Patent GB-393348-A (GB)
Abstract: 393,348. Totalizators. S I EMENS 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. 638. [Class 106 (i).] In a totalizer system in which the ticket machines are grouped, the machines of each group being connected in turn to a relay set at the central station over wires common to the group, the relay sets of the various groups are assigned to operate the counters in turn, there being one assignor for win and anotherfor place bets. One relay set is shown, the common wiring TIM thereto from the corresponding ticket machines comprising a cancel wire CAw, multiple bet MBw, single bet SBw, each way EWw, place Pw, and win Ww wires,. competitor wires only one Cw of which is shown, a release wire Rw over which an impulse is. reverted to the operative ticket machine to initiate the ticket issuing operation, and a. release wire TIMAS over which a revertive impulse passes, after the release impulse over Rw, to step the ticket machine assigner to connect another machine to the wires TIM. Starting operations. When betting is to commence relays WR for win, PR for place, and a relay CA for each runner are operated from the control officer's desk. If a bet is set up on a non-runner the CA relay corresponding thereto being unoperated, causes, when positive is applied over the competitor wire Cw, operation of a relay CB which reverts a cancelling impulse over cb1 and cancel wire CAw. This cancel impulse is also sent if a machine is assigned to the wires TIM before WR or PR is operated, the marking over the win, place or each way wire operating a relay ACR which connects positive to wire CAw at. acr1. Win betting. When a single win bet is assigned over wires TIM, a relay SB is operated over wire SBw and relays W and OR operate over wires Ww and Cw respectively. A relay CW now operates over w1, cr3 and over contacts cw5 the start relay STR of the win assigner CSAW is operated. If the assigner is at normal, a relay IA now energizes over +ve, wasdm, was4, str1, and contacts (gw2, aw4 and bw3 in parallel, cw2, sw6) of the unoperated relay set connected to the first position of the win assigner. Relay IA interacts with the drive magnet WASDM to step the wipers was 1 .. was4, to the position corresponding to the operated relay set when the +ve over wasdm, was4 is extended over gw2, aw4, bw3, cw2 (operated), cr1 and wire WCC to the competitor win counter. This circuit up to cw2 is common to all the competitor win counters, the appropriate counter being selected by a contact of the competitor relay, in this case contact cr1 of competitor relay CR. An impulse is also sent to the grand total win counter over asa1, wiper was2, aw5, in parallel with bw4, gw3, cw3 and wire WGT, and over asa2, wiper was3, cw4, gw4, a relay SW operates, energizing over sw1, cw6, a relay STW which locks over stw1. When the competitor and pool counters have effectively operated to register the bet a marking is extended over serially connected contacts in these counters and the upper wire WCC1 to energize a relay RA in series with the drive magnet WASDM and relay ASA over wiper was1, sw5, mb2, sb3. This circuit is maintained over parallel connected contacts in the above counters, lower wire WCC1 and contact ra1, until the bet has been fully registered, whereupon the circuit is broken at the counters and the assigner steps to normal or to another relay set waiting to register a bet. Relay SW releases as the assigner steps, whereupon a relay GW energizes over sw2 and stw4, and at its various contacts renders the relay set inoperative with respect to the assigner until the former has gone to normal. A release signal is now sent over contacts ewl, sw3, stw2 and wire Rw, causing release of all operated parts at the ticket machine and issue of a ticket The consequent withdrawal of +ve from wires TIM releases relays W, SB, CR, causing CW to release. Relay STW is de-energized at cw6 but as it is slow-to-release an impulse 'over wire TIMAS to initiate stepping of the ticket machine assigner is passed by way of ew3, cw8, stw3 during the release period thereof. When STW releases, both the release signal circuits are broken, and relay GW releases, when the relay set is at normal to receive further bets. Place betting. The operations are identical with those for a win bet ; relay P operates over wire Pw, causing a relay CP corresponding to CW to operate over p1 and cr3 and energize the start magnet STS of the place assigner CSAP. The latter functions similarly to the win assigner, the circuits to the competitor and grand place counters being over wires PCC and PGT, relays IB, RB, SP, STP for place betting corresponding respectively to IA, RA, SW, STW for win betting. The release signals over wires Rw and TIMAS are initiated over sp3, stp2, ew2, and cp8, stp3, ew4 respectively. Each way betting. When the bet is assigned over wires TIM the marking over the " each way " wire EWw operates relay EW, which at contacts ew5, ew6 operates relays W and P (windings II) respectively. Relays W and P function as above to register both a win and a place unit bet. The release signal, however,. may be sent only when both bets have been registered, the parallel release circuits ew1, sw3, stw2 (win) and sp3, stp2, ew2 (place) being connected in series by operation of relay EW to send the release signal over sp3, stp2, ew2, ew1, sw3, stw2 to wire Rw. The parallel release circuits for win and place over TIMAS are also serially connected, the impulse passing thereto over cp8, stp3, ew4, ew3, cw8 and stw3. Multi-bets. The relay MB is operated over wire MBw, instead of relay SB. Assuming the bet is for a win a relay BW is operated (winding 1) over mb3, sw4 and locks over its winding (II) by way of bw1, aw3 and cw7. Operations are now as before up to the revertive signal from the counters over wire WCC1. This marking is extended by way of wiper was1 and contacts sw5, mb2, sb2, bw2 to operate relay AW which locks by way of its winding (II) and contacts aw1, cw7. The impulse circuits to the counters over WCC and WGT are now broken at aw4, bw3 and aw5, bw4 respectively, and at aw3, the holding circuit of BW is made dependent on the revertive signal over WCC1. When the counters have fully operated, the withdrawal of the revertive marking over WCC1 causes relay BW to release whereupon at bw3 and bw4 markings are again extended over the wires WCC and WGT to the counters to register another bet. The next revertive impulse over wire WCC1 passes by way of wiper was1 and contacts sw5, mb2, sb2, bw2, aw2 to the drive magnet WASDM the stepping thereof and the subsequent operations being as before, relay AW releasing with relay CW. Multiplace bets are assigned and registered similarly to win bets, relays AP, BP functioning similarly to AW and BW, and for an each way multi-bet operations are as for both multi-win and place bets. By providing further multi-bet control wires and relays to be operated cyclically after AW, in a manner similar to the operation thereof a multi-bet equivalent to three or more unit bets may be catered for. These arrangements may be similar to those disclosed in Specification 367,355. Precautionary arrangements. Guard relays ASA, ASB operated in series with the win and place assigner drive magnets respectively, are provided to open the circuits to relays SW, SP and the pool counters during stepping of the assigners. Contacts (not shown) of relays CW and CP energize slow alarm circuits when operated, the alarms only operating if these relays remain operated for an unduly long period. Relays SB and MB light indicating lamps when energized. A lock-out key LOK may be operated energizing relays GW, GP to cause the assigners CSAW, CSAP to step past the position corresponding to the " locked out " relay set. Coding arrangements, for example as described in Specification 351,954, may be used to reduce the number of competitor lines Cw. Specification 367,488 also is referred to.