A Multiple Writing Machine for Pawnbrokers' Tickets and Books.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Multiple Writing Machine for Pawnbrokers' Tickets and Books.
I, EDWIN THOMAS PONTING of 130 Devonshire Road, Holloway, in the County
of London Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It being necessary in pawnbroking establishments to write tickets in duplicate
and to enter a copy of the ticket in the day-book making in all three entries, the
object of this invention is to provide a machine capable of making the three
entries simultaneously at one writing.
The machine will be made preferably to form a desk, the under part of which
will hold the day-book, the tickets in duplicate being held in a movable box just
above the book, and the pens and writing apparatus fitted upon the top portion of
the machine.
The writing apparatus will consist of three pens fitted to an horizontal bar, the
bar being connected to a frame by intermediate bars and the frame fitted upon two
parallel arms working upon fixed points, so that the frame may be carried
backwards or forwards by the parallel arms carrying the bar with the pens
attached thereto, the bar at the same time being workable upon the frame by means
of the intermediate bars. The horizontal bar holding the pens will be placed in
position just above the ticket box, so that two of the pens rest upon the duplicate
tickets, and the third pen, (being fitted lower than the other two) rest upon a portion
of the book.
Thus when one of the pens, preferably the pen resting upon the book, is operated
on by the writer, the three pens will work simultaneously together, the one writing
in the book and the other two upon the duplicate tickets.
Now the copy in the book should be differently arranged to the copies on the
tickets, for example, the copy generally contains four items i.e.
(1) "A list of the articles pawned,"
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(2) The amount advanced,”
(3)
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"The name of pawner,"
(4) "The address of pawner,"
these four items should be written, upon the tickets, in any order required, one
item below the other, occupying four lines, whilst in the book they should all be
written, preferably, upon two lines, each item in its proper column, the page of the
book having, preferably, two columns, each colunin about the width of a ticket, (or
the page of the book may have four columns and the entry made upon one line).
To accomplish this the ticket box will be mounted upon two parallel rods placed
obliquely to the ticket box, the ends of these rods will be fastened to two metal
supports which are held by two metal girders, spanning the width of the machine,
for the purpose of giving a firm support to the ticket box and thus prevent its
being pressed down upon the book beneath. The ticket box thus mounted will be
capable of being moved from right to left and left to right upon the parallel rods,
thus when writing in one column of the book the ticket box should be moved
dinoong that alumn

page_text: slanting, it will at the same time move higher up the book so that the next item
although written upon the same lines in the book will be written beneath the
previous items on the tickets. The same principle applying to a book with four
columns, one column to each item the ticket box being moved upon the slanting
rods from column to column as each items in entered in the book.
The moving of the ticket box should be arranged so as to cause
as little
inconvenience to the operator as possible, and may be accomplished by having an
handle fitted in the top of the machine and in near proximity to the operators left
hand, this handle being attached to a lever beneath, the movement being preferably
away from and towards the operator, and moving a shorter distance than the ticket
box, the lever will be linked to another lever moving in the same direction to the
ticket box and connected by a link to the ticket box.
Now it is obvious that when a duplicate ticket has been written and the copy.
duly entered in the book, that the book should be moved to allow the next copy to
be written below the preceeding one.
The book as hereinbefore stated is placed in the under or bottom part of the
machine, this part will hold a drawer mounted upon flanged wheels fixed to their
axle and running upon lines or rails, this drawer will hold a case to carry the book,
the case being constructed to hold the book open and face upwards having springs
beneath to keep the book in position and present one uniform surface to the pen.
This drawer will be made wider than the case to allow the case to be shifted from
side to side of the drawer, thus when one page of the book is filled it may be so
shifted that the opposite page shall take its place, when that page is filled,
the drawer may be opened a leaf of the book turned over and the case shifted back
to the other side of the drawer. The drawer will be provided with a rack having a
number of teeth corresponding to the number of entries on the page of the book,
a spring catch fitted to the end of the lever attached to the handle working the
ticket box, will come into contact with a tooth of this rack while the ticket box is
being moved for the first item of the copy to be written, the rack moving a
distance of one tooth carrying the drawer and book with it, thus allowing the copy
to be written below the preceeding one. A button at the side of machine will
release the rack when it is required to open the drawer.
In addition to the four items required to be entered as hereinbefore stated it
would be necessary to enter the date of pledging upon the tickets, but such date
would not be required to appear in the book at each entry. The pen for the book
will by a mechanical contrivance attached thereto and to the frame by an inter-
mediate bar, be raised off the book automatically while the two other pens are
writing the date at the top of the duplicate tickets.
