IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING DATES ON OR INTO RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Whiteman, of No. 35, Mait-
land Park Road, Haverstock Hill, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
PRINTING AND INDENTING DATES ON OR INTO RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS
AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES.”
Sealed the 26th July 1870, and dated the 12th February 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas
Whiteman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 12th February 1870.
I, WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No. 35, Maitland Park Road,
Haverstock Hill, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES
FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING DATES ON OR INTO RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS,
AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates chiefly to machines of the kinds described in
the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me in conjunction with
one George Adams, and bearing date 22nd March 1867, No. 839, but
parts of the said Invention are also applicable to other ticket printing
machines.

page_text: My said Invention consists, firstly, of a machine for effecting the
printing or the simultaneous printing and indenting of dates on or into
railway tickets and for other like purposes. The said machine is con-
structed as follows:-The type box is carried by a swing lever which
turns on a spindle affixed to the under side of the top plate of the machine,
and the ticket to be printed or printed and indented is brought under
the type by means of a swing lever which turns on a spindle affixed to
the upper side of the said plate, and which consequently describes an are
of greater radius than that described by the type lever. Lugs or pro-
jections are formed on the type box aforesaid, against which lugs the
back of the ticket lever bears, so that when the said lever is pushed
inward it brings the type down upon or into the ticket, as described in
the Specification herein-before referred to with respect to a somewhat
similar arrangement, the type lever being thrown outwards by a spring
after the printing of cach ticket. The inking of the type in this
machine, and in the other machines herein-after described, is effected
either by a rotatory inking pad of the kind described in the aforesaid
Specification, or by a rotatory pad on the same principle but modified as
herein-after described. The pad used is mounted on a plate carried by
bell-crank levers jointed to arms formed on or affixed to the ticket lever.
The canting of the said pad for the purpose of bringing it into contact
with the type is effected either by means of lugs on the bell-crank levers
aforesaid, which on the outward motion of the ticket lever strike against
lugs on the back of the type box, or by means of the canting arrange-
ments herein-after described. The spring by which the type lever is
thrown outwards is fixed at one end to the top plate of the machine, and
the other end is jointed to a bar the front end of which is jointed to the
said lever. On the upper side of the said bar is a double faced catch,
the front face of which when the type lever is in its normal position
engages with the rear face of another double-faced catch on a catch lever
which turns on the spindle which carries the type lever. The catch
lever is raised when required by means of a wire passing through the top
plate of the machine. When it is required to throw the type lever
outwards in order to get at the type the catch lever is raised and releases
the lower catch, and allows the spring to force the type lever outwards
until the lower catch comes in front of the upper catch, when they
again engage and hold the said type lever in its forward position.
The type box and the lever by which the said box is carried are
constructed and arranged as follows:-The said box slides on the lower

page_text: end of the said lever, on the upper part of which are formed projections.
The types have shoulders which rest on the upper edge of the slot in
which the said types are inserted, and they are held in position by means
of an adjustable locking block. The lower part of this block bears
upon the said types, and the upper part bears against inclines formed on
the under sides of the projections on the typo lover. The locking block
carries at its upper párt a set screw the end of which bears, against the
type lever. By turning this screw in one or other direction the upper
part of the said block is moved from or allowed to approach the said
lever. When moved outwards 'the said block wedges against the
inclines on the shoulders aforesaid and slightly depresses the type.
When moved inwards the said block allows the type box to rise, the
rising motion of the said box being given by a helical spring. The
above-described arrangements admit of the accurate adjustment of the
types, the regulation of the depth of the indentations made by the said
types, and also of compensation for wear in the parts.]
My Invention consists further of the improved machine herein-after
described for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like
purposes. In this machine the arrangement of the type lever, the ticket
lever, and the inking pad are essentially similar to that of the same
parts in the machine herein-before described, with the exception' that the
type' lever is thrown outwards by means of a spring coiled around the
spindle on which the said lever: turns, that the outward motion of the
said lever is limited by a catch lever turning on the spindle which
carries the ticket lever, which catch lever engages with teeth or catches
on the upper part of the said type lover, and that no typo box is used,
the letters and numerals required to form the dates being cut or formed
on the peripheries of wheels which are mounted on a spindle carried! by
the type lever, and are adjusted and fixed as-required by means of the
following arrangement:-Notches are cut between the letters or figures
on the type wheels, which are held in position by a bar affixed to the type
lever, a rib on which lever engages in the said notches. The said bar is
affixed to the type lever by means of a screw with a milled head which
bears against the bar, which said screw passes through a horizontal slot
in the said bar. By loosening. the said screw and sliding the: -bar .side-
ways its rib can be brought out of the grooves in one or all of the
type wheels as required. This arrangement not only prevents the
accidental turning of the type wheels while the machine is being-used-
(a-defect attendant upon some arrangements for holding the-wheels),

