Improvements in and relating to Totalizators or Machines for Controlling and Recording Mutual Betting Operations, and for similar purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
PROVISIONAL DI ECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by HENRY POTTIN, of Passage des Princes, Paris,
in the Republic of France, Engineer.]
Improvements in and relating to Totalizators or Machines for
Controlling and Recording Mutual Betting Operations, and
for similar purposes.
I, BROWNE WOLSEY WEBB, of 36 Carleton Road, Tufnell Park, in the
County of Middlesex, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to totalizators or machines for controlling, registering or
recording mutual betting operations, and for similar purposes.
The said invention is designed to provide for the avoidance of errors in the
calculations, for the delivery of a greater number of tickets in a given time than is
practicable with totalizators heretofore devised, and for reducing the number of
persons required to effect the distribution of these tickets.
My improved apparatus comprises mechanical devices for each ticket-delivery
apparatus, and a large general "totalizator," to which are electrically transmitted
all the operations of each ticket-delivery apparatus, in such a manner as to permit
the public to see at a glance all the betting operations that have been effected on
each race.
The said ticket-delivery apparatus comprises as many numbers as may be deemed
desirable, each number representing a horse. The mechanism comprises various
printing-cylinders or type-wheels, that is to say, two or more numbering cylinders
or type-wheels each provided with figures from 0 to 9 are so arranged that they can
indicate numbers from 1 upwards to 99 or 999, or other desired number. Another
cylinder or type-wheel having formed in relief thereon a series of figures, say, for
instance, 1 to 6, is arranged to print or indicate the number of races on any
particular day. Two other cylinders or type-wheels are provided each with a
series of say 10 different signs or symbols formed in relief, which signs or symbols
are changed at each race in order to prevent fraudulent alteration of the tickets.
Two other cylinders or type-wheels having formed in relief thereon the figures!
to 9, are employed for representing the number of the horse, and are movable to
permit the use of any number from 1 to 99. If necessary, there is also a piece;
having formed in relief thereon the number of the ticket-delivery apparatus or the
number of the ticket sold, and the price of the unit (say £5 or £10) at which the
ticket has been sold. A box or case is provided for each number of horse, and
contains say about 200 tickets, and an opening is provided in the front of the
apparatus for each number of horse to permit the delivery of a ticket to a purchaser.
Above the ticket-delivery apparatus, is a partial "totalizator" which receives the
totalizations of all the tickets sold from this apparatus, in such a manner that
assuming 25 tickets on the horse 1, 47 on the horse 4, 28 on the horse 6, 43 on the
horse 10, and 74 on the horse 11 have been sold, the totalizator of this apparatus
will indicate 217.
All the numbers of this apparatus are represented above the same by buttons or
the like, bearing the number of each horse, and a hand-wheel or crank-handle,
which is placed in front of the apparatus beneath the said buttons or the like,
actuates the mechanism for any particular horse, when the button or the like for
the horse on which it is desired to purchase a ticket, is pushed in. The ticket, in
being delivered, has marked thereon the following particulars, or any desired
number of them, viz. ;-
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page_text: 4. The signs or symbols which change at each race.
5. The number of the horse.
6. The number of the apparatus from which the ticket is sold.
7. The unit or price of the ticket.
In the bottom of the box or case containing the tickets for each horse, is placed
suitable clockwork by means of which energy can be stored according to the number
of units to be sold, for the purpose of effecting, by the electric current, the addition
of the said units to the grand totalizator hereinafter described.
The grand totalizator is placed in any convenient position in full view of the
public, and is connected electrically to the mechanical ticket-delivery apparatuses.
It comprises as many sets of mechanism as the mechanical ticket-delivery
apparatuses, for example, if the mechanical ticket-delivery apparatuses have
24 numbers, the grand totalizator will also have 24 numbers, from 1 to 24. This
apparatus will have 24 windows, one for each horse.
