IMPROVED PUNCHING, REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD BY RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Haseltine, of the "International Patent
Office," Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of
"IMPROVED PUNCHING, REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING
FRAUD BY RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS."-A communication
from abroad by James H. Small, of Buffalo, New York, United
States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Haseltine at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th January 1871.
I, GEORGE HASELTINE, of the "International Patent Office," South-
ampton Buildings, London, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for., "IMPROVED PUNCHING, REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS FOR
PREVENTING FRAUD BY RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS," a commu-
nication, to be as follows:-
The main object of the said Invention is to prevent the fraudulent
appropriation by conductors on railway and other conveyances of fares

page_text: collected by them. This object is sought to be accomplished by com-
bining with a ticket punch of peculiar construction an alarm bell, a
receptacle to receive and retain the cuttings, and a registering device,
and by requiring the conductor to ring the bell and perforate a ticket
each time he collects a fare. The passengers and public are advised
by advertisements that it is the duty of the conductor to perform these
acts, and a failure of the conductor to thus perform would necessarily
attract attention and publish this dercliction of duty. The conductor
therefore from a fear of this almost certainty of exposure is compelled to
do his duty in these particulars, in which case the register and box for 1
cuttings (secured against access of the conductor) will correctly indicate
the number and kinds of fares collected during a trip.
The said Invention consists, —
First. In the combination with a ticket punch of an alarm bell which
is rung each time the former is actuated, thereby calling the attention 1
of passengers to the approach of the conductor, and notifying them to be
ready with their fares, while a neglect of the conductor to operate the
punch during the collection of the fares becomes manifest by the bell
not ringing.
Secondly. In the combination with the bell hammer and operating a
handle of a trip pawl for actuating the punch, so that its movement may
be properly timed, and a quick sharp blow upon the bell obtained.
Thirdly. In the combination with a punch of a registering device,
which indicates the number of times the punch has been operated,
whether a ticket is perforated each time or not.
Fourthly. In the combination with the register wheel pawl of a
secondary or trip pawl so adjusted that the recording movement of the
register wheel or wheels will be completed before the sounding of the
alarm, and before the termination of the punching movement.
Fifthly. In the arrangement of the bell side by side with the registering
device, and both in an enclosing case located in the space between the
handles of the punch, and attached to one of the handles, the object
being to allow the use of a bell and registering wheels of comparatively
large diameter and yet retain the centre of gravity within the handles,
and avoid making the instrument clumsy or unwieldly.
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Sixthly. In the construction of the enclosing case with a hinged lid or
cover on each side and a partition plate in the centre, to one side of

page_text: which is attached the striking mechanism, and to the other the register
wheels, so as to make such striking mechanism easy of access and
adjustment.
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Seventhly. In attaching the bell to the lid or cover, so that it will
open with the cover and at once expose the striking mechanism.
Eighthly. In the combination in a ticket punch of a box to receive
the cuttings, and thereby indicate the kinds of tickets and the particular
portions punched therefrom, and a registering device for indicating the
number of times the punch has been operated.
Ninthly. In the combination in a punch of a box to receive the
cuttings, a registering device, and a bell, the latter being rung and a
record made each time the punch is operated, whereby the conductor
becomes chargeable with a fare each time the bell is rung, while the
character of the cuttings in the box will indicate the number of cash
fares received, and the number of fares paid by tickets and the nature of
the latter.
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Tenthly. In attaching the punching tool to the operating handle or
jaw by a slotted connection, so that it may remain in the ticket after
the same has been punched, and prevent its removal during such portion
of the return movement of the handle as will suffice to bring the register
and bell pawls into re-engagement with the register wheels and bell
hammer, and thereby prevent the punching of a second ticket without a
corresponding movement of the register wheels, and striking of the
bell.
Eleventhly. In arranging in the mouth of the punch in which the
tickets are to be inserted a spring stop or lever so connected with the
jaws or handles of the punch as to prevent the former from closing
except when released by the insertion of a ticket which causes a dis-
placement of the stop.
