IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Adams, of No. 48, Great Sutton Street, in
the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and William Thomas Whiteman, of
No. 4, Maitland Park Crescent, in the said County, Gentleman, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Adams and William
Thomas Whiteman at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 22nd March 1867.
We, GEORGE ADAMS, of No. 48, Great Sutton Street, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, and WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No. 4, Maitland
Park Crescent, in the said County, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND
INDENTING PORTIONS OF RAILWAY TICKETS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES,"
be as follows:
Our Invention consists, firstly, of a machine for printing the dates or other
required particulars on railway tickets, and for other like purposes, which said
machine is constructed and acts as follows:-The box containing the type
A

page_text: affixed to a vertical rod carried by pins on the outer ends of two parallel arms,
which pins pass through holes in the said rod. These arms, which work one
above the other, are keyed to or formed with axes turning in the frame of the
machine, which is mounted on a hollow base. The axis or shaft to which the
lower arm is keyed (which we will term the "working shaft) carries a short
arm or lever which receives an an oscillating motion from a curved connecting
bar, one end of which is jointed to the said short arm or lever, the other end
being jointed to the mouth piece into which the tickets to be dated or other-
wise printed are fed, which mouth piece is supported by a pin or spindle
carried by the upper ends of two short arms, the lower ends of which are
made in one piece with an axis which turns in bearings in the frame of the
machine. The said mouth piece is thus capable of oscillating on the said
axis, by which motion it can be brought under the type. Ink is supplied to
the type by means of an inking pad, consisting of a disc having raised sides,
and containing either a metal disc covered with cloth saturated with ink or
pieces of cloth saturated with ink, the top piece being stretched over the
others by means of two rings, between which the edge of the said piece is
held after the manner in which a drum head is stretched. The aforesaid disc
has ratchet teeth formed on its periphery, and turns loosely on a pin carried
by a plate supported by two bent arms, or turning loosely on the working
shaft, and receives an intermittent rotatory motion from a spring pawl which
is affixed to the mouth piece, and which engages at each stroke of the
machine with the ratchet teeth on the disc; or the said pawl may be fixed to
the frame so as to act on inclined ratchet teeth formed on the periphery of the
said disc. A stop or heel is fixed on the under side of the plate supporting
the said disc, which stop abuts against the short arm or lever herein-before
described, and thereby keeps the said disc in a horizontal or nearly horizontal
position while the machine is out of action, at which time the mouth piece is
pressed outwards, either by means of a helical spring contained in or affixed
to the base of the machine and connected to any suitable working parts, or
by means of counterbalances. When, however, the mouth piece is pressed
under the type the inking pad is allowed to fall by gravity into an inclined
position so far as to be clear of the type, the descent of the said disc being
limited by the curved connecting bar herein-before referred to. Instead of
mounting the mouth piece on oscillating arms, as herein-before described, the
said arms and the axis and pin or spindle in connection therewith may be
dispensed with, and the said mouth piece may be made to slide in grooves
or between guides in the frame of the machine. The action of the machine is
as follows:-A ticket being inserted in the mouth piece the latter is pressed

page_text: inwards by hand, and is thereby brought under the inking type, which
descends and prints the said ticket. At the same time the inking pad falls
clear of the descending type until the further motion of the said pad is pre-
vented by the connecting bar, when the spring pawl carried by the mouth
piece is caused to act on the ratchet teeth on the periphery of the said pad,
and communicate a motion of partial rotation thereto. When the said pawl.
is fixed to the frame, as herein-before described, the partial rotation of the
said disc is effected during its descent by means of the inclined teeth, one of
which bears against the said pawl. On the printed ticket being withdrawn
the mouth piece is forced outwards by the helical spring or by the counter-
balances, and the several parts are thereby caused to resume their original
positions, the impetus imparted to the working shaft by the recoil of the said
spring or by the fall of the said counterbalances causing the inking pad
(which is now acted upon by the arm or lever and stop herein-before referred
to) to strike against and ink the types, having done which the said pad drops
through a small space so as to be out of contact with the said type. By
giving the inking pad an intermittent rotatory motion in the manner described
a relatively fresh portion of the inked surface of the pad is brought under the
type at each stroke of the machine, and the said type is thereby supplied
with ink as required. When the ink on the pad is exhausted fresh ink may
be spread thereon, or the pieces of cloth may be removed from the disc while
it is charged with fresh ink, and then be replaced in the said disc, or the said
inking pad may be removed, and its place supplied by a fresh pad charged
with ink.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of the machine herein-after described for
effecting the simultaneous printing and indenting of the dates or other required
particulars on or in railway tickets, and for other like purposes. The said
machine is constructed as follows:-The type used (which is made by
preference of steel and with sharp edges) is inserted in the lower part of a
lever suspended in a vertical or nearly vertical position from an axis passing
through the upper end of the said lever, and turning in bearings in the frame
of the machine. Horizontal or nearly horizontal grooves or guides are formed
in or on the said frame, in or on which grooves or guides slides a plate sur-
mounted by a mouth piece, on which plate the ticket to be printed and
indented is placed. This ticket plate carries on its upper surface projections
which when the said ticket plate is pushed inwards for the purpose of bringing
the ticket under the type bear against the ends of set screws passing through
lugs formed on each side of the type lever, and thereby bring down the type
on to and cause it to print and indent the ticket. A flat spring is affixed to

