NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CHECKING COLLECTION OF FARES OR PAYMENTS IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND OTHER PLACES as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN BARTLETT of N° 37 Cuthill Road Denmark Hill in the county of
Surrey, Gas Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "NEW OR
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR CHECKING COLLECTION OF FARES OR PAYMENTS IN
PUBLIC CONVEYANCES AND OTHER PLACES to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to apparatus for checking the collection of fares, such as
those collected by omnibus conductors, in public conveyances, or in other places
where payments are made. For this purpose, I provide sets of tickets, those of
each set marked with a number expressing a particular fare or payment, for example
there might be one set of tickets, each for one penny, at sot for twopence, and so
on. But each ticket, besides having the fare marked on it, has a holo cut through
it in one part of its length for penny tickets, in another part for twopenny tickets,
and so on.
When a fare is collected in exchange for one of these tickets, the
conductor pushes the ticket into a slit in an apparatus which somewhat resembles
a bell punch, that is to say, when the ticket is pushed into the slit, the conductor,
by means of a handle, causes a bell to sound, and at the same time subjects tho
ticket to the pressure of a set of types or punches. Under the ticket, at the place
where it is pressed by the types or punches, there is a strip of paper, made to travel
onwards step by step by each action of the punch. Now, when all the punches,
which are arranged side by side, are pressed upon the ticket, only that particular
punch which finds opposite to it the hole through the ticket, impresses the strip of
paper below, and this paper therefore, by the position laterally of the successive
marks upon it forms a record of the successive fares collected. I prefer to make
through each ticket several holes arranged symmetrically in relation to its
boundaries, so that, whatever be the attitude in which the ticket is inserted, one of
the holes comes opposite the proper punch or type. Instead of making holes
through the ticket, it may have on it in the places where holes would be, spots of
transfer ink or colour, so that when the punches or types act upon the ticket, one
only of these, which presses where a spot exists, causes a mark to be made on the
paper strip.
Dated this 17th day of January 1884.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant,
28, Southampton Buildings,
London, W.C.

page_text: statement: —
My invention relates to apparatus for checking the collection of fares such as
those collected by omnibus conductors, in public conveyances, or in other places
where-payments are made. For this purpose, I provide sets of tickets, those of
each set marked with a number expressing a particular fare, or payment, for
example there might be one set of tickets, each for one penny, a set for two pence
and so on.
But each ticket besides having the fare-marked on it has a hole cut
through it in one-part-of-its-length for penny tickets in another part for twopenny
tickets, and so on. When a fare is collected in exchange for one of these tickets,
-the conductor pushes the ticket into a slit or aperture of an apparatus hereinafter
described, and by means of handle-which-causes-n_bell_to_sound, subjects the
ticket to the pressure of a set of types dies or stamps. Under the ticket at the
place where it is pressed by the types dies or stamps, there is a strip of paper mado
to-travel-onwards step-by-step by each action of the stamping lever. Now, when
all the types, dies or stamps which are arranged-side-by-side are prossed upon the
ticket, only that particular type stamp or die which is opposite the hole through
the ticket, impresses the strip of paper below, and this paper therefore, by the
position laterally of the successive marks upon it, forms a record of the successive
fares collected. I prefer to make through each ticket several holes arranged
symmetrically in relation to its boundaries, so that whatever be the attitude in
which the ticket is inserted, one of the holes comes opposite the proper stamp, die
or type. Instead of making holes through the ticket, it may have on it in the
places where holes would be, spots or lines of transfer ink or color, so that, when
the stamps, dies or types act upon the ticket, one only of these, which presses
where the spot or line is, causes a spot to be made on the paper strip.
The accompanying drawing shews the construction of checking apparatus which
I prefer to employ for the purposes of my invention.
Fig. 1 shews a side elevation, fig. 2 a plan Fig 3 a plan of the underside of the
stamping or impressing lever. Fig. 4 a longitudinal section, figs. 5 and 6 two
opposite views of the mechanism removed from the casing. Fig. 7 a sectional plan
of the same, Figs 8 and 9 detached details, figs 10, 11 and 12 views of the tickets
employed in connection with the apparatus, and fig. 13 the registering paper strip.
The lever A pivotted at S to the casing B carries three stamps dies or types bbb,
marked 1, 2, 3 bearing with their upper ends against three springs a so that, when
depressed by the lover, they can yield somewhat. These stamps dies or types
enter through a hole in a guide plate R on the top of the casing when depressed,
and are made to press upon the travelling paper strip T, so as to imprint either one
or other of the numerals 1, 2, 3 thereon. The tickets U, being marked respectively
with 1 2d 3d have on each side, at varying distances from the ends, a hole U¹
which, when the ticket is inserted underneath the guide plate, as at fig 2, comes
opposite the stamp die or type whose numeral corresponds to that on the ticket, so
that when the stamps dies or types are depressed, the said stamp, die or type will
pass through the hole and imprint its numeral on the paper strip V, while the

