Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN PARKES LAKIN of Wellington Road, Harborne Nr. Birmingham in the
County of Stafford, Photographic Apparatus Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
Its chief object is to prevent fraud or collusion by the money takers at Theatres,
Music Halls & other places of entertainment.
It may also be used to check the fares received by the conductors of trams,
busses, and other vehicles. Also for any checking where a metal check is used.
It is the custom upon the receipt of money at Theatres &c. for the money taker
to give the person applying for admission a metal or other suitable check, which is
given up to the check taker.
This Invention is intended to prevent the same check from being used twice
over, also to prevent any counterfeit check from being used.
It consists of a suitable box or receptacle for containing the required number_of
checks, preferably of hopper shape to guide the checks, so that they shall fall flat
upon the sliding push piece or tongue, which is at the bottom of the hopper
& which delivers them through a suitable tube on to the window board of the
money office for the person to be admitted, the said box being securely locked after
the checks are placed in it.
The said push piece or tongue consists of a flat piece of metal, made to slide
backwards & forwards in suitable grooves and is enclosed in a suitable case.
In order that only one check at a time may be delivered it is made of metal
slightly thinner than the checks and the case in which it slides is provided with a
piece of metal which forms a guage & leaves an aperture just large enough to
admit of one check only at a time.
For operating the said push piece or tongue it has connected to it a suitable rod
or bar extended through a hole in the case, and having a thumb piece or handle for
operating it.
The said tongue or push piece is pulled out sufficiently to clear itself of the
bottom of the hopper, after which the checks fall in its place, and the tongue is
automatically returned again by the spring pushing the bottom check with it
through the guage hole into the piping through which it falls on to the window
board outside of the money takers office, when the person applying picks it up
& delivere it to the check taker

page_text: The arrangement for preventing the checks from being returned to the money
taker, also for preventing him from using counterfeit or false checks is as follows
The hole through which the money taker receives the money is only just large
enough to admit half a crown, which is the largest piece of English money, the
said money receiving hole is preferably formed in a kind of wire box fixed inside
the window of the money takers office, therefore the money taker can neither
receive nor give anything larger than the said hole. The check is made con-
siderably larger than the said hole therefore cannot be passed through it.
The check box & apparatuss are fixed above the window in the money takers
office over the aforesaid wire box, which is perforated at the top to receive the
tubing through which the check has to pass.
Thus it will be perceived that the checks are placed in the check box, after
which it is securely locked. When a person applies for admission he hands the
admission fee through the money receiving hole to the money taker, upon which
the money taker pulls the knob or handle out & lets it return, & with the return
motion the check is pushed along the case by means of the pushpiece or tongue
through the guage hole & falls down the outlet tubing on to the window board
outside the wire box round the money hole when the person applying for admission
picks it up & gives it to the check taker.
The apparatus is worked by the money taker inside his office, the checks fall
down the outlet tube on to the window board outside his office, therefore he cannot
gain possession of them, as the money receiving hole is too small to allow them to
pass through it.
There is a small door fitted with lock & key at the bottom of the pushpiece or
tongue for the purpose of removing the checks from the bottom of the hopper when
it is required to empty it.
In using the apparatus for vehicles it would be placed in a suitable position on
the vehicle, or be carried by the attendant and the checks would be counted to
denote the number of persons.
In either case an indicator might be attached to the apparatus, which would be
operated on by the sliding push piece or tongue.
Dated thin 07 Tan 1000