The pens will be vertical and provided with a grooved wire running through them
forming the writing point and will be held with lock nuts, for the purpose of fixing,
adjusting, or disconnecting them when required. The pen used by the operator or
writer will be provided with a swivel holder attached by a second swivel thereto
or conveniently near to, and would be self adjustive to any angle to suit the
convenience of the writer.
The ticket box will be constructed to hold a number of tickets, being provided
with a spring or springs beneath to keep the tickets pressed upwards.
The pens will be supplied with ink by means of ink wells so arranged that the
three may be dipped at one time.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1893.

page_text: A Multiple Writing Machine for Pawnbrokers' Tickets and Books.
I, EDWIN THOMAS PONTING, of 130 Devonshire Road, Holloway, in the
County of London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
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 multiple writing machines for pawnbrokers tickets and
books, and other similar purposes, and by way of better description I will describe
it in reference to its use in a pawnbrokers business.
It is necessary in pawnbroking establishments to write tickets in duplicate and to
enter a copy of the particulars on the tickets in the day book making in all three
entries. The object of my invention is to provide a machine capable of making
the three entries simultaneously at one operation.
In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will describe it in
relation to the drawings hereunto annexed reference being had to the letters and
figures marked thereon. Like letters refer to like parts in the various figures.
Figure 1 is a plan of the machine, the pens being inserted into the ink wells.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same on the lines X X, Figure 1, the pens
Leing in the position for making the entries.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail views of the lifting device attached to one of the
pens.
To carry my invention into effect I preferably form the machine as a desk A,
the under part of which will contain the day book B, the tickets in duplicate being
held in a movable box D just above the book B, and the writing apparatus C fitted
upon the upper portion of the machine.
The writing apparatus C is of the form described in the Specification of Letters
Patent No. 11244 of 1888 granted to me, with the addition of a pen lifting device,
which is hereinafter more fully described. It will be noticed that the writing
apparatus C consists of 3 pens C C C fitted to a horizontal bar C, this bar being
connected to a frame C5 by intermediate bars C, the frame C³ being fitted upon two
parallel arms C, pivotted at fixed points on the desk A, so that the frame may be
carried backward and forward by the parallel arms C7 carrying the bar C* with the
pens C1 C2 C3 attached thereto, the bar C at the same time being workable upon
the frame by means of the intermediate bars C³.
The horizontal bar C4, holding the pens C¹ C³ C³, will be placed in position just
above the ticket box D, so that two of the pens C'C' rest upon the duplicate tickets
in the box D, and the third pen C³ is fitted in a lower position to the other two, so
as to rest upon a portion of the book B.
Thus when one of the pens is operated by the writer, preferably the pen C'
resting upon the book, the three pens will work simultaneously together, the one
writing in the book and the other two upon the duplicate tickets.
Now the copy of the particulars in the book should be differently arranged to
the copies on the tickets, for example, the particulars generally contain four
items-i.e.
1. A list of the articles pawned.
2. The amount advanced.
3. The name of pawner.
4. The address of pawner.
These four items should be written upon the tickets in any order required one
item below the other, occupying four lines, whilst in the book they should all be
written preferably upon two lines, each item in the proper column.
There are preferably two columns side by side on each of the pages of the

page_text: To accomplish this operation the ticket box D is mounted upon two parallel
rods E placed obliquely to the ticket box, or the tickets therein, or to the direction
of the line of writing; the ends of these rods are supported upon the frame
work F which is attached to the desk A. The ticket box D is adapted to slide
upon the rods E from right to left and left to right, so that when writing in one
column of the book, the ticket box D should be moved directly over that column,
and will be moved by the operator to the second column for the next item or items,
the box being shown in full and in dotted lines in the two positions respectively in
Figure 1.
As the rods E are obliquely disposed to the line of writing, the box D will
occupy a position higher up the page of the book when moved from left to right
over the second column, as shown in dotted liue Figure 1, than it did when it was
over the first column, so that the items written in the book in a line from side to
side of the page in the two columns will be under one another on the duplicate
tickets. The same principle could be carried out with a book having four columns,
viz. one column to each item, the ticket box D being moved upon the rods E from
column to column, as each item is entered in the book.
I arrange the movement of the ticket box D so as to be done with as little
inconvenience as possible to the operator, and this is accomplished by arranging a
handle G upon a lever H in close proximity to the operator's left hand.
This lever H is pivotably carried by the frame F and is connected to the ticket
box D by connecting rods G' and I and bell crank K..