page_text: one of the side plates, the free end of which said spring bears against the back
of the type lever, so as to keep it in a slightly inclined position when the
machine is not in action. The inking of the type is effected by means of the
rotatory inking pad described under the first head of our said Invention. The
said pad is actuated by the advance motion of the ticket plate, and strikes
against and inks the type after the printing of each ticket, and when the
ticket plate is pushed inwards the pad drops into an incline position in the
manner and for the purpose described with reference to our said machine for
printing only. The ticket plate is formed with a semicircular opening to
allow the pad to pass to and from the type. The ticket plate and parts in
connection therewith are restored to their original positions after each stroke
by means of a spring or counterbalances.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, of a modification of the above-described
machine for simultaneously printing and indenting. This machine is con-
structed as follows:-The box carrying the type is affixed to a vertical rod
sliding in a hole in a cross bar affixed to the frame of the machine by means
of pins passing through holes in the ends of the said bar and frame, so that
on withdrawing one of the said pins the said bar can be turned on the other,
so as to allow of access to the type box. The ticket to be printed is brought
under the type by means of a ticket plate sliding in horizontal grooves in the
frame of the machine. This ticket plate is connected by a bar to the lower
end of a lever having its fulcrum in the frame of the machine. The length
of this lever and the position of its fulcrum are so arranged relatively to the
rod carrying the type that when the ticket plate is pushed inwards so as to
bring the ticket required to be printed and indented under the type an
inclined or curved projection on the upper end of the said lever shall be
caused to strike with considerable force upon the upper end of the rod
carrying the said type, and thereby depress the said rod and effect the simul-
taneous printing and indenting of the said ticket. The inking of the type is
effected by means of the pad herein-before described, which is supported by
an arm made by preference in one piece with the striking lever, and receives
a motion of partial rotation at each stroke from a spring pawl affixed to the
base of the machine. The rod carrying the type, as also the lever and parts
connected thereto, are restored to their original positions after each stroke by
means of springs.
Our Invention consists, fourthly, of another modification of the above-
described machine for simultaneously printing and indenting. The type is
inserted in the lower end of a short lever turning on an axis carried by two
short arms keyed to or formed on a horizontal shaft which turns in bearings

page_text: in the frame of the machine, portions of the said shaft being cut away in
order to allow the type lever to vibrate within certain limits. When this
machine is not in action the type lever is kept in an inclined position by
means of a spring or counterbalance, so that when the said lever is depressed
in the manner herein-after described one portion of the edge of the type will
be brought to bear on the ticket before the other portions; the ends of the
said shaft project outside the frame and carry levers. The ticket required to
be printed and indented is brought under the type by means of the ticket plate.
herein-before described sliding in horizontal grooves in the frame. The said
ticket plate carries projections through which set screws pass, which when the
said ticket plate is pushed inwards bear against lugs formed on the lower
part of the type lever; the said ticket plate also carries a horizontal bar,
one end of which is bent into a vertical position; a cross arm is formed on
the said bar, the ends of which cross arm extend beyond the frame on each
side and carry set screws, which when the said ticket plate is pushed inwards
are caused to bear against the ends of the levers affixed to the horizontal
shaft. The type is inked by means of an inking pad of the kind herein-before
described; the links or arms which support the said pad carry an axis on
which a friction wheel is mounted. This wheel bears against the vertical part
of the bar carried by the ticket plate, and thus keeps the inking pad in contact
with the type while the machine is not in action. The action of the machine
is as follows: The advance motion of the ticket plate causes the inking pad
to drop out of the way, and the set screws passing through the cross arm.
herein-before referred to, to bear against the lever carried by the horizontal
shaft, and thereby brings one portion of the edges of the type down on the ticket
required to be printed and indented; as this takes place the set screws
passing through the projections on the ticket plate act on the lugs on the type
lever, and thereby give it a vibratory motion, thus causing the remaining
portions of the edges of the type to be successively pressed on or into the
ticket effect the simultaneous printing and indenting the same. The return
motions of the moving parts are effected by springs. By indenting the dates
on or into railway tickets by means of iuked type in the manner herein-before
described the ink is deposited in the indentations made by the said type, and
cannot be rubbed off or otherwise removed. The obliteration or alteration of
the said dates for fraudulent purposes is thus prevented. The machines herein-
before described may be enclosed in suitable cases.
Our Invention consists, fifthly, of the inking pad herein-after described, and
the arrangement of parts in connection therewith, which said pad may be
used with the machines described under the second, third, and fourth heads of

