Improvements relating to the Delivering of Checks or Tickets, Money, and the like at Places of Amusement, Exhibitions, and elsewhere.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Delivering of Checks or Tickets,
Money, and the like at Places of Amusement, Exhibitions, and
elsewhere.
We, TIMOTHY SHEPHERD, of Kenilworth, Oakfield Road, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick. Engineer, and THE SIMPLEX CASH REGISTER
SYNDICATE LIMITED, of Hatherton Chambers, Old Square, Birmingham,
aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to render it impossible for a cashier or other
person employed to issue a check or coupon without registering the same against
himself, and likewise to prevent such checks or coupons being passed from the
check-taker to the cashier for fraudulent purposes.
According to our said invention we use round metallic checks of larger size than
any current coin of the realm and than the aperture in the pay window through
which such coins are to be passed in exchange for the said checks. In this manner
we are enabled to prevent any of the checks being passed in or out of the pay
window or into the office excepting through their proper channels. The checks
are enclosed in an upright or vertical cylinder slotted or open lengthwise, the slot
being less in width than the diameter of the checks. This slot tends to keep the
checks straight when arranged in a column within the cylinder, and likewise
enables the number in the said cylinder to be ascertained at any time. To fill the
cylinder with checks, it is only necessary to cant or turn them so as to pass them
edgewise through the slot into the cylinder. At the bottom of the cylinder is a
slot or aperture of such dimensions as to admit of the passage of one of the said
checks only at a time. Arranged in connection with this slot we provide an ejector
or extractor lever having four or other suitable number of arms, the thickness of
which does not exceed that of the checks to be issued. This ejector or extractor
is so pivoted to the bed or counter or other support that when caused to rotate as
hereinafter described, the arm nearest the column of checks will push the lower-
most check through the slot at the lower end of the cylinder, to within reach of
the person who has paid for it and is seeking admission. The column of checks in
the cylinder then fall so as to bring the next lowermost check before the following
arm of the ejector or extractor, this operation being repeated each time the said
ejector or extractor is moved or rotated until the whole of the checks are extracted.
A novel feature of this part of our invention is the rotary movement of the ejector
or extractor. Heretofore such ejectors or extractors have been made with a single
arm and a returning action which is bad and renders the parts hard to operate
when the apparatus is filled with checks.
To rotate the ejector or extractor, we provide upon the spindle carrying the
latter another four-armed or other lever at the extremities of which may be
mounted suitable anti-friction wheels and a push-piece or plunger with a suitable
pawl so arranged that on operating the said push piece it will come into contact
with one of the arms or anti-friction wheels and rotate the spindle through about
a quarter of a revolution so as to eject or extract one check.
We sometimes provide a second pawl which comes into contact with one or other
of four ratchet-shaped teeth on the lever thereby preventing the return of the.

page_text: ejector or extractor. The push-piece is returned to its normal position by a
suitable spring and the pawl at its end gives past the arm or the anti-friction wheel
of the ejector, being returned by a small spring and engaging with the next anti-
friction wheel at the following operation.
In connection with the above described ejector or extractor we provide a
projection from a registering index so arranged that as each arm passes, it will so
operate the said projection from the index as to effect a registration.
We sometimes provide beneath the checks a balanced lever the end of which
will extend into the path of and engage with the pusher or the ejector by gravity
when not retained out of engagement by the weight of one or more checks in the
cylinder. The action of this lever is to stop the operation of the ejector mechanism
when all, or nearly all, the checks have been delivered.
Two or more of the above mechanisms may be fitted to an apparatus each
adapted to deliver different checks.
The faces of the registering indexes are preferably covered by suitable plates
which may be fastened by a catch or catches, and the whole of the mechanism may
be protected by a cover-plate capable of being secured by a lock and key.
Where two or more priced checks are issued from one machine two or more sizes
or shapes of checks and cylinders are employed, thereby preventing fraud by the
issue of a high-priced check from a low-priced cylinder.
We sometimes moreover employ suitable means for enabling the checks to be
readily returned or fed into the cylinders thereby reducing the number of checks
required. For this purpose we provide inclined planes extending from the check-
taker to the respective cylinders. The receiving ends of each of these inclined
planes is formed bell-mouthed but so that it will only allow one check to pass at
a time in an upright or vertical position. The cylinder end is so arranged that it
stops the progress of the check and the latter then falls into the cylinder ready to.
be reissued.
