IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ISSUE OF TICKETS OR THE SALE OF MATERIALS IN THE SHAPE OF LONG STRIPS OR RIBBONS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, of the Firm of
J. Brandt and G. W. von Nawrocki, Civil Engineers and Patent Agents,
of No 2, Koch Strasse, Berlin, in the German Empire, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ISSUE OF TICKETS OR
THE SALE OF MATERIALS IN THE SHAPE OF LONG STRIPS OR RIBBONS."
communication by Louis Briese, of Berlin, in the German Empire.
A
Sealed the 29th January 1878, and dated the 18th September 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von
Nawrocki at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th September
1877.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Civil Engineers and Patent Agents, of No. 2, Koch Strasse, Berlin, in
the German Empire. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ISSUE
OF TICKETS OR THE SALE OF MATERIALS IN THE SHAPE OF LONG STRIPS OR RIBBONS."
[A communication by Louis Briese, of Berlin, in the German Empire.]
According to this Invention a flat circular metal casing having a hinged lid closed
by a lock has within it a hollow drum actuated by a spiral spring inside it, so as to
tend to revolve in one direction. Upon this drum is wound either a continuous
strip of paper marked with divisions so as to represent tickets for tramways, rail-
ways, theatres, or the like, or a continuous strip of lace or other valuable fabric in
ribbon form. The end of this strip passes out of the casing through a slit in the
side, like the tape of a yard measure, and the action of the spring drum is such that
when a length of the strip is drawn out through the slit, the drum tends to draw it
in again. The drum is provided with notches on its circumference, into which
catches a spring pawl that can be put out of gear by pressing upon a button from
the outside, when it is desired to rotate the drum for unwinding or winding on the
strip. To the outside of the circular side of the casing is hinged a curved blade with
a sharp cutting edge turned in against the side of the casing, so that by drawing
the strip as it issues from the casing between its side and the said cutting edge, and

page_text: then pressing on the latter, the length of the strip drawn out will be cut off. A
piece of soft material such as caoutchouc or cork is fixed to the side of the casing for
the cutting edge to press upon.
According to another modification the spring to the drum is dispensed with, so
that this has no tendency to wind up the strip, and a spring plate against the inner
side of the casing is made to press the strip against the casing as it issues through
the slit, so that a certain resistance is offered to the withdrawal of the strip from the
casing.
In using the above-described apparatus a paper strip representing a certain
number of tickets or a known length of lace or other fabric is wound up on the
drum, and this casing is then locked, so that the number of tickets or length of
material sold can at any time be readily controlled by unlocking the casing and
ascertaining the number of tickets or length of material remaining on the drum.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 27th February 1878.
GERARD WENZESLAUS VON NAWROCKI, of the Firm of J. Brandt and G. W. von
Nawrocki, Civil Engineers and Patent Agents, of No. 2, Koch Strasse, Berlin, in the
German Empire.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ISSUE OF
TICKETS OR THE SALE OF MATERIALS IN THE SHAPE OF LONG STRIPS OR RIBBONS."
A communication by Louis Briese, of Berlin, in the German Empire.
According to this Invention a flat circular metal casing having a hinged lid closed
by a lock has within it a spindle or boss, on which is wound either a continuous
strip of paper marked with divisions so as to represent tickets for tramways, rail-
ways, theatres, or the like, or a continuous strip of lace or other valuable fabric in
ribbon form. The end of this strip passes out of the casing through a slit in the
side, like the tape of a yard measure. To the outside of the circular side of the
casing is hinged a curved blade with a sharp cutting edge turned in against the
side of the casing, so that by drawing the strip as it issues from the casing between
its side and the said cutting edge, and then pressing on the latter, the length of the
strip drawn out will be cut off. A piece of soft material, such as caoutchouc or
cork, is fixed to the side of the casing for the cutting edge to press upon. The strip
is pressed by a spring against the casing as it issues through the slit, so that a
certain resistance is offered to the withdrawal of the strip from the casing.
In using the apparatus a paper strip representing a certain number of tickets, or
a known length of lace or other fabric, is wound up on the spindle or boss, and
the casing is then locked, so that the number of tickets or length of material sold
can at any time be readily controlled by unlocking the casing and ascertaining the
number of tickets or length of material remaining in the box.
Figs. I. and II. of the accompanying Drawings represent a front view, the latter
with the lid opened; Figs. III. and IV., side views; and Fig. V., a section on A, B, of
the said apparatus. a is the box of metal plate, having its hinged lid b, which can
be locked at c. Within the box is the spindle d, secured to a disc e, and on the
spindle is fixed the boss i, on which the paper or other strip or ribbon m is wound.
The roll of material is steadied by a spring n, the free end p of the strip or ribbon
is passed between a roller r¹, and the inner periphery of the box being pressed by

page_text: the spring r, on which the roller is mounted, and is led out through the slit w,
and passed between a soft pad and a knife edge z, the said edge being that of the
curved blade S, which is hinged to the box at c.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I claim the combination of the locked box, tho
internal spindle and boss on which is wound a roll of strip or ribbon, and the external
cutting blade, constituting an apparatus constructed and operating substantially as
and for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Gerard Wenzeslaus von Nawrocki, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
GERARD WENZESLAUS v. NAWROCKI. (LS.)