page_text: .but also when the dates are being changed holds in position those whicels
which it is not necessary to turn.
My Invention consists further of the improved machine herein-after
described for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like
purposes. The said machine is constructed as follows:-The tickets are
brought under the type by means of a vibrating lever turning on a
spindle which passes through the lower end of the said lever and is fixed
to the base of the machine. Type wheels of the kind herein-before
described are mounted on a spindle carried by a vibrating lever, at the
back of which is cast a counterbalance which restores the said lever to
its normal position after the printing of each ticket, and also constitutes
a cover which protects the inking pad from dust.
My Invention consists further of the machine herein-after described
for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like purposes.
This machine is constructed as follows:-The tickets are printed by
means of type wheels carried by a vibrating lever as herein-before
described. The tickets are brought under the type by means of a
ticket plate, on the sides of which are formed ribs which slide in inclined
grooves in the frame of the machine, and the bell-crank levers carrying
the inking pad are jointed to arms formed on the ticket plate.
My Invention consists further of the improved arrangements herein-
after described for canting inking pads of the kind described in the
Specification herein-before referred to. In each arrangement the pad
is carried by the bell-crank levers herein-before referred to, which are
jointed to arms formed either on the ticket lever or on the ticket plate
as herein-before described.
According to one arrangement the canting of the pad is effected by
means of a chain, one end of which is attached to the spindle carried by
the upper ends of the bell-crank levers hercin-before referred to, the
other end of the said chain being hooked to the end of a catch lever
(hercin-before referred to) by which the outward motion of the type lever
is limited as herein-before described. By unhooking the said chain the
inking pad is caused to fall clear of the type lever when it is wished to
gain access to the said lever for the purpose of setting the type or the
type wheels.
According to another arrangement the pad is canted by means of pins
carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers aforesaid, which pins
on the outward stroke of the ticket plate strike against the frame of the

page_text: machine or against stops formed on the said frame or against stops
formed on the counterbalance of the type lever.
According to another arrangement the inking pad is canted by means
of a bell-crank lever catch mounted on a spindle fixed in the frame of
the machine, the hooked end of which catch engages with a spindle
carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers aforesaid.
According to another arrangement the inking pad is canted by means
of hooked catches or stops jointed to the type lever, against which catches
or stops the spindle carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers
aforesaid strikes. The said catches are raised by means of a wire passing
through the top of the case.
My Invention consists further of the improved arrangement herein-
after described for adjusting and fixing the type wheels. The said
wheels are held in position by a feather or rib formed on a plate affixed
to the type lever, which feather or rib engages in the notches herein-
before referred to. Tho spindle on which the type wheels are mounted
is of sufficient length to admit of the said wheels being slidden clear
of the aforesaid rib when it is required to turn them. The said wheels
are returned to their normal position on the spindle by the reaction of
a spring or of springs suitably arranged.
My Invention consists in making the aforesaid type wheels of hard
vulcanized india-rubber, or of parkesine or other suitable material.
My Invention consists further in interposing between the heads of
the types used in ticket printing machines and the surface against
which the said heads ordinarily bear or abut a pad or cushion of
vulcanized india-rubber, or of parkesine or other suitablo material, in
order to compensate for any inequality in the length of the types used.
My Invention consists further of the improved inking pad herein-after
described, which said pad I term a “surface pad ; "the said pad consists
of a disc or cushion of vulcanized india-rubber, parkesine, or other
suitable material mounted on a wheel which is carried and turned as
herein-before described, which said disc as it is turned receives ink from
a reservoir mounted on the bell-crank levers which carry the pad. Tho
lower end of this reservoir is open and rests on the surface of the disc
aforesaid, so that the ink is always in contact with the said disc, and is
spread thereon by the edge of the reservoir. Inking pads made as above
described are very durable and efficient, and obviate the necessity for
spreading the ink on the pad by hand.