30 SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
;
filed by the said George Haseltine in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th July 1871.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
HASELTINE, of the "International. Patent Office," Southampton
35 Buildings; London, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Haseltine, Her special licence
that I, the said George Haseltine, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Haseltine, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,. and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED PUNCHING,
REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING FRAUD BY RAILWAY
AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS," a communication to me from abroad by
James H. Small, of Buffalo, New York, United States of America, upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George Haseltine, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Haseltine, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings forming a part of this Specification:-
The main object of the said Invention is to prevent the fraudulent
appropriation by conductors on railways and other conveyances of fares
collected by them. This object is sought to be accomplished by com-
bining with a ticket punch of peculiar construction an alarm bell, a
receptacle to receive and retain the cuttings, and a registering device,
and by requiring the conductor to ring the bell and perforate a ticket
each time he collects a fare. The passengers and public are advised by
advertisements that it is the duty of the conductor to perform these acts,
and a failure of the conductor to thus perform would necessarily attract
attention, and publish this dereliction of duty. The conductor, therefore,
from a fear of this almost certainty of exposure is compelled to do his

page_text: duty in these particulars, in which case the register and box for cuttings
(secured against access of the conductor) will correctly indicate the
number and kinds of fares collected during a trip.
The said Invention consists, first, in the combination with a ticket
punch of an alarm bell, which is rung each time the former is actuated,
thereby calling the attention of passengers to the approach of the con-
ductor, and notifying them to be ready with their fares; while a neglect
of the conductor to operate the punch during the collection of the fares
becomes manifest by the bell not ringing.
Secondly. In the combination with the bell hammer and operating
handle of a trip pawl for actuating the punch, so that its movement may
be properly timed, and a quick, sharp blow upon the bell obtained.
Thirdly. In the combination with a punch of a registering device,
which indicates the number of times the punch has been operated,
whether a ticket is perforated each time or not.
Fourthly. In the combination with the register wheel pawl of a
secondary or trip pawl, so adjusted that the recording movement of the
register wheel or wheels will be completed before the sounding of the
alarm and before the termination of the punching movement.
Fifthly. In the arrangement of the bell side by side with the
registering device, and both in an enclosing case located in the space
between the handles of the punch, and attached to one of the handles,
the object being to allow the use of a bell and registering wheels of
comparatively large diameter, and yet retain the centre of gravity within
the handles, and avoid making the instrument clumsy or unwieldly.
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Sixthly. In the construction of the enclosing case with a hinged lid or
cover on each side and a partition plate in the centre, to one side of which
is attached the striking mechanism, and to the other the register wheels,
so as to make such striking mechanism easy of access and adjustment.
Seventhly. In attaching the bell to the lid or cover, so that it will
open with the cover and at once expose the striking mechanism.
Eighthly. In the combination in a ticket punch of a box to receive
the cuttings, and thereby indicate the kinds of tickets and the particular
portions punched therefrom, and a registering device for indicating the
number of times the punch has been operated.
Ninthly. In the combination in a punch of a box to receive the
cuttings, a registering device, and a bell, the latter being rung, and a

page_text: upper jaw a and lower jaw a², the former receiving and guiding the
punching tool C, and the latter supporting the die C. The punching
tool C is jointed to the upper handle B, as shown at d', thus constituting
said handle a lever of the second class, by which the required force may
be applied to the punching tool to perforate the ticket when the same
is inserted between the jaws a', a². D is the case for the reception of
the register and alarm mechanism, and is located in the space between
the handles A and B, and attached to the handle A by being cast in the
same piece therewith, or, if preferred, it may be made separate and
attached thereto by screws. It is divided into two chambers e and e¹
by the partition plate d², the register wheels being placed in tlie
chamber e upon one side of said plate, and the bell and striking
mechanism in the chamber e' upon the other. The sides of the case D
are formed by the hinged lids of covers and ", which when closed
are secured by the single seal rivet g. H, H', are the register wheels
supported and turning freely upon the arbor projecting from the
division plate d'; is the register pawl hinged to the end of the radius
arm, which turns freely upon the arbor . This pawl engages with
the ratchet teeth cut in the periphery of the register wheels, and com-
municates the requisite movements thereto. is the trip pawl hinged to
the handle B, and engaging with a shoulder on the back of the register
pawl, as shewn at j', so that a downward movement of the handle B
will be communicated to the register pawl, and by it to the register
wheel, until the wedge arm of the trip pawl strikes the stop K, which
throws it out of engagement with the register pawl, and allows the
spring K to return the radius arni, and the register pawl to engage the
next ratchet tooth of the register wheels. The detent pawls K² prevent
any return movement of the register wheels, and retain them in place
except when moved by the register pawl. The ratchet teeth are
numbered consecutively, and the numbers engraved upon their faces,
and an aperture d³ is made through the side of the case through which
the number counted may be observed. The first wheel H has one deep
notch, so that when it makes a complete revolution the pawl i drops in
and engages the second wheel H', and the succeeding movement of the
pawl moves both wheels one space. Therefore this first wheel. counts
the movements of the punch, and the second wheel the revolutions of
the first, so that the product of the number shown by the second into the
highest number on the first, plus the nuniber indicated by the first, will
give the number of movements of the punch which have been recorded.

