An Improved Ticket Machine.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ticket Machine.
I WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn & Son of 151 Strand in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(a communication to me from James D. Gibbs of Jeffersonville in the County of
Clark and State of Indiana United States of America, Inventor,) to be as
follows:-
:-
My invention relates to an improved ticket printing machine especially adapted
for use by agents in railway ticket offices; and, amongst other things, my invention
has for its object to provide the machine with mechanism by which the place of
sale, the destination, and when desired, the class or quality and number of day's
limit may be indelibly printed or inscribed upon a railway ticket at one impression,
or wherein the place of sale destination class and limit, (or any one or more of
these features) may be printed upon a ticket at one impression-iz.: the machine
is provided with mechanism so arranged as to print simultaneously a ticket and the .
stub, the latter being a record of the former.
Another object of my invention is to provide a machine that will print or inscribe
at one impression upon a ticket the place of sale, the date of sale, the class; the
destination and limit and special matter (or any one or more of these features) upon
a ticket to be sold together with features of record desirable to be retained upon
the second part or stub.
A further object of the invention is to provide mechanism that will at the
moment of impression on the ticket cut break off, or detach said stub or second
part, causing the same to drop into a receptacle constructed to receive it; and,
finally, the object is to provide a machine by which an agent at a railway ticket
office is enabled to economically conveniently and expeditiously print and issue
tickets to the travelling public which contain all ordinary information and any
desired special information and thus dispense with the usual ticket-cases.
With there and other ends in view the first part of my invention consists in a
ticket machine of a destination-wheel arranged to carry type or type forms for
printing at will the names of the various stations of the railroad on a ticket
inserted in the machine, and these type or type forms are removably held or
clamped on the destination wheel so that any one of the series can be removed and
the names of other stations substituted therefore.
This destination-wheel is duplicated by providing another wheel of similar
form and having the corresponding names of stations in type forms arranged in
the same order thereon and these two wheels are adapted for simultaneous rotation
by a common shaft that carries both wheels, so that the names of the stations can
be printed on the ticket and its stub at one impression, suitable devices being
provided for manipulating the destination wheels and for holding them at rest.
My invention further contemplates the use of a limit wheel situated at one
side of the destination-wheels and arranged to print on the ticket at the same
moment that the destination is described thereon the number of days limit said
limit wheel having suitable numerals thereon, and adapted for adjustment or
manipulation independently of the adjustment of the destination wheel or wheels.
A drum is arranged to print on the ticket any desired special information at the
same moment that the destination limit date &c. are inscribed thereon. In the
preferred form of the machine provide two special drums arranged to simul-
taneously print on the ticket and its stub, and each special drum is constructed to
receive type or type-plate to print any special matter on the ticket not already

page_text: provided for on the said drum, said drum being adapted for manipulation indepen-
dently of the destination-wheels or the limit wheel, and designed to be rotated
simultaneously through the medium of suitable connecting mechanism or gearing.
A dating arm is adapted so as to print or inscribe on the ticket the year month
and day of the month on which the ticket is issued, the name of the issuing office,
and the name of the railroad by which the ticket is issued, and further, a novel
arrangement of an inking contrivance by which the several inscriptions are made
visible on the ticket.
My invention further consists in a novel cutting mechanism by which the
duplicate part or stub of the ticket is severed or detached from the ticket proper
at the same instant that the ticket is printed, which cutting mechanism is arranged
for operation without liability to damage the inking-ribbon, and is combined and
arranged for independent or conjoint operation with an impression bed and dating
arm, so that the latter can be depressed without operating the cutting mechanism,
which is desirable when the ticket is to be printed without severing a stub, but
which cutting mechanism can also be operated jointly with said dating arm and
impression-bed to print the ticket and sever the stub therefrom at one and the same
operation.
Dated this 25th day of February 1891
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ticket Machine.
I WILLIAM WILSON HORN of the firm of Horn and Son of 151 Straud in the
County of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention
a communication to me from James D. Gibbs of Jeffersonville in the County of
Clark and State of Indiana United States of America Inventor 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 an improved ticket-printing machine especially adapted
for use by agents in railway ticket offices; and among other things my invention
has for its object to provide the machine with mechanism by which the place of
sale, the destination, and, when desired, the class or quality and number of days'
limit may be indelibly printed or inscribed upon a railway-ticket at one impression,
or wherein the place of sale, destination, class, and limit (or any one or more of
these features) may be printed upon a ticket at one impression - viz., the machine
is provided with mechanism so arranged as to print simultaneously a ticket and the
stub, the latter being a record of the former.
Another object of my invention is to provide a machine that will print or inscribe
at one impression upon a ticket the place of sale, the date of sale, the class, the
destination, and limit and special matter (or any one or more of these features)
upon a ticket to be sold, together with features of record desirable to be retained
upon the second part or stub.
A further object of the invention is to provide mechanism that will at the moment
of impression on the ticket cut, break off, or detach said stub or second part,
causing the same to drop into a receptacle constructed to receive it; and, finally,
the object is to provide a machine by which an agent at a railway ticket-office is
enabled to economically, conveniently, and expeditiously print and issue tickets to
the traveling public which contain all ordinary information and any desired special
information, and thus dispense with the usual ticket-cases.
