Improvements in Ticket Punching and Recording Devices.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1896
FL 1007 Accented
20th Mar 1807
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ticket Punching and Recording Devices.
I, DAVID MCGILL, of 135 Camberwell New Road, in the County of Surrey,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to ticket punching and recording devices and has for its
object the provision of means whereby the operation of the punching device is
prevented unless a ticket or other similar article is placed in proper position in the
device for punching and further that the action of the mechanism shall not be
effected in any way by the want of uniformity in the thickness, stiffness or
consistency of the ticket or other article to be punched.
To carry my invention into effect I arrange a locking mechanism which comes
into operation during the operation of the punching and recording mechanism
unless a ticket or other article is first inserted into the device and is held stationery
under the punch so as to punch out a complete clipping; the locking mechanisin
not being dependent for its operation by any movement of the ticket.
One way to carry this into effect is to pivot to any convenient part of the
reciprocating mechanism such as the thumb lever, a tumbler adapted with an
edge or abutment which can abut against a stop and prevent further movement of
the punch, after a certain amount of downward movement has taken place. This
tumbler has a projecting part which as the punch moves downward advances
toward and enters a slot in the punch made to receive it. When this takes place
the edge or abutment of the tumbler comes into contact with its stop and further
movement is prevented.
If, now, before the mechanism is operated a ticket or other article is inserted
into the punching slot and pressed to the back thereof, when the punch is depressed
the arm of the tumbler advances and coming into contact with the edge of the
ticket is restrained from further movement toward the punch and the edge or
abutment of the tumbler misses its stop and allows the stroke of the mechanism to
complete its cycle of operation.
It will be obvious that by arranging the mechanism in this way, it does not
matter what the consistency or thickness of the ticket may be as the edge of the
ticket will resist considerable end pressure without fracture or buckling and in this
way the mechanism is independent in its operation of the shearing resistance of the
material of which the ticket is made. It must be particularly noted that the ticket
does not unlock the mechanism but prevents it being locked.
The nose of the punch adjacent to the front of the slot is adapted to project
so as to cut the ticket and hold it in position while the punching operation is
effected.
Unless the ticket is held against the back of the slot under the punch, when the
punching mechanism is operated, the arm of the tumbler forces the ticket forward
out of the slot and thus the ticket is prevented from being the passive agent in
preventing the locking mechanism from assuming the locked position.
Dated this 6th dose of Juno 100
FELL & JAMES,
1 Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Ticket Punching and Recording Devices.
J, DAVID MCGILL of 135 Camberwell New Road, in the County of Surrey,
Veterinary Surgeon, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to ticket punching and recording devices and has for its
object, the provision of means whereby the operation of the panching device is
prevented, unless a ticket, or other similar article is placed in proper position in
the device for punching, and further that the action of the mechanism shall not
be effected in any way by the want of uniformity in the thickness, stiffness, or
consistency of the ticket, or other article to be punched.
To carry my invention into effect, I arrange a locking mechanism, which comes
into operation during the operation of the punching and recording mechanism,
unless a ticket, or other article is first inserted into the device, and is held
stationery under the punch, so as to punch out a complete clipping, the locking
mechanism not being dependent for its operation, by any movement of the
ticket.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the accompanying drawing hereunto aunexed,
reference being had to the letters and figures market thereon. Like letters refer
to like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the punching mechanism in its locked position.
Fig. 2 is a part detailed view showing a ticket inserted in the device engaging
with the locking gear, and maintaining it out of its locked position.
Fig. 3 is a similar view showing a clipping falling through the die, after it has
been punched from the ticket.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the die, and
Figs. 5, 6, and 7 are different views of the punch.
One way of carrying my invention into effect is to pivot to any convenient part
of the reciprocating, or oscillating mechanism, such as the thumb lever A, a
tumbler B adapted with an edge, or abutment C which is arranged to abut against
the fixed stop lever D, in order to prevent further movement of the punch E
after a certain amount of downward movement has taken place.
The tumbler C has a projecting part F which as the punch E moves downward,
advances toward, and enters a slot G in the punch E made to receive it.
When
this takes place the edge, or abutment C of the tumbler B, comes into contact with
its stop D, and further movement is prevented, as shown in Fig. 1.
If now before the mechanism is operated, a ticket H, or other article is inserted
into the punching slot I, and pressed to the back thereof, when the punch E is
depressed, the projection F, of the tumbler B advances, and coming into contact.
with the edge of the ticket H is restrained, from further movement toward the
punch E, consequently, the edge, or abutment C, of the tumbler B, misses the
stop D, and allows a stroke of the mechanism to complete its cycle of operation.
A spring K is arranged to press the tumbler B toward the punch. It will be
obvious that by arranging the mechanism in this way, it does not matter what the
consistency, or thickness of the ticket may be, as the edge of the ticket will resist
considerable end pressure, without fracture or buckling, and consequently the
mechanism is independent in its operation, of the shearing resistance of the
material of which the ticket is made. It must be particularly noted that the ticker
does not unlock the mechanism, but prevents it being locked. The back of the
slot I, in which the ticket is placed, and against which the edge of the ticket abuts,

page_text: is made to coincide with the back of the punch, and the nose of the punch E,
adjacent to the front of the slot I, is adapted to project, so as to cut the ticket H,
and hold it in position, while the punching operation is effected.
Unless the ticket is held against the back of the slot I under the punch, when
the punch of the mechanism is operated, the arm F of the tumbler B forces the
ticket H forward out of the slot, and thus the ticket is prevented from being the
passive agent in preventing the locking mechanism from assuming the locked
position.
It is further pointed out, that unless the ticket, or other article is held quite up,
against the back of the slot, the tumbler E is not forced into the unlocked position,
therefore, a full size clipping must be made, if the mechanism is to be unlocked, or,
equivalently, a clipping from the edge of the ticket, adjacent to the back of the
slot, must be made, if the mechanism is 'unlocked.
This forms an absolutely secure means, to prevent the fraudulent manipulation
of the punch by conductors, or others using it, for the reason, that if the punch is
unlocked to go through its cycle of operations, a clipping is bound to be deposited,
in the receptacle arranged upon the device for that purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. In a ticket punch, and a recording device, a punch having a recess at its
end, in combination with a pivotted tumbler, having an arm adapted to enter the
slot in the punch, and to engage the edge of a ticket, when inserted in the device,
and a stop, or abutment, to engage the pivotted tumbler to prevent further move-
ment of the mechanism, unless the tumbler is maintained in a position to miss the
said stop, by means of the edge of the ticket, substantially as described.
2nd. The construction and arrangement, of the ticket punching and recording
device, constructed and arranged, as described, and illustrated, in the accompanying
drawings.
1007
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.