page_text: My Invention consists further of the improved construction and
arrangement of type box herciu-after described. Two short arms are
formed on the type box, which said arms are jointed to the type lever.
Shoulders are formed on the upper ends of the types, which shoulders
rest on the edge of the type box. The heads of the said types when the
box is locked in position bear or
abut against a shoulder on the ticket
lever. The said box is locked in position by means of spring catclics
which engage with lugs on the type lever.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Thomas Whiteman in the Great Seal ]
Patent Office on the 12th August 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No. 35, Maitland Park Road, Haverstock Hill,
in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 1
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said William Thomas Whiteman, Her special licence
that I, the said William Thomas Whiteman, my executors, administrators, 2
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Thomas Whiteman,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
excrcise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 2
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING DATES ON OR INTO
RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS, AND FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Thomas Whiteman,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, 3
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
3

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Thomas Whiteman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
My Invention relates chiefly to machines of the kinds described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to me in conjunction with onc
George Adams, and bearing date the Twenty-second day of March 1867,
No. 839, but parts of the said Invention are also applicable to other
ticket printing machines.
My said Invention consists, firstly, of a machine for effecting the
printing or the simultaneous printing and indenting of dates on or into
Failway tickets and for other like purposes. The said machine is con-
structed as follows:-The type box is carried by a swing lever which
turns on a spindle affixed to the under side of the top plate of the
machine, and the ticket to be printed or printed and indented is brought
under the type by means of a swing lever which turns on a spindle
affixed to the upper side of the said plate, and which consequently
describes an arc of greater radius than that described by the type lover.
Arms or projections are formed on the type box aforesaid, against which
arms the back of the ticket lever or lugs thereon bears or bear, so that
when the said lever is pushed inwards.it brings the type down upon or
force it into the ticket, as described in the Specification herein-beforo
referred to with respect to a somewhat similar arrangement, the typo
lever being thrown outwards by a spring after the printing of each
ticket. The inking of the type in this machine and in the other
machines herein-after described is effected either by a rotatory 'inking
pad of the kind described in the aforesaid Specification, or by a rotatory
inking pad on the same principle but modified as herein.after described.
The pad used is mounted on a plate carried by bell-crank lovers jointed
to arms formed on or affixed to the ticket lever. The canting of the said
pad for the purpose of bringing it into contact with the type is effected
either by means of lugs on the bell-crank levers aforesaid which on tho
outward motion of the ticket lever strike against lugs or arms on the
back of the type box, or by means of the canting arrangements hercin-
after described. The spring by which the type lever is thrown outwards
is fixed at one end to the top plate of the machine, and the other end. is
jointed to a bar the front end of which is jointed to the said lever. On
the upper side of the said bar is a double-faced catch, the front face of
which when the type lever is in its normal position engages with the
..

page_text: rear face of another double-faced catch on a catch lever which turns on
the spindle which carries the type lever. The catch lever is raised
when required by means of a wire passing through the top plate of the
machine. When it is required to throw the type lever outwards in order
to get at the type the catch lever is raised and releases the lower catch
and allows the spring to force the type lever outwards until the lower
catch comes in front of the upper catch, when they again engage and
hold the said type lever in its forward position. The type box and the
lever by which the said box is carried are constructed and arranged as
follows: The said box slides on the lower end of the said lever, on the
upper part of which are formed projections. The types have shoulders
which rest on the upper edge of the slot in which the said types arc
inserted, and they are held in position by means of an adjustable locking
block. The lower part of this block bears upon the said types, and the
upper part bears against inclines formed on the under sides of the pro-
jections on the type lever. The locking block carries at its upper part
a set screw, the end of which bears against the type lever. By turning
this screw in one or other direction the upper part of the said block is
moved from or allowed to approach the said lever. When moved
outwards the said block wedges against the inclines on the projections
aforesaid and slightly depresses the type. When moved inwards the
said block allows the type box to risc, the rising motion of the said box
being given by a helical spring. The above-described arrangements
admit of the accurate adjustment of the types, the regulation of the
depth of the indentations made by the said types, and also of com-
pensation for wear in the parts.
My Invention consists further of the improved machine hercin-after
described for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like
purposes. In this machine the arrangement of the type lever, the ticket
lever, and the inking pad is essentially similar to that of the same parts
in the machine hercin-before described, with the exception that the type
lever is thrown outwards by means of a spring coiled around the spindle
on which the said lever turns, that the outward motion of the said lever
is limited by a catch lever turning on the spindle which carries the
ticket lever, which catch lever engages with teeth or catches on the
upper part of the said type lever, and that no type box is used, the letters
and numerals required to form the dates being cut or formed on the
peripheries of wheels, which are mounted on a spindle carried by the
type lever and are adjusted and fixed as required by means of the

