provements in Ticket Stamping Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL DIMULETUATION
Improvements in Ticket Stamping Apparatus.
I, HEINRICH OTTO STICKEL, of 60, Theaterstrasse, Chemnitz, Germany, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Ordinary stamping apparatus of the kind in which, on the insertion of a ticket
(say a railway ticket) into the inlet slot of the apparatus, the sunk impression is
produced by the co-operation of a type holder and a stamp which oscillate towards
each other and thus clip the ticket between them, have the disadvantage that they
impress the inked or coloured sunk printing (indicating for example the date of
issue) on to the ticket from below. But the previously-printed side of the tickets
is generally situated uppermost in the removal of them from the packet, and the
booking clerk is therefore obliged, before stamping, to first reverse the ticket in
order that the impression may be produced upon the side bearing the printed
matter.
As this reversing of the ticket is liable to be overlooked, there is thus a dis-
advantage connected with the use of the stamping apparatus of the kind referred to.
Now, this disadvantage is obviated in stamping apparatus constructed according
to this invention.
The improved apparatus is characterized by the fact that the type-holder is sue
pended at the upper end of guide-cheeks that carry and guide the stamp, and
which are capable of being rocked on a lower frame bolt in such a manner that
when the ticket is inserted through the inlet slot of the apparatus on to the stamp,
and by the same movement, the guide cheeks with the stamp and appurtenant parts
are swung back, and the typeholder with the types swings forward over the ticket
and produces, by the counter pressure of the stamp, the inked or coloured sunk
impression upon the upper side of the ticket.
The franie of the apparatus is made in the form of a casing with removable
cover-plates. The two guide cheeks for the stamp are pivoted on a bolt in the
lower part of the frame. The lower end of a radius rod (the upper end of which
is jointed to the stamp) is pivoted on another frame bolt situated at a slightly
higher level than that first mentioned. This second frame bolt extends through an
elongated slot in the guide cheeks so that the rocking of the cheeks upon the lower
bolt is not interfered with by it.
At the upper ends of the guide-cheeks there is carried a bolt on which is pivoted
an arm that carries the type-holder for the reception of the type-box. From this
arm there extends another arm inclined downwards and rearwards, which carries
a roller that is situated in a bent or angular guide groove in a side part of the
frame. The inking roller is carried, by means of a strap, by a leaf spring which
is held by means of a screw on a guide-plate. This guide plate is provided with
a shoulder and is pushed into suitable guide slots (situated behind the upper end of
the stamp) in the guide-cheeks.
The guide plate is pushed into the guide slots or grooves until suitable stops

page_text: thereon strike against the ends of the latter, and is then held fast by means of a
retaining hook which is turned over the shoulder on the guide plate and is pivotally
fastened to one of the guide cheeks. This hook in engagement bears against
a pin on the guide cheek and when it is disengaged, bears against another pin on
the same cheek against which it is swung when the inking roller is to be removed.
A suitable spring is attached to the frame by means of a bolt, and bears against
a rear shoulder on one of the guide cheeks to hold the connected guide cheeks
(with the stamp, the type box and the inking roller) normally in position out of use
in which position a shoulder or shoulders of the cheek or cheeks bears or bear
against a suitable stop or stops on the framing whilst the aforesaid roller is situated
in the forward part of the guide groove in a side part of the frame.
The rear portion part of this guide groove is arc-shaped, whilst the forward part,
which is at an angle to the former, may be made straight, the arrangement being
such that when the guide cheeks together with the stamp, radius rod, and inking
roller, are swung back, the type box or its type-holder will be swung forwards, so
that the types rub or brush over the yieldingly-mounted inking roller and finally
come into position over the ticket on the stamp. The ticket which is inserted over
the stamp, is held laterally in guide grooves in the latter.
If then the apparatus be swung backwards about the lower frame bolt, then,
by means of the radius rod which rocks on its bolt, the stamp, together with the
inserted ticket, is pressed against the types, it being guided in such movement by
lateral fillets thereon sliding in guide grooves formed in the cheeks. The stamp
is pressed against the types after the latter have been swung forward over the stamp
by the action of the guide groove, away from the inking roller. One guide-cheek
is provided with a recess, for the purpose of enabling the type box to be pushed in
and out. The type box which serves for the reception of the types is provided,
for the purpose of fixing the same, with a side wall which is capable of being
sprung or turned down and an inner ridge or rib of which enters a corresponding
groove in the adjacent sides of the types. The side wall is pivoted on a bolt or pin
and is provided with. a handle which serves for removing the type box from, the
type-holder, and also for turning down the wall.
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The type box is movably mounted in the holder. For this purpose, the latter
is made open at one face, whilst the side walls project inwardly at their upper
parts; and thus serve to guide the type-box. A spring provided on the type-holder
enters a trough-shaped recess on the type box and holds the latter securely. A
'leaf or flap at one side of the framing can be turned down for the purpose of being
employed for inking the inking roller.
Dated this 2nd day of Annil 1900
I, HEINRICH OTTO STICKEL, of 60, Theaterstrasse, Chemnitz, Germany, Merchant,
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:
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Ordinary stamping-apparatus of the kind in which, on the insertion of a railway-
ticket into the slot of the apparatus, the sunk impression is produced_by the co-

