Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Fare Tickets and Insurance Coupons.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1839 -Accepted, 12th June, 1903
Date of Application, 12th June, 1099
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1839 -Accepted, 12th June, 1903
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Fare Tickets
and Insurance Coupons.
I, SOLOMON TOZER LIDSTONE, of 35, Bitton Street, Teignmouth, in the County
of Devonshire, Inventor, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows.
My invention relates to improvements in coin freed apparatus for delivering
cab, omnibus, railway, steam ships and the like fare tickets and insurance against
accidents which is to deliver paste board tickets also stamping the date on each
ticket delivered, for one penny.
The machine consists of a "draw slide made in two pieces whereon the tickets
are placed in a pile with weight on top, the draw slide is recessed only deep
enough to admit of one ticket at a time, and is slotted right through so as to allow
of a rubber stamp (date) coming up from underneath; which is worked by an
arrangement of levers connected with the draw slide. The machine is unlocked
by the penny passing down a shute the gauge of which is large enough for a
penny. but too large for a halfpenny, which would drop through to till.
penny then drops into a little scuttle on the end of a lever, the extra weight of
the penny lifts the lever and unlocks the draw slide; now as the draw slide is
pulled out a bent lever connected with same tips the scuttle and deposits the
penny in the till.
The
One ticket comes out and as soon as free from machine is flung out by a
spring.
The draw out slide with a projection on the under side engages with a pawl
when the slide is pulled outwards and so depresses a curved lever which carries
dating rollers; directly the aforesaid projection has passed the pawl the curved
lever which is swung on a centre jumps back and the dating rollers strike the
inked ribbon against the underside of the ticket. By the continued pulling out of
the slide brings it near the inner slide and thereby draws out the bottom dated
ticket. There are two rollers upon which inking ribbon is wound and are moved
at every stroke by a spring pawl pivoted on a part of the curved lever, this
said pawl engages with a ratchet on one of the rollers. At the top are guide
rollers for the ribbon to pass over. At one end of the curved lever is a horizontal
tail piece and to which is attached a vertical spiral spring hooked to an eye fixed
to the floor of the case. To the same end of the curved lever there is another tail
or knee piece placed vertically with a horizontal set screw the point of which
strikes against a flat vertical spring to hold the dating rollers off the ribbon.
Springs are provided to keep dating rollers in position.
If preferable a clock may be connected to the dating rollers in any suitable
manner in order to alter the date on the rollers for dating the tickets from day
to day, viz. :-every twenty four hours.

page_text: The insuring and penny fare ticket delivery machine is for insuring life
against railway accidents, bus, cab, cycle, or steam boat either death or otherwise.
For fares by bus, tramcars, steam boats or ferries.
Dated this 12th day of June 1899.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Coin-freed Apparatus for Delivering Fare Tickets
and Insurance Coupons.
I, SOLOMON TOZER LIDSTONE, of 35, Bitton Street, Teignmouth, in the County
of Devonshire, Inventor, 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 improvements in coin freed apparatus for delivering
cab, omnibus, railway, steam ships and the like fare tickets and insurance against
accidents which is to deliver paste board tickets also stamping the date on each
ticket delivered, for one penny.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation showing the printing apparatus and other interior
parts of mechanism.
Fig. 2, is a front elevation.
Fig. 3, is reverse side elevation showing the date apparatus.
Fig. 4, is a plan drawn to an enlarged scale of the top of shute b¹, scuttle d¹,
levers e¹ and g₁, lever end f', draw slide a¹ and parts of the case.
Parts of the case in each figure are broken off to show parts of the interior
mechanism.
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The machine consists of a draw slide" a¹ with a curved handle a² made in two
pieces whereon the tickets are placed in a pile with a weight on top, the draw
slide is recessed only deep enough to admit of one ticket at a time, and is slotted
right through so as to allow of a metal stamp (consisting of three dating discs)
coming up from underneath; which is worked by an arrangement of levers con-
nected with the draw slide. The machine is unlocked by the penny passing down
a shute b¹ the gauge of which is large enough for a penny, but too large for a
halfpenny, which would drop through to till. The penny then drops into a
little scuttle on the end of a lever el mounted on standards 6, the extra weight
of the penny lifts the lever end f¹, and unlocks the draw slide a¹; now as the
draw slide a is pulled out, a bent lever g connected with same tips the scuttle
and deposits the penny in the till.
One ticket comes out, and as soon as free from machine the draw slide returns
to its normal position.
The draw out slide a¹ with a projection ¿¹ on the underside engages with a
pawl when the slide is pulled outwards and so depresses a curved lever which
carries dating rollers, n, p, and o directly the aforesaid projection j¹ has passed
the pawl h², the curved lever i which is swung on a centre k¹ jumps back, and
the dating rollers strike the inked ribbon l' against the underside of the ticket.
By the continued pulling out of the slide a which carries an inner slide which
supports the ticket and thereby draws out the bottom dated ticket from the ticket

