IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CHECKING TICKETS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS TRAMWAYS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Lawson and Jean Sirech of Bordeaux in the
Republic of France, for an invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DISTRIBUTING AND CHECKING TICKETS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS
TRAMWAYS,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Lawson and Jean
Sirech at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th April 1882.
JOHN LAWSON and JEAN SIRECH of Bordeaux in the Republic of France
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CHECKING TICKETS FOR
PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS TRAMWAYS
"
This apparatus is represented by the drawings annexed. It is composed of
1-A wooden or metal box fitted with a lock to contain the desired number and
different sorts of tickets separated by partitions o forming compartments as shewn
in Drawing. On the top of each pile of tickets, a weight r is placed pressing con-
tinually downwards. This weight is kept down by the clicks ss provided with
little springs t which make them click on the racks fixed on the partitions o o.
These racks can be marked so as to shew without counting them the number of
tickets distributed. By this arrangement the box can be turned in any position
without disarranging the tickets. In the lower part of the box and in front of
each compartment there is a slit v of which the width and length correspond with
the thickness and width of the tickets. Through this opening the tickets can be
taken out one by one by means of a slide which is pulled out by the hand. This
slide bears a clasp spring which catches the ticket behind and brings it out so that
it can be taken with the fingers. The slide has an india rubber spring m con-
nected with it and this brings it back to seize the next ticket. Or the ticket can
be taken out without the said slide by making an opening where it is placed so
as to be able to take hold of the ticket with the tip of the finger to pull it out.
2-Of a numbering or dating mechanism with wheels e for stamping the tickets
as they are distributed which can compose by numbers the year (the month by
initial letters) the day of the month, the hour, the minute, (morning or evening
by m-e) the number of the journey and the line. The metal plate b fixed on the
ticket box carries two supports on which are the bearings of the shaft on which
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the type wheels e are placed. When working the parts are covered with a metal
box d which has on one of the sides in the interior two teeth. engaging with one
on the shaft in order to make the wheels turn half round and take ink from the
pad g every time a ticket is marked. The printer is fixed it only turns on its axle,
the box & makes it go round when pushed with the hand from its lower part to
its upper part (this position is shewn in dotted lines on section a b). After having
introduced the ticket in the opening to bring it against the type the box is
slidden in the grooves c of the plate b by its tenons. Behind the said plate is
attached an india rubber spring n n to bring the box d'tò its original position
that is to say with the pad g impregnated with. ink against the type. The box d
can be locked by a bolt surrounded with a spiral spring in a tube with the key
it is made to turn until the collar is parallel with the groove c c then the box d is
brought back until the shaft of the compositor is in the middle of the box in this
position it opens frees itself and can be opened back on the hinge k. The box is
shown open on the section a b by a dotted line. The wheels can then be turned
round and set to form the numbers required. The box can then be shut and
locked by proceeding in the same manner as in opening it.
As can be seen the distribution of tickets can be done very rapidly and with one
hand. In the event of the tickets giving right, to a correspondence it will simply
be necessary to stamp the ticket again to serve as a check on the corresponding
line.
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This apparatus can be carried by suspending it on the. neck and by fixing it
round the waist or it can be permanently fixed in any place,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
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by the said John Lawson and Jean Sirech in the Great Seal Patent Office
.on the 6th October 1882.
JOHN LAWSON and JEAN SIRECH of Bordeaux in the Republic of France
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CHECKING TICKETS FOR
PUBLIC SERVICES SUCH AS TRAMWAYS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for distributing and ·
checking tickets for public services such as tramways.
The apparatus is represented by the Drawings annexed. It is composed of
1. A wooden or metal box fitted with a lock to contain the desired number and
different sorts of tickets, separated by partitions o forming compartments as shown
in Drawing. On the top of each pile of tickets a weight r, is placed pressing con-
tinually downwards. This weight is kept down by the clicks 8, 8, provided with.
little springs t which make them click on the racks fixed on the partitions o, o.
These racks can be marked so as to shew without counting them the number of
tickets distributed. By this arrangement the box can be turned in any position
without disarranging the tickets. In the lower part of the box and in front of
each compartment there is a slit v. of which the width and length correspond with
the thickness and width of the tickets. Through this opening the tickets can be
taken out one by one by means of a slide which is pulled out by the hand. This
slide bears a clasp spring which catches the ticket behind and brings it out so that
it can be taken with the fingers. The slide has an india rubber spring m con-
nected with it and this brings it back to seize the next ticket. Or the ticket can
be taken out without the said slide, by making an opening where it is placed
so as to be able to take hold of the ticket with the tip of the finger and pull
it out.
2. Of a numbering or dating mechanism with wheels e. for stamping the tickets
as they are distributed, which can compose by numbers the year, the month (by
initial letters), the day of the month, the hour, the minute (morning or evening
indicated by M.-E.) the number of the journey and the line. The metal plate b.
fixed on the ticket box carries two supports f on which are the bearings of the
shaft on which the type wheels c. are placed. When working the parts are covered
with a metal box d. which has on one of the sides in the interior two teeth
engaging with one on the shaft in order to make the wheels turn hálf round and
take ink from the pad g every time a ticket is marked. The printer is fixed, it
only turns on its axle, the box d. makes it to go round when pushed with the
hand from its lower part to its upper part. (this position is shewn in dotted lines
on section A. B). After having introduced the ticket in the opening h. to bring
it against the type the box is slidden in grooves c, c, of the plate b, by its tenons.
Behind the said plate is attached an india rubber spring n. n. to bring the box d
to its original position, that is to say with the pad g impregnated with ink against
the type. The box d, can be locked by a bolt surrounded with a spiral spring in
a tube; with the key it is made to turn until the collar is parallel with the
groove c. c. then the box d. is brought back until the shaft of the compositor is in
the middle of the box, in this position it opens, frees itself and can be opened back
on the hinge . The box is shewn open on the section A. B by a dotted line.
The wheels can then be turned round and set to form the numbers required.
The box can then be shut and locked by proceeding in the same manner as in
opening it.
As can be seen the distribution of tickets can be done very rapidly and with
one hand

page_text: In the event of the tickets giving right to a correspondence it will simply be
necessary to stamp the ticket again to serve as a check on the corresponding line..
This apparatus can be carried by suspending it on the neck and by fixing it
round the waist, or can be permanently fixed in any place.
What we claim is the combination of the ticket rack or holder, the numbering
or dating wheels and the sliding box carrying the ticket and the inking pad to
and from the type wheel and rotating the type wheel to bring it to the printing
and inking positions substantially as described.
We also claim separately the numbering and dating mechanism consisting of the
parts above detailed.
In witness whereof we the said John Lawson and Jean Sirech have here-
unto set our hands and seals this twenty sixth day of September in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
JOHN LAWSON (L.S.)
J. SIRECH.
(L.S)