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following arrangement :-Notches are cut between the letters and
numerals on the type wheels, which are held in position by a bar affixed
to the type-lever, a rib on which bar engages in the said notches. The
said bar is affixed to the type lever by means of a screw with a milled
head which bears against the bar, which said screw passes through a
horizontal slot in the said bar. By loosening the said screw and sliding
the said bar sideways its rib can be brought out of the notches in one or
all of the type wheels as required. This arrangement not only prevents
the accidental turning of the type wheels while the machine is being
used (a defect attendant upon some arrangements for holding the wheels),
but also when the dates are being changed holds in position those wḥeels
which it is not necessary to turn.
My Invention.consists further of the improved machine hercin-after
described for printing the dates on railway tickets and, for other liko
3 purposes. The said machine is constructed as follows:-The tickets are
brought under the type by means of a vibrating lever turning on a
spindle which passes through the lower end of the said lever and is fixed
to the base of the machine.. Type wheels of the kind; herein-before
described are mounted on a spindle carried by a vibrating lever, at the
back of which is cast a counterbalance which restores the said lever to
its normal position after the printing of each ticket, and also constitutes
a cover which protects the inking pad from dust.
My Invention consists further of the machine herein-after described
for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like purposes.
5 This machine is constructed as follows:-The tickets are printed by
means of type wheels carried by a vibrating lever as herein-beforo
described. The tickets are brought under the type by means of a ticket
plate on the sides of which are formed ribs which slido in inclined
grooves in the frame of the machine, and the bell-crank lovers carrying
> the inking pad are jointed to arms formed on the ticket plate.
My Invention consists further of the improved arrangements herein-
after described for canting inking pads of the kind described in the
Specification bercin-before referred to. In each arrangement the pad
is carried by the bell-crank levers herein-before referred to, which are
jointed to arms formed either on the ticket lever or on the ticket plate
as herein-before described.
According to one arrangement the canting of the pad is effected by
is of chain one and of which is attached to a spindle carrierl—bv-

page_text: the upper ends of the bell-crank levers herein-before referred to, the
other end of the said chain being hooked to the end of the catch lever
(herein-before referred to), by which the outward motion of the type
lever is limited as herein-before described. By unhooking the said
chain the inking pad is caused to fall clear of the type lever when it is
wished to gain access to the said lever for the purpose of setting the
type or the type wheels.
According to another arrangement the pad is canted by means of pins
carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers aforesaid, which pins
on the outward stroke of the ticket plate strike against the frame of:
the machine or against stops formed on the said frame, or against stops
formed on or affixed to the counterbalance of the type lever..
According to another arrangement the inking pad is canted by means
of a bell-crank lever catch mounted on a spindle fixed in the frame of
the machine, the hooked end of which catch engages with a spindle
carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers aforesaid.
According to another arrangement the inking pad is canted by means
of catches jointed to the type lever, against which catches the spindle
carried by the upper ends of the bell-crank levers aforesaid strikes. The
said catches are raised as required by means of a wire passing through
the top of the case. When this arrangement is used in connection
with the surface pad herein-after described the reservoir of the said
pad must be made short enough or inclined backwards sufficiently to
clear the type lever.
My Invention consists further of the improved arrangement licrein-
after described for adjusting and fixing the type wheels. The said
wheels are held in position by a feather or rib formed on a plate affixed
to the type lever, which feather or rib engages in the notches hercin-
before referred to. The spindle on which the said type wheels are
mounted is of sufficient length to admit of the said wheels being slidden :
clear of the aforesaid rib when it is required to turn them. The said
wheels are returned to their normal position on the spindle by the
reaction of a spring or of springs suitably arranged.
My Invention consists further of the improved inking pad herein-after
described, which said pad I term a surface pad. The said pad consists
of a disc or cushion of vulcanized india-rubber, parkesine, or other
suitable material mounted on a disc furnished with ratchet teeth which
is carried and turned as herein-after described. The india-rubber or

