Dating Press for Dating Railway Tickets in an Improved Manner.
Year: 1885

page_text: left and to the right, and a projection at the top to the left (on front half of cheek)
for bolding another set of types.
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A centre pin passes from left wall through to right wall about 5in froin base, and
a shaft in same direction about in from base and about 1in from back end of
machine.
In left compartment a handle supported by a spring works loose upon the centre
pin. Attached to this handle is a quadrant-shaped blade having an eccentric
pressure snug on each side, about 21in from centre and an eccentric slot on right
side about 4in from centre.
A carriage for ticket with ink roller attached rests upon the left & middle walls,
an ink pad being inserted below ink roller.
A lever operated upon by eccentric slot in quadrant is connected with ticket
carriage.
By pressing handle in left compartment the carriage with ticket is carried
forward into position the ink roller first passing over the ink pad and under the
types The types and brass plate with letter O (or R) held in the two cheeks are
then brought down upon the ticket by means of the pressure snugs on quadrant.
In the right compartiment a handle works loose upon centre pin same as in the
left compartment except that the pressure snug is on left side only.
By pressing this bandle the types are inked and ticket brought into position but
only one set of types is brought down upon ticket.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Dating Press for Dating Railway Tickets in an Improved
Manner.
I JOHN M EDWARD of 4 Prospect Terrace Aberdeen in the county of Aberdeen
Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my invention for DATING PRESS FOR
DATING RAILWAY TICKETS IN AN IMPROVED MANNER and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :—
This invention has for its object the dating of railway tickets longitudinally on
face of ticket so as to read in same direction as the names of the stations printed
thereon and by dating double-journey tickets on the face of ticket without
interfering with the progressive numbers at both ends to obviate the necessity for
dating such tickets on the back as is usually done at present: also for the impressing

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figures or letters on tickets to denote the time for which they are available
r any similar purpose.
The construction of machine is shown by accompanying drawings Similar lett
all the figures representing similar parts.
Figure No 1 shows plan of frame of machine.
Figure N° 2 represents end elevation of type-case holder.
Figure N° 3 represents back elevation of frame, with steel plate removed show
pe-case holder in position.
Figure No 4 represents front elevation of machine.
Figure No 5 shows sectional elevation of machine.
The different parts of machine are marked as follows.
A, A, Frame.
a, a, Grooves for ticket carriage.
B Groove for type-case holder.
b, b, Base of machine.
C Type-case holder.
c Recess for type-case.
D Steel plate.
d, d, Screw holes for fixing steel plate to frame.
E, E, Types.
e Nob for drawing out type case.
F Centre pin.
f Bulking for centre pin.
G Handle.
H Blade or cam attached to handle.
I Cam shoulder.
K Eccentric slot for working lever connected with ticket carriage.
L Shaft for lever.
M Lever.
N Friction roller fixed to lever.
P Friction roller fixed to type case holder.
p Nut securing friction roller P.
R Ticket carriage.
Ticket carriage guide.
S Ink roller.
T Ink pad, resting loose on two cross pins.
V Recess for spring.
W Spiral spring supporting type-case holder.
The method of working machine will be seen by referring to Drawing Nº 5.
The ticket being placed on ticket carriage R and fixed in position by means of
all spring, the handle is then pressed downwards, which acting upon lever
ries forward the ticket carriage into position under type case held in holder C
ne time inking the types; the ink roller S. passing over the ink pad T and und
e types E, E, in the forward motion of the ticket carriage. As soon as the tick
riage is brought into position the continued downward motion of the hand
ngs shoulder of cam I on to friction roller P giving a downward motion to ty
se holder C.
The cam H is made heavy at side opposite handle so as to balance handle a
ng it back to its first position.
The types are arranged in a small case fitting into recess G shown in figure No
For ordinary dating of tickets the types are duplicated so as to date the outwa
d return portions of double journey tickets by one operation. Single journ
kets may be impressed with one date only by placing ticket half-way on
ket carriage.
The ink pad T has to be supplied with ink from time to time.

page_text: 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. That the dating of single journey tickets longitudinally in line with the
names of the stations between which the tickets are available will be an improve-
ment upon the present method of dating across the end.
2. That the date of double journey tickets being made on the face of ticket
instead of on the back as at present, and also in line with the names of stations
will greatly facilitate the proper examination of tickets.
3. That the machine invented by me may be used to insert on face or back of
tickets, figures or letters, indicating the time for which a double journey or
periodical ticket is available or for similar purposes.