page_text: The numbering wheels may be divided into ten spaces, so that the first
gives units, and the second tens, and so on; but I prefer to use a higher
-number so as to get the required range with a less number of wheels.
The trip pawlj is thrown against the register pawl i, and the latter into
engagement with the wheels by the single spring ³ applied to the trip
· pawl. The use of the trip pawl enables the movement of the wheels
to be completed before the alarm is sounded and before the ticket is
· punched, and thereby prevents the operation of the instrument by the
conductor to strike the bell without operating the register. The bell
hammer, punch, and register being operated from the same source, i.c.,
the movement of the handle B, this result evidently cannot be secured
without the trip pawl or some equivalent contrivance. Lis the bell
fastened to the cover f by a screw Z'; m is the hammer, and m¹ a lever
pivotted to the partition plate d², as shewn at 12. To the longer arm of
this lever the hammer is attached. m² is the hammer pawl hinged to
the handle B, and engaging with the short arm m³ of the hammer lever,
so that a downward movement of the handle B throws back the hammer
until the pawl slips by the end of the short arm m³ and releases tlie
. same, when the spring m³, which has been strained by said movement
of the hammer, returns the hammer and causes it to strike a quick,
sharp blow upon the bell. The spring " throws the pawl out to engage
the arm m³, but allows it to pass said arm on the return of the handle B.
The end of the punching tool C, which connects with the handle B, is
slotted, as shown at d, so as to allow the handle B to move a certain
· distance before it imparts motion to the tool C both in its punching and
return movement. The object of this is twofold:-1st, it gives sufficient
movement to the handle B to cause it to operate the register, strike the
bell, and punch the ticket in succession; 2nd, it allows the punch to
remain in the ticket until the return movement of the handle brings the
register and bell pawls into re-engagement with the register wheels and
hammer. A lock pawl o prevents the closing of the handles and con-
sequent movement of the register, except when it is thrown back by
the insertion of a ticket to be punched. It is pivotted in a recess in the
- handle A at the base of the slot a, which it partially obstructs, the free
end projecting beyond the handle, so as to form a stop against which
the opposite handle B abuts when it is in the normal position shown
in Figure 1. The handle or jaw B is formed with a recess o' for the
passage of the end of the pawl when it is forced back by the insertion of
a ticket, which permits the handles to close. A spring o² is employed
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page_text: to return the pawl to its first position when the ticket is removed. The
pawl or stop arm and spring may be arranged in any suitable way that
will serve to obstruct the slot a and prevent the closing of the jaws,
except when the arm is displaced by the introduction of a ticket. P is a
receptacle for the punchings, the collection of which enables the number.
and kind of tickets punched to be determined. It is hinged at P to the
jaw of handle A, and locked by a seal rivet p' to prevent access thereto
by the conductor. The punch with the box for the cuttings and the
bell and registering mechanism being locked or sealed up, as herein-
before described, is given by the clerk at the office to the conductor,
who uses it and returns it to the clerk by whom it is opened, when the
conductor is charged with the number and kinds of fares which the
register and cuttings in the box indicate.