page_text: our Invention in substitution for the pad herein-before described. The said
pad consists of a metallic polygon covered with cloth saturated with ink, and
turns stiffly on a horizontal axis carried by guide plates sliding in vertical
grooves in the frame of the machine. These guide plates are supported by
two pairs of links, the inner ends of each pair being jointed to the said plates.
The outer ends of one pair of links are jointed to the ticket plate of the
machine. The outer ends of the other pair of links are jointed to the upper
end of a lever which turns on an axis fixed in the frame; the lower end of
this lever is connected by a bar to the ticket plate. By these means the
inking pad is depressed out of the way of the ticket plate when the latter is
pushed inwards, and on the return motion of the said ticket plate, which is
effected by a spring, the said pad is raised till its upper horizontal face
presses against and inks the type. A polygonal plate is affixed to each end of
the said pad. Ratchet teeth corresponding in number with the sides of the
pad are formed on one of these plates, one of which teeth when the said pad
is depressed is caused to bear against a pawl jointed to the base. The said
pad is thus caused to turn on its axis so far as to bring uppermost that side of
face next to the face which was in contact with the type at the beginning of
the stroke. When the said pad is again drawn up by the return of its
supporting links that side of the said pad last turned uppermost as aforesaid
is caused to strike against and ink the type, one of the faces of the said pad
is thus pressed against the type on each successive return motion of the
ticket plate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Adams and William Thomas Whiteman in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 21st September 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
ADAMS, of No. 48, Great Sutton Street, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer,
and WILLIAM THOMAS WHITEMAN, of No. 4, Maitland Park Crescent, in the
said County, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said George Adams and William Thomas Whiteman, Her special
licence that we, the said George Adams and William Thomas Whiteman, our

page_text: executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said George
Adams and William Thomas Whiteman, our 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, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR PRINTING AND INDENTING PORTIONS
OF RAILWAY TICKETS, AND FOR OTHER LIKE PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said George Adams and William Thomas
Whiteman, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under our or their hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of
us or them, 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...
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said George Adams and 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:-
Our Invention consists, firstly, of a machine for printing the dates or other
required particulars on railway tickets and for other like purposes, which said
machine is constructed and acts as follows:-The box containing the type is
affixed to a vertical rod carried by pins on the outer ends of two parallel arms,
which pins pass through holes in the said rod; these arms which work one
above the other are keyed to or formed with axes turning in the frame of the
machine, which is mounted on a hollow base. The axis or shaft to which the
lower arm is keyed (which we will term the working shaft) carries a short
arm or lever which receives au oscillatory motion from a curved connecting
bar, one end of which is jointed to the said short arm or lever, the other end
being jointed to the mouth piece into which the tickets to be dated or otherwise
printed are fed, which mouth piece is supported by a piu or spindle carried
by the upper ends of two short arms, the lower ends of which are made in one
piece with an axis which turns in bearings in the frame of the machine; the
said mouth-piece is thus capable of oscillating on the said axis, by which
motion it can be brought under the type. Ink is supplied to the type by
means of an inking pad consisting of a disc having raised sides, and containing
either a metal disc covered with cloth saturated with ink or pieces of cloth
saturated with ink, the top piece being stretched over the others by means of
two rings, between which the edge of the said piece is held after the manner

page_text: in which a drum-head is stretched. The aforesaid disc has ratchet teet
formed on its periphery, and turns loosely on a pin carried by a plate sup
ported by two bent arms turning loosely on the working shaft, and receive
an intermittent rotatory motion from a spring pawl which is affixed to the
mouth piece, and which engages at each stroke of the machine with the
ratchet teeth on the disc; or the said pawl may be fixed to the frame so as to
act on inclined ratchet teeth formed on the periphery of the said disc. A
stop or heel is fixed on the under side of the plate supporting the said disc
which stop abuts against the short arm or lever, herein-before described, and
thereby keeps the said disc in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position while
the machine is out of action, at which time the mouth piece is pressed out-
wards either by means of a helical spring contained in or affixed to the base
of the machine and connected to any suitable working parts, or by means of
counterbalances. When, however, the mouth piece is pressed under the type
the inking pad is allowed to fall by gravity into an inclined position so far as
to be clear of the type, the descent of the said disc being limited by the
curved connecting bar herein-before referred to. Instead of mounting the
mouth piece on oscillating arms, as herein-before described, the said arms and
the axis and pin or spindle in connexion therewith may be dispensed with,
and the said mouth piece may be made to slide in grooves or between guides
in the frame of the machine. The action of the machine is as follows:-A
ticket being inserted in the mouth piece the latter is pressed inwards, and is
thereby brought under the inking type, which descends and prints the said
ticket; at the same time the inking pad falls clear of the said type until the
further motion of the said pad is prevented by the connecting bar, when the
spring pawl carried by the mouth piece is caused to act on the ratchet teeth
on the periphery of the said pad, and communicate a motion of partial
rotation thereto. When the said pawl is fixed to the frame, as herein-before
described, the partial rotation of the said disc is effected during its descent by
means of the inclined teeth, one of which bears against the said pawl. On
the printed ticket being withdrawn the mouth piece is forced outwards by the
helical spring, or by the counterbalances, and the several parts are thereby
caused to resume their original positions, the impetus imparted to the
working shaft by the recoil of the said spring or by the fall of the said
counterbalances causing the inking pad (which is now acted upon by the
arm or lever and stop, herein-before referred to,) to strike against and ink the
type; having done which the said pad drops through a small space so as to
be out of contact with the said type. By giving the inking pad an inter-
mittent rotatory motion in the manner described a relatively fresh portion of