The said apparatus comprises numbering-cylinders or type-wheels each numbered
from 0 to 9, and so arranged that they can indicate from 1 up to any desired
number. The first or units-wheel is connected electrically to the mechanical
ticket-delivery apparatus, and is actuated by means of an armature operated by an
electro-magnet. The three other wheels, the tens, the hundreds and the thousands.
may be worked mechanically from the units-wheel without the aid of electro-
magnets.
An apparatus comprising other numbering-cylinders or type-wheels, is placed
above the grand totalizator and receives the totalizations of all the operations made
during the race.
As the tickets are sold from the ticket-delivery machines, energy is stored in the
aforesaid clockwork in proportion to the units represented by the tickets thus sold,
and the electric current is caused to pass through each ticket-delivery machine one
after another, and effects the registration, at the grand totalizator, of all the units
received for the particular horse.
To prevent fraud by the attendants in charge of the ticket-delivery machines, I
arrange, in each of these machines, a fly or other suitable device in electrical
relation or connection with the grand totalizator, and, at the moment the horses
start, it is only necessary to touch or push a button or the like in the grand
totalizator, to lock all the machines and thus prevent the sale of any more
tickets.
The improved totalizator is sometimes constructed with a box or case of sheet
metal or other suitable material in which is fitted a shaft carrying drums or
cylinders. On these cylinders are painted or otherwise marked the figures from 0
to 9, which are visible through a window. The said cylinders have formed in
relief thereon the same figures from 0 to 9, whereby distinct impressions may be
made upon the tickets. A ratchet-wheel is fixed upon one of the said cylinders
and is adapted to turn with the latter upon the said shaft, and a pawl is adapted to
engage with the said ratchet-wheel. Two arms are pivoted upon the said shaft
and are connected by a cross-bar. A pivoted piece serves as a guide, and also for
imprinting the figures on the ticket by pressing the same against the figures in
relief upon the cylinder. This impression is made at the termination of each
operation of the machine. A rod is provided which supports the said pivoted piece
or guide and forces the latter against the cylinder. Suitable retaining pawls are
employed for holding the said cylinder at zero. One of these pawls only operates
when a door, against which it bears, is open. It then enters one or other of the
notches of the said ratchet-wheel, which is thus turned from behind, and is stopped
at the precise moment when the zero is visible through the said window.
A plate or shutter operated by a lever is so arranged that, when it is raised, it
opens one window and closes aaother window, through which the number of the
horse is visible.

page_text: A piece attached to the aforesaid arm has formed in relief upon it a number
referring to the horse, and, if desired, also the number of the apparatus from which
the ticket is delivered. This piece is placed next to the units-cylinder.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Totalizators or Machines for
Controlling and Recording Mutual Betting Operations, and
for similar purposes.
I, BROWNE WOLSEY WEBB of 36 Carleton Road Tufnell Park in the
County of Middlesex Electrician, 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 totalizators or machines for controlling and registering
or recording mutual betting operations
The said invention is designed to provide for the avoidance of errors in the
calculations, for the delivery of a greater number of tickets in a given time than is
practicable with totalizators heretofore devised, and for reducing the number of
persons required to effect the distribution of these tickets.
My improved apparatus comprises mechanical devices for each ticket-delivery
apparatus and a large general "totalizator" to which are electrically transmitted
all the operations of each ticket-delivery apparatus, in such a manner as to permit
the public to see at a glance all the betting operations that have been effected on
each race.
My said invention is further designed to provide for the delivery to the bettors,
of tickets bearing the following information, that is to say, the date, the number of
the race; two signs or symbols which are varied for every race; a serial number;
the number of the sale office; the unit or price at which the ticket has been sold,
and also preferably at the back of the ticket the number of the horse upon which
the bet is made.
The apparatus whereby these numerous indications are printed upon the tickets
and whereby an absolute control of the transactions can be established, is constructed
as follows viz. :-
The apparatus comprises
(1) Devices for the production of the tickets by dry impression or by printing
and for the distribution of the said tickets;
(2) Counting devices hereinafter designated "partial counters" the number of
which is equal to that of the horses for which the apparatus is intended; and each
representing a number of a horse and arranged in a vertical pillar or frame formed
in one with the apparatus.
