Apparatus for the Collection of Card, Paper, Metal, and other Tickets, or the like, after Delivery from Cutting, Stamping, Embossing, Rolling, Printing, Perforating, and such like Machines, being Accessory or Supplemental thereto.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 19806
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the Collection of Card, Paper, Metal, and other
Tickets, or the like, after Delivery from Cutting, Stamping,
Embossing, Rolling, Printing, Perforating, and such like
Machines, being Accessory or Supplemental thereto.
I JOHN PARTINGTON of 15 Nicoll Road Harlesden in the County of
Middlesex Audit Accountant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
According to this invention I provide a series of cells or compartments of oblong
or other convenient section the number of which cells or compartments corre-
sponding with the number of tickets or the like which the machine delivers at the
same instant. The said cells or compartments are preferably constructed in such
manner that the front and sides or division pieces shall be intact and capable of
being removed bodily. The back portion of the said cells or compartments is fixed
to the apparatus and is provided with longitudinal slots the number of such slots
corresponding with the number of cells or compartments. When the apparatus is
applied to a machine the said cells or compartments are placed in a vertical position
in front of the machine. The said cells or compartments are furnished at their
lower portions with fork or finger shaped grids. Such grids can be fixed to the
cells or compartments, formed integral therewith or inserted in grooves formed
therein for the purposes of removal. Or the closing of the cells or compartments
can be effected by constructing the whole of the grids in one and employing the
same by fixing to the movable portion of the cells or compartments or the grids as
lastly described can be placed in & held in position by means of grooves formed in
the two outer sides of the cells or compartments. Each cell or compartment is
provided with a fork or finger shaped grid adapted to descend and ascend within
and through the entire depth or length of its cell or compartment-the prongs of
such movable grids being so formed as to enable them to pass without contact
through the grids at the lower ends of the cells or compartments.
The movable grids are moved up and down through and guided by the slotted
back of the cells or compartments by means of a horizontal bar to which they are
attached in any suitable manner-such bar being provided preferably at its middle
with a threaded nut passing through and engaging with which is a threaded vertical
rod terminating preferably at its upper end with a bevelled cog wheel. The said
threaded rod is held in position by and rotates in suitable bearings. Engaging
with the bevelled cog wheel before mentioned is another bevelled cog wheel
mounted on a horizontal shaft: or instead of the cog wheels any suitable means
be employed for rotating the threaded rod or lowering the movable internal
grids and for raising such movable grids after they have descended through the
bottom of the cells or compartments by the operation of the apparatus-such
operation being effected by the connecting of the shaft in any suitable manner with
the mechanism of the machine to which the apparatus is accessory or supplemental;
or the apparatus can be operated independently of the machine.
may
The working of the apparatus is as follows:-The interual or movable grids
having been raised to the top of the cells or compartments the shaft is allowed to

page_text: rotate simultaneously with the starting of the machine. The tickets or the like as
they leave the machine alight on the internal movable grids which descending
more or less slowly according to the thickness of the material used collects the
tickets or the like until the whole of the cells or compartments are charged the
movable grids then passing the grids at the bottom of the cells or compartments
deposit the tickets or the like on the fixed grids which with the front sides and
divisions of the cells or compartments (which can then be used as a tray) together
with the tickets or the like collected can be removed and the former replaced by
a similar series of cells or compartments. The internal or movable grids are then
again raised and the operation of the apparatus repeated.
The apparatus may be constructed of any suitable material and the movable
portion of the cells or compartments is provided with suitable means for removal
from and attachment to the apparatus-suitable means for throwing the shaft out
of gear with the machine if necessary during the raising of the movable or internal
grids is provided.
It is obvious that my invention is applicable to the apparatus when embracing
merely one cell or compartment.
DM
1000
G. H. FORT,
Agent for Applicant.
Apparatus for the Collection of Card, Paper, Metal, and other
Tickets, or the like, after Delivery from Cutting, Stamping,
Embossing, Rolling, Printing, Perforating, and such like
Machines, being Accessory or Supplemental thereto.
I JOHN PARTINGTON of 15 Nicoll Road Harlesden in the County of
Middlesex Audit Accountant do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascetained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to enable railway and other tickets to be rapidly
collected and arranged as fast as they are delivered from cutting stamping printing
and other machines by means of which the said tickets are cut to size or impressed
or printed or either. Now according to this invention I provide a tray or
receptacle forming the bottom front and sides of a box which tray or receptacle is
divided by means of suitable partitions into as many compartments as the cutting
or other machine delivers tickets simultaneously. This receptacle is capable of
being readily attached to or detached from the frame of the apparatus which forms
the back of the box and also a support therefor. Each of the compartments in the
said receptacle is provided with a bottom formed of ledges or movable flaps or
the said bottom may have one or more longitudinal slots therein. On the other
side of the frame from that to which the receptacle is attached are one or more
vertical screws rotating in suitable bearings. The vertical screw or screws engage
with a nut or nuts to which nut or nuts is attached a cross bar carrying as many
grids or shelves as there are compartments in the receptacle. Each of the said
grids or shelves moves up and down in one of the said compartments slots being
formed in the frame of the apparatus to allow of the vertical movement of the
stems by means of which the grids or shelves are attached to the crossbar. The
grids or shelves are of such size and shape as to allow them to pass the ledges or
Haps or through the slots at the bottom of the compartments of the receptacle.