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chamber 4. There are two rollers m', and m², upon which the inking ribbon
is wound and are moved at every stroke by a spring pawl pivoted on a part of
the curved lever a, this said pawl n' engages with a ratchet wheel r on one of the
rollers. At the top are guide rollers o, and p¹, for the ribbon to pass over.
one end of the curved lever is a horizontal tail piece q and to which is attached a
vertical spiral spring hooked to an eye s fixed to the floor of the case t¹. To
the same end of the curved lever there is another tail or knee piece u placed
vertically with a horizontal set screw the point of which strikes against a flat
vertical spring c to hold the dating rollers off the ribbon. Springs are provided to
keep dating rollers in position.
A clock is connected to the dating rollers in order to alter the date on the
rollers for dating the tickets from day to day, viz.:--every twenty four hours.
The clock is similar to an ordinary eight day clock suitably altered as follows:-
The striking train of the clock being utilized for altering the dating stamp.
a is the hour wheel; is a spur wheel gearing with a, and having twice the
number of teeth in a so as to revolve once in twenty four hours; c is a pin
projecting from wheel he is a lever attached to the spindle f g is a tail piece
also attached to f, and having the pallets. h, is the first or second wheel in
the striking train; is a pin projecting from and engaging pallets h, h¹ kis
a crank on arbor of wheel i, and is connected with lever by rod m;
dating wheel for the days of the month, having the figures 1 to 31 cut on its
edge; o is a similar wheel for the months, having the figures 1 to 12 cut on its
edge; is a similar wheel for the year; 7 is a star wheel rigidly fastened to n:
r is a wheel rigidly fastened to o; s is a rocking lever, attached at one end to
lever e and at the other to slide t by rods u and 1.
n is the
The action of the above is as follows, viz.:--Shortly before midnight the pin c
engages with the lever e and raises it, the pallet h thus releases the pin ; and the
wheel i makes a slight movement until stopped by pin coming into contact
with the second pallet at the same time the raising of the lever closes the
pence slot by moving the slide over it exactly at the hour of midnight the
pin e releases the lever e and the pallet releases pin when the wheel i makes
one revolution, carrying with it the crank and so raising and then depressing
the lever 7 which moves the wheels and round one tooth, equivalent to one
day, at the same time the slide is drawn up and the penny slot opened. 5 is the
spring for keeping the dating roller in its position.
The month wheel is turned by hand by the wheel one division on the last
day of the month, as is also the year wheel at the end of each year.
The insuring and penny fare ticket delivery machine is for insuring life
against railway accidents, bus, cab, cycle, or steam boat, either death or other
way; also against fire in house or by fire at sea. For fares by bus, tramcars,
steam-boats or ferries, or in any other manner where tickets are used.
As the inking and calender mechanisms are not any parts of my invention, I
do not consider it necessary to give any further description.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The coin freed apparatus for delivering fare tickets and insurance coupons,
constructed as fully described in the above specification and according to the
accompanying drawing.
2. In a coin freed apparatus for delivering fare tickets and insurance coupons,
the combination and arrangement of the midnight pine which engages with the
lever e and raises it, the pallet h thus releases the pin and the wheel i makes a
slight movement until stopped by pin coming into contact with the second
pallet h at the same time the raising of the lever closes the pence slot by
moving the slide over it exactly at the hour of midnight the pin‍ e releases the
lever and the pallet releases pin when the wheel makes one revolution,

page_text: carrying with it the crank
moves the wheels q and n
and so raising and then depressing the lever / which
round one tooth, equivalent to one day, at the same
time the slide is drawn up and the penny slot opened, substantially as described.
Dated this 18th day of October 1899.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.