page_text: parkesine disc as it is turned receives ink from a reservoir mounted on
the bell-crank levers which carry the pad. The lower end of this reservoir
is open and rests on the surface of the disc aforesaid, so that the ink
passes by gravity on to the said disc, is always in contact therewith, and
is spread thereon by the edge of the reservoir.
Inking pads made as above described are very durable and efficient,
and obviate the necessity for spreading the ink on the pad by hand.
My Invention consists further of. the improved construction and
arrangement of type box herein-after described. Two short arms are
formed on the type box, which said arms are jointed to the type
lever. Shoulders are formed on the upper ends of the types, which
shoulders rest on the upper edge of the type box. The shoulders
of the said types when the box is locked in position bear or abut
against a shoulder on the ticket lever. The said box is locked in
position by means of spring catches which engage with lugs on the
type box.
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Having now described the nature of my Invention, I will proceed to
describe the manner in which the same is to be performed, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the letters and figures
marked thereon.
Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent in front elevation, side elevation, and
plan respectively a machine constructed according to the first part of my
Invention for effecting the printing or the simultaneous printing and
indenting of dates on or into railway tickets and for other like purposes.
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the said machine without its case. In
Figure 2 the type and ticket levers are represented in the positions to
which they are moved when it is wished to change the types (the inking
pad being omitted). Figure 5 is a plan of the type box herein-after
referred to; Figure 6 is a plan of the "surface pad" by which the types
are inked. The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same
parts in the several Figures.
A is the case; B is the ticket lever, which turns on a spindle b¹; C is
the type lever, which turns on a spindle c'; D is the rotatory "surface
pad" hercin-before referred to, which consists of a disc of india-rübber or
parkesine on which the ink is spread automatically, as herein-after
described; is the disc upon which the disc D is mounted. The disc d
receives intermittent rotatory motion from a spring pawl-a-mounted on
-a-pin-fixed in a rib cast on the under side of the top plate a, which said

page_text: pawl when the ticket plate is pusled inwards engages with ratchet teeth
formed on the periphery of the said disc d'. & is the ink reservoir,.
which is closed at top by a screwed cover . The lower end of the said
reservoir has an opening of the form shown in dotted lines in Figure 6,
which opening allows the ink to pass from the reservoir to the surface of
the disc D. The reservoir d³ is mounted on a plate d³, which is jointed
to one of the bell-crank levers do which carry the pad. The plate d³ is
pressed upon the disc by a spring catch a', which can be turned out of
the way when it is required to raise the said plate. is a plate carried
by the bell-crank levers do, do, which are jointed to arms be formed on or
affixed to the lower part of the ticket lever B, on which plate the disc d'
is mounted on a pin or axis. ³ is a catch spring, which engages with
a tooth formed on one of the bell-crank levers and prevents
the pad from falling when the lever B is moved into the position
shown in Figure 2. c' is the type box, which has slots c², c², in
which the types c (which have shoulders on their upper ends) are
inserted, and a slot c³, through which passes the lower end of the type
lever, on which the box c¹ is capable of sliding. c is an adjustable
locking block, the lower part of which bears upon the upper ends of
the types, the upper part of the said block bearing against the under
sides of inclined projections c³ on the type lever. c is a set screw, the
inner end of which bears against the type lever. When by turning
the screw in one direction the upper part of the block c' is moved
outwards the said block wedges against the inclined projections c³ and
slightly depresses the type and type box. When by turning the
screw in the reverse direction the upper part of the block c' is
allowed to approach the type lever the said block allows the type box
to rise, the rising motion of the said box being effected by the helical
spring c. The type box c¹ has arms or lugs c³, against which lugs du
on the bell-crank levers d³ which carry the inking pad strike when
the ticket lever moves outwards after the printing of cach ticket. This
arrangement effects the canting of the pad and the inking of the type
thereby. Or the canting of the said pad may be effected by any of the
other arrangements for that purpose herein described. is a spring
which is coiled around the spindle on which the type lever turns and
presses the said lever outwards as required, the outward motion being
limited by a bar E, one end of which is jointed to a lug c on the type
lever, the other end being raised as required by means of a wire c¹.
The said bar carries a double-faced catch e. When the type lever is

