Improvements. in and in connection with Passenger Tickets for Railways and Steam Boats.
Year: 1890

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Date of Application, 4th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements. in and in connection with Passenger Tickets for
Railways and Steam Boats.
I, JOHN AUDLEY FREDERICK ASPINALL, of Horwich, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of my invention is to so form and construct passenger tickets for
railway and steamboats, as to give surface for advertising purposes, and at the
same time retain all the advantages of the ordinary passenger fare tickets.
According to one modification of my invention the cardboard which is similar.: in
size and shape to an ordinary ticket has a wrapper placed round. it; the ends of
which wrapper being gummed or otherwise secured together.
A small space at the ends of the ticket is left uncovered-by. the wrapper for
the number of the ticket and for the date to be printed or punched; upon it when
issued.
One side of the wrapper has or may have a slot out of it which thus uncovers the
printed matter relating to the destination, fare and other information. printed upon
the ticket.
The other part of the wrapper can be used for advertising purposes.
Another modification consists in making the cardboard which is to form. the
ticket double, to fold it to the ordinary size of railway tickets, each end being
turned over one side until they meet in the middle of the ticket.
These tickets will be the strongest at the fold where they will be entered into the
dating machine and they will answer for either "single" or "return" tickets, and
destination, fare, number and other ordinary information may be printed as required
and the remainder of the surface used for advertising purposes.
In another modification the cardboard is of double the length of an ordinary
ticket as in the former case, and is folded in the middle, the two ends coming
together, the doubled end being that for the date.
This form of ticket may be printed as required with the ordinary information
required by the passenger and with advertisements and may be used for either
single or "return" tickets.
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In another form of ticket the cardboard is of the length of an ordinary railway
ticket but of double its width and is folded lengthway to the ordinary size of ticket
and used either for single.or return tickets, and printed with the ordinary
information required on a passenger ticket and with advertisements.
Dated this 3rd day of July: 1890.
PETER J. LIVSEI,
.Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
.Improvements in and in connection with Passenger Tickets for
Railways and Steam Boats.
I, JOHN AUDLEY FREDERICK ASPINALL, of Horwich, in the County of
Lancaster, 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 :-
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The object of my invention is to so form and construct passenger tickets for

page_text: railways and steam boats, as to give surface for advertising purposes, and at the
same time retain all the advantages of the ordinary passenger fare tickets.
According to one modification of my invention, the cardboard, which is similar in
size and shape to an ordinary ticket, has a wrapper placed round it; the ends of
which wrapper being gummed or otherwise secured together.
A small space at the ends of the ticket is left uncovered by the wrapper, for
the number of the ticket, and for the date to be printed or punched upon it, when
issued.
One side of the wrapper has or may have a slot cut out of it which thus uncovers
the printed matter relating to the destination, fare and other information printed
upon the ticket.
The other part of the wrapper can be used for advertising purposes.
Another modification consists in making this cardboard which is to form the
ticket, double, to fold it to the ordinary size of railway tickets, each end being
turned over one side, until they meet in the middle of the lengthway of the
ticket.
Another form consists in making the cardboard of double size and folding it
upon each long side, into the middle of the narrow way of the ticket.
These tickets will be the strongest at the fold where they will be entered into the
dating machine when the fold is at one or both ends, and they will answer for either
single" or "return" tickets, and the destination, fare, number and other ordinary
information may be printed as required, and the remainder of the surface used for
advertising purposes.
In another modification the cardboard, is of double the length of an ordinary
ticket, as in the former case, and is folded in the middle, the two ends coming
together, the doubled end being that for the date by preference.
This form of ticket may be printed as required, with the ordinary information
required by the passenger, and with advertisements and may be used for either
"single" or "return tickets.
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In another form of ticket, the cardboard, is of the length of an ordinary
railway ticket, but of double the width, and is folded lengthway to the ordinary
size of ticket, and used either for " single" or return tickets, and printed
with the ordinary information required on a passenger ticket, and with advertise-
ments.
In another form, the ticket is made from cardboard in the form of a rhombus
with opposite sides parallel, and one side of each side of the lengthway of the
ticket is folded over, and they meet in a diagonal line passing from one corner to
the other corner in the lengthway of the ticket, which when folded is of the
ordinary size of railway tickets.
Fig. 1, is a view of one flat side, and Fig. 2 a view of the reverse flat side, and
Fig. 3 an end edge view of one form of ticket when complete.
Fig. 4, is a view of a flat piece of cardboard to form the ticket, when folded,
represented by Fig. 5 a flat side view, and Fig. 7 a long side edge view.
Fig. 8 is a view of a flat piece of cardboard to form the ticket, when folded,
represented by Fig. 9 a flat side view, and Fig. 10 a long side edge view.
Fig. 11 is a view of a flat piece of cardboard to form the ticket, when folded,
represented by Fig. 12 a flat view, and Fig. 13 an end edge view.
Fig. 14 is a view. of a flat piece of cardboard to form a ticket when folded,
represented by Fig. 15 a flat, Fig. 16, a long side edge view, and Fig. 17 an end
edge view.
Fig. 18, is a view of a flat piece of cardboard to form a ticket when folded,
represented by Fig. 19 a flat view, and Fig. 20 an end edge view.
In the ticket represented by Figs. 1, 2 and 3; a, is the ticket of the ordinary
size of railway fare tickets-It is in a wrapper b, in and out of which it can be
.slided. A hole b¹ Fig. 1, is or may be cut out of one side of the wrapper to show
the printed matter upon the ticket relating to destination, class, fare and other

page_text: matters. The ends of the ticket a, uncovered by the wrapper are or may be used
for the date and number.
The wrapper b, and other parts of the ticket a, are used for printing advertise-
ments upon.
Figs. 4, 8, 11, 14 and 18, show the flat sides of pieces of cardboard to fold into
other forms of tickets-the dotted line or lines a', upon each of these figures and
upon Figs. 5, 9, 12, 15 and 19 show the line of folding.
Fig. 4 is shown as when folded by Figs. 5, 6 and 7.
folded by Figs. 9 and 10.
Fig. 11 is shown as when folded by Figs. 12 and 13.
folded by Figs. 15, 16 and 17.
Fig. 8 is shown as when
Fig. 14 is shown as when
Fig. 18 is shown as when folded by Figs. 19 and 20.
Each of these forms of tickets give double the surface of an ordinary size of
railway fare ticket, (that shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 a little less surface) and may
be arranged either as "single" or
"double 66
or return" tickets, and are or may
be printed upon with all the required information as to destination class, fare and
other matter and with advertisements in addition.
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They are of the same size when folded as ordinary railway or steam boat tickets,
and can be placed in the ordinary booking office racks or hoppers, from which they
can be readily withdrawn and dated, being strong at the point where they have to
be entered into the dating machine.
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 :-
The manner of constructing railway and steam boat fare tickets, upon which
information as to destination, class, fare and other matter is printed, and space is
obtained for advertising purposes as hereinbefore described and illustrated by
Figs. 1, 2, and 3; Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7; Figs. 8, 9 and 10; Figs. 11, 12 and 13;
Figs. 14, 15, 16 and 17; and Figs. 18, 19 and 20 of the drawings.
Dated this Ninth day of March 1891.
PETER J. LIVSET,
Agent.