The following is a description of the modifications shown in Figures 6,
7, 8, 9, and 10:-The box Q for the cuttings is represented rigidly.
attached to the jaw or handle, with an opening q for the removal of the
cuttings, which may, be sealed up in any suitable manner. The opposite
jaw is provided with two face plates and a rim, which form a suitable
case and bearings for the registering mechanism, which is arranged
therein and mounted on two arbors r, r¹, that have their bearings in the
face plate of the jaws. S is a ratchet wheel fixed on the journal r¹.
This wheel is turned one notch every time the jaws A, B, are opened by
means of a pulling pawl s pivotted in or to the jaw A, and extending
into the case of jaw B so as to engage with wheel S, against which it is
held by a spring 8', as shewn in Figure 7. T is a pinion rigidly mounted
on the journal ₁₁ so as to engage with and turn a wheel T", which runs
loosely on journal », and carries with it a pinion t that drives a wheel U
fitted loosely on journal. A pinion u is attached to wheel U, and
drives a wheel U₁ rigidly mounted on journal 'r. On opposite sides of
the face plates of jaw B hands or pointers u¹, u², are respectively attached
to the ends of the arbors 1, 1. A dial surrounding the index u¹ is
marked to correspond with the number of teeth (twenty-five) in wheel S,
and will indicate the number of holes punched up to twenty-five, as
represented in Figure 8. The dial of pointer u² is graduated, so that the
latter will move over one space during each revolution of the index u
in the ordinary manner of registering devices, said dial being repre-
sented as numbered up to one thousand. The case containing the
registering mechanism is closed, as shown, so as to be inaccessible to
f
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page_text: the conductor. The bell V is attached to one side of the case or box.
containing the registering mechanism, as shown in Figure 6. The bell
hammer is attached to a bell crank v', which is pivotted to the side of.
the jaw W at w, while the other arm of the lever or shank is jointed to
the end of a thrust arm Y, the opposite end of which is attached to the
side of the jaw W¹ by a pin y fitting in a slot in the arm. In closing
the jaws of the punch the arm Y causes the bell hammer to oscillate
and strike the bell, as shewn in dotted lines in Figure 6, the slot in the
arm permitting a slight play of the parts, thereby causing the bell to
ring each time the jaws are closed. The jaws are held apart in their
normal position by means of a coiled spring inserted in a socket in one
jaw, and made to bear against the other, so as to prevent the punch.
from projecting into the slot and obstructing the same when a ticket is
being inserted.
The above-described modifications are some of the changes in the
construction and arrangement of the parts which may be made in my
improved punch without essentially changing its general character.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I claim,---
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:
First. The combination with a ticket punch of a bell connected with
the moving parts of the punch so as to be rung cach time the latter is
öperated, substantially as and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
Second. The combination of the trip pawl m³, hammer levers m, m², m³,
and handle B, substantially as and for the purpose herein before set
forth..
Third. The combination with a ticket punch of a registering device
connected with the handles or other moving parts to indicate the number
of operations of the punch, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before set forth.
Fourth. The combination of the trip pawl with the register wheel
pawl i, register wheels H, H', and 'handle B, substantially as and for the
purpose herein-before set forth.
Fifth. The arrangement of the bell L and its striking mechanism and
the register wheels H, H', and conomitant parts side by side and within
the enclosing case D, located between the handles A, B, substantially as
and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
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page_text: Sixth. The arrangement of the partition plate d² in the case D in
combination with the lids or covers.f, f¹, substantially as and for the
purpose herein-before specified.
Seventh. The combination of the bell L with the lid of the case D,
substantially as and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
Eighth. The combination in a ticket punch of a receptacle for the
cuttings and a registering device which shall indicate the number of
times the punch is actuated, substantially as herein-before set forth.
Ninth. The combination in a ticket punch of a bell, a registering
device, and a box to receive the cuttings, arranged to operate as herein-
before set forth.
Tenth. The slotted connection d of the punching tool C and the
handle B, as and for the purpose herein-before set forth.
Eleventh. The spring lock pawl O combined with the handles A, B,
to obstruct the mouth of the punch and prevent the closing of the
handles, except when displaced by the insertion of a ticket, substantially
as herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
W. J. LOWE.
GEORGE HASELTINE. (L.S.)

