IMPROVED SYSTEM OF RECORDING FIXED AMOUNTS, AND THE PORTION OR PORTIONS PORTIONS OF A JOURNEY OVER WHICH A PASSENGER MAY HAVE TRAVELLED ALSO IN APPARATUS FOR CARRYING THIS SYSTEM INTO PRACTICE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Thomas Parlour, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City
of London, Engineer and Shipwright, for an Invention of "IMPROVED
SYSTEM OF RECORDING FIXED AMOUNTS, AND THE PORTION OR PORTIONS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Thomas Parlour at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th January 1882.
JOSEPH THOMAS PARLOUR of 166 Fleet Street in the City of London Engineer
and Shipwright. "IMPROVED SYSTEM OF RECORDING FIXED AMOUNTS AND
THE PORTION OR PORTIONS OF A JOURNEY OVER WHICH A PASSENGER MAY
HAVE TRAVELLED ALSO IN APPARATUS FOR CARRYING THIS SYSTEM INTO
PRACTICE."
This Invention relates mainly to a system of dividing a journey into sections
and in identifying each section by a symbol or letter which can be stamped or
impressed upon the ticket at the time of issue.
The apparatus consists substantially of a box or casing in which are partitions
to keep the tickets according to their various colours apart, the colours represent
the different amounts to be received by an attendant. These tickets in succession
bear against a plate which is fitted with a stamp to put an impression of say a
letter to indicate the portion of the journey over which a passenger say of a tram
car or an omnibus has travelled an additional letter being impressed upon the ticket
if issued during another portion of the journey.
According to my first method I fit a screw or threaded rod in a casing and I
turn this rod by an outside button to push a sliding plate along, the sliding plate
having a series of tickets pressing against it so that when it is moved in ono
direction the tickets are caused to issue in successive order.

page_text: The front of the casing is provided with stamps or perforators which represent
different amounts such marking being put upon a different portion of the ticket
the surface of which is of different colours. In connection with the threaded rod
is a plate capable of being pushed against a lever which acts upon a wheel for
registering the issue of each ticket. I fit a worm between the threaded rod and
the wheel gearing into both so that the motion of one is communicated to the
other.
According to the second method I use a long strip of paper capable of being
withdrawn from a roller in ticket lengths by a clicking turn button or a slide
which has in connection a stamping or a perforating appliance. I provide a
registering wheel within the casing capable of being rotated or moved round by
levers or keys acted upon from the outside.
According to the third method I use the levers or keys in connection with
punch levers for marking the tickets on the necessary colour, the registering wheel
being used in connection with these keys to register the issue.
Each apparatus is provided with a knife or perforator to enable the tickets to be
casily severed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Thomas Parlour in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
6th July 1882.
JOSEPH THOMAS PARLOUR of 166 Fleet Street in the City of London Engineer
and Shipwright. "IMPROVED SYSTEM OF RECORDING FIXED AMOUNTS AND
THE PORTION OR PORTIONS OF A JOURNEY OVER WHICH A PASSENGER MAY
HAVE TRAVELLED ALSO IN APPARATUS FOR CARRYING THIS SYSTEM INTO
PRACTICE,"
This Invention relates mainly to a system of dividing a journey into sections
and in identifying each section by a symbol or letter which can be stamped or
impressed upon the ticket at the time of issue.
The apparatus consists substantially of a box or casing in which are partitions
to keep the tickets according to their various colours apart; the colours represent
the different amounts to be received by an attendant. These tickets in succession
bear against a plato which is fitted with a stamp to put an impression of a numeral
or a letter to indicate the portion of the journey over which a passenger, say of a
tramcar or an omnibus, has travelled, an additional letter being impressed upon the
ticket if issued during another portion of the journey.
According to my first method, as shown at Figures 1 and 2 of the annexed
Drawings, I fit a screw or threaded rod A in a casing B and I turn this rod by an
outside button C to push a sliding plate D along, the sliding plate D having a
series of tickets E pressing against it, so that when the screw rod A is moved in
one direction the tickets are caused to issue in successivo order.
The front of the casing B is provided with stamps or perforators F which
represent different amounts, such marking being put upon a different portion of
the ticket according to the portion of the journey over which a passenger may
have travelled, the surface of which tickets is of different colours. In connection
with the threaded rod A is a plate G capable of being pushed against a lever H
which acts upon a wheel I for registering the issue of each ticket.
I fit a worm J between the threaded rod A and the wheel I gearing into both
so that the motion of one is communicated to the other. The wheel I has on its
face a series of pins or it may be holes in the edge rim of the wheel or ratchet
teeth on the edge, into and between which a spring K takes to hold the wheel at
each issue of the tickets. The pins on the wheel correspond with the number of
tickets within the case when filled whereby it acts as a register. It is preferably
also numbered on the face so that a reading can be taken at any time through a
glass at the front.
According to the second method shown at Figure 3, I use a long strip of paper L
capable of being withdrawn from a roller M in ticket lengths by a clicking turn
button on the axle N and a pusher P. The paper in ticket length is torn off and
then pushed into the slit Q to be stamped by F under the action of the lever R.
I provide a registering wheel I within the casing capable of being rotated or
moved by the lever R and paul T.
According to the third method, I use the lever or levers R in connection with
the stamping punch F for marking the tickets on the necessary colour, the
registering wheel being used in connection to register the issue. U is a multiple
wheel which moves one stop at each complete rotation of the wheel I to register up
to 1000.
The apparatus may be provided with a knife or perforator V to enable the
tickets to be easily severed."

page_text: According to Figures 4 and 5, the apparatus is used for stamping tickets only
with the amount of the fare paid by each passenger, each stamping being sounded
on the gong or bell a as well as being registered on the endless band L' which
moves along under the action of the lever R and paul T. To prevent the band
slipping, I perforate it at intervals for pins b to enter as shown by the plan view
Figure 5.
Figures 6 and 7 show how the band or bands may be dispensed with, the
registration of the issue of tickets being by wheels 1 and U as described with
reference to Figure 3.
In the above Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 each of the levers R is operated from above
the apparatus, by the thumb of the attendant, but in the modifications shown at
Figures 8 and 9 the stamp F is actuated from the forefinger of the attendant
through the trigger R. Figure 10 shows the stamp F under operation by a stud
button R and returnable by the spring S, according to Figure 11.-I turn the
handle W to operate the stamp F by the lever R.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim :-
First The system of dividing a journey into sections and in identifying each
section by a symbol or letter which can be stamped or impressed upon the ticket
at the time of issue as set forth.
Secondly-The combination of appliances forming an apparatus as shown in
the annexed Drawings Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for stamping and registering
the issue of tickets as described.
Thirdly I claim :-The modifications described with reference to Figures 8, 9, 10
and 11 of the Drawings, as set forth.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Thomas Parlour have hereunto set my
hand and scal this Fifth day of July in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
JOSEPH T. PARLOUR. (IN.)