page_text: in its normal position the front face of this catch engages with a
stop F affixed to the top plate of the machine. When it is required to
get at the type the bar E is raised, the spring c throws the type lever
outwards, and the rear face of the catch engages with the stop F,
as represented in Figure 2. The parts c" of the arms c³ are acted upon
by the ticket lever as it is pushed inwards, and the types are thus
caused to descend upon and print and indent the ticket.
Figure 7 represents in side elevation another arrangement for
throwing the type lever outwards and holding it in position as required.
In this arrangement the type lever. A.is thrown outwards by a spring B,
one end of which is fixed to the top plate of the machine, the other
end being jointed to a bar C, the front end of which is. jointed to the
said lever. On the upper side of the said bar is a double-faced catch c,
the front face of which when the type lever is in its normal position
engages with the rear face of another double-faced catchi d' on a catch
lever D, which turns on the spindle which carries the type lever and is
raised as required by means of a wire ď.
The machine above described may be modified by dispensing, with the
inking pad, so as merely to indent the dates. This modification-, is
represented in Figures 8, 9, and 10; Figure 8 being a vertical section
of the said machine taken on the line Y, Figure 9; Figure 9, a front
elevation of the same with the ticket lever removed; and Figure, 10, a
horizontal section (taken on the line Z, Figure 9) of the frame of the
said machino. The said Figure 10 also shows in plan the improved type
holder herein-after. described. The same letters and figures of reference
indicate the samo.parts in Figures 8, 9, and 10.
A is the frame, in which are notches a¹, a', which receive, tho
spindle 6' of the ticket lever: B; C is the type lever, and c' is the typo
box. The construction and action of these parts are essentially the
same as those of corresponding parts represented in Figures 1 to 6,
with the exception that a flat spring is used to raise the type box. The
inward motion of the levers is limited by the screw stop a², and their
outward motion is limited by a rod furnished with a head-b², which
said 'rod slides in a notch a in the frame-A, out of which the said rod can
be raised when it is wished to remove the ticket lever for the purpose of
changing the types. D'is a type holder, which may be fitted upon. the
frame A, for the purpose of containing the types which are not in use.
The said box consists of a metal case; which is open at top and bottom,
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page_text: and is divided longitudinally by means of wires d³, d, over which a broad
band of india-rubber d³ is stretched. The types E being inserted on each
side of this band are held firmly between it and the sides of the box;
³, d³, are clips which hold the said box to a rib a' on the frame A.
Figures 11 and 12 represent in side clevation and front elevation
respectively one of my improved machines for printing the dates on
railway tickets and for other purposes. In Figure 11 one of the side
plates is broken away, and in Figure 12 the ticket plate is broken away
in order the better to show the mechanism. Figure 13 is a front
elevation of the said type lever, and Figure 114 is a side elevation of one
of the type wheels herein-after referred to. The same letters and
figures of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 11, 11ª, 12,
and 13.
A, A, arc side plates, which I prefer to cast in one piece with the base
plate B; C is the ticket lever on which is cast the arm c', to which are
jointed the bell-crank lovers which carry the rotatory inking pad D;
E is the type lever which is thrown outwards by a spring e' coiled
around the axis e on which the said lever turns; e³, e³, arc lugs against
which the ticket lever bears when pushed inwards; c', e', are arms
against which the ends of the spindle & strike after the printing of each
ticket, and thereby effect the canting of the pad D; F is a catch lever,
the tooth of which engages with teeth c³, c, on the type lever
and limits its outward motion; G, G, are wheels, on the peripheries
of which are cut the types required for printing the dates. These wheels
turn on a spindle and are held in position by a bar e', a rib e³ on
which engages with notches g', 9', cut between the types on the said
type wheels (see Figure 11.). The said bar has a slot e³ through which
passes a set screw e which takes into a female screw in the type lever
and holds the bar e in position. By loosening the screw e" and sliding
the bare sideways its rib can be brought out of the notches in onc or
all of the type wheels as required.
Figures 14 and 15 represent in side and front clevation respectively
another of my improved machines for printing the dates on railway
tickets and for other like purposes. In Figure 14 one of the side plates
of the machine is broken away in order the better to show the
mechanism. The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same
parts in both Figures.