For particular purposes we may employ in conjunction with the above described
apparatus, one or more turnstiles each having a shoot slot and box for the reception
of the checks, a lever so projecting into this box that as each check is passed in
the said lever will be raised and one arm of the turnstile will be unlocked and
capable of being moved or rotated by the person seeking admission. The forward
movement of the said arm will cause the said lever to catch or engage with the
next arm until another check is inserted when that arm will be in turn unlocked
and so on ad infinitum.
Dated this 17th dow of March 1906
A. F. SPOONER,
124 Chancery Lane, W.C., Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Delivering of Checks or Tickets,
Money, and the like at Places of Amusement, Exhibitions, and
elsewhere.
We, TIMOTHY SHEPHERD, of Kenilworth, Oakfield Road, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Engineer, and THE SIMPLEX CASH REGISTER
SYNDICATE LIMITED, of Hatherton Chambers, Old Square, Birmingham,
aforesaid, 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 :-
The object. of our invention is to render it impossible for a cashier, or other

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employed, to issue a check or coupon without registering the same against
himself, and likewise to prevent such checks or coupons being passed from the
check-taker to the cashier for fraudulent purposes.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a plan,
Figure 2 is a front elevation, and
Figure 3 is an underside view drawn to an enlarged scale, illustrating our said
invention.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings.
According to our invention we provide a pay table or slab A, intended to be
fixed in the window or aperture of the ticket or check box or office, and having a
vertical or upwardly extending plate B perforated as indicatel at B' or otherwise
so as to admit of the check or ticket clerk being enabled to see and communicate
with those on the other side of the said plate. B' is a hole or aperture in the said
plate B which hole is of larger size than any current coin of the realm. C, C are
two tubular or cylindrical vertical hoppers or reservoirs intended to contain
metallic or other checks D which may be kept in place by weights E. The
checks D are disc shaped and may be perforated or cut out in their centres for
lightness, and the said tubular or cylindrical reservoirs or hoppers are of different
diameters thus admitting of the delivery of checks of different sizes and
denominations, the smallest of the said checks, however, being of such dimensions
as to render it impossible to pass them through the pay aperture B or to
otherwise get them out of, or return them to, the ticket or check box or office
except through the proper channels and as hereinafter described. The tubular or
cylindrical vertical or upright reservoirs or hoppers C are slotted or opened
lengthwise, the said slot being less in width than the diameter of the checks D, as
very clearly shown in Figure 2. These slots tend to keep the checks D straight
when arranged in columns within the cylinders or hoppers and likewise enable the
number thereof present in the said cylinders to be ascertained at any time at a
glauce. To fill the hoppers or cylinders C with the checks D it is only necessary
to cant or turn the latter so as to pass them edgewise through the said slot into the
said hoppers or cylinders C..
To enable the checks D to be delivered to the customers by the clerk in the
ticket or cheek office we provide the following device :-At the bottom of each
of the hoppers or cylinders C is a slot or aperture of such dimensions as to admit
of the passage of one of the said checks D cnly at a time. Arranged in connection
with this slot we provide an ejector or extractor lever C' having four or other
suitable number of arms C2, the thickness of which does not exceed that of the
checks to be issued, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3 which represents an
underside view of one half of the mechanism arranged beneath the plate or table A,
and adapted to effect the delivery of checks from one of the cylindrical hoppers
or reservoirs C, that arranged beneath the other half of the said plate or table and
operating in connection with the second or other cylindrical reservoir or reservoirs C
being in every respect identical. This four armed ejector or extractor C¹ is so
pivoted to the plate or table A or other support as indicated at C that, when
caused to rotate as hereinafter described, the arm C2 nearest the column of
checks D will push the lowermost check through the slot at the lower end of the
hopper or cylinder C, to within reach of the person who has paid for it and is
seeking admission. The column of checks in the cylinder then fall so as to bring
the next lowermost check D before the following arm C2 of the ejector or extractor
lever C, this operation being repeated each time the said ejector or extractor is
moved or rotated until the whole of the checks D are extracted. A novel feature
of this part of our invention is the rotary movement of the ejector or extractor.
Heretofore such ejectors or extractors have been made with a single arm and a
returning action which is bad and renders the parts hard to operate when the
apparatus is filled with checks, and opens a way to tampering with the registering
mechanism.