With these and other ends in view the first part of my invention consists, in a
ticket-machine, of a destination-wheel arranged to carry type or type-forms for
printing at will the names of the various stations of the railroad on a ticket
inserted in the machine, and these type or type-forms are removably held or

page_text: clamped on the destination-wheel, so that any one of the series can be removed and
the names of other stations substituted therefor. This destination-wheel is
duplicated by providing another wheel of similar form and having the corre-
sponding names of stations in type-forms arranged in the same order thereon,
and these two wheels are adapted for simultaneous rotation by a common shaft
that carries both wheels, so that the names of the stations can be printed on the
ticket and its stub at one impression, suitable devices being provided for manipu-
lating the destination-wheels and for holding them at rest.
My invention further contemplates the use of a limit-wheel situated at one side
of the destination-wheels and arranged to print on the ticket at the same moment
that the destination is described thereon the number of days limit, said limit-wheel
having suitable numerals thereon and adapted for adjustment or manipulation
independently of the adjustment of the destination wheel or wheels.
My invention further consists in the provision of a special drum arranged to
print on the ticket any desired special information at the same moment that the
destination, limit, date, &c., are inscribed thereon. In the preferred form of the
machine I provide two special drums arranged to simultaneously print on the ticket
and its stub, and each special drum is constructed to receive type or a type-plate
to print any special matter on the ticket not already provided for on the druni,
said drum being adapted for manipulation independently of the destination-wheels
or the limit-wheel, and designed to be rotated simultaneously through the medium
of suitable connecting mechanism or gearing.
My invention further contemplates the employment of a dating-arm adapted to
print or inscribe on the ticket the year, month, and day of the month on which
the ticket is issued, the name of the issuing office, and the name of the railroad by
which the ticket is issued, and, further, in a novel arrangement of the inking
contrivance by which the several inscriptions are made visible on the ticket.
My invention further consists in a novel cutting mechanism by which the
duplicate part or stub of the ticket is severed or detached from the ticket proper
at the same instant that the ticket is printed, which cutting mechanism is arranged
for operation without liability to damage the inking ribbon, and is combined and
arranged for independent or conjoint operation with an impression-bed and dating-
arm, so that the latter can be depressed without operating the cutting mechanism,
which is desirable when the ticket is to be printed without severing a stub, but
which cutting mechanism can also be operated jointly with said dating-arm and
impression-bed to print the ticket and sever the stub therefrom at one and the
same operation.
My invention further consists in the novel combination of devices and peculiar
construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and
claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the
Specification, in which similar figures and letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in all the views.
Figure is a front elevation of the machine, partially in section, the section
being taken on the line 11 in Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. is a central longitudinal section taken on line 22 of Figs. 1 and 3.
Fig. 3 is a diametrical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the special drum.
Fig. 5 is a partial perspective view of the destination-wheel, illustrating the
manner of clamping the type. thereon.
Fig. 6. is a detail perspective view of one of the clamps employed in connection
with the destination-wheel, and
Fig. 7. is a perspective view of one of the type adapted for use in connection
with the clamp.
Fig. 8. is an elevation of the dial of the special drum.
Fig. 9. is a perspective view of the face-plate detached.
Fig. 10. is a partial vertical section through a modified forin of the machine.

page_text: Fig. 11 is a side elevation of the machine, illustrating the application thereto of
foot-power; and
Figs. 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16 illustrate the blank form of tickets used in connection
with the machine and the location of the impressions produced by the machine
upon the blanks, the said tickets also representing both round-trip and single
blanks.
The casing A. of the main body of the machine is preferably made to approxi-
mate an oval or spherical contour, and it has a flat base 10 and a flat upper surface,
on which upper surface is placed a slotted face-plate, presently described. The
back 11 of the main body of the machine is preferably made integral with the
base, and within the main body or case A. are arranged two vertical partitions 12
and 13, likewise made integral with the base and spaced or separated to form the
main chambers B B within the casing or main body A. of the machine, the
chamber B being between the back 11 and the partition 12, and the chamber B¹
being situated between the two partitions 12 13. The outer face of the front
partition 13 virtually constitutes the front of the body or casing of the machine.
and the partitions 12 13 may or may not extend the full width of the body as
preferred. Upon the flat surface of the partitions 12 13 is placed a flat hori-
zontal face-plate D, which is bolted or otherwise rigidly secured in place, and it
extends beyond the rear partition 12 over the rear compartment or chamber B but
does not entirely cover said rear compartment, a recess 16 being produced in the
upper edge of the rear partition 12 and immediately below the hood of the face-
plate to permit a stub severed from a ticket to pass into the chamber B, as will
appear.
The sides of the body or main casing A. of the machine consist of the upper
sections 17 and the lower main sections 18, and the forward or front edges of the
upper sections 17 are curved inward and downward for a limited distance to form
the flanges 17', (see Fig. 1) and the corresponding edges of the main sections 18
are curved or flanged at 18' inward in like manner, which flanges 171 181, together
with a flange 20 on an outwardly curved extension 19 at the front of the base 10,
complete the cylindrical formation or contour of the front of the body or casing A,
as seen in Fig. 1, as the side edges of the extension 19 closely contact with the
main sections 18 of the body or casing. The main side sections 18 are hinged to
the base 10, as illustrated at a in Fig. 3, to enable said sections to be swung
outward and permit ready access to one or both of the chambers B B', and the
upper sections 17 of the sides of the body are attached to the sides and front of
the face-plate D in any suitable manner. The front or forward surface of the
side sections 17 of the casing or body are curved downward and inward to form a
space or cavity a in the upper part of the cylindrical front of the machine, as
clearly shown in Fig. 1, and in order to avoid exposing the interior mechanism of
the machine through this cavity a, 1 depress the hood of the fixed side sections
at each side of the centre line of the machine and secure such depressed portion
to the front partition 13, as indicated at 33 in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the contiguous
opposed edges of the depressed portions of the side being made to abut.