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International Patent Office" Southampton Buildings, London for the
Invention of "IMPROVED PUNCHING, REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS
FOR PREVENTING FRAUD BY RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS
"
a Communication from Abroad by James. H. Small of Buffalo, New York,
United States of America, bearing date the 18th day of January 1871
N° 124.
DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION- as proposed to be
entered by The Bell Punch Company Limited of 1 and 2 Great Winchester
Street Buildings in the City of London, pursuant to the Statutes in that case
made and provided.
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WHEREAS Her Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland bearing date the
18th day of January 1871 N° 124 in the Thirty-fourth year of Her Reign did.
give and grant unto the said George Haseltine his executors, administrators and
assigns the sole privilege for the term of fourteen years, thence next ensuing, of
making, using, exercising and vending within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, the said Invention of
IMPROVED PUNCHING, REGISTERING, AND ALARM APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING
FRAUD BY RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKET COLLECTORS a communication to him
from Abroad by James. H. Small of Buffalo, New York, United States of America.
And whereas in pursuance of a proviso in the said Letters Patent contained the
said George Haseltine did within six calendar months next after the date of the
said Letters Patent cause a Specification or Instrument in writing under his hand
and seal, purporting to describe and ascertain the nature of the said invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, to be duly filed in the Great Seal.
Patent Office.
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And whereas the said Letters Patent were assigned to and became and now are.
vested in us The Bell Punch Company Limited.

page_text: And whereas since the said Specification was filed we have been advised that
some of the claims might be objected to as including matters which were not new
at the date of the said Letters Patent and we have no wish to retain some of the
claims which relate to matters of minute detail.
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we sub-
And whereas we wish to correct certain clerical errors in the said Specification.
We therefore by and with the leave of Her Majestys Solicitor General desire to
disclaim and alter the said Specification in manner following, that is to say:―
Referring to the Certified Queen's Printers' Copy of the said Specification :--At
Page 6 Line 20 for "
"my
we substitute "the," and for "instruments
stitute "instrument." At Page 6 Line 26 after "elevation" we insert and Fig. 10
is an end view partly in section," and for "my" we substitute "the." At Page 7
Line 17 for "we substitute "d2" At Page 7 Line 18 for "" we sub-
stitute "." At Page 8 Line 13 for "Z" we substitute "." At Page 8 Line 18
for "by" we substitute past. At Page 9 Line 32 we omit " (twenty-five)". At
Page 9 Line 33 for "twenty five" we substitute "that number." At Page 10
Line 12 for "so as to prevent" we substitute "X is" and we omit Lines 13 and 14.
At Page 10 Line 16 for. 'my' we substitute "the." In Page 10 we omit the
second, third fourth, and fifth claims, Lines 23 to 36 inclusive. In Page 11 we
omit the sixth and seventh claims, Lines 1 to 5 inclusive. At Page 11 Line 6 for
Eighth" we substitute "Second." At Page 11 Line 9 for " Ninth we substitute
Third." In Page 11 we omit the Tenth claim, Lines 12 and 13. At Page 11
Line 14 for "Eleventh" we substitute "Fourth'
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And the Said Specification when so altered and amended will read as follows:-
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The main object of the said invention is to prevent thie fra dulent appropriation
by conductors on railways and other conveyances of fares collected by them. This
object is sought to be accomplished by combining with a ticket punch of peculiar
construction an alarm bell, a receptacle to receive and retain the cuttings, and a
registering device, and by requiring the conductor to ring the bell and perforate
à ticket each time he collects a fare. The passengers and public are advised by
advertisements that it is the duty of the conductor to perform these acts, and a
failure of the conductor to thus perform would necessarily attract attention, and
publish this dereliction of duty. The conductor, therefore, from a fear of this
almost certainty of exposure is compelled to do his duty in these particulars, in
which case the register and box for cuttings (secured against access of the
conductor) will correctly indicate the number and kinds of fares collected during a
trip.
