Patent GB-340298-A (GB)
Abstract: 340,298. Totalizators. BROOME, J. H., 64, Heathwood Gardens, Charlton, London. Sept. 17, 1929, No. 28179. [Class 106 (i).] In a totalizator system in which signalling wires common to a number of ticket machines give access to the counting and indicating equipment of one ticket machine at a time, a ticket machine when connected over these common wires remains so until a signal is transmitted back from the counter to indicate registration of the bet. The ticket machines are connected to an assigner switch which steps round continuously until it comes to a contact corresponding to a machine in which keys have been operated for a bet. The assigner switch connects this machine to appropriate counters and remains on this contact until the bet has been registered on the horse and grand total counters, when a release signal is sent, causing release of the depressed keys at the ticket machine, issue of the ticket and the assigner to commence stepping round until it comes to another marked lead corresponding to another operated ticket machine. For a large number of machines, group assigners controlled by a master assigner are provided. Correct working is signalled by lamp indicators connected in extra banks of the various switches and alarm circuits are provided. The whole apparatus is portable, all external connections being by cables fitted with plugs and sockets. Master assigner switch. To commence betting a key OS, Fig. 3 is depressed. Assuming a units bet to be ready for acceptance on machine TIM, Fig. 1 the horse key HK and the win-place key WP will be operated, actuating master contacts mc1, mc2, mc3. The machine TIM is assumed to deal with units only, although stake value keys corresponding to five units, tens, hundreds ... , SUA, SD, SC, SM, may be provided. Only one horse key HK is shown and the lower contact of key WP, corresponding to a place bet is connected to a relay similar to SU to operate a place counter, the counter shown being only for the upper win contact of key WP. The start relay STA of the master assigner MA (corresponding to the group assigner GA of which the machine TIM is the first) is now energized over circuit + ve, contacts rt5, rh5, mc1 wiper GA1 contacts of keys DIS1 .. DIS24, lock-out key LOA to - ve, Fig 3. The relay MAS operates over contacts sta1 and the first (normal) contact and wiper of bank MA3, and energizes the driving magnet MADM over contact mas1. Contacts madm open de-energizing relay MAS which in turn de-energizes the magnet MADM stepping the switch MAS on to the second contact. Contacts sta2 are open so that the switch MAS stops. The relay ST of the group assigner GA is now energized over contact sta3, and wiper MA2, and its contact st1 closes a circuit over relay AS, contacts gadm, st1, wiper and bank GA2 keys LO1, and DIS1<1>, contacts mc2, rt4, rh4 to a relay S. The relay S is of high resistance so that it operates but relay AS does not. The keys WP, (upwards) HK and WK (a control key) being operated the stake value relay SU operates over contact s2 to energize relay U over contacts su1, bc1, key HK. The relay U now energizes the driving magnet UDM of the units counting switch over contact u6, US1, .. US8. (All the counter magnets are in series with an alarm relay RA Fig. 2.) Release relay. The contact u2 connects + ve over contacts udm of magnet UDM, contacts rs1 to relay R, and contact u3 closing after u2 connects + ve to the other side short-circuiting relay R. When magnet UDM energizes, contacts udm open, and relay R operates over resistance RP to - ve. The relay RH now operates over contacts r1 and locks up over make-before-break contacts rh3 and mc3. Contact rh1 releases relay U which releases magnet UDM at u6 resulting in the units counter switch US moving to its second contacts. The grand total counter is similarly operated over the wire gt and contact s3 and a contact of the stake relay SU and the energization of its release relay R connects + ve to the wire rgt operating the release relay RT, which locks up over contacts rt3, mc3. Contact rt1 releases the grand total counter magnet; rh2, rt8 release relay SU ; rt4, rh4 release relay S and relay AS now operates over contacts s6, rt6, rh4, mc2 to step the assigner GA one step by way of its driving magnet GADM, and contacts gadm. The closing of contact s7 energizes the magnet TSM to issue the ticket and restore the keys HK, WP and master contacts mc1. . . . Assigners; cyclic operations. The assigner GA is now stepped round, over the circuit + ve, contacts mc2, keys LO1, DIS1<1>, bank and wiper GA2 contacts stl, gadm relay AS, until a machine is reached where the contacts mc2 are actuated, when the relay AS will be in series with the relay S corresponding to the machine operated and will not operate until the bet has been registered as above, when the cycle will be continued to the next operated machine. If no other machines assigned to the group GA are operated, the circuit of the start