The hinged main sections 18 of the body or casing are attached to the upper fixed
sections 17 by any approved form of lock 21, and the inner marginal edges of what
might be called the "front hooded extensions" 171 18¹ of the casing and the
extension 19 of the base are so concaved that the connected hooded sections form a
completed circle, as illustrated in Fig. 1, in the upper central portion of which
circle the slot or cavity a appears. Within this circle a disk-like index-plate E is
held to revolve, which plate is securely attached to the outer extremity of a
horizontal shaft 14 by a washer 22 and a lock-nut 23, said shaft being journaled in
the partitions 12 13 and extending across the chamber B' of the casing. The
periphery of the index-plate is provided with teeth 24, and its front face with an
annular recess or depression 25, and in said recess a card 26 is fitted and held in
place by the washer 22, the said card being divided into a number of radial spaces 27,
and in each space the name of a station is adapted to be printed, or other devices

page_text: may De employed for permitting the names of the stations to be removably
attached to this index without departing from my invention.
The manipulation of the index-plate is facilitated by the addition of a knob or
handle 28. To the hooded extension of the right-hand fixed side section 17 an
angled latch-lever 29 is fulerumed, the vertical member whereof serves as a handle,
and the horizontal member is provided with a tooth 30 upon its under edge adapted
to enter the space between the teeth of the index-plate, and at the extreme inner
end of the horizontal member a downwardly extending index-hand is attached.
The hand 31 is located practically upon a vertical central line drawn through the
machine and serves to indicate the stations, the name of which the machine will
print upon the ticket. The tooth of the horizontal member of the latch-lever is
normally held in engagement with the index-plate by the pressure of a spring 32
upon the vertical member, which spring may be of any approved form.
Slightly to the left of a vertical line drawn through the machine and in the
depression or cavity a of the casing a spindle 34 is journaled in the upper part of
the front partition 13, said spindle extending across a U-shaped recess 15, formed
in the upper edge of the front partition 13. To the spindle 34 is secured in full
view from the front of the machine a disk 35, constituting a limit-indicator, the
said disk having produced thereon numerals representing days-as, for instance,
1 to 90 and upon the inner end of the spindle 24 a limit-wheel 36 is attached,
which limit-wheel has formed upon its periphery numerals corresponding in
character and position with the numerals upon the indicating-disk 35. The disk 35
may be and preferably is provided with a small knob or projection to facilitate the
revolution of the spindle.
Immediately at the rear of the front partition 13 in the compartment B a
destination-wheel F is keyed or otherwise secured upon the shaft 14. On a portion
of the peripheral surface of this wheel a series of diametrical channels 37 are
produced, the channels upon one side being in alignment with the channels upon the
opposite side of the wheel. Upon the periphery of this wheel type is to be set to
form the names of the stations indicated upon the index-plate, or a
type-plate with
suitable inscriptions thereon may be employed, and the position of the names upon
the destination-plate corresponds in location with the corresponding name upon the
index-plate. Thus, for instance, if the station name Louisville" be brought
beneath the pointer 31 the word "Louisville," produced in type or on a type-plate
upon the destination-wheel will be brought uppermost and will be printed upon the
ticket introduced into the machine. I preferably employ a series of removable
type which are of peculiar construction, and one of these is represented in detail in
Fig. 7, in which it will be observed that the upper portion of the type bearing the
letter or character is of less width than the bottom, whereby two side shoulders 39
are formed.
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In connection with the type employ a clamp case or plate 40, which type clamp
or case consists of a body portion, preferably rectangular, and of a length
corresponding essentially with the width of the peripheral surface of the wheel,
the said body being provided with a longitudinal slot or opening 6, of sufficient
width to just receive the reduced letter or character section of the type, so that
the said section may extend upward through the slot or opening, and the under
surface of the body will rest upon the shoulders 39, of the type. The body of the
type clamp or case is made of spring metal, and from each end a perpendicular
arm is downwardly projected, the extremities of which arms are curved inward,
as illustrated at in Fig. 6.
In setting up the names of a station in type the type are introduced into the
clamp or case in the manner heretofore described and in their proper order, and
the bottoms of the type are made to bear upon the peripheral surface of the wheel,
the name reading transversely of said surface, and the centre portions of the arms 12
of the clamp or case are sprung into opposed recesses or channels 37 of the wheel,
and the lower curved portions 63 of said arms extend inward beneath the rim or
periphery of said wheel, as shown in Fig. 5, thus effectually clamping the type to
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page_text: place, and yet rendering the removal of said type convenient. By this construction
the names of a large number of stations can be carried on the destination-wheel to
be brought into position for use as the agent may require in printing and issuing
tickets, and at the same time the name of any station can be quickly taken from
the wheel and the name of another station set up, and when the name or names of
one or more stations are removed from the destination-wheel the names of said
stations are also removed from the index-plate.