(3) A general totalizing device designed for totalizing the indications of the
aforesaid counters.
(4) A printing device adapted to print in ink as the transactions take place,
upon a strip of paper which is automatically fed forward, the number of the horse
on which the bet is made and the serial number of the ticket corresponding to this
horse. After a race has been run it is this strip of paper which, handed to.the
cashier, serves for controlling or checking the tickets on which he has to pay.
The several devices are set in action by means of a lever which I will herein-
after term the "main lever." It must however be observed, and this is an
important feature of the present invention, that this main lever can operate only
when a second lever to which is hinged or jointed a suitable handle and which I

page_text: will hereinafter term the "handle" has been caused to move over a horizontal
numbered dial plate, and placed opposite the number corresponding with that of
the horse demanded.
It is therefore ultimately by the combined action of the "handle" and the "main
lever" that all the other devices are set in operation.
I will successively describe these two levers and their operation and indicate.
their relation with the other parts of the mechanism, with reference to the several
figures of the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a general plan of the machine.
Figure 2 is an elevation, and
Figure 3 a side elevation.
Figures 4 to 14 are views showing details of construction.
The handle A is, as above stated, hinged or jointed to an horizontal lever A*
adapted to be moved over a dial plate F bearing the numbers of the horses. This
handle is keyed on a vertical shaft C carrying two toothed segments D, E. The
segment D is arranged below the dial plate F, and the segment E is arranged near
the lower extremity of the shaft C.
The dial-plate F has engraved upon it consecutively the numbers of the horses,
for example from 1 to 28; it is provided at its circumference with teeth the spaces
between which each correspond to one of the said numbers. Each of these numbers
is covered by a small hinged plate a, which can be turned down over the number
to cover the same or can be turned or folded back to exhibit the number.
These small plates which overlap the exterior circumference of the dial plate F
have for their object to cover (when they are turned down) the teeth of the dial
plate F and also a movable toothed sector G the teeth of which, corresponding to
those of the dial plate F have the form represented in Figure 1.
This movable sector G carries in any suitable position on its under surface a
small vertical rod to which is fixed a second horizontal rod the extremity of
which passes below the main lever and renders it immovable, as hereinafter
mentioned.
The hereinbefore mentioned handle A is hinged or jointed to the lever A* in a
vertical direction, and it carries a tooth or projection which can enter between
the teeth hereinbefore referred to.
The disc or dial plate F is secured to the arm of the sector which latter is free
to pivot upon a vertical axis, and is kept in place by the horizontal rod c (Figures 5
and 6) which is connected at one end to a stud or projection thereon, and the
other end of which passes through a hole provided in a bracket e secured to the
frame of the apparatus. The rod e engages with a hooked pawl g which is
maintained constantly engaged with the lever B by a spring h. To prevent the
said disc or dial plate from moving too far, a stop is provided upon the upper disc
which is rigidly fixed. When the handle A is lowered, the roller k, after the
tooth has entered between the teeth of the upper disc, presses against one of the
teeth of the lower disc and moves the rod c which latter moves the hooked pawl g
so as to disengage it from the principal lever B. The upper disc is held in
position, whilst the handle A is lowered, by the projection thereon entering
between the teeth of the said upper disc, and the roller is also held immovable.
As long as the small plates a are turned down upon the numbers on the dial-
plate the machine cannot operate. The first manipulation must therefore consist in
raising in a definite order a number of the aforesaid plates corresponding to that of
the horses which are to run in the race, those plates only being raised which
correspond to the numbers of the horses which are to run.
Suppose then the plates are raised. If a ticket is demanded for instance on the
horse No. 5, it is necessary before doing anything else to turn the handle A until
it arrives above No. 5 on the dial plate, whereupon the outer extremity of the
handle is lowered or moved so as to permit the tooth H to engage (as the plate
No. 5 is raised) with the corresponding notch of the dial-plate F and also with a

page_text: tooth of the sector G. By reason of the form of the teeth of this sector, the
latter will be pushed back by the tooth H. In its movement it will carry with it
the horizontal rod c which forms the above described locking device for the main
lever B, and the latter will be free to operate.