The said invention consists, first, in the combination with a ticket punch of an
alarm bell, which is rung each time the former is actuated, thereby calling the
attention of passengers to the approach of the conductor, and notifying them to be
ready with their fares; while a neglect of the conductor to operate the punch
during the collection of the fares becomes manifest by the bell not ringing.
Secondly. In the combination with the bell hammer and operating handle of a
trip-pawl for actuating the punch, so that its movement may be properly timed,
and a quick sharp blow upon the bell obtained..
Thirdly. In the combination with a punch of a registering device, which
indicates the number of times the punch has been operated, whether a ticket is
perforated each time or not.
Fourthly. In the combination with the register wheel pawl, of a secondary or
trip-pawl, só adjusted that the recording movement of the register wheel or wheels
will be completed before the sounding of the alarm and before the termination of
the punching movement.
Fifthly. In the arrangement of the bell side by side with the registering device,
and both in an enclosing case located in the space between the handles of the
punch, and attached to one of the handles, the object being to allow the use of a

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bell and registering wheels of comparatively large diameter and yet retain the.
centre of gravity within the handles, and avoid making the instrument clumsy or
unwieldly.
Sixthly. In the construction of the enclosing case with a hinged lid or cover on
5 each side and a partition plate in the centre, to one side of which is attached the
striking mechanism, and to the other the register wheels, so as to make such
striking mechanism easy of access and adjustment.
Seventhly. In attaching the bell to the lid or cover, so that it will open with the
cover and at once expose the striking mechanisın.
Eighthly. In the combination in a ticket punch of a box to receive the cuttings,
and thereby indicate the kinds of tickets and the particular portions punched
therefrom, and a registering device for indicating the number of times the punch has
been operated.
Ninthly. In the combination in a punch of a box to receive the cuttings, a
5 registering device, and a bell, the latter being rung, and a record made each time
the punch is operated, whereby the conductor becomes chargeable with a fare each
time the bell is rung, while the character of the cuttings in the box will indicate
the number of cash fares received, and the number of fares paid by tickets, and
the nature of the latter.
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Tenthly. In attaching the punching tool to the operating handle or jaw by a
slotted connection so that it may remain in the ticket after the same have been
punched, and prevent its removal during such portion of the return movement of
the handle as will suffice to bring the register and bell pawls into re-engagement
with the register wheels and bell hammer, and thereby prevent the punching of
a second ticket without a corresponding movement of the register wheels and
striking of the bell.
Eleventlily. In arranging in the mouth of the punch in which the tickets are
to be inserted a spring stop or lever so connected with the jaws or handles of the
punch as to prevent the former from closing except when released by the insertion
of a ticket, which causes a displacement of the stop.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the improved instrument on the line x x,
Figure 4 Figure 2 is a reversed plan of the operating handle detached from the
other parts; Figure 3 is an elevation and partial section the reverse of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a horizontal section on the line y, y, of Figure 3; Figure 5 is an
elevation and partial section from the same side as Figure 1:
Figure 6 is an elevation and Fig. 10 is an end view partly in section of a
modification of the improved punch shewing a different arrangement of the bell.
registering device, and mechanism for actuating the same; Figure 7 is a section of
the said modified punch shewing an internal view of the registering mechanism
and box for the cuttings; Figure 8 is an elevation of the opposite side of the jaws
from that shewn in Figure 6; Figure 9. is an elevation, partly in section and drawn
to an enlarged scale, of the gearing of the said modified registering device detached
from the case. Like letters designate like parts in each of the figures.
In Figures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, A is the lower and B the upper handle of the
instrument, the two being hinged together at b₁ in a common manner. The lower
handle is bifurcated, as shewn at a, forming an upper jaw a' and lower jaw a²,
the former receiving and guiding the punching tool C, and the latter supporting
the die C. The punching tool C is jointed to the upper handle B as shown at d¹,
thus constituting said handle a lever of the second class, by which the required
force may be applied to the punching tool to perforate the ticket when the same is
inserted between the jaws a', a². Dis the case for the reception of the register
and alarm mechanism, and is located in the space between the handles A and B,
and attached to the handle A by being cast in the same piece therewith, or, if.
preferred, it may be made separate and attached thereto by screws. It is divided!