Near the inner end of the shaft 14, within the compartment B', a second
destination-wheel F¹ is secured, and upon its periphery type is set and held, in the
manner herein before described, to indicate stations of the same name and location
as the stations upon the outer destination-wheel and the index-plate. The inner
destination-wheel need not be as wide as the outer wheel, for the reason that the
names of the stations may be abbreviated, the outer destination-wheel being
designed to print the names of the stations upon the body of the ticket and the
inner wheel upon its stub.
The face-plate D, as shown in detail in Fig. 9, is provided with a recessed body
portion 41 and an integral, longitudinal, and side flanges 42, and the rear end of the
body is pressed upward or otherwise manipulated from its under side to, form a
hood 43, which hood is closed at or near its outer end and preferably upturned at
its inner or forward end, which latter features are more clearly shown in Fig. 2.
Immediately in front of the hood 43 of the face-plate a longitudinal opening 44
is produced in said face-plate, which is preferably widest at its center and
practically of the same width at each end. The front end wall of the opening is,
however, provided with a rectangular recess 45. The opening 44 is so located in
the face-plate that the limit-wheel 36 revolves in the recess 45 and the character
thereon projects above the face-plate. The forward destination-wheel F revolves
in the forward end of the opening, and the rear destination wheel F in the rear
end of the same. The side walls of the widest portion of the opening 44 are
provided with depending integral ears 46, and in the upper central portion of said
side walls vertical slots 47 are produced, while in the inner faces of the walls
recesses 48 are formed one at each side of said slots, which recesses extend from
the upper face of the plate downward into its ears. The recesses 48 are adapted
to constitute bearings for the special drums G, one of which is illustrated in detail
in Fig. 4. The drums G are preferably polygonal in cross-section and provided
with a trunnion 49 at each end, one trunnion having secured thereon a gear-wheel 50.
When the drums are made septangular in cross-section, as illustrated, six of the
sides may have embossed or other-wise inscribed thereon the following words: On
one the word "Clergy," on another "Special," on another "Extra," the next
"Second Class," the fifth "Employé," and the sixth "Limited." The remaining side
is left blank and is constructed in such a manner that type may be set up therein
or a type-plate may be affixed thereto to print any special word or words of
limitation, instruction, or explanation. In order that this may be readily
accomplished, the blank side of the special drum is provided with a longitudinal
recess 51, in which type, preferably of the character heretofore described may be
inserted, and a clamp or case 52, consisting of a skeleton frame, is connected to said
drum, said case being preferably hinged at one end wall of the recess and adapted
for engagement with any approved form of spring-latch 524 at its opposite end.
It has been heretofore stated that a gear-wheel is fast to one trunnion of each of
the drums, and it may be added that upon the other trunnion a plate 53 is secured,
as shown in Fig. 3, shaped to correspond with the cross-sectional contour of the
drums, and when the drums are journaled in their bearings the upturned ends of a
spring 54 (shown in Fig. 9) bear upon the edge faces of the plate 53, whereby
some resistance is afforded to the revolution of the drums, and said drums are held
Stationary until purposely turned. The drums are identically marked, oue being
adapted to print upon the body of the ticket and the other upon the stub.
The drums are both simultaneously turned through the medium of one spindle 55,
which is journaled horizontally, preferably in the fixed right-hand section of the

page_text: shell or casing and one ear of the face-plate. The spindle has attached to its
inner end a spur-wheel 56, which meshes with the gear-wheel 50 of each drum, and
at the outer end of the spindle a disk-like knob 57 is secured, bearing upon its face
the words contained upon the drums and arranged in like order, the position of the
blank or recessed face being indicated by an "" or other appropriate symbol, as
shown in Fig. 8. In the manipulation of the drums whatever word is uppermost
upon the index-knob 57 is the word that will be printed upon the ticket and stub.
By reference to the drawings it will be noted that the destination-wheels and
special drums are arranged transversely in the slots in the face-plate, so as to print
in right lines across the face or back of a ticket; but this is not essential, although
I have shown such an arrangement as the preferred embodiment of my invention.
I preferably locate the special drums between the two destination-wheels F F to
adapt the same to print upon the ticket and stub simultaneously but such location
is not essential, as the same result can be obtained by arranging the special drums
outside or on opposite sides of the destination-wheels, although I prefer the compact
arrangement herein shown and described as the embodiment of my invention.
A cutting device H is located upon the face-plate transversely of the same, and
preferably at or near its center, which device is adapted to sever the stub from the
body of the ticket when the desirable matter has been printed thereon. The
cutting device consists of a base-plate 58, which is preferably curved laterally near
its ends, whereby its central portion is out of alignment with the ends, one upper
edge whereof constitutes a cutting-edge. The said base, which is made substantially
in the form of a bar, as shown in cross-section in Fig. 2, rests in the slot 47 of the
face-plate, and from its right-hand end a curved and longitudinally-slotted
standard 59 is upwardly projected, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, and at the
opposite end a shorter standard 60 is formed. One end of a knife 61 is pivoted to
the short standard, the other extremity being held to slide in the slot of the longer
standard 59, which is accomplished by passing a headed pin or its equivalent
through the slot of the standard into the knife. The knife is shaped to correspond
with the shape of the lower cutter-bar, and the cut produced by the knife is shear-
like, as the sliding end is held in the elevated position by a spring 62, located in
the slot of the standard 59, and when the knife is pressed downward against the
tension of the spring the lower end passes first in practical contact with the lower
cutter-bar. Upon the back of the knife, at or near its center, a knob 63 is formed
or secured, preferably provided with a cover 64 of elastic material, for a purpose
hereinafter stated. A rod 65 is supported from the under edge of the base-plate
or cutter-bar parallel therewith and extends downwards between the special drums G.
