Patent GB-363200-A (GB)
Abstract: 363,200. Apparatus for checking tickets. SOC. D E CONSTRUCTION D'APPAREILS M•CANIQUES DE PR•- CISION, 10, Rue de la Vacquerie, and MASSOT, P., 23, Boulevard de Magenta, both in Paris. Jan. 29, 1931, No. 2904. Convention date, Feb. 5, 1930. [Class 106 (iii).] Relates to ticket cancelling apparatus of the kind described in Specification 289,408, [Class 106 (iii), Fares &c.], in which the travel voucher employed is constituted by a number of tickets each of the same value, and in which the entry slot for the voucher is adjustable in length according to the number of juxtaposed tickets building up the voucher ; and consists in adapting the machine to deal with vouchers of a value greater than the normal capacity of the machine. The end walls 2, 3 of the ticket slot 1<0> are moved to right and left of a datum plane according to the number of stages and number of supplement tickets respectively. The machine described has a capacity of 8 tickets which allow a journey of 5 stages in first or second class. If now the apparatus is used for a journey of 6 or 7 stages, the cancellation is effected in two ways:-(a) in two operations, the first cancelling the row of tickets h<1> and the second the additional ticket h<2>, Fig. 2 ; or (b) in one operation, by employing a voucher constituted by 1 ordinary ticket and a special ticket having 10 times the value of an ordinary ticket. As in the apparatus of Specification 289,408, the " travel lever 4 through the intermediary of a lever 6 controls the position of the wall 2 in conjunction with a " class " lever 10 controlling the position of a wall 3 by the intermediary of cams 36, 36<1>, of piece 31, of the differential mechanism 18, 19, 20, and a linkage 24, 25. In the present apparatus a " complement" " lever 90 is joined to the lever 4 for journeys of 1 to 5 stages and is disconnected therefrom for the 6th and 7th stages. The " travel " lever 4 is carried on a piece 91 on the axis 5 and can occupy 7 different positions 4<1>.. 4<7> corresponding to journeys of 1 to 7 stages. The " complement" lever 90 is freely mounted on the axis 5 and fast with the lever 6 controlling the displacement of the wall 2. The lever 90 can occupy 6 positions 90<1> . . 90<6> of which for the positions 90<2> .. 90<6> it is united with the travel lever 4. The position 90<1> is one step to the left of the position 41 in Fig. 5 and the extreme positions 90<1>. .90<6> are determined by fixed stops 93, 94. The piece 91 carries an axle 95 to which is articulated a bent lever 96 one end of which carries a roller 97 resting on a cam 98 on the " complement " lever 90 and working over a fixed circular piece 99 for positions 4<1> . . 4<5>. The roller 97 tends during this period to push back the cam 98 and lever 90, but this is prevented by contact of a stop 100 on the lever 90 with a finger 101 on the lever 4. The other end of the lever 96 is acted upon by a compression spring 102 housed in the piece 91. The lever 90 also carries a doubleacting cam 103 co-operating with a follower 104 pivoted at 105, this piece carrying a catch 106 which can disable the lever 4 by engaging one of two notches 107, 108 on the piece 91 when the lever 4 occupies positions 4<6> or 4<7>. A stop 109 on the lever 90 limits its displacement relative to the lever 4 for positions 4<6> or 4<7> and again when the lever 90 is in positions 90<1> or 90<2>. The wall 3 is moved as described in the above referred to prior Specification. When the levers 4, 90 are integral and occupy positions 4<1> and 90<2>, the wall 2 allows of the introduction of 2 tickets corresponding to 1 stage in the second class. For positions 4<2> . . 45 they remain integral for 2-5 stages. At the positions 45 and 90<6> the lever 90 engages with the stop 94 and the roller 97 is on the point of escaping from the fixed circular piece 99. Fig. 8 shows the position of the parts during the first operation for the cancellation of a voucher for a journey of 6 stages in the second class. The lever 4 occupies the position 4<6>, the lever 90 being in the position 90<6> and held by the stop 94. The roller 97 on disengagement from the circular piece 99 rolls on the cam 98 by compressing the spring 102. The lever 104 under the action of the cam 103 remains disengaged from the notch 107. The 6 ordinary tickets are now introduced into the slot and cancelled by operation of the control handle. The " complement" lever is now moved to the left, Fig. 9, until its stop 109 engages the finger 101 of the lever 4 which remains in position 4<6>. The lever 90 is then in position 90<1> which corresponds to an opening of the slot to the length of 1 ticket. The lever for this position is also in contact with the stop 93. The catch 106 penetrates into the notch 107 as soon as the lever 90 leaves the position 90<6> and holds the lever 4 in the position 4<6>. The remaining ordinary ticket is now introduced into the slot 1<0> and cancelled with the same mark as the remainder of the voucher by a second operation of the control handle. Similarly for a second class journey of 7 stages 8 tickets may be cancelled. In the case of a first class journey of 6 stages (10 tickets), the walls 2, 3 are adjusted to a capacity tariff of 5 stages in the first class. In the second operation the lever 90 is returned to position 90<1>, the wall 2 being at a distance equal to 1 ticket to the right of the datum plane and wall 3 at the same distance to the left of the datum plane. By using special tickets having a value 10 times the ordinary value and of double width, the second operation only may be used, the first being omitted. For a journey of 7 stages in the first class (11 tickets), 1 special ticket and one ordinary ticket may be used. Special tickets denoting other multiples of the ordinary ticket may be used. Detent mechanism is provided in order to prevent operation of the control handle when the travel lever 4 and " complement " lever 90 are integral if the latter does not occupy either the extreme position 90<6> or one of the positions 90<1>, 90<2> determined by the contact of its stop 109 with the finger 101 of the lever 4. Counters are provided for registering all the " travel tickets and all the " supplement " tickets and a cam and lever mechanism ensures automatically whether the actuating members for the counters are clutched to their shaft or not. For a journey of 1-5 stages the members are clutched in whatever the position of the levers 4 and 90. For a journey of 6 or 7 stages the members are clutched in for the second operation only of the machine. The travel and complement levers are interconnected with the operating handle so that the latter cannot be operated when one or other of the levers occupies an incorrect position.