page_text: mprovements in money Checking Apparatuses.
I JOHN PARKES LAKIN of Wellington Road, Harborne, Nr. Birmingham in the
County of Stafford, Photographic Apparatus Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MONEY CHECKING APPARATUSES
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
Its chief object is to prevent fraud or collusion by the money takers at Theatres,
Music Halls, and other places of entertainment.
It is the custom upon the receipt of money at Theatres &c. for the money taker
to give the person applying for admission a metal or other suitable check which is
given up to the check taker at the Theatre door.
This Invention is intended to prevent the same check from being used twice
over, also to prevent any counterfeit check from being used.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a section with the push piece or tongue in its normal position.
Fig. 2 is a section shewing the push piece delivering a check.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the pushpiece and delivery hole.
Fig. 4 is a general view of the apparatus and its surroundings when fixed.
It consists of a suitable box or receptacle A for containing the required number
of checks, of a suitable shape and construction to guide the checks a¹ so that they
shall fall flat upon the sliding push piece or tongue B "or into the perforation
made in the same," which is at the bottom of the hopper and which delivers them
through a suitable tube O on to the window board of the money office for the
person to be admitted.
"
The said push piece or tongue consists of a flat piece of metal or it may be
perforated to receive the checks at b¹ and made to slide backwards and forwards in
suitable grooves, or on a suitable pivot and enclosed in a suitable case.
In order that only one check at a time may be delivered it is made slightly
thinner than the checks, and the case in which it slides is provided with a piece of
metal which forms a gauge and leaves an aperture just large enough to admit of
one check only at a time.
For operating the said push piece or tongue it has connected to it a suitable rod
or bar E extending through a hole in the case having a thumb piece or handle for
operating it, or it may be done by pulling a chain attached to it and working over
a pulley as illustrated in the accompanying drawing Fig. 4.
The said tongue or push piece is pulled out sufficiently to clear itself of the
bottom of the hopper after which the checks fall in its place and the tongue is
automatically returned again by the spring pushing the bottom check with it
through the gauge hole into the piping through which it falls on to the window
board outside the money takers office, when the person applying picks it and
delivers it to the check taker.
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Or the tongue may be perforated, and made to work on a centre, as illustrated
in the accompanying drawing, in which case it will preferably be so placed that the
checks when in its normal position rest in the perforation b¹ the checks a¹ being

page_text: Blightly thicker than the push piece B to ensure of the said push piece only coming
in contact with the bottom check, and the gauge hole D being only large enough to
allow of one check passing at once. The push piece or tongue is returned to its
normal position by the spring F.
The arrangement for preventing the checks from being returned to the money
taker also for preventing him from using counterfeit or false checks is as follows.
The hole through which the money taker receives the money is large enough to
admit half a crown, which is the largest piece of English money, and may be
formed in a kind of wire box, inside the window of the money takers office, there-
fore the money taker can neither receive nor give anything larger than the said
hole. The check is made considerably larger than the said hole therefore cannot
be passed through it.
The check box and apparatus are fixed above the window in the money takers
office over the aforesaid wire box, which is perforated at the top to receive the
tubing through which the check has to pass, as illustrated at Fig. 4.
Thus it will be perceived that the person applying for admission hands the fee
through the aperture in the window, upon which the money taker pulls the knob
or handle, and delivers a check as shewn at a¹ Fig. 2, which passes down the outlet
tubing C on to the window board, when the person applying for admission picks it
up and gives it to the check taker at the door of the theatre.
The apparatus is worked by the money taker inside bis office, the checks fall
down the outlet tube on to the window board outside his office, therefore he cannot
gain possession of them as the money receiving hole is too small to allow them to
pass through it.
Instead of placing the checks inside a tube or box they may be perforated and
threaded on to a rod.
An Indicator is intended to be used in conjunction with the apparatus as an
additional check, it would be worked by the push piece or by mechanism in
connection therewith.
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. The push piece or tongue working either in grooves or on a pivot, in com-
bination with an aperture acting as a gauge, as substantially set forth and for the
purpose specified.
2. The push piece in combination with the gauge and delivery hole as sub-
stantially set forth.
3. The money checking apparatus arranged and combined as substantially set
forth in this specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated thie 19th dev of October 1886
JOHN PARKES LAKIN.
Per J. J. Raggett, "his Agent."