This main lever is not however at once free to act. It is previously necessary
that the devices hereinafter described for the dry imprinting or stamping of the
tickets shall have been arranged so as to mark the indications corresponding to the
horse demanded. It is the movement of the handle A which produces the desired
action.
For this purpose the vertical shaft C carries, as above stated, below the dial
plate a toothed segment D, the surface of which is provided with a number of
equidistant holes I, this number being equal to that of the divisions of the dial-
plate chosen, that is to say, for example 28. This sector is in gear with a rack K
which in turn engages with a toothed wheel L Figure 1 situated beneath and
formed with or secured to a horizontal disc M carrying printing points or punches
which are adapted to print upon the back of the ticket the number of the horse
demanded.
Accordingly it will be understood that by moving the handle upon No. 5 on the
dial-plate the covering plate of which has been raised, and by lowering the outer
extremity of the handle motion is imparted to the toothed sector G, which being
displaced releases the main lever by pulling the horizontal rod and motion is at the
same moment imparted to the toothed segment D which actuates the rack K, and
as the segment is displaced the same distance as the handle the rack in its turn sets
in motion the engraved horizontal disc M so as to make the No. 5 thereon pass in
front of the ticket.
At this moment all is so arranged that the main lever can operate usefully.
Leaving for the moment the other devices for the partial totalization and the
control set in motion by the movement of the handle, I will now proceed to
describe the "main lever" and its operation.
The main lever B is arranged to turn about the horizontal axis O). It is
prolonged beyond this axis and carries at this prolonged extremity a connecting
rod which actuates a second lever Qextending to the rear by the side of the
handle. This lever sets in action a square shaft R, upon which are mounted two
levers S and T.
The lever S is adapted to set in action, as hereinafter stated, the rods of the
partial counting devices, and the lever T moves the ink printing device.
The apparatus is so constructed that a ticket can be removed when but not until
the main lever is depressed to the lowest part of its movement. To this end it is
adapted to move over a fixed toothed arc U the teeth of which have the particular
formi represented in Figure 3.
Upon the lever, in front of this sector is mounted a double pawl V X connected
by the two springs Z and Z'.
When the main lever is lowered the arm V of the pawl comes in contact with
the teeth of the arc. If the lever is stopped in the middle of its movement it
cannot therefore be raised again by reason of the engagement of the said arm V
with the teeth of the arc.
In order that it may be raised, it is necessary to move the lever to the lower end
of its movement. As the toothed arc is slightly eccentric relatively to the centre
of rotation of the lever, the arm V of the pawl is pushed rearwards when the lever
arrives at the lower end of its movement. It will then engage with a tooth formed
at the extremity of a small lever having two arms A B and be held back thereby
so that it cannot come in contact with the toothed arc. At the same time the
lower arm X of the pawl approaches the toothed are and comes in contact with the
teeth of the toothed arc.
When the lever is lifted again it cannot therefore be lowered unless it is
completely raised to the upper end of its movement.

page_text: At this moment the small bent or bell crank lever A' B' abuts against a pin or
projection C and causes the escape of the arm V of the pawl; every.thing. is
therefore put back in its place. The main lever is caused to return to its position
of rest by the action of the spring D'.
Before depressing the lever the distributing employee must. introduce into the
-box or ticket hopper r of the apparatus a certain number of tickets. 8 is a lever
operated by a springs and intended to push or shove forward the said tickets in
the box or ticket hopper r so as to cause them to successively engage in a vertical
groove. In this groove works a disc or piece operated by means of a hinged or
jointed arm t¹ coupled at t to the main lever B. When the main lever B is
depressed, it moves a vertical rod E' which is mounted upon it, and which, through
the medium of a connecting rod, turns through a certain angle the shaft F¹ upon
which are mounted the several vertical type wheels or printing discs. On the
other hand the horizontal disc F which bears the numbers of the horses is mounted
in a kind of box which slightly descends when the main lever is lowered.
be understood that the ticket is carried away in the rotation of the vertical type-
wheels or printing discs and the descent of the horizontal disc; it therefore
escapes after it has been marked with the various inscriptions above referred to,
and falls into a chute G¹ whence it is removed by the purchaser.
