IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON, of Knowsley Street, Cheetham, Manchester, Lanca-
shire, Railway Ticket Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER
TICKETS, to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for dating and stamping
railway and other tickets, the object of my improvements being to improve the
construction of the machine in such manner that the type numbers or marks
employed for dating or stamping the tickets may be changed as often as required
more quickly and with greater facility than in a dating press or apparatus of the
ordinary construction.
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At present the type is set up in the machine usually by first opening the machine
and then separately placing each of the types in the recess or cavity formed to
receive it. The block or type fastener" which holds the type in position is then
put in and secured in its place by a thumb, screw or otherwise and the machine
is again closed. When the type has to be changed it is necessary to open the
machine release and remove the type fastener, take out the type and replace it with
the fresh type required and then secure it in position as before. It is obvious that
this process involves a considerable waste of time even when performed by a person
familiar with such work.
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Now, I propose to set up and secure the type in a small box or holder which fits
into a suitable space or recess formed to receive it in the machine and I make a
door or opening in the side of the casing of the machine so that when it is required
to change the type this door only is opened and the type holder with the type
instantly withdrawn. Fresh type can then be set up in the holder and the holder
with the type replaced in the machine, or by having two or more boxes with: an
extra set or sets of type the current date can be left standing, and the extra box
or boxes will be available for any other date that may be required.
My improvements may be readily applied to existing presses and are particularly
applicable to what are known as Ribbon Presses.
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H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant,
4, Mansfield Chambers,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Dating and Stamping Railway
and other Tickets.
I JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON, of Knowsley Street, Cheetham, Manchester, Lanca-
shire, Railway Ticket Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER
TICKETS, 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 improvements in apparatus for dating and stamping
railway and other tickets, the object of my improvements being to improve tlie
construction of the machine in such manner that the type numbers or marks
employed for dating or stamping the tickets may be changed as often as required
more quickly and with greater facility than in a dating press or apparatus of the
. ordinary construction.
At present the type is set up in the machine usually by first opening the machine
and then separately placing each of the types in the recess or cavity formed to
receive it. The block or type fastener" which holds the type in position is then
put in and secured in its place by a thumbscrew or otherwise, and the machine is
again closed. When the type has to be changed it is necessary to open the machine,
release and remove the type fastener, take out the type and replace it with the fresh
type required and then secure it in position as before. It is obvious that this
process involves a considerable waste of time even when performed by a person
familiar with such work.
Now, I propose to set up and secure the type in a small box or holder which fits
into a suitable space or recess formed to receive it in the machine and I make a door
or opening in the side of the casing of the machine so that when it is required to
change the type, this door only is opened and the type holder with the type instantly
withdrawn. Fresh type can then be set up in the holder, and the holder with the
type re-placed in the machine, or by having two or more boxes with an extra set
or sets of type, the current date can be left standing and the extra box or boxes
will be available for any other date that may be required.
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And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reférence being bad
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 are sectional views of a "Ribbon Press" of the ordinary
construction Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional elevations and Fig. 5 a front elevation of
a Ribbon Press for dating and stamping. railway and other tickets to which my
improvements are applied and Figs. 6 and 7 are views illustrating the box or type
holder which I employ according to this Invention.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
• Referring first to Figs. 1 and 2, which serve to illustrate the ordinary manner.
of holding and changing the type. a is the casing of the machine and 6 the block
or type fastener which holds the type c in position and is secured by the thumb-
screw d. To change the type the machine has first to be opened in the ordinary

page_text: manner, the thumb screw d turned to release the type fastener b which is then
removed when the type c can be taken out from under the plate e and replaced by
the fresh type required. The type fastener b is then put back and secured in place
by the thumbscrew d as before.
In Figs. 3 to 7 which illustrate my improved manner of and means for changing
the type. a is the door of the opening which I make in the side of the casing a;
fis the space or recess which I form in the machine to receive the box g in which
the type c are set up and secured by means of a screw h, see Figs. 6 and 7.
To change the type the box with the type c is withdrawn from the machine
through the door a¹, the screw h is turned and the type c released and changed, the
door a¹ opened and the box g with the fresh type c replaced in the recess f. Two or
more boxes g with an extra set or sets of type c ready set up in it.or them may be.
employed, in order to save delay in changing the type when a fresh date is
required.
My improvements may be readily applied to existing presses and are particularly
applicable to what are known as Ribbon Presses one of which is shown in the
Drawings annexed, but my Invention can also be applied to "Indenting Presses
in which steel type only is employed.
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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 improvements in apparatus for dating or stamping railway and other
tickets, the said improvements consisting of a box or holder for the type, a recess in
the machine to receive such box or holder, and a door or opening in the outer
casing all substantially as and for the purposes herein described and as illustrated
by the Drawings annexed.
2. In apparatus for dating or stamping railway and other tickets, the use and
application of a separate box or bolder for the type, such box or holder being
formed to fit into a recess in the machine, for the purposes herein set forth.j
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