page_text: into two chambers e and e¹ by the partition plate d²; the register wheels being
placed in the chamber e upon one side of said plate, and the bell and striking
mechanism in the chamber e' upon the other. The sides of the case D are formed
by the hinged lids of covers fand f¹, which when closed are secured by the single
seal rivet g. H, H', are the register wheels supported and turning freely upon the
arbor projecting from the division plate d²; i is the register pawl hinged to the
end of the radius arm i which turns freely upon the arbor h². This pawl
engages, with the ratchet teeth cut in the periphery of the register wheels, and
communicates the requisite movements thereto. j is the trip pawl hinged to the
handle B, and engaging with a shoulder on the back of the register pawl as shewn
at j', so that a downward movement of the handle B will be communicated to the
register pawl, and by it to the register wheel, until the wedge arm of the trip
pawl strikes the stop K, which throws it out of engagement with the register
pawl, and allows the spring K¹ to return the radius arm, and the register pawl to
engage the next ratchet tooth of the register wheels. The detent pawls K⁹
prevent any return movement of the register wheels, and retain them in place
except when moved by the register pawl. The ratchet teeth are numbered
consecutively, and the numbers engraved upon their faces and an aperture d³ is made
through the side of the case through which the number counted may be observed.
The first wheel H has one deep notch, so that when it makes a complete revolution
the pawl i drops in and engages the second wheel H', and the succeeding movement
of the pawl moves both wheels one space. Therefore this first wheel counts the
movements of the punch, and the second wheel the revolutions of the first, so that
the product of the number shewn by the second into the highest number on the
first, plus the number indicated by the first, will give the number of movements of
the punch which have been recorded. The mumbering wheels may be divided into
ten spaces, so that the first gives units, and the second tens, and so on; but I
prefer to use a higher number so as to get the required range with a less number
of wheels. The trip pawl jis thrown against the register pawl i, and the latter
into engagement with the wheels by the single spring applied to the trip pawl.
The use of the trip-pawl enables the use of the wheels to be completed before
the alarm is sounded and before the ticket is punched, and thereby prevents
the operation of the instrument by the conductor to strike the bell without
operating the register. The bell hammer, punch and register being operated from
the same source, i.e., the movement of the handle B, this result evidently cannot be
L is the bell
secured without the trip-pawl or some equivalent contrivance.
fastened to the cover f by a screw l¹; m is the hammer, and m'a lever pivotted
to the partition plate d², as shewn at 12. To the longer arm of this lever the
hammer is attached. m² is the hammer pawl hinged to the handle B, and engaging
with the short arm m³ of the hammer lever, so that a downward movement of the
handle B, throws back the hammer until the pawl slips past the end of the short
arm m³, and releases the same, when the spring m, which has been strained by
said movement of the hammer, returns the hammer and causes it to strike a quick,
sharp blow upon the bell. The spring n throws the pawl out to engage the
arm m³, but allows it to pass said arm on the return of the handle B. The end of
the punching tool C, which connects with the handle B, is slotted, as shewn at d', so
as to allow the handle B to move a certain distance before it imparts motion to the
tool both in its punching and return movement. The object of this is two fold;
1st, it gives sufficient movement to the handle B to cause it to operate the register,
strike the bell, and punch the ticket in succession; 2nd. it allows the punch to remain
in the ticket, until the return movement of the handle brings the register and bell
A lock pawl o
pawls into re-engagement with the register wheels and hammer.
prevents the closing of the handles and consequent movement of the register, except
when it is thrown back by the insertion of a ticket to be punched. It is pivotted in a
recess in the handle A at the base of the slot a, which it partially obstructs, the free
end projecting beyond the handle, so as to form a stop against which the opposite
handle B abuts when it is in the normal position shewn in Figure 1. The handle
movement

page_text: or jaw B is formed with a recess o¹ for the passage of the end of the pawl when it
is forced back by the insertion of a ticket, which permits the handles to. close.