relay STA is broken at the contacts mc1, releasing relay ST. The relay AS will now step the assigner to normal position over wiper GA3. Contact sta2 being now closed the master assigner relay MAS is energized and will step the switch MA to the third contact corresponding to the group assigner GB. If machines in group GB have bets to register the start relay STB will have been operated similarly to STA, contacts stb2 will be operated and the group assigner GB will now connect each of its operated ticket machines consecutively to their counters. After group GB has been dealt with the master assigner passes to group GC corresponding to relay STC and so on to consecutively connect groups GA, GB, GC, GD, and GE to the counters. Only these five groups are assumed, two only, GA and GE being shown and accordingly when the master assigner has passed these to its next step, a normal contact, it remains there until a start relay STA, ... STE is operated when the cycle is again repeated. Counting arrangements. The actuation of the relays U, UA, D, C, M, operate their corresponding contacts u6, ua6, d1, c1, m1 causing the corresponding driving magnets UDM, UADM, DDM, CDM, MDM, TDM to step the switches UAS1, . . ; DS1, . . . ; CS1, . . . ; MS1, .. ; corresponding to five units, tens, hundreds &c. the release relay R being affected similarly in each case but over the contacts of the relay actuated. Transfer arrangements ; operation of " fives " unit counter. When nine bets are registered on the units counter switch US and the " fives " switch UAS is at normal, i.e. on an odd contact, the next operation of relay U besides stepping the switch US energizes the magnet DDM over + ve, contact u1, wiper US3, odd contact and wiper UAS2, contact dr1 to step the tens switch magnet DDM. With the wiper US3 registering any number between 5 and 9, and switch UAS2 on an odd contact, the latter on operation, to add 5 units actuates the magnet DDM over wiper US4, even contacts and wiper UAS2. Magnet DDM is also actuated over these wipers, if, on actuation of switch UASI, ... it previously stood on an even contact, denoting five units registered, and the units switch registers any number 0 to 5. The transfer between the higher digit switches DS1, ... ; CS1, . . . ; is by way of the banks DS2, CS2, ..; the tenth contacts in each bank corresponding to nine bets being multiplied to provide a circuit to the driving magnet of the switch for the next higher digit. In all cases the relay R is held shorted until both stepping magnets concerned have been operated. Indicator. This is of the roller blind type, the rollers corresponding to each digit having eleven faces, bearing numbers 0 .. 9, the remaining blank face normally showing. Normally the relays C1 corresponding to the switch banks, US1, DS1, ... TS1. (only the units indicator is shown) are energized over contact b1, banks and wipers US1, UAS1, contacts of keys 0 .. 9 of a manual key bank HCK. Contacts c11 open the circuit of the clutch magnets CM so that the individual rollers of the indicator driven by an electric motor do not move. When a unit stake, say, is registered, relay C1 is de-energized, and the clutch magnet CM drives the indicator roller. As the indicator face exhibited by the units roller changes to the next cam contacts cm close momentarily and energize the driving magnet IODM of the indicator control switch IC1, .... which is thus stepped (in this case two steps) until the relay C1 is operated over the second contact of bank US1. The indicator rollers thus come to rest in positions corresponding to the counter banks US1, ... TS1, and the corresponding lamps in the miniature lamp indicators L1 are illuminated. The relay B which operates and locks up on the second contact of the switch bank IC3 operates its contact b1 which ensures that the corresponding indicator roller cannot come to rest with its blank face showing. Contacts bd, bm, be, bt, corresponding to relays B for the rollers of the higher digits of the indicator ensure the remaining rollers moving to display a zero indication on the operation of any one of the rollers. The wipers and banks US2, UAS1 are for operating the relay C1 on registration of a " fives " units bet. Resetting means. For the counters and indicators a key RSK Fig. 5 is depressed operating relays RSS, IR. Relays RS, RSA, Fig. 2 are energized over wiper RSM2 and contact rssl, contacts of relays RS and RSA closing circuits for the homing wipers US5, UAS3, DS3, CS3, MS3, TS3, which step the corresponding switches to normal. The relay RSR is then energized over the wipers USS, UAS5, DS5, CS5, .. TS5, contact rss2 wiper RSM3 and steps the sequence switch RSM1, ... on to the next contact whereupon the counters for the next horse competitor are zeroized and so on. If there are too many competitors for one switch RSM1, ... a relay similar to RSS would be operated from the last step of wiper RSM2 to step a further resetting switch. The relay IR releases relay B at c