page_text: the inked surface of the pad is brought under the type at each stroke of the
machine, and the said type is thereby supplied with ink as required. When
the ink on the pad is exhausted fresh ink may be spread thereon, or the
pieces of cloth may be removed from the disc while it is charged with fresh
ink, and then be replaced in the said disc, or the said inking pad may be
removed and its place supplied by a fresh pad charged with ink.
Our Invention consists, secondly, of the machine, herein-after described, for
effecting the simultaneous printing and indenting of the dates or other
required particulars on or in railway tickets, and for other like purposes. The
said machine is constructed as follows:-The type used (which is made by
preference of steel, and with sharp edges) is inserted in the lower part of a
lever suspended in a vertical or nearly vertical position from an axis passing
through the upper end of the said lever and turning in bearings in the side
plates or frame of the machine. Horizontal or nearly horizontal grooves or
guides are formed in or on the said side plates, in or on which grooves or
guides slides a plate surmounted by a mouth piece, on which plate the ticket
to be printed and indented is placed; this ticket plate carries on its upper
surface lugs which when the said ticket plate is pushed inwards for the
purpose of bringing the ticket under the type bear against the ends of set
screws passing through lugs formed on each side of the type lever, and
thereby bring down the type on to and cause it to print and indent the ticket.
A flat spring is affixed to one of the side plates, the free end of which spring
bears against the back of the type lever so as to keep it in a slightly inclined
position when the machine is not in action. The inking of the type is
effected by means of the rotatory inking pad described under the first head
of our said Invention; the said pad is actuated by the advance motion of the
ticket plate, and strikes against and inks the type after the printing of each
ticket, and when the ticket plate is pushed inwards the pad drops into an
inclined position in the manner and for the purpose described with reference
to our said machine for printing only. The ticket plate is formed with a
semicircular opening to allow the pad to pass to and from the type. The
ticket plate and parts in connection therewith are restored to their original
positions after each stroke by means of a spring or of counterbalances.
Our Invention consists, thirdly, of a modification of the above-described
machine for simultaneously printing and indenting. This machine is con-
structed as follows:-The box carrying the type is affixed to a vertical rod
sliding in a hole in a cross bar affixed to the side plates or frame of the
machine by means of pins passing through holes in the ends of the said bar
and frame, so that on withdrawing one of the said pins the said bar can be

page_text: turned on the other so as to allow of access to the type box. The ticket to be
printed and indented is brought under the type by means of a ticket plate
sliding in horizontal or slightly inclined grooves in the side plates. This
ticket plate is connected by a bar to the lower end of a lever having its
fulcrum in the said side plates. The length of this lever and the position of
its fulcrum are so arranged that when the ticket plate is pushed inwards so as
to bring the ticket required to be printed and indented under the type an
inclined or curved projection on the upper end of the said lever shall be caused
to strike with considerable force upon the upper end of the rod carrying the
said type, and thereby depress the said rod and effect the simultaneous printing
and indenting of the said ticket. The inking of the type is effected by means
of the pad herein-before described, which is supported by an arm made by
preference in one piece with the striking lever, and receives a motion of partial
rotation at each stroke from a spring pawl affixed to the base of the machine.
The rod carrying the type, as also the lever and parts connected thereto, are
returned to their original positions after each stroke by means of springs.
Our Invention consists, fourthly, of another modification of the first herein-
before described machine for simultaneously printing and indenting. The
type is inserted in the lower end of a short lever turning on an axis carried by
two short arms keyed to or formed on a horizontal shaft, which turns in
bearings in the side plates or frame of the machine, portions of the said shaft
being cut away in order to allow the type lever to vibrate within certain limits.
When this machine is not in action the type lever is kept in an inclined
position by means of a spring or counterbalance, so that when the said lever
is depressed in the manner herein-after described one portion of the edge of
the type will be brought to bear upon the ticket before the other portions.
The ends of the shaft referred to project outside the side plates and carry
levers. The ticket required to be printed and indented is brought under the
type by means of the ticket plate herein-before described, which slides in
horizontal grooves in the said side plates. The said ticket plate carries lugs
through which set screws pass, which when the ticket plate is pushed inwards
bear against lugs formed on the lower part of the type lever. The said ticket
plate also carries a horizontal bar, one end of which is bent into a vertical
position. A cross arm formed on the said bar carries springs which project
beyond the frame on each side, and which when the said ticket plate is pushed
inwards are caused to bear against the ends of the levers affixed to the hori-
zontal shaft, and impart to them a vibratory motion, which is limited by screw
stops passing through lugs formed on the side plates of the machine. The
type is inked by means of an inking pad of the kind herein-before described.