It will
The apparatus is so arranged that the lever cannot be lowered in case by
inadvertence the distributing employee should forget to put a ticket into the
apparatus.
For this purpose when a ticket is placed in the said aperture, this ticket pushes a
movable piece which is connected to a rod terminating in the form of a hook and
adapted to engage with the underside of the lever. Each time a ticket is put in,
the lever is disengaged.
As above stated the return of these various devices to their original position is
caused by the action of the spring D¹. It is also aided by the action of another
spring I one extremity of which is fixed to a piece K₁ which carries the box
containing the large horizontal disc.
It will now be seen that when the distributing employee wishes to issue a ticket,
he can act upon the main lever only when he has placed the handle upon the
number corresponding to the horse demanded, for example No. 2, and after having
raised the plate No. 2 from the dial-plate. In this movement of the handle, he
disengages the main lever: he then puts a ticket into the aperture and depresses
the main lever. As above mentioned he is obliged to depress it to the lower
extremity of its movement and when the lever rises again he cannot again depress
it before it has arrived at the upper end of its movement. Moreover, the movement
of the handle causes, through the medium of the rack and pinion the punch of the
horizontal disc corresponding to the number of the horse demanded to pass in front
of the ticket.
In order that all these devices shall be enabled to move relatively to one
another at the moment of the distribution of a ticket, the main lever carries a small
connecting rod L' (Figures 1 and 7) which moves with it and causes a pin or
projection M on the free extremity thereof to enter the holes with which the
toothed sector hereinbefore mentioned is provided which sector must set the rack
in action. At the time of the distribution of the ticket, this toothed sector and the
rack and also the vertical shaft which carries the handle are rendered immovable
or locked in position as above mentioned.
In Figure 7 the rod or lever L' is shown in position with the tooth pin or
projection M' provided at its free end about to engage in one of the holes in the
sector D. The principal lever B in descending carries with it the vertical
connecting rod a which is adjustably coupled at b to the other end of the rod or
lever L, the spring is then free to act upon the said rod or lever to cause the
tooth, pin or projection M' to enter into or engage in one of the holes in the sector,
and thus lock or secure the parts in position.

page_text: The subsidiary or partial counting devices each of which represents a horse of a
particular number, are disposed for example in four vertical rows between the
uprights NO formed in one with the frame f of the apparatus.
These partial counters comprise three printing discs or type-wheels & representing
the units, tens and hundreds as shown more clearly in Figures 8 to 13. These
discs are mounted upon an axis and have suitable ratchet wheels 6* formed
therewith or secured thereto. It will be observed that the first two ratchet
wheels * are provided with a notch which is deeper than the other notches between
its teeth. The axis carries a fork c surrounding the small frame of the counter,
traversed by a shaft d upon which are keyed the pawls 1, 2, 3 corresponding to the
ratchets of the three discs. A small spring Figure 2 is provided to bring them
back into contact with the teeth of the ratchets. These pawls are situated in
different planes so that when the pawl 1 is engaged with the first ratchet the two
others 2 and 3 do not touch their corresponding ratchet-wheels. The fork c¹ is
attached at its front part to a vertical rod ƒ which descends to the foot of the
frame.
It will be seen that if a reciprocating vertical movement is imparted to this rod
it will cause the fork c to turn. The pawl 1 will consequently cause the corre-
sponding ratchet to advance one tooth and the first disc will mark one number more.
When the ten numbers on the first disc have been marked, the pawl 1 will enter
the deeper notch in its ratchet-wheel; the shaft of the pawls will turn a little and
will cause the pawl 2 to engage with its ratchet-wheel, and the tens disc will be
turned. The same effects are caused for the hundreds disc.