page_text: operation of a type-holder and a stamp which oscillate towards each other and thus
grip the ticket between them, have the disadvantage that the inked sunk impres-
sion (indicating the date of issue) is made by them in the ticket from below. The
previously printed side of the tickets is always situated uppermost when they are
being removed from the packet, and the booking-clerk is therefore obliged, before
stamping, first to reverse the ticket in order that the sunk impression may be
produced upon the side previously printed.
As this reversing of the ticket is liable to be overlooked, there is thus a dis-
advantage connected with the use of stamping-apparatus of the kind referred to.
Now, this disadvantage is obviated in stamping-apparatus constructed according
to this invention. In the improved apparatus the type-holder is suspended from
the upper end of cheeks, which guide the stamp and are capable of being rocked
on a lower frame-bolt in such a manner that when the ticket is pushed in over the
stamp through the slot of the apparatus, and, by the same movement the guide-
cheeks with the stamp and appurtenant parts are swung back, the typeholder with
the type swings forward over the ticket and produces, by the counter-pressure of
the stamp, the inked sunk impression upon the upper side of the ticket.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings shows stamp-apparatus according to this
invention in the position of rest, one of the side cover-plates of the frame, and
one of the guide-cheeks, being removed;
Fig. 2 shows the apparatus in the position in which the impression is being
produced on a ticket effected from above;
Fig. 3 is an elevation of the apparatus with the rear cover-plate removed;
Fig. 4 shows the apparatus in horizontal section; and
Figs. 5 and 6 are views showing details of the inking roller and of the mounting
of the type.
The frame of the apparatus is made in the form of a casing and provided
with removable cover-plates. The two guide-cheeks A, A¹ for the stamp B are
rotatably mounted on a lower frame bolt a. The lower end of a radius rod C (the
upper end of which is jointed. to the stamp B) is rotatably mounted on another
frame-bolt c situated at a slightly higher level than the frame-bolt a. The bolt c
extends through a slot in the guide-cheeks A, A', so that the rocking of the cheeks
upon the lower frame-bolt a is not interfered with by it.
At the upper ends of the guide-cheeks A, A¹ there is carried a bolt e² on which
is rotatably mounted an arm e¹ that carries the type-holder E for the reception
of the type-box D). From this arm e¹ there extends downwards and rearwards
another arm e³, which carries a roller e, that is situated in an angular guide-
groove G in a side part of the frame J. The inking-roller F is carried, by means
of a strap stirrup-piece f, by a leaf-spring f¹, which is held by means of a screw f
on a guide-plate f. This guide plate is provided with a projection f³ that is
pushed into guide-grooves a³ (situated behind the upper end of the stamp B) in
the guide-cheeks A, A¹.
The guide-plate f is pushed into the guide slots or grooves a³ until stops f³ on
the guide-plate strike against the ends of the grooves and is then held fast by
means of a retaining hook f6, which is pivotally fastened to the cheek A and is
turned over and engages with the projection f3 on the guide-plate. This hook fo
in engagement bears against a pin on the guide-cheek A, and when disengaged,
bears against another pin f on the same cheek, against which it is swung when
the inking-roller F is to be removed. A spring His attached to the frame by
means of a bolth and bears against a rear shoulder a* on the guide-cheek A to
hold the connected guide-cheeks (with the stamp B, the type-box D, and the
inking-roller F) normally in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which shoulders a5 of
the cheeks bear against a stop as on the frame J, and roller et is situated in the
forward part of the guide-groove G.
The rear portion of the guide-groove G is arc-shaped whilst the forward part,
which is at an angle to the former, is straight, so that when the guide-cheeks A, A¹,
together with the stamp B the radius-rod C, and the inking-roller F are swung

page_text: back, the type-box D and its type-holder E swing forwards, so that the type d
move over and in contact with the yieldingly mounted inking-roller F, which they
push away, and finally come into position over the ticket K on the stamp B. The
ticket K, which is inserted over the stamp B, is held laterally in guide-grooves. ¿¹
in the latter.
If the entire arrangement is swung backwards about the lower frame-bolt a, then,
by means of the radius-rod C, which rocks on its bolt c, the stamp B, which is
guided by lateral fillets that engage in guide-grooves a¹ in the cheeks A and A¹,
is pressed, together with the inserted ticket K towards the type after the type have
been swung forward over the stamp B and away from the inking roller F, by the
action of the guide groove G.
One guide-cheek A¹ is provided with a recess for the purpose of enabling the
type-box D to be pushed in and out. The type-box D, which serves for the recep-
tion of the type d, is provided, for the purpose of fixing the same, with a side
wall which is provided with a spring for turning it down and an inner ridge
or rib of which enters a corresponding groove in the adjacent sides of the type.
The side wall is rotatably mounted on a pin 3 and is provided with a handle
which serves for removing the type-box D from the type-holder E and also for
turning up the wall d¹.
The type-box D is movably mounted in the holder E. For this purpose, the
latter is made open at one face, whilst the side walls project inwardly at their upper
parts and thus serve to guide the type-box. A spring e provided on the type-
holder E enters a trough-shaped recess d in the type-box D and holds the latter
securely. A leaf or flap n at one side of the framing can be turned down into the
position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and used in inking the inking-roller.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Stamping-apparatus for producing inked sunk impressions on passenger-tickets
or the like, in which the type-holder E is pivotally suspended on a bolt at the
upper end of guide-cheeks A, A', which guide the stamp B and are capable of
swinging on a lower frame-bolt a, so that when a ticket K is pushed in over the
stamp, and the guide-cheeks, together with the stamp and appurtenant parts, are
thereby pushed inwards, the type-holder E, under the action of the guide-groove G
of the framing, swings outwards, and produces the inked sunk impression on the
upper side of the ticket.
2. The improved ticket-stamping apparatus constructed, arranged, and operating
as hereinbefore described with reference to and shown in the accompanying draw-
ings.
1000.
F. WISE HOWORTH,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.