Now it is obvious that when tickets in duplicate have been written and the copy
duly entered in the book, as a record of one transaction that the book should be
moved higher up in order to allow the particulars of the next transaction to be
written below the preceding ones. To effect this the book is held within a
drawer L mounted upon flanged wheels L' fixed to axles L³, the wheels L' being
adapted to run upon lines or rails L³, carried upon the sides of the desk A. The
drawer L is provided with a toothed rack L having a number of teeth to
correspond with the number of entry spaces in each column of the book A. A
spring pressed pawl H is carried by an extension H of the lever H, so that the
pawl will engage with the teeth of the rack L and move the drawer when the
handle H is moved in one direction, advancing the book one space; slipping over
the teeth when moved in the reverse direction.
This operation is effected when the ticket box D is being moved from the right
position shown in dotted lines to the left position shown in full lines. A push
rod H³ is connected to the pawl H2 by which the pawl H' can be pressed out of
engagement with the rack L when it is desired to pull back the drawer to
commence a fresh page. A locking stop K' pivotted on the frame is provided
which carries a projection K' adapted to engage with the teeth of the rack L* so
as to ensure the proper registration of the book with the ticket box.
This stop is
operated by the bell crank K coming into contact with it and moving it into the
locked position when the ticket box D has reached its extreme left position, shown
in full lines Fig. 1. The locking and registering being effected by the projection K²
passing down between the teeth and by coming into contact with the inclined face
of the tooth so moves the drawer until the projection K' reaches the bottom of the
space between the teeth.
The drawer L is made of a width rather more than three times the width of one
page of the book D, the latter is held upon a carriage O adapted to be slid from
side to side in the drawer in order to place either one or other page of the book
into the position for entering the particulars; in other words, when one page of the
book is filled, the book is so shifted that the opposite page may be filled up. The
carriage O is provided with two spring pressed supports O¹, which engage under
the covers of the book and press the opened pages against two frames O' which are
hinged and fastened to the upper portion of the carriage O. These frames O' are
arranged with the lines of their framing so as to correspond with the division lines
of the columns in the book D, and thus form a guide for the proper position of the

page_text: book. A stop O³ is arranged upon the under side of the desk against which the
edge of the frame 02 can slide in order to make a certain register of the columns
of the book with the tickets.
By supporting the book in this way by independent spring pressed supports for
each side, the opened pages always lie approximately in one plane, irrespective of
nhat part of the book is open.
In addition to the four items required to be entered as hereinbefore mentioned, it
is necessary to enter the date of pledging upon the tickets, but such date would not.
be required to appear in the book at each entry.
The pen C3 for the book will, by a mechanical contrivance attached thereto and
to the frame by intermediate gearing, be automatically raised off the book, while
the other pens are writing the date at the top of the duplicate tickets. To effect.
this, the pen C is provided with an extension piece Co, having an inclined face C',
which is adapted to engage with the link C" when the pen has reached a
predetermined position, and lifts the pen from engagement with the page, the
link C is connected at one end to the frame by link C" and at the other end to
the arm C carried by the bar C4, the link C coming in contact with the inclined
face C and lifting the pen C³ when the writing mechanism C is moved forward so.
as to write the date at the top of the tickets.
The pens are vertical and provided with a grooved wire running through them.
forming the writing point and are held with lock nuts, for the purpose of fixing,.
adjusting, or disconnecting them when required. The pens are operated by a
swivel holder C" attached by a second swivel thereto, so as to be self adjustable to.
any angle, to suit the convenience of the writer.
The ticket box D is constructed to hold a number of tickets, and is provided
with a spring or springs beneath to keep the tickets pressed upwards.
The pens are supplied with ink by means of ink wells P so arranged that the
three pens may be dipped at one time.
It is very obvious that I may arrange the ticket box and book in an alternative
manner in position and relative movement to that described without departing in
any way from the essence of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. The combination of a multiple writing device, with a carrier for tickets or
similar articles and a book arranged so as to make entries on the ticket and book
simultaneously, substantially as described.
2nd. In a multiple writing device, a lifting mechanism attached to one or more
pens, and operated automatically by the movement of the device into a certain
predetermined position, to lift the pen or pens out of contact with the material
beneath them.
3rd. In a multiple writing machine, a carrier for tickets or the like, adapted to.
slide in an oblique direction to the line of writing in combination with a book or
the like, and a multiple writing mechanism, all arranged so as to write details on.
the tickets or the like one above the other, and on the book or the like side
by side.
4th. The construction and arrangement of a multiple writing and recording:
device, substantially as described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 5th e T1004
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.