Now the counting devices corresponding to the horses demanded are set in motion
successively by the action of the main lever in the following manner, viz. :-As
above stated, the main lever on moving downwards actuates a horizontal square
shaft R through the medium of a connecting rod P and a lever Q.
This square shaft carries a lever S which is raised when the shaft R turns. This
lever S passes into a recess C₁ formed in the lower part of the vertical shaft C, and
acts upon the extremity of a lever Q articulated at*R* to a bracket which is fixed
on a prolongation on the shaft C.
From this it will be seen that when the shaft C turns it carries with it the said
prolongation and that therefore the lever Q follows all the movements of the
shaft C.
The extremity of the lever Q carries a roller R¹ which can come in contact
successively with a series of small levers S¹ S₁ S₁ as more clearly shown in
Figure 2.
These small levers, articulated at T' (Figure 2) carry vertical rods ff and
are designed to operate the partial counting devices. They are arranged in an arc
of a circle in the lower end of the apparatus.
These several devices operate as follows, viz. :-Suppose the horse demanded to
be the horse No. 5, the distributing employee puts the handle upon No. 5 of the
dial-plate and thus turns the vertical shaft C which carries away the articulated
lever Q. The extremity of the latter, where the roller R' is placed is therefore
brought near the small lever S' occupying the fifth row. When the distributing
employee depresses the main lever, the square shaft R is caused to turn, the lever S
is raised, its extremity in contact with the articulated lever Q oscillates the latter,
and consequently the roller R' bears upon the small lever S₁, the corresponding
vertical rod fof which descends and causes the partial counting device which it is
designed to actuate to mark another number.
The totalizator is arranged at the top of the apparatus, above the subsidiary
counting devices. It is composed of three discs or wheels for the units, tens and
hundreds; and is designed to effect the totalization of the records of the partial or
subsidiary counting devices.
This totalizator is set in action by the main lever through the medium of a rod U¹
fixed to the prolongation of this lever.
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Accordingly every time the main lever is depressed and a ticket is delivered, the

page_text: totalizator advances one unit, no matter which horse may be demanded or which
subsidiary counting device may be set in action.
The ink printing device has for its object to print upon a strip of paper
automatically unwound from a reel or roll, the number of the series of the tickets,
and the number of the corresponding horse.
This device is set in action by means of the lever T fixed upon the square
shaft R. When the shaft T is lifted it moves a pawl 1 (Figure 4) which as it rises
engages with a tooth 2 of a lever having two arnis 2, 3 and causes it to oscillate.
At the extremity of this lever 3 is an inking roller which passes over the type
carried by the discs or wheels A". As it moves upwards the second arm 4 of the
pawl 1 is oscillated by coming in contact with a screw 5, and consequently the
pawl 1 is disengaged from the lever 2, 3 which returns to its original position.
Continuing its movement the lever T whose extremity is provided with a roller 6
enters a fork 7 articulated upon the shaft 8 and compels it to describe an arc of a
circle. Upon this fork, at the extremity of a lever 9, are mounted small rollers
upon which the sheet of paper is wound. As it turns this lever 9 will cause the
sheet of paper to bear against the type and the latter therefore will print the
indications above referred to.
When the lever descends the fork 7 moves down and consequently the rollers
which carry the strip of paper are depressed. But the axis of these rollers carries
a ratchet wheel 10, which in the descent will engage with a fixed pawl 11 which
causes the said ratchet-wheel to turn. In this manner the strip of paper is wound
off automatically.
It is also necessary to note the movement imparted to the ink rollers which
distribute the ink upon the surface of the inking device. The axis of these rollers
carries two toothed wheels 12 and 13 gearing one with the other. The wheel 12
has at its surface four pins 14, 15, 16, 17 which can at regular intervals be actuated
by a pawl 18 mounted upon the lever T. When the lever T moves down the
pawl 18 does so likewise; as it is engaged with the pin it moves the toothed
wheel 12 which is kept in place through the medium of a second pawl coming in
contact successively with the several pins.
