A Combined Receptacle and Counter for Stamps and Tickets.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd June, 1889-Accepted, 27th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Receptacle and Counter for Stamps and Tickets.
1, JULIUS GLASS, Merchant, of Katharinen-strasse, Leipzig in the Kingdom of
Saxony, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-.
My invention relates to a receptacle for holding various kinds of postage stamps or
tickets in such manner, that each sort is easily accessible and exchangeable, combined
with an automatic counter which shows at a glance the number of stamps which have
been taken out or the number of those which remain in the receptacle.
The apparatus chiefly comprises a casing, containing a drum or one or more series
of drums each of which carries a continouus ribbon of stamps or tickets, the
number of drums being thus equal to the number of different sorts of stamps or
tickets.
In front of each drum the wall of the casing has a slot parallel to the axle of
the drum, and in front of the slot there is a short platform forming a support and
guide for the ribbon drawn out of the slot. This platform is made of a piece of
sheet metal the two side edges of which are turned up at an angle of 90°, so as
to guide the edges of the ribbon also from the top. The front or discharge end
of the platform has a serrated ridge to facilitate the removal of the individual stamps
from the ribbon, where the latter is perforated.
Each ribbon is pressed on to its drum by a small friction roller the axle of which is
held at each end by a spring drawing it towards the drum.
Above the friction roller is mounted a counting wheel adapted to be turned by the
friction roller in such a manner, that the said wheel advances one division whenever
the ribbon has been drawn off for the length of one stamp or one ticket.
The counter is attached to the lid of the box or casing and may set in motion an
endless band marked with consecutive numbers, which when passing before a glass
covered aperture of the casing, show the number of stamps drawn off or remaining.
Each slot and platform may be covered by a metallic cap hinged to the upper
edge of the casing and provided with a lock. The receptacle or casing may contain
not only ribbons of single stamps, but entire sheets, wound on separate drumis
situated below the drums of single stamps and provided with separate friction rollers.
The axles of the lower drums extend through the side of the casing and are adapted
to be turned by the movable handles.
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For each roller the front wall of the casing has a slot and a guide. The slots and
guides for the sheets of stamps may be protected by a separate cap.
Dotad ibis 2nd day of Santambar 1000
200, Durand, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combined Receptacle and Counter for Stamps and Tickets.
1 JULIUS GLASS of Katherinen Strasse Leipzig in the Kingdom of Saxony
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 :-
My invention relates to a receptacle for holding various kinds of postage stamps or
tickets in such manner that each sort is easily accessible and exchangeable combined
with an automatic counter which shews at a glance the number of stamps which may
have been taken out or the number of those which remain in the receptacle.
According to this invention the stamps or tickets are wound in strips upon a drum
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page_text: or drums upon which presses a small friction roller to prevent the strips from becoming
unwound accidentally.
Connected with the drum or drums is a counting arrangement which shews the
number of stamps or tickets taken out of or remaining in the receptacle.
And in order that my said invention may be the better understood I will proceed
to explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which
Fig. 1 represents a section of an apparatus constructed according to my invention in
which the stamps or tickets are wound upon a series of drums side by side.
Fig. 2. is an apparatus for containing stamps and tickets in strips and in sheets the
counting apparatus being removed in this Figure.
"1 The same letters denote the same parts in both Figs.
The apparatus comprises a casing a containing a drum or series of drums beach of
which carries a continuous ribbon of stamps or tickets e the number of drums being
equal to the number of different sorts of stamps or tickets.
In front of each drum b the casing a has a slot d parallel to the axle e of the
drum b and in front of the said slot there is a short platform f forming a support and
guide for the ribbon drawn out of the slot. This platform may be made of a piece of
sheet metal the two side edges of which are turned up or over so as to guide the edges
of the ribbon.
The front or discharge end of the platform has a serrated edge to facilitate the
removal of an individual stamp from the ribbon where the latter is perforated.
Each ribbon is pressed on its drum by a small friction roller g the axle h of
which is held at each end by a spring i drawing it towards the drum.
Above the friction roller g is mounted a counting wheel adapted to be turned by
the said roller in such manner that the said wheel advances one division whenever the
ribbon has been drawn off for the length of one stamp or ticket.
The counter is attached to the lid of the box or casing a and may set in
motion an endless band marked with consecutive numbers which when passing
before an aperture m in the casing shews the number of stamps drawn off or
remaining.
Each slot and platform may be covered by a metallic cap n hinged to the upper
edge of the casing and provided with a lock. The receptacle or casing may contain
not only ribbons of single stamps but entire sheets c¹ c² c3 c c c c wound on
separate drums 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 situated below the drums of single stamps and
provided with separate friction rollers g' g² g³ g¹ g³ g g'. The axles o of the
lower drums extend through the side of the casing and are adapted to be rotated
by means of suitable handles p.
For each roller the front wall of the casing has a slot and a guide. The slots
and guides for the sheets of stamps may be protected by a separate cap q.
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
.
The improved receptacle and counter for stamps and tickets substantially as
described and shewn.
Dated this Twentysecond day of June 1889.
THOS. W. FULLILOVE,
Agent for Applicant.