page_text: A is the ticket lever, which turns on a spindle a' at the lower part of
the machine, and has an arm a³ which carries the bell-crank levers b¹
which carry the inking pad B; b' is a pin which on the outward motion:
of the ticket lever strikes against the side of the counterbalance c³ or
against a stop affixed to or cast on one of the side plates, and thus effects
the canting of the pad B; C. is the type lever, which turns on the
spindle c¹. is a counterbalance, which is cast on the back of the
lever C and which restores the said lever to its normal position after
the printing of each ticket, and also constitutes a cover which protects
the inking pad from dust; c' is a stop which bears against one of the
side plates and thus limits the outward motion of the type lever. The
type wheels E, E, are mounted on a spindle c³ of sufficient length to
admit of their being slidden sideways as required for the purpose of
changing the dates, the said wheels being restored to their normal position
by the reaction of coiled springs c*, c*, or of flat springs affixed to any
suitable part of the type lever; c' is a bar affixed to the type lever, a rib cª
on which bar engages in the notches 1 in the type wheels and holds them
in position. When it is required to change the dates the ticket lever is
moved inwards, and the type lever is also moved inwards, until the side
of the counterbalance c³ is out of the way of the pin 6³, when the typo
lever can be further turned so as to bring the type wheels uppermost..
Figure 16 represents in side elevation an arrangement of parts for
effecting the canting of the inking pad. In this Figure A is one of the
side plates; B is the ticket lever; and C is the type lever; D is the catch
lever herein-before described with reference to Figures 8 and 9, which
said lever is prolonged at d', its end being formed into a hook d² which
carries a chain &, the end of which is attached to a spindle c:which
passes through the bell-crank levers E which carry-the inking pad F.
When it is wished to change the type or to set the type wheels (as the
case may be) the chain d³ is unhooked, when the inking pad falls clear
of the type lever so as to allow of the ticket lever being turned away
from the said type lever as required.
Figure 17 represents in side elevation another of my improved
machines for printing the dates on railway tickets and for other like-
purposes. One of the side plates of the machine is broken away in
order the better to show the mechanism. A is the ticket plate, on which
are formed arms-a-to-which-are-jointed-the-bell-crank-levers which
carry the plate 6ª, on which plate the inking pad ´B´ rötates; àª³are ribs

page_text: formed on the arms a¹, which ribs slide in inclined grooves c¹ in the side
plates C. The lever D which carries the type wheels d' is mounted on
a spindle d which works in the side plates C; E is a bell-crank lever
catch, which on the outward motion of the ticket plate engages with a
pin ³ fixed in one of the bell-crank levers b' and thereby cants the pad.
The type lever is thrown outwards by a spring F which bears on a
cam d³ affixed to the spindle d and throws the type lever forward after
the printing of each ticket, its motion being limited by a catch ¹ on the
spring F coming in contact with a tooth a' formed on the cam №³.
When it is required to alter the dates the spring F is raised and the type
lever can then be turned until the wheels are uppermost.
Figures 18 and 19 represent in side clevation another arrangement for
securing the types in the type lever. In Figure 18 the type box is
shown with the types locked in position, and in Figure 19 the type box
is shown opened for the purpose of changing the types. In this arrange-
ment the type box A is jointed to the lever B by means of screws a¹
passing through short arms a² formed on the sides of the type box; a³ is
one of two catches which are jointed to the type box, which catches
engage with lugs b' on the lever B, and thereby secure the types in the
type box, the catches being held in position by a flat spring a' fixed at
its centre to the front of the type box, the ends of which spring bear
against the said catchics.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that
I do not limit myself to the precise details herein-before described and i
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, as the same may be varied
without departing from the nature of my said Invention; but I claim
as my Invention,—
Firstly. The general combination and arrangement of parts con-
stituting the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated
in Figures 1 to 7 (both inclusive) of the accompanying Drawings for
effecting the printing or the simultaneous printing and indenting of
dates on or into railway tickets and for other like purposes. Also the
modified machine herein-before described and illustrated in Figures S, 9,
and 10 of the accompanying Drawings for indenting dates into railway
tickets and for other like purposes.
· Secondly. The improvements herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 2 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings in adjusting and fixing