page_text: The links or arms which support the said pad carry an axis, on which a friction
wheel is mounted; this wheel bears against the vertical part of the bar
carried by the ticket plate, and thus keeps the said pad in contact with the
type while the machine is not in action.
The action of the machine is as follows:-The advance motion of the ticket
plate causes the inking pad to drop out of the way and the springs herein-before
referred to to bear against the levers carried by the horizontal shaft, and
thereby bring one portion of the edges of the type down on the ticket required
to be printed and indented. The further motion of the said levers is then
prevented by the screw stops referred to, and the set screws passing through
the lugs on the ticket plate act on the lugs on the type lever, and thereby give
it a vibratory motion, thus causing the remaining portions of the edges of the
type to be successively pressed on or into the ticket, and effect the simultaneous
printing and indenting of the same. The return motions of the moving parts
are effected by springs.
By indenting the dates on or into railway tickets by means of inked type in
the manner herein-before described the ink is deposited in the indentations
made in the said ticket, and cannot be rubbed off or otherwise removed. The.
obliteration or alteration of the said dates for fraudulent purposes is thus
prevented.
The machines herein-before described may be enclosed in suitable cases.
Our Invention consists, fifthly, of the inking pad herein-after described and
the arrangement of parts in connexion therewith, which said pad may be used
with the machines described under the second, third, and fourth heads of our
Invention in substitution for the pad herein-before described. The said pad
consists of a polygonal block of metal or other suitable material covered with
cloth saturated with ink, and turns stiffly on a horizontal axis carried by guide
plates sliding in vertical grooves in the side plates or frame of the machine;
these guide plates are supported by two pairs of links, the inner ends of each
pair being jointed to the said plates. The outer ends of one pair of links are
jointed to the ticket plate of the machine. The outer ends of the other pair
of links are jointed to the upper end of a lever which turns on an axis fixed
in the side plates; the lower end of this lever is connected by a bar to the
ticket plate; by these means the inking pad is depressed out of the way of the
ticket plate, when the latter is pushed inwards, and on the return motion of
the said ticket plate (which is effected by a spring), the said pad is raised till
its upper horizontal face presses against and inks the type. A polygonal plate
is affixed to each end of the said pad. Ratchet teeth corresponding in number
with the sides of the pad are formed on one of these plates, one of which teeth

page_text: when the said pad is depressed is caused to bear against a pawl jointed to the
base; the said pad is thus made to turn on its axis so far as to bring upper-
most that side or face next the face which was in contact with the type at the
beginning of the stroke. When the said pad is again drawn up by the return
of its supporting links that side of the said pad last turned uppermost, as
aforesaid, is caused to strike against and ink the type. One of the faces of
the said pad is thus pressed against the type on each successive return motion
of the ticket plate.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention we will proceed to
describe the manner in which the same is to be performed, reference being
had to the accompanying Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation one arrangement of the machines
constituting the first part of our Invention, the machine being enclosed in its
case; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the said machine; Figure 3 is a vertical
section of the same taken on the line Z, Figure 4, the various moving parts
being represented in the positions they assume when a ticket is being printed;
Figure 4 is a plan of the said machine; and Figures 5, 6, and 7 represent
elevations of sundry details herein-after referred to. The same letters of
reference indicate the same parts in Figures 1 to 7 inclusive.
A is the base of the machine, to which are screwed the standards B¹, B³,
which constitute the frame; C is the case of the machine, which said case is
formed with an opening in front through which the mouth piece works, the
said case being removable at pleasure; c is a stud which engages in a slot in
the said case in order to guide it into position when it is slidden on to the
base; D is a box containing the type E, which is kept in its place by means
of the set screw d'. The box D is carried by a vertical rod F in which the
said box is secured by means of the set screw f which presses on the shank d
of the said box. The rod F is carried by pins g¹, 9, on the outer ends of the
arms G, G. The inner end of the arm G¹ carries an axis g³ which turns in a
bearing in the standard B', and the inner end of the arms G³ is keyed to the
working shaft H of the machine, which shaft turns in bearings in the standards
B', B. The upward motion of the arm G³ is limited by the stop b. 9 is a
stop which limits the upward motion of the inking pad, herein-after described;
I is the mouth piece into which the tickets to be dated or otherwise imprinted
are fed, the said tickets being pressed by the type against a pad i made of
leather, india-rubber, or other suitable elastic material; the said mouth piece
is jointed by means of the rod or spindle J to two short arms K carried by an
axis k, the ends of which axis turn in bearings in the frame; the said axis and