The cutting device is attached to the face-plate by forming horizontal lugs 66 upon
one side at its ends and passing set-screws 67 through said lugs into threaded
apertures 68, produced in the face-plate, which latter are shown in Fig. 9.
At the upper portion of the back of the body shell or casing of the machine one
end of a dating-arm K is pivoted, which arm is curved over the face-plate, and its
forward end, which is provided at its top with a knob 69, is normally sustained
in an elevated position by a suitable mechanism. The mechanism usually employed
consists in forming upon the under surface of the arm near its pivotal point a
downwardly and forwardly extending finger 70, apertured at its front end to
slide upon an upwardly-inclined pin 71, secured to the inner face of the back 11,
against the resistance of a spring 72, coiled around said pin, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
In a recess 73, formed in the front face of the dating-arin, the dating mechanism K₁
is located. This mechanism consists of a spindle 74, held to turn in the recess,
having attached to its outer face a dial-plate 75, upon which dial-plate are produced
numerals ranging from 1 to 31, indicating days, and the said dial is extended to
indicate to the operator the figure upon the disk 76, integral with the spindle 74,
which is brought down to the printing position, the disk 76 having figures or
numerals upon the dial. This disk 76 is what I term the day-disk," and is
intended to print the day of the month.

page_text: The recess in which the dating mechanism is located is open at the sides and
bottom of the dating-arm, but not at the front and rear, and upon the lower edge
of the front wall of the recesss a metal block or die 77 is attached, which block
or die bears upon its under face the name of the station at which the machine
is used.
Back of the front wall of the recess a disk 79 is held to turn upon the spindle 74,
which disk has formed upon its front face at the periphery the abbreviations of
the months of the year, these abbreviated names of the months being visible as the
disk is turned through an opening 80, formed in the front end of the dating-arm, as
shown in Fig. 1, and corresponding abbreviations are formed upon the periphery
of the disk for the purpose of printing the same upon the ticket. This disk is
secured in position usually by passing a pin 81 through the opening 80 into one
of a series of apertures formed in the disk, one aperture being preferably made to
follow each name, and between the day-disk 76, attached to the spindle 74, and the
rear wall of the recess a disk 82 is held to revolve upon the spindle, which disk
has formed upon its periphery figures denoting a year or years. The rear or year
disk is usually held from turning by introducing a pin therein passed through the
rear wall of the recess 73, as is also best shown in Fig. 2.
Within the chamber or compartment 13 upon the rear face of the rear partition 12
a drum 83 is pivoted in suitable brackets, which drum is provided with an attached
ratchet-wheel 84, engaged by a pawl 85, pivoted upon the finger 70 of the dating-
arm. Upon the drum 83 one end of an inking-ribbon 86 is secured, the said ribbon
being adapted to be wound upon the drum 83 at each movement of the dating-arm
from a drum 87, journaled in front of the dating mechanism in brackets attached
to the dating-arm, this latter drum 87 being provided with an attached spindle 88,
having a thumb-disk at one end to enable the operator to rewind the ribbon upon
the upper drum when exhausted therefrom. The ribbon is passed from the
drum 83 over the face-plate in contact with the type-surface of the rear destina-
tion-wheel, thence over the rear special drum, down under and in contact with
the cutter-bar, & between said bar & the rod 65 of the cutting mechanism,
thence passing upward therefrom in contact with the forward destination-
wheel & the limit-wheel, thence around a friction-pulley 89, journaled in the
recessed portion of the forward partition, from which friction-roller the ribbon is
returned in the direction in which it was carried forward over a friction-pulley 90,
journaled upon the upper surface of the rear partition 12, thence under a friction-
pulley 91, attached to the rear wall of the body shell or casing & over a series of
friction-pulleys 92, attached to the under side of the dating-arm, downward in
contact with the dating mechanism and upward to an attachment with the upper
drum 87 on the dating-arm. The rod 65 of the cutting mechanism effectually
keeps the ribbon out of the track of the knife 61 and as the ribbon is taut and is
attached at its ends to the drums 83 87 the bar 65 exerts such tension upon the
ribbon that when the thumb-screws 67 of the cutting mechanism are loosened the
said mechanism is automatically carried upward, and is thereby readily removed
with the ribbon attached thereto, in order to introduce any special matter into the
recessed faces 51 of the special drums. The dial-plate 75 is provided with a series
of peripheral notches adapted for engagement by a spring-pressed pawl 94, pivoted
to the front of the dating-arm the object of pawl being to retain the dial in its set
position. An impression-arm M is pivoted upon the same pin as the dating-arm K,
which impression arm usually consists of two members 95, one located at; each
side of the dating-arm and connected at the top by a yoke 96, extending over
the dating-arm, and an impression-table 97, connecting the bottom edges beneath
said arm, the impression-table and members 95 being made to terminate at their
forward ends slightly at the rear of the dating mechanism. The impression-table
is arched upward at its center, as shown at 98 in Fig. 2, and the said arch is
preferably provided with a flexible cushion 99, and is so located that the cushion
when the impression-arm is carried downward contacts with the cushion. of the

page_text: knife-knob 63, and carries the knife-knob downward to sever the stub from the
ticket simultaneously with the printing of the same. The impression-arm is
adjustable by the manipulation of a set-screw 100, passing through the yoke to a
contact with the top of the dating-arm.
