Improvements in or connected with Ticket Printing and Numbering Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ticket Printing and Numbering
Machines.
1, PETER HOOKER of Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road London E.C.
Printers Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to do away with the vibration & knock in ticket
printing & like machines also the breakages of the springs for figure numbering
wheels & consequent duplicating of the numbered tickets also an improved manner
of inking the type forme.
My invention comprises an eccentric in place of a cam for actuating the
impression in connection with a jointed roller carriage & guide runners for inking
the forme during part of the time it is in action & not when actually on the
impression.
A connecting link or slotted hole for connecting the finger box to a stationary
fulcrum for actuating the motor wheels which gear into the figured or numbering
wheels.
The object of my invention is to prevent the noise & vibration which now exists
in ticket printing & like machines also to prevent the tickets being numbered
In these machines as
wrongly also an improved arrangement for inking the type.
ordinarily constructed the impression is obtained by means of a cam on the driving
shaft so shaped as to allow the type carriage to remain stationary whilst the ink
rollers pass over it to ink the type & then ascends rapidly to print causing a blow
with vibration & noise also the numbering wheels for printing the numbers on the
tickets consecutively are rotated by means of fingers which are contained in a frame
or box & the numbering wheels in their descent strike these fingers & are caused to
partly revolve & change the numbers this blow which they receive causes the
wheels at irregular times to overshoot their proper position & consequently number
the tickets wrongly instead of consecutively as required. For the purpose of
preventing the vibration & noise I employ an eccentric or crank in place of the cam
on the driving shaft for obtaining the impression in combination with a jointed
carriage for carrying the inking rollers on guides or runners of the proper shape to
enable the ink rollers travelling over the type carriage to follow it whilst in motion
& properly ink the type & by this means the impression is obtained by means of a
gradual pressure & not a blow & this prevents the noise & vibration.
For the purpose of preventing the tickets from being wrongly numbered I connect
one end of the finger box or frame containing the fingers to a stationary fulcrum by
means of a connecting link or a slotted hole in the finger frame or box which
allows the fingers to remain in gear with the numbering wheels & travel up & down
with these numbering wheels only at a less speed & this partly revolves the
numbering wheels changing the numbers consecutively the fingers always remaining
in gear receive no blow so that the numbering wheels are rotated with a regular
motion & cannot overshoot their proper position or number, wrongly.
100 11 T
1902

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Ticket Printing and Numbering
Machines.
I PETER HOOKER of Pear Tree Court Farringdon Road London E.C.
Printers Engineer 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 my invention relates to improvements in or connected with ticket printing &
numbering mchs. & the object of my said invention is to effect certain improve-
ments in the construction of the machines for the purpose of preventing the
noise & vibration which is an objectionable feature of the said machines as at
present constructed.
My invention also relates to the operation of the numbering mechanism in a
more effective manner & from the following description the manner in which my
invention is carried into effect will be readily understood by those skilled in the art
to which it relates.
In ticket printing & numbering machines as ordinarily constructed the impression
is obtained by means of a cam on the driving shaft so shaped as to allow the type
carriage to remain stationary while the ink rollers pass over it to ink the type &
then raise the said type carriage to make the impression thereby causing a
blow & considerable vibration owing to the high speed at which the machines are
run while the suddenness with which the movements are arrested causes considerable
noise.
The numbering mechanism commonly used was rotated by means of fingers which
were contained in a frame or box & the driving pinions of the numbering wheels in
their descent struck these fingers & were caused to partly revolve & rotate the
numbering wheels. The blow received by the said pinions sometimes caused their
rotation beyond the required distance thereby causing a break in the regular
sequence of the numbers.
My invention is devised with the object of overcoming these defects & in order
that the description may be readily understood reference is made to the accom-
panying drawings in which
Fig. 1 shews that part of my invention relating to the operation of the type bed
& inking rollers and
Fig. 2 shews the numbering mechanism.
The first part of my invention as illustrated in Fig. 1 consists in substituting for
the cam commonly used a disc A having a groove a formed in the face thereof in
which is engaged a stud 6 upon one arm of a bell crank lever B. The said stud b
has an antifriction roller thereon. The other arın of said bell crank is connected
by a link C with the slide D operating the inking roller E. The said roller E is
mounted in side frames e which are hinged at f to the slide D.
F is the box or chase in which the type is carried the said box being reciprocally
moved in a vertical direction by the disc A. The motion of the said box is
continuous & thus entirely prevents any noise or vibration.
A bearing roller is attached to each side of the frame e carrying the inking
roller the said bearing rollers resting upon the guides H. The ends of the said
guides are inclined as shewn at h. The operation of the device is as follows:-
:-
As the disc A revolves the type chase F raised & the type carried therein
prints the impression upon the ticket. The inking roller E during the upward
movement of the type chase F is drawn back & receives a supply of ink from the
feed roller I. Upon the type chase descending the inking roller moves forward
into the position indicated by the dotted lines the inclined portion of the guides H
allowing the said inking roller to bear evenly on the face of the type as the latter
descends & during the commencement of its upward movement.
tension draws down the roller frame e ensuring the even travel of the bearing
A spring J in

page_text: rollers 9 upon the guides H and preventing any displacement of the said frames.
A crank may be used for operating the type chase & inking roller in place of the
disc A if so desired.
In carrying out the second part of my invention (illustrated in Fig. 2) I hinge
the frame or finger box L to a stud upon the slide or bridge operating & carrying
the type chase & numbering wheels & connect the other end of the said frame or
finger box L to a fixed fulcrum N on the machine by means of a link O. As the
bridge or slide travels up & down the finger box or frame oscillates on the hinge or
stud & the fingers P remain in contact with the driving pinions of the numbering
mechanism. The outer end of the finger box or frame remaining approximately in
the same vertical position it follows that the point at which the fingers are hinged
in the finger box travels a less vertical distance than the stud / forming the fulcrum
of the said finger box. The difference between the two distances mentioned is equal
to the space of one tooth of the driving pinion p & at cach downward movement of
the box the said pinion is rotated one tooth the fingers always remaining in gear
with the pinions.
Instead of using a link as shewn at O I may provide a fixed stud at the point n
& form a slot in the end of the finger box engaging such stud.
By my invention the jar & vibration caused by the method of operating the
numbering mechanism at present in use is entirely avoided & a false numbering
of the tickets is rendered impossible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is;
1. In a machine for printing and numbering tickets the combination with a
continually movable type chase of an inking roller adapted to ink the type in said
chase during a portion of the movement of the latter the whole being arranged
constructed and operating substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In a machine for printing & numbering tickets the improvement in the
numbering mechanism consisting in hinging the finger frame or box to a stud on
the slide of the type box & connecting the outer end of said finger frame or box to
a stud on the frame the whole arranged & operating substantially as described and
illustrated.
Dated this 18th day of October 1893.
PETER HOOKER.