page_text: arms are shown in front and side elevations respectively in Figure 5. i³ is a
stop which limits the motion of the said mouth piece by coming in contact with
the base A; L is a short arm or lever (shown in side and back elevations
respectively in Figure 6) keyed on the axis H; the outer end of the said arm
is jointed by means of a screwed pin / to a curved connecting bar i³ carried
by the mouth piece I, the hole in the said bar through which the pin 7 passes
being made slightly elliptical in order to allow of a little play. M is the
inking pad, which consists of a disc m¹ having raised sides and containing pieces
of cloth m³ saturated with suitable ink, the top piece being stretched over a
ring m³ by means of another ring m*; on the bottom of the disc m¹ a boss m³
is formed, which boss turns in a circular hole in the plate N on which the
dise m¹ is mounted, a washer of cloth n² being interposed between them;
m is a screw by which the disc m¹ is kept in its place; ratchet teeth having
inclined edges are cut in the periphery of the disc m²; O is a spring pawl
fixed to the standard B, which said pawl engages at each stroke of the
machine with one of the said teeth; n³, n³, are short arms or links formed on
the plate N which turn loosely on the shaft H. The inking pad and the plate
on which it is mounted are shown in elevation in Figure 7. The heel of the
plate N bears against the short arm or lever L, and the said plate and the
inking pad mounted thereon are thereby kept in a horizontal or nearly hori-
zontal position while the machine is at rest. The mouth piece I is forced
outwards by a helical spring P, one end of which is fixed to a screw p¹ driven
into the short arm or lever L, the other end being fixed to the hook p³.
The action of the machine is as follows:-A ticket Q being inserted in the
mouth piece I the latter is pressed inwards until the stop i strikes against
the base A; the said ticket is thereby brought under and printed by the type,
which is simultaneously caused to descend; at the same time the inking pad M
falls by gravity into the position in which it is represented in Figure 8;
during the descent of the said pad it has received a motion of partial rotation
from the fixed pawl O against which one of the teeth on the periphery of the
disc m¹ has been brought to bear. On the printed ticket being withdrawn
the helical spring P being released from the pressure caused by the forward
move: ent of the mouth piece forces the said mouth piece outwards, and the
several parts resume their original positions, the impetus imparted to the
working shaft by the recoil of the said spring causing the inking pad (which
is now acted upon by the arm L) to strike against and ink the type, having
done which the said pad either remains in contact with the said type, as shown
in Figure 2, or drops through a small space so as to be out of contact with
the said type, as shown in Figure 8, according to the manner in which the

page_text: said pad is connected to the working shaft. The moving parts are brought
to rest by the stop b against which the arm G' strikes.
Figure 8 represents in vertical section another arrangement of the machine
constituting the said first part of our Invention. In this arrangement the
mouth piece I slides in guides R formed in the frame B¹, B³, (one of which is
shown separately in elevation in Figure 9), and carries the spring pawl O
which acts on the ratchet teeth of the disc m³ when the said mouth piece is
pushed inwards. The helical spring P, by which the said mouth piece is caused
to resume its original position, is contained in a tube fixed to the base of the
machine, and has its free end coiled round a rod i fixed in the said mouth
piece. The interior of the disc m³ is occupied by a disc m² over which a piece
of cloth m² is stretched by means of the ring m*. The plate N on which the
said pad is mounted is not made in one piece with the arms n, n, but is affixed
thereto. S is a stop screwed to the said plate, which said stop abuts against
the arm L; by affixing the said stop nearer to or further from the said arm
the position to which the plate N and the inking pad mounted thereon return
after each stroke may be varied at pleasure; the descent of the inking pad is
limited by the curved connecting bar is against which the plate N strikes.
The parts in Figures 8 and 9, which are not described, are the same as the
parts marked with the same letters of reference in Figures 1 to 7 inclusive.
Figures 10 to 13 (both inclusive) represent the machine constituting the
second part of our Invention; Figure 10 is a side elevation of the said machine
having one of the side plates or frames removed; Figure 11 is a plan of the
said machine; Figure 12 is a back elevation of the ticket plate; and Figure 13
is a plan of the same. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts
in the several Figures.
A is the base plate to which are screwed the side plates B, B; C is the
type lever which carries at its upper end the fulcrum c which turns in bearings
in the side plates B, B; a recess is formed in the lower part of the said
lever in which the type E (made by preference of steel with sharp edges) is
inserted, the said type being held in its place by a set serew c³; D is a plate
surmounted by the mouth-piece D¹ into which the ticket to be printed and
indented is pushed until its end bears against the stop d'; d, d, are inclined ribs
formed on the ticket plate which slide in correspondingly inclined grooves b¹, b¹,
in the side plates B, B; d, d, are lugs which when the ticket plate is pushed
inwards press against set screws c, c, carried by lugs c, c, on the type lever
and bring down the type on to the ticket with considerable force, thus effecting
the simultaneous printing and indenting of the said ticket; G is an inking
pad of the kind described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the accompany-

page_text: ing Drawings. The said pad is actuated in the same manner as the pad M,
Figures 1 and 2, and strikes against and inks the type after the printing of
each ticket, and when the ticket plate is pushed inwards drops into an inclined
position so as to allow it to advance, the rotation of the said pad being effected
by means of a spring pawl 9 affixed to the base plate, which said pawl acts
on the inclined teeth of the said pad; H, H, are counterbalances which turn
on the axis h¹ and carry friction wheels h³, h³, which bear against the lower
part of the ticket plate which is by these means restored after each stroke
to its original position. The outward motion of the said plate is limited
by stops b, b; is a spring which restores the type lever C to its original
position after each stroke; the ticket plate D instead of being arranged
to slide in grooves may be mounted on arms capable of vibratory motion, the
arrangement of the said ticket plate and arms being similar to that of the
mouth piece and arms represented in Figure 1.
Figures 14 and 15 represent in side and front elevations respectively the
machine constituting the third part of our Invention. In Figure 14 one of
the side plates is omitted in order to show more clearly the other parts. The
same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both Figures.
A is the base of the machine to which are screwed side plates B, B; C
is a vertical rod to which the box D holding the type is affixed; this rod slides
in a hole in & cross bar F which is affixed to the side plates B, B, by means
of pins f, f, passing through corresponding holes in the side plates and bar
respectively, so that on withdrawing one of the said pins the said bar can be
turned on the other so as to bring the type box uppermost when it is required to
insert type therein or remove it therefrom; the rod C is formed with a feather c¹
to prevent the said rod from turning; this feather slides in a slot formed in a
collar f³ screwed to the bar F (or a square rod sliding in a square hole in
the cross bar F may be employed); part of the hole through which the rod C
passes is enlarged so as to leave an annular space around the said rod; in this
space a helical spring (indicated in dotted lines in Figure 14) is inserted.
This spring presses against the under side of the feather c³, and thereby
restores the rod C to its original position after the printing of each ticket, the
upward motion of the said rod being limited by the stop c³; G is the ticket
plate which slides in grooves g¹, g³, and is connected by the bar 9³ to the lower
end of a lever H carried by an axis h¹ which turns in bearings in the side
plates B, B; the upper part h³ of the said lever has the inclined form represented;
the inking pad I is supported by an arm h³ formed by preference in one piece
with the lever H, and receives a movement of partial rotation at each stroke
from a spring pawli affixed to the base A; h' is a spring by which the lever II