It will be observed that the dating-arm is adapted for use independently of the
cutting mechanism, and that it may be employed to date a ticket without calling
into operation the impression-arm; but when the latter is pressed downward the
dating-arm is compelled to follow. The impression-arm is usually brought into
action by pressure upon a knob 101, attached at the front, either to one or to
both sides; but if found desirable a treadle 102 may be employed, as shown in
Fig. 11, connected by a pitmau 103 with a horn 104, carried rearward from the
impression-arm; but when the treadle is used the machine preferably mounted
upon a standard 105 or other support.
The ticket to be printed is pushed over the face-plate and the lower cutter-
plate 58, beneath the hood of the former, and when the ticket is provided with a
stub the end of the stub, when the ticket is in position for printing, contacts with
the rear end of the hood. In order that the ticket may be properly guided when
placed upon the face-plate, guide-ways 100 are attached to the flanges of the face-
plate as illustrated in Fig. 2, and stops 107 may also be attached to the face-plate
to limit the rearward movement of the ticket when a stub is not used, as shown in
the same figure and likewise in Fig. 1.
In Fig. 10 I have illustrated a modification of the machine, which modification
consists in locating the dating mechanism K in the body of the machine at its
front. In the form of machine heretofore described the dating mechanism is placed
in the dating-arm. Thus the date is printed upon the back of the ticket, while
in the modification the location of the dating mechanism enables the operator to
print the date upon the face of the ticket. The dating mechanism in the modifi-
cation is essentially the same as that shown in the main views, the station and the
railroad being produced upon dies located upon an extension of the front partition 13
between the dial of the limit-wheel and the limit wheel itself and between these
two dies revoluble disks are loosely mounted upon a suitable core, bearing upon
their peripheral surfaces one the month, the next the day of the month, and the
third the year.
When the dating mechanism is located in the body the front
lower edge of the arm K serves as an impression-table, and when.the arm is carried
downward the impression-table carried by said arm is made to contact with the
back of the ticket immediately over the dating mechanism.
In Fig. 12 I have illustrated a round-trip ticket provided with a stub adapted
to be filled in by the machine illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. In Fig. 13 a single
ticket containing a stub is illustrated. In Fig. 14 the back of the tickets shown in
Figs. 12 and 13 is illustrated, having produced thereon the date. In Fig. 15 the
blank of the round-trip ticket used in connection with the modified form of the
machine is illustrated, and in Fig. 10 a single-trip ticket also adapted to be printed
upon the modified forin of the machine is shown. It will be observed that in the
round-trip ticket 108 (illustrated in Fig. 12) the stub 109 has a blank 110 upon
which the name of the station is produced by the machine and upon the score-
line 111 of said ticket the cut is made by the knife 61. Upon the main ticket,
which is made in two sections 112 and 113, a space 114 is left, in which the name
of the station to which the ticket entitles the traveller to journey is produced by
the machine. The single ticket 116 (shown in Fig. 13) is identical in construction
with the ticket shown at 112, with the exception that but one blank 114 is to be
filled in. In the ticket 117 (shown in Fig. 15) the stub 109 is the same as in the
tickets shown in Figs. 12 and 13, and likewise the body of the ticket; but between
the two tickets in the round-trip form two spaces 118 are formed, in which the
dating mechanism makes the impression of the date. The single ticket 119
(illustrated in Fig. 16) is alike in form with that shown at 116, with the exception
that one perfect ticket only, which represents a single trip, is used in connection
with the stub.

page_text: In operation the ticket to be printed, as heretofore stated, is placed upon the
face-plate, and in the preferred form of the machine, in which the dating mechanism
is located above the body, the knob 101 is pressed downward, whereupon the proper
impressions are made in suitable spaces of the ticket and upon the stub, and the
knife severs the stub simultaneously with the impressions from the main ticket,
which stub drops downward into the chamber B and may be removed for the purpose
of making a count by opening either of the hinged sides of the body.
The space shown in Figures 12, 13, 15, and 16, marked "Agent" is intended to
have printed thereon instructions to the following effect, riz.-
Agent issuing this ticket will send this stub to auditor with report of sales. If
sold as a special ticket it must be plainly stamped hereon and the authority for
such sale must be enclosed with such report in all cases.
When a round-trip ticket is to be printed, after one ticket and stub have been
placed upon the table the form is reversed and the return ticket only is printed.
Thus, the ticket one way and the stub are read from one side edge of the ticket,
the other way is read from opposite side edge.
I desire it to be distinctly understood that although specific construction has been
shown and described equivalent construction may be employed without departing
from the spirit of my invention.