page_text: the same with reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings in which:
Fig. 1 represents front elevation of a machine for collecting tickets and the like:
constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is back elevation of same.
Fig. 3 is plan of same.
Fig. 4 is end elevation partly in section of receptacle in position.
Fig. 5 shews ratchet driving gear hereinafter referred to.
Figs. 6 to 12 are details hereinafter referred to.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figs. a is the frame of the
machine the receptacle dd vertical screws rotating in bearings ee attached to the
frame a ff are nuts engaging with the screws d d. g is the cross bar attached to
the said nut share the grids or shelves attached to the crossbar g and capable of
vertical movement in both directions in the compartments formed in the receptacle b
i are slots in the frame a to allow of the vertical movement of the grids or
shelves h.
The vertical screws d d are geared together so as to compel them to rotate
simultaneously by means of the bevil wheels k l whereof the wheels k are secured
to the screws d d and the wheels 1 to a lay shaft m driven at a convenient speed by
any suitable means preferably from the cutting printing or other machine from
which the tickets to be collected are delivered. One method of effecting this is
o is a
shewn at Figs. 1 3 and 5 where n is a ratchet wheel secured to the shaft m.
lever carrying a pawl p engaging with the wheel n. The lever o oscillates on the
shaft m and is actuated by a rod or link g reciprocated from some moving piece of
the machine which delivers the tickets a crank on the cutter spindle m¹ shewn in
dotted lines Fig. 3 for example.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:
The wheel n is turned by means of the handle m' until the grids or shelves h are
at the top of the compartments in the receptacle b the said receptacle having been
previously secured to the frame a. The ticket machine is then started and the.
tickets which may be guided from the ticket machine to the collecting apparatus
by means of inclined planes fall on to the grids or shelves which gradually descend
until they pass the ledges or flaps or through the slots at the bottom of the com-
partments leaving the tickets resting on the said flaps or ledges.
In order to
The ticket machine is then automatically stopped the filled receptacle removed
from the frame a an empty one substituted and the grids or shelves raised to the
top of the compartments the ticket machine again started and so on.
prevent the grids or shelves from being damaged through the carelessness of the
attendant I provide the collecting apparatus with a "knock off" device which
operates as soon as the descending grids or shelves h have deposited the tickets on
the ledges or flaps for example, the pawl can be disengaged from the ratchet wheel
or the said wheel from the shaft by the knock off device. As shewn at Figs. 38
and 8 the grids or shelves h take the form of a flat piece of wood metal or other
material and the ledges. at the bottom of the compartments are in the form of
narrow shelves with sufficient space between them to allow the shelves h to pass
between them. When the loaded shelf has passed the tickets are left resting on
the ledges r.
As shewn at Figs. 9, 9 11 and 12 the shelves are formed of two
flaps hinged to the rod h and the ledges r at the bottom of the compartments
are also hinged as shewn to the partitions between the compartments and to the two
ends of the receptacle. Fig. 11 shews the loaded shelf descending and Fig. 12 shews
the empty shelf ascending it being understood that the flaps on both the shelves
and the ledges move from a horizontal to a vertical position upwards and back to
the horizontal again only. As shewn at Figs. 10 and 10 the bottoms of the
compartment are slotted to allow the forked grid i to pass through it.
As shewn at Fig. 4 the frame a is provided with supports on which the
receptacle 6 rests and hooks u hinged to the said frame retain the receptacle in
position the ends of the supports and the hooks engage with pins secured in the

page_text: ends of the receptacle. In some cases the ledges shewn at Fig. 84 may take the
form of pieces of sheet iron tin plate or other material rivetted or otherwise
secured to the partitions and the two ends of the receptacle as shewn at Figs. 6
and 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is:
1. An apparatus for collecting tickets and the like consisting of a movable
receptacle divided into a series of compartments provided with ledges flaps or
slotted bottoms and shelves or grids moving vertically in the said compartments all
substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In an apparatus for collecting tickets and the like the combination of a frame a
a receptacle b adapted to be secured thereto shelves or grids h attached to a cross-
bar g having one or more nuts attached thereto engaging with a vertical screw
or screws d and a means for rotating the said screw or screws for the purpose
stated.
3. In an apparatus for collecting tickets and the like the combination of a
receptacle bdivided into compartments having ledges or flaps at the bottoms
thereof a slotted frame a detachably connected to the said receptacle grids or
shelves secured to a crossbar g adapted to be raised and lowered by vertical
screws d geared together by bevil wheels kl and shaft m driven from the machine
from which the tickets or the like are to be collected substantially as hereinbefore
specified.
4. The modified forms of shelves or grids and flaps or ledges as shewn at Figs. 9, 94
of the accompanying drawings.
5. The slotted bottoms to the compartments and forked shelves or grids as shewn
at Figs. 10 and 10% of the accompanying drawings.
6. Apparatus for collecting tickets and the like constructed as shewn by the
accompanying drawings.
Dated 24th November 1896.
GEO. H. FORT,
12 Union Court, Old Broad Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.