A spring o² is employed to return the pawl to its first position when the ticket is
removed. The pawl.or stop arm and spring may be arranged in any suitable way
that will serve to obstruct the slot a and prevent the closing of the jaws, except
when the arm is displaced by the introduction of a ticket. P is a receptacle for
the punchings, the collection of which enables the number and kind of tickets
punched to be determined. It is hinged at p to the jaw of, handle A, and locked
by a seal rivet p¹ to prevent access thereto by the conductor. The punch with
the box for the cuttings and the bell and registering mechanism being locked or
sealed up, as hereinbefore described, is given by the clerk at the office to the
conductor, who uses it and returns it to the clerk by whom it is opened, when
the conductor is charged with the number and kinds of fares which the register
and cuttings in the box indicate.
The following is a description of the modifications shewn in Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9
and 10. The box Q for the cuttings is represented rigidly attached to the jaw or
handle, with an opening q for the removal of the cuttings, which may be sealed up
in any suitable manner. The opposite jaw is provided with two face plates and a
rin, which form a suitable case and bearings for the registering mechanism, which
is arranged therein and mounted on two arbors r, r, that have their bearings in
the face plate of the jaws. S is a ratchet wheel fixed on the journal r¹. This wheel
is turned one notch every time the jaws A, B, are opened by means of a pulling
pawl & pivotted in or to the jaw A, and extending into the case of jaw B so as to
engage with wheel S, against which it is held by a spring s¹, as shewn in Figure 7.
T is a pinion rigidly mounted on the journal so as to engage with and turn a
wheel T, which runs loosely on journal 7, and carries with it a pinion t that drives a
wheel U fitted loosely on journal 1. A pinion u is attached to wheel U, and drives
a wheel U rigidly mounted on journal r.. On opposite sides of the face plates of
jaw B hands or pointers u', u², are respectively attached to the ends of the arbors rr.
A dial surrounding the index u¹ is marked to correspond with the number of teeth
in wheel S, and will indicate the number of holes punched up to that number, as
represented in Figure 8. The dial of pointer u² is graduated, so that the latter,
will move over one space during each revolution of the index u' in the ordinary
manner of registering devices, said dial being represented as numbered up to one
thousand. The case containing the registering mechanism is closed, as shewn, so
as to be inaccessible to the conductor. The bell V is attached to one side of the
case or box containing the registering mechanism, as shewn in Figure 6. The bell
hammer vis attached to a bell crank v², which is pivotted to the side of the jaw W
at w, while the other arm of the lever or shank is jointed to the end of a thrust
arm Y, the opposite end of which is attached to the side of the jaw W' by a pin y
fitting in a slot in the arm. In closing the jaws of the punch the arm Y causes
the bell hammer to oscillate and strike the bell, as shewn in dotted lines in
Figure 6, the slot in the arm permitting a slight play of the parts, thereby causing
the bell to ring each time the jaws are closed. The jaws are held apart in their
normal position by means of a coiled spring z inserted in a socket in one jaw,
and made to bear against the other; ✗ is the punch.
The above described modifications are some of the changes in the construction
and arrangement of the parts, which may be made in the improved punch without
essentially changing its general character.
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I claim :-
First. The combination with a ticket punch of a bell connected with the moving
parts of the punch, so as to be rung each time the latter is operated, substantially
us and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.
Second. The combination in a ticket punch of a receptacle for the cuttings and a
registering device which shall indicate the number of times the punch is actuated,
substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

page_text: Third. The combination in a ticket punch of a bell, a registering device, and a
box to receive the cuttings, arranged to operate as herein before set forth.
"
Fourth. The spring lock pawl O combined with the handles A, B, to obstruct
the mouth of the punch and prevent the closing of the handles, except when
displaced by the insertion of a ticket, substantially as herein before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Haseltine have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this seventeenth day of July in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one.
GEORGE HASELTINE (L.S.)
Notice of the application for leave to file this Disclaimer and Memorandum of
Alteration having been advertized in accordance with my directions:-
I hereby grant my Fiat giving leave to the Bell Punch Company Limited (the
Assignees and now legal and equitable owners of the bereinbefore mentioned
Letters Patent) to file in the Office of the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions
with the Specifications to which the same relates the foregoing Disclaimer and
Memorandum of Alteration. Dated this 27th day of June 1883
FARRER HERSCHELL