I will now describe how the numbers of the horses and the numbers of the series
of the tickets which are printed upon the strip of paper can be varied. The
numbers of the horses are borne upon the periphery of a disc or wheel which is
loosely mounted upon the same shaft as the toothed sector D (see Figure 1). As
above stated this sector D receives its movement from the handle A through the
medium of the vertical shaft C (see Figure 3). Each time the handle is stopped
upon the number of a horse, the toothed sector is moved through the same distance
as the handle and turns the disc or wheel of the printing device so that the number
of the same horse comes opposite the strip of paper.
The discs or wheels A" (Figure 4) carrying the numbers of the series are
actuated by ratchet-wheels and pawls similarly to the partial counting devices.
The pawls are mounted upon a fork 20 set in motion by a rod 21 mounted upon the
lever T. Each time this lever moves down and, by reason of the connection of
the several levers, each time the main lever descends, or, which comes to the same
thing, each time a ticket is introduced into the apparatus, the fork 20 carrying the
pawls is also depressed and causes the discs or wheels A" to advance one unit.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows, that is to say ;-At the moment
when the horses which are to take part in the race are indicated at the post, the
attendant at each sale office lifts the small doors which conceal the counting devices
of the tablet and uncovers the numbers corresponding to those of the post. On the
other side of the apparatus the attendant lifts the small plates corresponding to the
numbers of the counting devices from the dial-plate. A certain horse being chosen
for example No. 2, he moves the handle into the corresponding notch and by this
movement the main lever becomes free and at the same time the horizontal disc or
wheel which marks upon the ticket the number of the horse is moved to No. 2.
He then places-the ticket into the aperture. On inserting the ticket, the main

page_text: lever is disengaged a second time and when lowered permits the following operations
to take place, viz.:
(1) The ticket issues from the distributing orifice of the apparatus having printed
thereon the date, the number of the race, two signs or symbols which are varied for
each race, the number of the series, the number of the sale office, the unit or price
at which the ticket has been sold, and preferably at the back of the ticket the
number of the horse chosen.
(2) One unit is registered by the counting device No. 2 of the apparatus ;
(3) The transference of the unit to the totalizator of the apparatus is effected;
(4) The imprinting of the strip of paper of the printing device with the number
of the series and the number of the horse 2 by advancing the same one division.
If a ticket is asked on the horse No. 5, the same operations take place again and
the totalizator registers two units, this is continued until the sale of the tickets
stops.
All the offices on the racecourse are if desired, electrically connected with the
post of the referee of the field where the race takes place by means of electric
circuits which include three press buttons or commutators. One of these buttons
sets in action an electric bell placed in each office; the second serves to move the
locking bolt for the large lever in each office; the third serves to liberate the lever
by withdrawing the bolt.
By this means the referee has absolute control of all the levers and he can if he
deems it expedient instantly stop all the transactions as regards the sale of tickets
on the whole racecourse.
When the horses have started the referee presses. for 15 or 20 seconds upon the
button connected with the bell indicating by this means that the apparatus will be
stopped and leaving time to complete the orders for the tickets. Then he operates
the other press-button or commutator and stops all the levers.
The receiver of each office then detaches the printed strip and brings it to the
cashier with the money he has received. If this strip indicates the number 425,
the totalizator of the apparatus indicates 425 and the last ticket sold must bear the
serial number 425.
If the horse number 5 has won, all the tickets sold on the horse No. 5 will be
paid by the cashier who will find these tickets a means of absolute control upon the
printed strip.
During this time the attendant moves back to zero all the counting devices, the
totalizator, the discs of the ink-printing devices, and advances the two sign discs
and the disc relating to the race, by one division.
I sometimes provide for the operation of the main lever through the medium of
a hand-wheel or fly-wheel connected with the said lever by a suitable connecting-
rod, or in any other convenient manner.
In some instances, I provide a grand or general totalizator, which is placed in
any convenient position in full view of the public, and is connected electrically to
the ticket-delivery machines. It comprises as many sets of mechanism as there are
in the ticket-delivery machines, for example, if the ticket-delivery machines have
28 numbers, the grand totalizator will also have 28 numbers, from 1 to 28. This
apparatus will have 28 windows one representing each horse.