page_text: and the parts in connection therewith are restored to their original positions
after each stroke.
The action of the machine is as follows:-A ticket being inserted in the
mouth piece G¹ the ticket plate is pressed inwards, the inking pad descends
out of the way of the said plate, and as the ticket is brought under the type
the inclined part h² of the lever H is caused to strike the rod C, which said
rod descends with considerable force and thereby causes the type E to print
and indent the ticket.
On the pressure being removed from the ticket plate
the moving parts resume their original positions, and the inking pad strikes
against and inks the type.
Figure 16 is a side elevation of the machine constituting the fourth part of
our Invention, and Figures 17 and 18 represent details thereof, herein-after
referred to. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in Figures 16,
17, and 18.
A is the base of the machine, and B is one of the two side plates screwed
thereto; C is a shaft which turns in bearings in the side frames B and
carries at each end a lever D; E is one of two arms formed on the said shaft,
which arms carry an axis e on which turns a lever F, in the lower part of
which the type G is inserted. That part of the shaft C which is between the
arms E is made of the shape shown in cross section in Figure 17, that is to
say, part of the said shaft is cut away so as to form inclined faces c¹, c³, against
which the upper and lower parts of the lever F bear respectively at the
beginning and end of the stroke; f' is a counterbalance which brings the type
lever back to its original position after each stroke; f³ is one of two lugs
formed on the lever F; h¹ is one of two set screws which pass through lugs h
on the ticket plate H which slides in grooves (one of which is shown in dotted
lines at 6) in the side frames B; I is the inking pad which is supported by a
plate having links (one of which is shown at *), which links turns on an
axis is another axis passing through the said links and carrying a friction
wheel, which bears against the vertical part of a bar J affixed to the ticket
plate H ; this bar is formed with a cross arm j¹ which carries springs j",
which when the machine is in action actuate the levers D, part of the side
plates being cut away, as shown, to admit of the passage of the said springs.
The bar J and springs j' are shown in plan in Figure 18; the levers D are
restored to their original position after each stroke by springs d, one of which
is shown at d¹. d is one of two stops which limit the return motion of the
levers D; is one of two lugs formed on the side plates, through which lugs
pass adjustable screw stops (one of which is shown at 6) which limit the
forward motion of the levers D. The return of the mouth piece to its original

page_text: pósition after each stroke may be effected by an india-rubber spring, or by
a spring of any other suitable material.
The action of the machine is as follows:-A ticket being inserted in the
mouth piece H¹ the ticket plate is pressed inwards, the inking pad descends
out of the way of the said plate, and the springs act on the levers D, which
in turn depress the type lever F, and cause one portion of the edge of the type
to print and indent the ticket. The motion of the levers D is now arrested
by the stops b, against which the said levers are firmly pressed by the
springs. The continued motion of the ticket plate brings the set screws h¹
to bear against the lugs f³, and carry the type lever forward until its motion
is arrested by the inclined face c³ of the shaft C, by which time the other
portions of the edges of the type will have been forced into the ticket which is
thus printed and indented. On the pressure being removed from the ticket
plate the moving parts resume their original positions.
Figures 19 to 26 (both inclusive) represent an arrangement of apparatus
for effecting the inking of the type used in machines of the kinds herein-before
described with reference to Figures 10 to 18 of the accompanying Drawings,
which said apparatus constitutes the fifth part of our Invention, the said apparatus
being represented as applied to a machine of the kind illustrated in Figure 10;
Figures 19 and 20 represent the said apparatus in side and back elevations
respectively; Figure 21 is a plan of the said apparatus, and Figures 22, 23,
24, 25, and 26, represent details of the inking pad herein-after described.
The upper parts of the type lever and side plates respectively are shown
broken off in Figures 19 and 20. The same letters of reference indicate the
same parts in the several Figures.
A is an inking pad consisting of a polygonal block of metal or other
suitable material covered with cloth saturated with ink. The said pad turns
stiffly on a horizontal axis a' carried by guide plates a, a, which slide in
guides 6 formed in the side plates B of the machine. The said guide plates
are jointed to and supported by links C³, C, C, C, the ends c, c, of the
links C, C, being jointed to projections d', d, on the ticket plate D. The
ends, c, of the links C, C, carry a spindle which passes through the upper
end of a lever E turning on an axis e. The lower end of this lever is
connected by the bar d to the ticket plate D. a³ is a plate affixed to one end
of the inking pad, on which plate ratchet teeth a' equal in number to the
sides of the pad are formed; a³ is a pawl turning on a fixed centre aº, which
said pawl engages on the descent of the inking pad with one of the teeth a';
F is a spring, the free end of which bears against the spindle; d³ is a spring

