Year: 1889

page_text: A communication from JOSEPH STOVEL, merchant, of 2 Binscarth Road, and JOHN
WESLEY CORLEY, watch-maker, of 138 Victoria Street, both in Toronto, County
of York, Ontario, Canada.
I, ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
M.I.M.E., 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 the invention is to design a box calculated to hold a given number
of tickets or cards and provided with mechanism by which the tickets or cards may
be pushed out of the box one by one; and to provide an indicator by which the
number of cards or tickets remaining in the box is noted.
It consists essentially of a box designed to contain a given number of tickets or
cards which rest upon a plate held and operated by a button projecting through a
slot made in the bottom of the box, one end of the said plate having a flange formed
on it slightly narrower than the thickness of a single ticket or card which the box
may be designed to contain. A slot or groove is made in the back of the box
immediately behind the flanged end of the plate which it is designed to receive when
the said plate is pushed back to engage with a ticket. A false top actuated by a
spring or springs is placed above the tickets and provided with a pin which is
designed to project through a slot made in one side of the box.
Fig. 1 is an outside perspective view of this improved ticket or card box.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the box with the covers removed.
Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the false cover.
Fig. 4 is a section of the box filled with tickets.
In designing this ticket or card box I have endeavored to keep in view the fact
that it is absolutely necessary that the movement should be positive so that it can
be depended upon to remove a single ticket or card every time it is desired to do so.
I have also kept in view the importance of having means of indicating the
approximate number of tickets remaining in the box and from the following
description it will be seen that the object has been attained.
A represents a rectangular box the bottom of which is made solid with its sides
and ends. B is a plate held on the bottom of the box by a button or projection C
the shank of which projects through a slot a made in the bottom of the box A.
A flange is made on one end of the plate B which flange is slightly less in depth
than the thickness of the ticket or card it is intended to butt against. A slot or
groove d is made in the end of the box A sufficiently large to receive the flanged end
of the plate B when the said flange is pushed back clear of the inside of the box to
permit the bottom ticket to fall onto the plate B so that when the said plate is moved
in the direction indicated by arrow the flange b will butt against the bottom ticket
and, separating it from the pile, push it through the slot f made in the opposite end
of the box A. The slot should be slightly larger than the ticket or card to permit
the free passage of the said ticket or card.
D is a false top designed to rest on top of the tickets or cards placed in the box A.
This top D has a spring or springs E fixed to it which press against the sliding
top G and hold the pile of tickets against the bottom of the box; the springs E
expanding as each ticket is removed from the said box. g is a pin projecting from
the edge of the plate B through a slot h made in the side of the box as indicated. The
pin g projects or is visible through the sloth and indicates the approximate number of

page_text: tickets or cards which may remain in the box. The side of the slot / may be marked
so that the pin g shall indicate the exact number of tickets or cards contained in the
box.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is ;-
1. A box such as A designed to contain a given number of tickets or cards and
having slots a and d made through its ends a plate having a flange b formed on
one end of it a button or projection C butting against the bottom of the box and
connected with the plate B by a suitable shank passing through the slot a in com-
bination with the top G false top D and spring or springs E substantially as and for
the purpose specified.
2. A box such as A designed to contain a given number of tickets or cards and
having slots a and d made through its ends a plate B having a flange b formed on
one end of it a button or projection C butting against the bottom of the box and
connected with the plate B by a suitable shank passing through the slot a in
combination with the false top D provided with a pin to project through the
slot the spring or springs E and the top G substantially as and for the purpose
specified:
Dated this 5th day of April 1889
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.