page_text: other two stamps, dies, or types will be prevented by the ticket from doing so.
Thus on a number of tickets of different values being successively inserted and
the stamps, dies or types depressed as described, a corresponding succession of
numerals will be imprinted on the travelling paper strip T, as indicated at fig. 13,
so that this strip will present an accurate record of the number and value of the
tickets issued. The paper strip is wound upon a reel G carried by a frame V that
is loose in the casing B, which opens on tho hinge S for the introduction and
removal of the same. From the reel G the strip is led over the block W on which
the impression of the stamp, die or type is made, thence through the clamp E E¹
and over a guide pin X to a second reel G₁ on which it is wound up. The reel G
is pressed upon by a spring as shewn at fig. 7, so as to turn with friction, and
a certain length is drawn from it and wound upon the reel G³ after each depression
of the stamping lever by the following arrangement.
On the one side of the frame V is pivotted a lever D whose one end is connected
by a rod C to the stamping lever while its other end is connected to a bell crank
lever D¹ pivotted on the axis of the reel G. On this axis is also pivotted the
clamping device E E' shewn more clearly at figs 8 and 9. It consists of the strap E
within which is a second strap El pivotted thereto at F and having on one side
a fork P Q into which the end of the lever D' takes. Thus it will be seen that
when the lover A¹ after having been depressed, is raised again by the spring in the
handlo, it moves the levers D and D¹ so as to bring the clamp E E' from the position
shewn in figs. 5 and 9 into that shewn at fig. 4. At the same time the lever D³ in
pressing against the limb Q of the fork of El, moves E' from the open position
shewn at fig. 9, into the closed position shown at figs 4 and 5, whereby the clamp
is made to nip the paper and draw it forward off the reel G by its downward
motion. On the depression of the lever A the reverse motion of the levers DD'
causes the clamp to rise again, and as D¹ then presses against the limb P of the
fork, E¹ is during such motion situated in the open position as at fig. 9 in which
the clamp consequently can slide freely back over the paper strip.
On the other side of the frame V is another lever H pivotted with a slotted hole
on a pin I, and having at its end a toothed segment J. This lever is also connected
to the bar C' to which the rod C of the lever A is connected, so that on the
depression of the latter the toothed segment J of the lever H, in gearing with
a toothed wheel K on the reel G¹ turns the latter and thus causes it to wind up
the length of paper strip that had been previously drawn off the reel G by the
clamp. On the rising of the lever A, the bar C to which H is attached, in bearing
against the eccentrically curved surface of the frame, draws the lover H slightly
back so as to be out of contact with the toothed wheel K while it performs its
upward motion.
For enabling the casing to be opened, the rod C connecting the levers D and H
with the stamping lever A is formed in two parts as shewn, which are held locked
together by the latch M, that also secures the casing in the closed position, the
latch itself being secured by a seal or lock. When the latch is opened, the two
parts of C can separate, and the lever A together with the upper part of the casing
can be raised. The frame with the reels can then be taken out and the paper strip,
with the fares recorded thereon, be removed from the reel G.
The stamping lever A is so arranged in combination with a bell Y that only
when the lever is sufficiently depressed to impress the stamp, die or type on the
paper strip the bell will be sounded, thus insuring that the operation is properly
performed.
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 use in combination with a set of types, stamps or dies, of tickets marked
with a number or mark representing the amount of fare and having one or more
holes, or spots or lines of transfer ink so situated, that, when the ticket is brought

page_text: beneath the types, stamps or dies, the type, stamp or die bearing the same number
or mark as the ticket can pass through the hole in the latter, or can press upon the
spot or line of transfer ink thereon so as to impress its number or mark upon
a travelling paper strip beneath the ticket, as heroin before described.
2, The construction of apparatus wherein a set of types, stamps or dies are
carried in an elastic manner by a lever, operating in combination with a paper
strip to which a step by step advancing motion is imparted by the lever, the
apparatus being arranged to operate in combination with a fare ticket in such
manner that when the latter is inserted and the lever is depressed, the numeral or
mark of only one of the set of types stamps or dies is impressed upon the paper
strip, which on the return motion of the lever is caused to advance one step,
substantially as herein described.