Improvements in PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Year: 1895

page_text: Improvements in
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
and relating to Coin Freed Apparatus for
Delivering Railway Carriage Seat Engaging Tickets, Insurance
Tickets, and the like.
I, JOHN DICKSON, of 16 Broompark Drive, Dennistoun, in the County of the
City of Glasgow Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved method and apparatus for delivering
on the insertion of a pre-payment penny or other coin or coins a ticket having a
number and particulars which shall act as a token for engaging any particular
seat within a railway carriage, or which can be used for delivering railway accident
insurance tickets, and for other like purposes.
According to my improvements, I use a box or casing divided by a horizontal
partition into upper and lower chambers while the upper chamber may be divided
off by a vertical position into two chambers. A sliding drawer or tray is fitted to
slide in the upper chambers over the horizontal partition. The back end of this
drawer is formed or built up solid while its front half is recessed or dish shaped to
receive a ticket case, and any number of these ticket cases such as ten may be
superimposed over each other within the front upper chamber. A counter
balanced lever is mounted in the lower chamber preferably on the top end of an
inverted U shaped frame. The one arm of this lever formed of hook shape, and
a flat plate is fitted in front of it; while the other end or arm of lever is fitted with
a lead or other counter weight.
The partition dividing the two upper chambers is formed hollow as a coin guide,
and a slit is made preferably on the top of box for inserting the coin. When the
drawer is in place it is automatically locked by the hook end of counterweighted
lever engaging with a slitted part on under surface of drawer. When a coin is
inserted it passes down the hollow partition and through a slotted hole in drawer
on to the plate in front of counterweighted lever where it counterpoises the weight
and frees the hook catch for the drawer to be drawn out with one ticket case in
its front end, the opening in front of outer shell only permitting one ticket case to
pass at each operation. A stop would be fitted at back end of drawer to prevent
its being taken out too far. On sliding the drawer in again the counterweighted
lever will automatically lock the drawer until released by the insertion of the next
coin.
The ticket case may contain one, two, or more tickets, one for the occupant to
keep, with printed instructions on it, and one retained in the case with the number
of seat in carriage and a space for writing the name of station the occupant is to
travel to. While the folding part of case may have the word "engaged" and the
number of seat printed on it and can be placed by an eye or slit over a peg above
the position of seat to be engaged. The ticket retained by the occupant may serve
also as a railway insurance ticket or special insurance tickets may be placed in
these cases either within the same housing as the seat tickets or in a separate coin
freed apparatus.

page_text: A hinged door or doors would be fitted at the end of the housing and be locked
so as to periodically remove the cash deposited and insert new ticket cases.
Dated the 18th day of April 1895.
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Coin Freed Apparatus for
Delivering Railway Carriage Seat Engaging Tickets, Insurance.
Tickets, and the like.
I, JOHN DICKSON, of 16 Broompark Drive, Dennistoun, in the County of the
City of Glasgow, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement in writing that is
to say :-
This invention has reference to an improved method and apparatus for delivering,
on the insertion of a pre-payment penny or other coin or coins, a ticket having a
number and particulars which shall act as a token for engaging any particular seat
within a railway carriage, or which can be used for delivering railway accident
insurance tickets, and for other like purposes.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
same into practice may be properly understood I have hereunto appended an
explanatory sheet of drawings representing views of apparatus so used by me.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Figure 2 is an elevation at right angles thereto
my apparatus. While
of
Figures 3 and 4 are sectional elevations at right angles to each other through
the apparatus, and
Figures 5 and 6 are views showing the portable card cases in their closed and
· opened out positions respectively.
Referring to these drawings:-According to my improvements, I use a box or
casing A divided by a horizontal partition A' into upper and lower chambers a a¹
and a respectively, while the upper chamber may be divided off by a vertical
partition A into two chambers a, a'. A sliding drawer or tray B B is fitted to
slide in the upper chambers over the horizontal partition A'. The back end B' of
this drawer is formed or built up solid or boxed, while its frout half B is recessed
or dish shaped to receive a ticket case 6 and any number of these ticket cases b
such as ten may be superimposed over each other within the front upper chamber a.
A counter balanced lever cc is mounted in the lower chamber a preferably on the
'top end of an inverted U shaped frame C. The one arm c of this lever is formed
of book shape, and a flat plate c* is fitted in front of it; while the other end or
arm e¹ of lever is fitted with a lead or other counter weight.
C
The partition A dividing the two upper chambers a a¹ is formed hollow as a
coin guide, and a slot or slotted projection A³ is made preferably on the top of
box A for inserting the coin. When the drawer B B¹ is in place it is automatically
locked by the book end of counterweighted lever c engaging with a slitted part B¹
on under surface of drawer. When a coin Z is inserted it passes down the hollow
'partition A' and through a slotted hole at B in drawer on to the plate c² in front
of counterweighted lever where it counterpoises the weighted end c' and frees the
hook catch for the drawer to be drawn out, this position being indicated in dotted
lines in Figure 4. On the drawer being pulled out the coin Z is liberated from
the aforesaid position on plate and falls into receiver a³, and the hook end of
lever c bears on under surface of sliding drawer during the outward and inward
motion of the latter until the slitted part B' again comes over it when the hook

page_text: will automatically rise by action of counterweight to lock the drawer in this.
position until again released by the insertion of the next coin.
The opening A' in front of outer shell only permits one ticket case b to pass at
each operation of pulling out the drawer. A stop B would be fitted at back end
of drawer to prevent it being taken out too far.
The ticket case b may contain one, two or more tickets, one for the occupant to-
keep with printed instructions on it, and one retained in the case with the number
of seat in carriage and a space for writing the name of station the occupant is to
travel to. While the folding part of case may have the word "engaged
indicated in Figure 6, and the number of seat printed on it and can be placed by
an eye or slit over a peg above the position of seat to be engaged.
"
as.
The ticket retained by the occupant may serve also as a railway insurance
ticket; or special insurance tickets may be placed in these cases, either within the
same housing as the seat tickets or in a separate coin freed apparatus.
A hinged door D or doors would be fitted at the end of the housing, and be
locked so as to periodically remove the cash deposited and insert new ticket
cases.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The method herein described for delivering railway carriage seat engaging
tickets, insurance tickets and the like, by the automatic action of a coin freed
apparatus, substantially as set forth.
Second. The construction and use of a coin freed apparatus, substantially as and
for the purposes herein described in reference to and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated 17th day of February 1896
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.