page_text: which presses down the ticket, and thereby keeps it in position against the
stop d. The cloth with which the pad A is covered may be stretched thereon
in any suitable manner, but we prefer that represented in Figures 22 to 26,
both inclusive. Figures 22 and 28 represent in plan and side elevation
respectively the band of cloth to be stretched over the polygonal block.
Figure 24 is a transverse section of the pad A, and Figures 25 and 26
represent plates as and a', which are affixed to the respective ends of the pad.
The plate a' has a notch as formed in its edge, and an indentation a' of a
In the
similar shape (indicated in dotted lines) is formed in the plate a³.
said indentation and notch respectively rest the ends of pins a¹ and a¹¹ which
are passed through the cloth band and secure it to the polygonal block.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-A ticket being inserted in the
mouth piece D¹ the ticket plate is pressed inwards, and it and the upper end of
the lever E approach each other, thereby allowing the inking pad to drop out
of the way of the said ticket plate; as the said pad descends one of the teeth at
is brought against the pawl a", and the said pad is caused to turn on its axis so
far as to bring uppermost that side or face of the said pad next to the side
which was in contact with the type H at the beginning of the stroke. On the
pressure being removed from the ticket plate the moving parts are caused by
the spring F to resume their original positions, and the inking pad is drawn
up by the return of the links C, C, C, C; that side of the said pad last
turned uppermost, as aforesaid, being thus caused to strike against and ink
the said type.
Instead of making the block A solid a cavity or reservoir may be formed in it
for the ink which is in this case poured in through a hole in one of the ends,
which is closed by a screwed plug, and perforations are made in the faces
of the block, through which the said ink passes to the cloth covering the
said block.
All the machines described may be protected from dust by cases of the kind
represented in Figure 1, or other suitable cases.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we wish it to be understood that we do
Dot limit ourselves to the precise details herein-before. described and illus
trated, as the same may be varied without departing from the nature of our
said Invention; but we claim as our Invention,―
Firstly, the improved machine berein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 1 to 9 (both inclusive) of the accompanying Drawings, for printing
the dates or other required particulars on railway tickets, that is to say, a

page_text: machine in which the type is inked by means of an inking pad actuated by
the mouth piece and parts in connection therewith, as represented and
described, which pad receives a motion of partial rotation at the printing of
each ticket, so as to bring a fresh portion of the inked surface of the said pad
under the type after the printing of each ticket.
Secondly, the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the accompanying Drawings for effecting the
simultaneous printing and indenting of the dates or other required particulars
on or into railway tickets, that is to say, a machine consisting of a swing type
lever acted upon by a sliding or vibrating ticket plate in the manner described
in connection with a rotatory inking pad of the kind referred to in our first
claim.
Thirdly, the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 14 and 15 of the accompanying Drawings for effecting the simul-
taneous printing and indenting of the dates or other required particulars on or
into railway tickets, that is to say, a machine in which a lever is caused by
the advance of the ticket plate to strike forcibly upon and depress a rod
carrying the inked type, and thereby effect both the printing and indenting of
the ticket, the inking of the type being effected by means of a rotatory
inking pad of the kind referred to in our first claim.
Fourthly, the improved machine herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 16, 17, and 18 of the accompanying Drawings for effecting the simul-
taneous printing and indenting of the dates or other required particulars on or
into railway tickets, that is to say, a machine in which a swing type lever
and other levers in connection therewith actuated by the ticket plate in its
advance inwards cause different portions of the edges of the type to press
successively upon, and thereby print and indent the ticket as required, the
inking of the type being effected by means of a rotatory inking pad of the
kind referred to in our first claim.
Fifthly, the arrangement of parts herein-before described and illustrated in
Figures 19 to 26 (both inclusive) of the accompanying Drawings for
effecting the inking of the type used in machines of the kind described with
reference to Figures 10 to 18 (both inclusive) of the said Drawings, that is
to say, an arrangement of parts, in which the inking of the type is effected
by a polygonal pad turning on a horizontal axis, such pad being turned on its
axis a portion of a revolution corresponding in extent with one of its sides or
faces by the ratchet teeth on one end of the said pad being brought down in
contact with a pawl at each inward movement of the ticket plate and carried

page_text: upwards into contact with the type by the reaction of a spring acting upon
the moving parts, as described.
In witness whereof, we, the said George Adams and William Thomas
Whiteman, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
first day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
H. H. MURDOCH,
7, Staple Inn.
GEORGE ADAMS. (L.8.)
W. T. WHITEMAN. (L.S.)