page_text: the types so as to regulate the depth of the indentations mado thereby,
that is to say, mounting the said types in a box drawn or pressed
upwards by a spring and capable of a sliding motion on the type lever,
and fixing the said typės in position by means of an adjustable locking
block, the lower part of which bears against the heads of the said -types
and the upper part against inclined projections on the type lover, the
said block being furnished with a set screw acting as and for the
purposes described.
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Thirdly. The arrangement herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 2 and 4 of the accompanying Drawings for throwing the type
lever outwards, for limiting the outward motion of the said lever, and for
holding it in a horizontal position while the types are being changed,
that is to say, a spring coiled around the axis of the type lever and a bar
jointed at one end to the said type lever, the other end being raised as
required by means of a wire, which said bar is furnished with a double-
faced catch the front or rear face of which engages with a stop as and
for the purposes described.
Fourthly. The modification herein-before described and illustrated in
Figure 7 of the accompanying Drawings, that is to say, a bar: jointed.at
ono end to the type lever and at the other to a spring by which the said
lever is thrown outwards, the said lever being furnished with a double-
faced catch the front or rear face of which engages with the rear or front
face of a catch on a lever which turns on the spindle on which the type
lever is mounted, the said lever being raised as required by means of a
wire.
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Fifthly. Effecting the canting of the inking pad by means of arms
formed on the type lever, against which arms the lugs on the bell-crank
levers which carry the said pad are caused to strike by the outward
motion of the ticket lever, as herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 4 and 11 of the accompanying Drawings."
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Sixthly. The general combination and arrangement of parts con-
stituting the improved macliine herein-before described and illustrated
in Figures 11 and 12 of the accompanying Drawings for printing the
dates on railway tickets and for other like purposes.
י
Seventhly. The improvement herein-before described and illustrated
in Figures 11 and 12 of the accompanying Drawings in effecting the
adjustment of the type wheels and fixing them in position, that is to say,
fixing the said-wheels-in position by means of a slotted bar affixed to the

page_text: type lever by means of a set screw, a rib on which bar engages in
notches formed between the letters and numerals on the peripheries of
the said wheels, the said bar being capable of lateral motion in order to
allow of the adjustment of the said wheels as required.
Eighthly. The general combination and arrangement of parts con-
stituting the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 14 and 15 of the accompanying Drawings for printing the dates
on railway tickets and for other like purposes.
Ninthly. The improvement herein-before described and illustrated in
the said Figures 14 and 15 in adjusting type wheels and fixing them in
position, that is to say, fixing the said wheels in position by means of a
bar fixed to the type lever, a rib on which bar engages with the notches
formed in the said wheels as aforesaid, the said wheels being capable of
lateral motion on their spindle, so as to admit of their being slidden
clear of the said rib when it is required to change the date, the return
of the said wheels to their normal position being effected by springs
suitably arranged.
Tenthly. The improved type lever herein-before described and illus-
trated in the said Figures 14 and 15, that is to say, a type lever on which
is cast or to which is affixed a counterbalance by which the said lever is
thrown outwards, the said counterbalance being of such a shape as to
constitute a cover for the inking pad, and also a stop against which
a pin on one of the bell-crank levers carrying the said pad strikes for
the purpose of effecting the cauting of the said pad, as described.
Eleventhly. The arrangement hercin-before described and illustrated
in Figure 16 of the accompanying Drawings for limiting the outward
motion of the type lever and effecting the canting of the inking pad,
that is to say, a lever furnished with a tooth which engages with a tooth
formed on the type lover, the outer end of the first-named lever being
connected by means of a chain to a spindle carried by the bell-crank
levers which support the inking pad.
Twelfthly. The general combination and arrangement of parts con-
stituting the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated
in Figure 17 of the accompanying Drawings for printing the dates on
railway tickets and for other like purposes.
Thirteenthly. The improved arrangement of the type box and type
lever herein-before described and illustrated in Figures 18 and 19 of the
accompanying Drawings.

page_text: Fourteenthly. The improved apparatus for inking the types herein-
before described and illustrated in Figures 4 and 6 of the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say, a rotatory pad of india-rubber, parkesine, or
other suitable elastic material capable of receiving ink on its surface
and conveying and imparting it to the type as required, such rotatory
pad having mounted over it an ink reservoir, from which the ink passes
on to the surface of the pad, and is uniformly spread thereon as required
by the means described as the pad rotates.
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In witness whereof, I, the said William Thomas Whiteman, have
hereunto set my hand and scal, this Twelfth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
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Witness,
B. WILLCOX,
Clerk to H. H. Murdoch,
7, Staplo Inn,
London.
W. T. WHITEMAN. (L.S.)