Patent GB-191301763-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Ticket Punching, Issuing and Registering Machines.
Inventor: JOYCE VICTOR ERNEST
Filed: 1913-01-22
Granted: 1914-01-22
Abstract: 1763. Joyce, V. E. Jan. 22. [Cognate Application, 12,788/13.] Ticket punches. - Apparatus for issuing and punching strip tickets to show the fare and the stage where paid comprises a casing divided into two sections, the lower containing the ticket roll and the upper one two shafts 8, 9, Fig. 14, upon which are mounted respectively the punch-operating levers and means for preventing the simultaneous depression of two or more punches. The fare punches 13<d> are mounted between plates 19, 6 and are operated by levers 13 which are mounted on the shaft 8 and are each provided with an arm 13<b> bearing an indicating-plate 13<c> and forked at its lower end to engage the shaft 9. Mounted on the shaft 9 is a number of bobbins 17 formed with bevelled heads so arranged that when the forked ends 13<a> of one lever are occupying the space between two bobbins no others can enter, thus preventing the operation of more than one lever at a time. The stage punch 21 is carried by a block 22 adapted to be reciprocated by a double-threaded screw 23 rotated from the exterior by a nut 24, the pitch being so arranged that half a revolution corresponds to one stage. Spring stops are provided to indicate the extent of the rotation, and an indicating-cylinder 27, which is rotated from a pinion 32 on the shaft 23, facilitates the positioning of the punch. Operation of the stage punch is effected on the depression of any fare punch by a bar 36, running the length of the casing, which is carried by two arms 37 pivoted on the shaft 9 and is engaged by the arm 13 of the fare punch. To indicate the type of ticket issued, such as "workman's" &c., punches 14<a>, 15<a>, 16<a> of differing configuration may be provided and may have registering - apparatus and locking devices to prevent actuation while a ticket is being issued. Tickets, issuing. - The ticket-strip is fed between the plate 6 and the die-plate 18 by pin-wheels 60, 61 mounted on a shaft 59, which is rotated from the exterior by a handle 64, half a revolution being sufficient to feed one ticket. Backward rotation is prevented by a double-toothed ratchet-wheel and pawl. Rotation of the feeding-wheels until the punch has been operated is prevented by a second ratchetwheel 72 and a pawl 70, the ratchet-wheel being oppositely positioned to the first-mentioned one. The pawl 70 is raised after the punching operation by a pin 74, which is carried by a plate 75 secured to one of the arms 37. To prevent the pawl 70 from locking the ticket-feed wheels after the punching operation, relative movement between the wheel 72 and the shaft 59 is allowed by pin-and-slot connexions between the pinwheel 61 and the ratchet-wheel, and a spring connexion between the shaft 59 and the ratchetwheel. Registering value of tickets issued. A counter showing the monetary value of the tickets issued is operated by a toothed sector 50, Fig. 6, carried by a shaft 49, the movement of the sector 50 being produced by links 54<a> on the levers 13 engaging cranks 54 on the shaft 49. Varying actuation corresponding to the different fares is provided for by varying the length of the cranks. Movement of the sector 50 is communicated to the counter through a pinion 48, a clutch 43, 44 and a shaft 42, backward rotation of the shaft being prevented by a ratchet-wheel and pawl. A spring 58 serves to return the sector and pinion to their initial positions.