The said apparatus comprises numbering cylinders or type-wheels each numbered
from 0 to 9, and so arranged that they can indicate from 1 up to any desired
number. The number of sets of these type-wheels should be equal to the number
of horses for which the apparatus is intended. The first or units wheel of each set
is actuated by means of an armature operated by an electro-magnet included in an
electric circuit which is arranged to be completed whenever the units wheel of one
or other of the ticket-delivery machines is operated to record the sale of a ticket
on the particular horse corresponding to the said set of type-wheels. The three
other wheels of each set, viz. :-the tens, the hundreds and the thousands, may be
worked mechanically from the units wheel without the aid of electro-magnets.
An apparatus comprising other numbering cylinders or type-wheels is placed
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page_text: above the grand or general totalizator and receives in a similar manner the
totalizations of all the operations made during the race.
The following is an explanation of a race with five ticket-delivery machines
connected to a grand or general totalizator.
Assume that four horses, Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 7 take part in the race and that
and the grand or general totalizator will also indicate the grand total 954, so that,
if the horse No. 4 wins the race, it is only necessary to divide 954 by 185 (the
number of tickets sold on this horse) to ascertain the amount to be distributed or
given to each ticket-holder.
To prevent fraud by the attendants in charge of the ticket-delivery machines, I
arrange in each of these machines a fly in electrical relation or connection with the
grand totalizator, and, at the moment the horses start, it is only necessary to touch
or push a button or the like in the grand totalizator to lock all the machines and
thus prevent the sale of any more tickets.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A machine for the purposes above specified, wherein suitable provision is
made for printing punching or otherwise marking the tickets with the date and
number of the race, a serial number the unit or price of the ticket and the number
of the horse on which the bet is laid, and also, if desired, the number of the sale
office and signs or symbols which are varied for each race, substantially as herein-
before described.

page_text: Second. The combination, with two or more partial or subsidiary counters for the
purposes above specified, of a "totalizator" connected therewith in such a manner
that all the operations of each of the said counters will be transmitted to the said
"totalizator," substantially as above set forth.
Third. The employment in a machine such as I have hereinabove described, of a
main lever arranged to be disengaged or released by the movement of a handle and
by the introduction of a ticket into the apparatus, and to operate mechanism for .
printing or otherwise marking the said ticket with the various particulars herein-
before mentioned, partial or subsidiary counting devices and "totalizator," for the
purposes above specified.
Fourth. The combination, with the main lever, of a handle whereby the operation
of the said main lever will be permitted when but not until the said handle is
operated, and which is adapted to be moved upon a dial-plate having marked thereon
the numbers of the horses, and provided with covering plates which are to be lifted
when the corresponding horse is to run in a race substantially as, and for the
purposes, above specified.
Fifth. A rack set in action by the handle and arranged to impart movement to a
disc or wheel bearing the numbers of the horses, substantially as, and for the
purpose, above specified.
Sixth. The employment, in a machine such as I have hereinabove described, of
partial counting devices the number of which is equal to the number of horses for
which the apparatus is intended, and each of which is arranged to be advanced one
unit when the corresponding horse is demanded, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
Seventh. The combination with a series of machines such as I have hereinabove
described, of a general totalizator for totalizing the indications of all of the said
machines, for the purpose above specified.
Eighth. A registering printing device for forming a control or check by
imprinting upon an automatically unwinding strip of paper, the serial number of the
tickets and the number of the corresponding horse demanded, this printing device
being moved, for the numbers of the horses, indirectly by the handle, and for the
serial numbers indirectly by the main lever, substantially as described.
Ninth. The employment of an electric transmitting device at the disposal of the
referee of the race-course, whereby he is enabled to ring a bell a few minutes before
the suspension of the transactions, and to lock and unlock from a distance the main
levers of the different machines substantially as herein before described.
Tenth. The improved apparatus constructed substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawings and operating as, and for the purposes,
above specified.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1891
BROWNE WOLSEY WEBB.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.