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. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a type-wheel, the
removable type resting on the exterior periphery of the wheel, and a clamp or case
which receives the type within itself and engages the type-wheel by frictional
contact to hold the type on the periphery of said wheel, for the purpose described,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a type-carrying
wheel, of type located upon the periphery thereof, and a type clamp or case which
receives the type within itself and is provided with spring-arins which straddle the
type-wheel and operate to hold the said type-case and the type in a fixed position
thereon, substantially as described.
3. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-carrying
wheel provided with recesses in the lateral faces thereof, of type located upon the
periphery of said type-wheel, and a type clamp or case which engages the type
firmly and is provided with spring-arms adapted to enter the recesses of the wheel,
as and for the purpose specified.
4. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-carrying
wheel and type of less width at the face than at the bottom of a type clamp or case
consisting of a skeleton frame which receives the type and permits the same to
project through and beyond the face of said clamp, and provided with spring-arms
attached to the frame, which clamp the case and the type upon the periphery of the
type-wheel, as and for the purpose specified.
5. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a type-wheel, two or more
series of type seated on the periphery of said wheel, and the individual type having
the faces thereof of less cross-sectional area than the bases, and two or more slotted
clamps or cases resting on the shoulders of the type and having the faces of the
type extending as shown and described.
6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a type-wheel, two
or more series of type resting on periphery of the type-wheel, the individual type
being of less cross-sectional area at the face than at the bottoni, whereby side
shoulders are formed, two or more clamps or cases, each consisting of a plate adapted
to rest upon the shoulders of the type and provided with a slot to receive said type,
and means for holding each type case in fixed engagement with the type-wheel, as
and for the purpose specified.
7. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a type-wheel, the

page_text: type mounted on the periphery thereof, and the exterior case or clamp constructed
to engage and hold said type and having means to hold itself rigidly on the type-
wheel by frictional contact therewith, substantially as described.
8. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a type-wheel,
of two or more removable cases or clamps held in a fixed position on said wheel,
and the series of shouldered type resting on the exterior periphery of the wheel
and arranged within slots in the type-cases or clamps and removable from the same,
substantially as described.
9. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a type-wheel
of removable type mounted on the periphery of said wheel, and a case which is
clamped to the face and the periphery of said wheel and engages the type to hold
the same in a fixed position thereon, substantially as described.
10. In a machine of the character described, the combination with a destination
wheel having suitable inscriptions on its periphery, of a limit wheel adjacent to the
destination-wheel, for inscribing on the ticket a time-limit within which the ticket
is valid, an inking device, and a movable impression table carrying a dated mechanism
for inscribing on the ticket the date of sale thereof, substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
11. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a shaft protruding
at one end beyond the machine, a destination-wheel mounted thereon within the
casing of the machine, having names of stations upon its periphery, and an index
plate attached to the extended end of said shaft, having produced thereon the names
of stations corresponding in designation and sequence with the stations upon the
destination wheel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
12. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a shaft,
separate destination wheels mounted thereon at a suitable distance from each other,
having the same names and stations upon their peripheries, and an exterior index-
plate secured to the extended end of said shaft bearing designations corresponding
in character and sequence with the designations of the destination wheel, of an
inking device and an impression-table located above said wheels and carrying the
dating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
13. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with a shaft,
destination-wheels mounted thereon, having the same names of stations upon their
peripheries, and an index plate secured to said shaft bearing designations corre-
sponding in character and sequence with the designations of the destination-wheel,
of an inking device, a cutting mechanism located between the wheels, and an
impression-table, substantially as specified.
14. In a machine of the character described, the combination with destination
wheels and an index plate adapted for simultaneous revolution with the destination
wheels, and bearing designations corresponding in character and sequence with the
designations on the destination wheels, of an inking device, a cutting mechanism, a
removable impression-table, mounted over the destination wheels, and means
whereby the impression table may be operated independently of the cutting
mechanism or jointly therewith, substantially as described.
15. In a ticket printing machine, the combination with destination wheels arranged
for simultaneous rotation and operating devices therefor, of an impression table and
cutting mechanism situated between said destination wheels and constructed for
operation jointly with the impression-table, for the purpose described, substantially
as set forth.
16. In a ticket printing machine, the combination of a destination wheel having
the names or name of stations upon its periphery, a drum carrying special characters
or words independent of the destination-wheel and at one side of the same, an
inking device, and an impression table or bed, substantially as described, for the
purpose set forth.
17. In a ticket printing machine, the combination of a destination wheel having
the names of stations on its periphery a special drum situated at one side of the
destination wheel with its axis parallel, or substantially so, with the axis of said

page_text: destination wheel, said special drum being wholly independent of the destination-
wheel and adapted to be rotated on its axis separately from the adjustments of the
destination wheel, an inking device, and an impression-table or bed, substantially as
described.
18. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-
wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-
plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character
and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels of drums carrying special
characters or words, and means, substantially as shown or described, for
operating said drums independently of said destination-wheels, as and for the
purpose specified.
19. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-
wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-
plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in character
and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums carrying special
characters or words, located between the destination-wheels, and a cutting
mechanisin, the knife of which is located over and between the drums, substantially
as specified.
20. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-
wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an
index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations corresponding in
character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums having
special characters or words produced upon various of their faces and located
between the destination-wheels, the said drums being provided with type-
receiving recesses on one or more of their faces, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth.
21. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-
wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an index-
plate connected with said wheels bearing desiguations corresponding in character
and sequence with those upon the designation-wheels, of drums polygonal in cross-
section carrying special characters or words upon various of their faces and having
a type-receiving recess in one or more of their faces, & a type clamp or case
connected to one of the recessed faces substantially as shown and described.
22. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with destination-
wheels having the names of the same stations upon their peripheries, and an
index-plate connected with said wheels bearing designations, corresponding in
character and sequence with those upon the destination-wheels, of drums having
special words or characters produced thereon, and means for operating said drums
independently of the destination-wheels, a cutting mechanism located above the
wheels and drums provided with a pendant bar extending downwards between the
drums, and a knife above the bar in essentially vertical alignment therewith, and
inking-ribbon extending over the wheels and drums and under the bar of the
cutting mechanism, and an impression-table located above the ribbon, substantially
as shown and described.
23. In a machine of the character described, a drum polygonal in cross-section,
having words or characters produced upon several of its faces and provided with a
recess in one or more of its faces adapted to receive type, and the slotted clamp or
case attached to the drum for holding the type thereon and arranged relatively to
the drum and type to permit said type to project through the slot therein, substan-
tially as and for the purpose specified.
24. In a ticket-printing machine, a polygonal drum having words or characters
upon several of its faces and a blank space or spaces on other faces thereof, type
applied to said blank face or faces of the drum, and a slotted case for holding said
type on the face or faces of said drum, as and for the purpose described.
25. In a ticket-printing machine, a polygonal drum having words or characters
upon several of its faces and having a blank space or spaces, type applied to said
blank space to provide special matter to be printed on a ticket and the slotted

page_text: clamp connected to the drum and engaging the type to hold the latter in a fixed
position on said drum, for the purpose described, substantially as set forth.
26. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a slotted Hat
face-plate on which a ticket is placed to be printed, a destination-wheel having
inscriptions on its periphery and projected through the slot in said face-plate, and a
special drum journaled in said face-plate and situated at one side of the destination
wheel, substantially as described.
27. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with two spaced
destination-wheels and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted face-plate
extending over the periphery of the wheels, and special drums journaled in said
face-plate between said wheels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
28. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced
destination-wheels and an index plate connected therewith, of a slotted face-plate
extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums arranged in the slot of
said face-plate between said wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-plate, an
impression-table, and incans, substantially as described, for operating the cutting
device and impression table, substantially as described.
29. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with two spaced
destination-wheels and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted and hooded
face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums journaled in
the said face-plate between the said wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-
plate, a dating mechanism, an impression-table, and a spring-controlled arm
connected with the impression-table by devices which permit the arm to be operated
simultaneously with the cutting mechanism or independently of the same, substan-
tially as described.
30. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced
destination-wheel and an index-plate connected therewith, of a slotted and hooded
face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums journaled in
said face-plate between the wheels, a cutting device attached to the face-plate
provided with an attached guide-bar extending downward and between the drums a
dating mechanism, an inking ribbon passed over the destination-wheels, the drums
and dating mechanism, and under the guide-bar, an impression table, and a pivoted
arm connected with said table, as and for the purpose specified.
31. In a machine of the character described, the combination, with the spaced
destination-wheels, a limit-wheel, an index-plate connected with the spaced
destination wheels, and a pivoted arm located above the said wheels, of a slotted
and hooded face-plate extending over the periphery of the wheels, special drums
journaled in said face-plate between the destination-wheels, a dating mechanism, a
cutting device attached to the face-plate and provided with an attached guide-bar
extending downward and between the drums, an inking-ribbon passed over the
destination-wheels, the limit-wheel, the dating mechanism, and under the guide-bar,
and a pivoted impression-table provided with an arched under-surface for contact
with the cutting mechanism, and a connection, substantially as shown and described,
between the impression-table and the pivoted arm, whereby the said arm may be
used independently of the impression-table or the two may be used simultaneously,
as specified.
32. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a face-plate, the
destination-wheels, a cutting device attached to said face-plate and operating
between the destination-wheels, an inking ribbon arranged out of the path of the
cutting device and passing over the destination-wheels, and an impression-bed,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
33. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a face-plate, the destination-
wheels in a slot in said face-plate, a cutting device situated between the destination
wheels and having the stationary bar rigid with the face-plate, and a movable knife,
and a dating-arm connected with the movable knife of the cutting mechanism by
devices which permit said arm to be operated jointly with the cutting mechanism
or independently of the same, substantially as described.

page_text: 34. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a face-plate, the destination-
wheels, the cutting device attached to said face-plate between said wheels and
having a depending rigid bar, an inking-ribbon passing over the destination-wheels
and beneath the pendent bar of the cutting mechanism, and an impression-table,
substantially as described.
35. In a ticket printing machine, the combination of a face-plate, the printing-
wheels, a movable impression-bed, a cutting device situated between the printing-
wheels and having its movable knife arranged in the path of the impression-bed,
and a dating-arm adapted to be depressed independently of the cutting mechanism
or simultaneously therewith, substantially as described.
36. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a face-plate, printing-wheels,
a cutting device situated between the wheels and having a bar rigid with the face-
plate, and a movable knife pivoted to said plate, a dating-arm, a pivoted arm having
a saddle which fits over the dating-arm, and an impression-bed arranged over the
the movable knife of the cutting mechanism and rigid with the pivoted arm,
substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of November 1891
HORN & SON,
Applicant's Agents.