page_text: To rotate the ejector or extractor lever C¹ we provide upon the spindle C
carrying the latter another four armed or other lever H at the extremities of
which may be mounted suitable anti-friction wheels or rollers H'. I is a catch or
pawl which engages with a toothed or ratchet wheel J having four or other
suitable number of teeth and thereby prevents the return movement of the
extractor lever C. F is a knob or handle upon the outer extremity of a push
piece or plunger F, which latter is arranged to slide in suitable holes in flanges
upon the underside of the plate or table A and in a guide plate or bracket A'
attached thereto. Upon the inner end of the push piece or plunger F is a
suitable pawl G so arranged that on operating the said push piece it will come into
contact with one of the arms of the lever H or anti-friction wheels H' mounted
thereon and rotate the spindle C³ through about a quarter of a revolution so as to
eject or extract one check D from the cylindrical hopper or reservoir C.
The push piece F is returned to its normal position by a suitable spring F",
and the pawi G at its inner end gives past the next arin or the anti-friction
wheel H mounted thereon, of the lever H, being returned by a small spring G¹
and engaging with the next auti-friction wheel H' at the following operation.
K is a registering device the dials of which can be inspected upon opening the
door A in the table or plate A, the said door being normally secured by a catch,
bolt, or latch L upon the underside of the said plate or table A. engaging with
a hook or projection L' upon the said door. M' is a rod or lever arranged to
slide in a piece or sleeve N pivotally mounted as shown at N. M' is a contact
piece provided upon the free end of the lever M with which engage the rollers Hi
at every partial revolution of the lever H so as to impart an end wise movement to
the rod or lever M for the purpose hereinafter specified. N is a spring for
returning the rod or lever M to its normal position. O is a spring attached at one
end to the rod M and having at the other or free end a hammer O', which upon
the return of the said rod M to its normal position sounds a bell or gong P. Qis
a lever pivoted at Q to the plate or table A, the long or one arm of which lever
is connected or jointed to the other end of the rod M as shown at Q2 and the short
or other arm of which is adjustably connected to a lever R as indicated at R.
The lever R is connected with the registering mechanism in any well known
manner through the rod or piece S.
It will be seen that upon the ejection of a check D the rod M will be moved or
operated through one of the arms and anti-friction rollers H' of the lever H, and
will, through the levers Q and R and piece S, operate the registration of its
delivery in the registration device K, the return of the said rod M sounding the
gong or bell P and notifying the said delivery and registration to the ticket or
check clerk or other person.
When required we provide beneath the checks a balanced lever the end of which
will extend into the path of, and engage with, the pusher or the ejector lever by
gravity when not retained out of engagement by the weight of one or more checks
in the cylinder. The action of this lever is to stop the operation of the ejector
mechanism when all, or nearly all, the checks have been delivered.
Either one, or two, or more of the above mechanisms as shown may be fitted to
an apparatus each adapted to deliver the same or different checks. Where two or
more priced checks are issued from one machine two or more sizes or shapes of
checks and cylinders are employed, thereby preventing fraud by the issue of a high
priced check from a low-priced cylinder.
The whole of the mechanism may be protected by a cover-plate capable of being
secured by a lock and key.
We sometimes moreover employ suitable means for enabling the checks to be
readily returned or fed into the cylinders thereby reducing the number of check
required. For this purpose we provide inclined planes extending from the check
taker to the respective cylinders. The receiving ends of each of these inclined
planes is formed bell mouthed but so that it will only allow une check to pass at
time in an upright or vertical position. The cylinder end is so arranged that i

page_text: stops the progress of the check, and the latter then falls into the cylinder ready to
be re-issued.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a ticket or check delivering apparatus the open fronted cylindrical
reservoirs or hoppers which may be of varying sizes for the purpose specified in
combination with round checks or tickets, either blank or perforated in their
centres.
2. The mechanism for delivering checks from a suitable hopper or reservoir
comprising the push-piece or plunger having at its inner end a pawl adapted to
alternately engage with one of the arms of a four armed lever through an anti-
friction wheel or roller or otherwise and through another four armed lever force one
or the lowermost of the checks through a slot in the bottom of the said hopper, with
or without suitable registering mechanism and an alarm bell, substantially as
described.
3. In a ticket or check ejecting apparatus, the rotary extractor C¹ having four
or other suitable number of arms substantially as described.
4. In a ticket or check registering machine, the use of a balanced lever for
preventing the plunger or extractor being used when there are no tickets left in.
the tubes or hoppers.
5. The improved ticket or check delivering apparatus substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings and operating in the manner and for
the purpose specified.
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A. F. SPOONER,
323, High Holborn, London, Agent for the Applicants.