An Improved Registering Punch for Punching Tramway and like Tickets.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Registering Punch for Punching Tramway and like
Tickets.
I, GEORGE ERNEST ALTHORP, of 53, St. Paul's Road, in the City of Bradford,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:--
This invention relates to improvements in registering punches for punching
tramway tickets and the like, and its object is to provide an efficient appliance
that will collect the punchings.
For this purpose I employ a punching appliance consisting of a box or casing
provided with a suitable handle at the back and a bevelled slit is formed at the
top to receive the ticket or its equivalent to be punched. The punch or punches
work through the sides of this slit one side of which forms the bolster to the
punch and the punchings are forced through the bolster and are deposited in the
box. The punch or punches is or are fixed on an internal slide having an external
projection to actuate it to operate the punch or punches and a spring is provided
to press the slide in the opposite direction. A thumb lever hinged to the case
may bear upon the projecting end of the lever and be provided to facilitate actuating
the slide.
The registering device consists of a pawl or catch on the said slide or operated
by it which engages a ratchet wheel to move it a tooth at each movement of the
said slide. A spring or detent may be provided to prevent the ratchet moving
more than one tooth at a time and also to prevent it moving in the reverse direction.
The said ratchet wheel is employed to drive any suitable form of counter or register-
ing dial or dials.
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DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Registering Punch for Punching Tramway and like
Tickets.
I, GEORGE ERNEST ALTHORP, of 53, St. Paul's Road, in the City of Bradford,
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;-
This invention relates to improvements in registering punches for punching
tramway tickets and the like, and its object is to provide an efficient appliance
that will collect the nunchings.

page_text: To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents an elevation of my improved appliance.
Figure 2, is a plan view of the same.
Figure 3, is a similar view to Figure 1 with the door open.
Figure 4, is a section on the broken line a, b, Figure 3.
Figures 5 and 6 are views of detail hereinafter referred to.
The box or casing A is provided with a handle A2 and a door A³ fitted with a
lock, and also with a glazed opening A through which can be seen the figures on
the discs B of the counter or registering device, which latter can be of any suitable
construction.
The top of the casing is made with a slit A5 to receive the ticket or its
equivalent to be punched and the punch C works through holes C is the sides (³
and C of this slit. The side C+ forms the bolster for the punch and consequently
the punchings are forced through and are deposited in the box. The punch C is
fixed to the projection D upon the internal slide 12 having an externally projecting
end D by which it can be pressed inwards to actuate the punch and a spring
is provided to move the slide in the reverse direction. A thumb lever F hinged
to the projection F2 upon the box A is provided to facilitate actuating the slide.
The register operating device consists of a catch or projection G on the under
side of the slide 1 which when the punch is moved inwards engages the ratchet
wheel H and moves it round nearly the distance between the teeth. On the return
stroke of the slide the catch or detent G also on the slide engages the other side
of the wheel H, and after moving it sufficiently to complete with the previous
movement the distance between the teeth, locks it until the slide is again actuated.
Figures 5 and 6, represent two views of the underside of the ratchet wheel H and
slide D. In Figure 5, the slide is in its normal position whilst Figure 6, repre-
sents it pressed inwards. The wheel H is mounted upon the spindle B2 actuating
the registering discs B.
Two or more punches may be mounted upon the slide D²..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim
is:-
1. The combination with the box or casing of the punching mechanism formed
substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The combination with the punching mechanism of the register operating
mechanism, substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 1st day of May 1899.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.