A Railway and Tramway or the like Ticket Holder or Pocket.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1890-Accepted, 30th Aug., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Railway and Tramway or the like Ticket Holder or Pocket.
I AUGUST KIRCHERT Manufacturer of 30 Paulstrasse Berlin in the Kingdom of
Prussia and German Empire 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 invention relates to a pocket or receptacle for receiving and storing railway
tramway and other tickets. This pocket or holder may be made of metal wood or
cardboard covered with leather and in the latter case it may be furnished with metal
fittings to improve its appearance.
The holder is closed all round except its top or front where an opening is provided
through which the ticket can be seen.
On one of the small sides an eyelet is mounted to which is fixed or hooked a chain
or hook to he secured to a watch chain or button hole or otherwise.
The arrangement of this ticket holder or pocket is shown in the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 is a front view Figure 2 a top end view and Figure 3 a
longitudinal section of the same Figure 4 is a similar view showing the position of the
holder when the ticket is being inserted therein.
The holder which has the form of a rectangular box-consists of the side frames a
of the lid fixed thereon and of the rear wall c moving in the said frame and pivoting
at d.
One end of the holder is provided with an opening fand is fitted with a plate g.
The ticket is inserted through the said opening the edges of which are slightly
rounded off to facilitate the insertion of the ticket. In the cover plate & there is
formed a larger opening through which the ticket is visible at any time.
The bottom plate c is turned up at i towards the opening ƒ and closes the latter
when closed and in its normal position.
Before the vertical edge there is arranged a bark which is fixed and extends
across the pocket and acts as a stop or abutment for the movable bottom plate c..
On the top side of the bottom plate ca flat spring o is mounted pressing with its
free extremity upon the underside of the cover plate band hence pressing the pivoting
bottom plate e against the stop & so as to keep the opening normally closed.
When a ticket has to be inserted it is sufficient to exert a slight pressure against
the underside of the bottom plate c at the opposite end to fand so force the turned up
end downwards as shown in Figure 4 and thus free the opening to receive or
deliver a ticket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
A holder for receiving and storing railway and other tickets consisting of a box like
rectangular frame the top end of which has a small opening for the insertion of
tickets which opening is normally kept closed by the turned up edge i of the
bottom plate e said bottom plate a pivoting at d and being pressed by the spring o
against the stop & substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this Ofth day of July 1900
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.