Improvements in Bell Punches for Punching Tickets.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 29th Aug., 1889-Accepted, 19th Oct., 1889
IRUVIDIUNAL STEIFICATION.
Improvements in Bell Punches for Punching Tickets.
We, WILLIAM HENRY BAILEY of the Albion Works Salford in the County of
Lancaster Brassfounder and JOHN O'NEILL of The Pharamonds, Green Bank,
Waterloo, near Liverpool in the same County Gentleman do hereby declare the
nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the registering apparatus of bell punches,
our object being to increase the range of the registering apparatus in a simple and
convenient manner.
In bell punches provided with means for registering the number of times the
punch is used it is customary to have two indicating fingers mounted upon one dial
or graduated face, one the unit finger moving at every closing of the punch and the
other finger moving one graduation after the unit finger has made a complete
revolution of the dial.
According to our Invention we employ a small additional movable dial or graduated
face. This extra dial or a finger on an equivalent stationary dial is caused to move
one degree when the second or slow finger completes each revolution on the main dial.
By this means the punching apparatus has a greater range of registration and
consequently requires to be less frequently opened and examined.
Dated this First day of December 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bell Punches for Punching Tickets.
We, WILLIAM HENRY BAILEY, of the Albion Works, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Brassfounder and JOHN O'NEILL, of The Pharamonds, Green Bank,
Waterloo, near Liverpool in the same County, Gentleman, 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in the registering apparatus of bell punches,
our object being to increase the range of the registering apparatus in a simple and
convenient manner.
In bell punches provided with means for registering the number of times the
punch is used it is customary to have two indicating fingers mounted upon one dial
or graduated face, one, the unit finger moving at every closing of the punch and the
other finger moving one graduation after the unit finger has made a complete
revolution of the dial.
According to our invention we employ a small additional movable dial or graduated
face. This extra dial or a finger on an equivalent stationary dial is caused to
move one degree when the second or slow finger completes each revolution on the
main dial.
By this means the punching apparatus has a greater range of registration and
consequently requires to be less frequently opened and examined.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference being had to
the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of our improved bell punch and Figures 3 and 4
are detail views on an enlarged scale of the indicating fingers and dials.

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The bell punch a has the ordinary dial or graduated face band two indicating
fingers cd the finger c is the unit finger which moves each time the punch is
operated by the lever e and d is the slow finger which moves only as the finger c
completes each circuit of the dial b.
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The small additional movable dialf which we employ according to our invention
is pivoted on a stud and has ratchet teeth as shown clearly in the detail views
and a spring pawl g gears into the ratchet teeth f¹ and prevents the dial from
being turned back.
When the slow finger d has nearly completed one of its circuits it occupies the
position shown in the detail views Figs. 3 and 4 so that when it next moves forward
one degree it engages one of the ratchet teeth ¹ and so moves the extra dial fone
degree forward also.
It is obvious that the dial f might be stationary and that a finger might be
fixed to or arranged to move with a ratchet wheel operated by the finger das
described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
In a bell punch the combination with the ordinary dial and indicating fingers, of an
extra movable dial or its equivalent a movable finger and stationary dial substantially
as herein set forth.
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H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.