Normally these bands show blank surfaces, the units, tens, hundreds, .., banks, iu1, ix1, icl, im1, it1 of an indicator control switch then lining up with the corresponding counter banks uc, xc, cc, mc, tc, as in Fig. 1, the relays US, XS, CS, MS, TS being operated to maintain unoperated the corresponding denominational indicator clutch magnets UM, XM, CM, MM, TM. Should 400 bets, say, be registered now, wiper cc moves to its fifth contact. Relay CS de-energizes, and clutch magnet CM energizes. As the corresponding band moves to display a fresh indication contacts cm are momentarily closed, energizing a relay CR which at contacts cr1 energizes the driving magnet ICDM which thus steps its wipers ic1, ic2 .. as the indicator band advances, until, when on its sixth contact relay CS is again energized, the indicator coming to rest at a display of four. When each denominational indicator band moves from its blank display a corresponding relay OU, OX, OC, OM, OT (units, tens, ..,) is operated over contacts ur2, xr2, cr2, mr2, tr2. These relays lock up over contacts ou2, ox2 .., and, at contacts oul, oxl .., prevent the indicator bands from coming to rest to again display a blank surface during operation of the indicator. Moreover, should a higher denominational counter be actuated first, ICDM, say, operating relay OC, the relays OX, OU operate in turn over contacts oc3, ox3, to change the indications of the lower denominations from blank to zero. Thermometer indicator. Each,runner indicator is controlled from a switch comprising banks c1, c2 .. c8, the banks cl .. c4 being interconnected with banks iu2, ix2, ix3, ic2, ic3, im2, im3, .. the indicator band taking up a position corresponding to the two highest denominations only of the total registered. From the cross connections, Fig. 1, it will be seen that when the total registered comprises units only, the moving band will be stepped correspondingly, the switch CDM being revertively controlled as for the numerical indicator. Thus, normally a relay TIR, Fig. 2, is operated over contacts rs2, b1 and banks c1, iu2 deenergizing the clutch magnet T1. When a units bet is registered, wiper iu2 is stepped to its third contact, de-energizing relay TIR. Clutch magnet T1 is energized over contacts tir1 ; the thermometer indicating band commences to move, and in moving to display each new indication closes contacts ti, energizing relay I over contacts rs1, which, at contacts il energizes the driving magnet CDM, which thus steps its wipers c1 c2 .. with the indicator until it reaches the marked contact, when relay TIR will be again operated to stop the indicator. As the ten operative contacts of the units bank iu2 are connected seriatim to the first ten of bank c1, the switch CDM, and the indicator will step once for each unit bet registered. When ten bets are registered relay OX operates and contacts ox4 disconnect bank iu2. The third to the eleventh contacts of the tens banks ix2, ix3 are connected to alternate contacts in the banks cl, c2 and the wipers ix2, ix3 being connected respectively to contacts of bank iu3 corresponding to bets zero to four, and five to nine, the switch CDM will only be stepped for each five bets registered. By similarly arranging hundreds banks ic2, ic3 with a tens bank ix4, and so on, the thermometer indicator may be caused to advance one division for every fifty bets in the range 100 to 1000 bets, for every 500 in range 1000 to 10000 and by utilizing alternate contacts only in the latter part of bank c3, and bank c4, at every 2500 bets in the range 10000 to 100,000. Alternatively, the indicator band may be stepped one division for every 10 bets in the range 10 to 100, and for 100, 1000, and 10000 in the succeeding ranges, or again a step may be taken for each 500 bets, say, throughout the range of betting by appropriate connections to the banks c1 .. c4. After one revolution of the switch CDM, wipers c1, c2 have to be disconnected and wipers c3, c4 made effective. At the second step of the second half revolution of switch CDM, a relay A is operated over contacts rs3 and bank c6, and locks up over contact a1. On the first step of the second revolution a relay B operates over contacts rs3, wiper c5 and contact a2, and locks up over contacts b2, contacts b1, Fig. 1, changing over the circuit of relay TIR, Fig. 2, from wipers c1, c2 to wipers c3, c4. When the wiper c4 reaches its penultimate contact it is there held over + ve to maintain the indication thereat, namely 100,000 bets. Grand total thermometer indicator ; submultiple indicators. The grand total indicator is set identically with that of a runner total. but associated with the control switch CDM thereof, is a relay GT operated in synchronism with the driving magnet CDM over contacts i2, Fig. 1. The submultiple indicator bands have two control switches, a primary control switch stepped synchronously with the grand total control switch CDM, and a secondary switch which moves in accordance with a definite fraction of the primary switch indication. Fig. 3 shows the control switches of a 2-1 and a 4-1 indicator. The primary switches PDM (banks p1 .. p8), PADM (pa1 . . pa8) are operated over contacts gt1, gt2 of relay GT and are thus, together with further primary switches of other sub-multiple pool indicators, stepped in synchronism with the grand total control switch CDM, Fig. 1. The banks ca1 .. ca4 of the secondary switch CADM are connected, so that any contact on the banks p1 .. p4 is connected to the contact corresponding to the appropriate sub-multiple (here one-half) of the switch CADM. The secondary switch is then caused to be revertively stepped by the sub-multiple pool indicator as for the pool indicator. Thus, when the active wiper cal .. ca4 is on a contact marked by a wiper p1 .. p4 a relay CB is operated and at contacts cb1 maintains the indicator clutch magnet OICM inoperative. When switch PDM advances, this clutch magnet energizes, the indicator advances, and contacts oidm thereof, operate a relay IA, which at contacts ia1, synchronously steps the indicator as for the pool indicator. The marking circuit is changed over from banks p1, p2, ca1, ca2 to p3, p4, ca3, ca4 by means of relays AA, BB, AC, BC at contacts bb1, bc1 in the same way as relays A, B, Fig. 1, function for wipers c1 .. c4. Sequence of operations. At the commencement of betting key OS1, Fig. 2, is depressed, energizing a relay MS over key contacts OS1, FPKI. At contacts ms1 a circuit is made through the motor MO, MOF for driving the totals and odds thermometer indicators. The indicators are then set as above described according to the bet registrations. When bet. ting is to cease key FPK1, FPK2 is operated and OS1 restored. Relay MS de-energizes, opening the motor circuit at contacts ms1. A relay CO now energizes over contacts ms3, FPK2 and locks up over contacts co3, and n1 (operated as described later), contacts col, co2 reversing the motor field. After the dividends have been declared, and the thermometer indicators are to be set to normal, key RK1, RK2, .. is thrown and FPK1, .. released. At contacts RK1, Fig. 2, circuit is closed over contacts n2 (operated) and FPK1 for relay MS which at contacts ms1 causes the motor MO, MOF to run in reverse, and further locks up relay CO at contacts ms2. At contacts RK4 relay IR, Fig. 1, is operated releasing relays OU, OX .. OT and when the counters uc, xc .. to are zeroized the indicator control switches IUDM, IXDM .. are stepped until the numerical indicator displays blanks in its digit sections. At contacts RK2, Fig. 1, a relay RS is energized. At contacts rs3 relays A and B are released and at rs1 relay I is energized over the interrupter contacts cdm and homing wiper c7. Relay I interacts with magnet CDM to home the latter, the wiper c7 being arranged so as to perform a complete revolution to the position shown. At contacts rs2 relay TIR is de-energized. The total thermometer indicator therefore operates in the reverse direction until it reaches normal when contacts tion restore to energize relay TIR over contacts rs2, and stop