Improvements in Machines for Indicating and Recording Fares and for Printing and Issuing Tickets or the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 12th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Leit, 12th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
Improvements in Machines for Indicating and Recording Fares and
for Printing and Issuing Tickets or the like.
We, WILFRED IGNATIUS OHIMER and WALLACE MONROE KELCH, both of Main
Street, Dayton, in the State of Ohio, one of the United States of America,
Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines for printing and issuing tickets, such as
fare tickets, or the like, and consists essentially in a combination and arrange-
ment of devices whereby the ticket when handed to the passenger, either at the
commencement of the trip, as is generally the case in tranicars and similar public
conveyances, or at the termination of the journey, as usually practised in the
case of cabs, indicates not only the amount of the fare payable or to be paid,
but also the time of starting or of terminating the journey, the point of destina-
tion the time of the day and the day and the month of the issue of the ticket,
and, if desired, on the reverse side of the ticket, an advertisement; the machine
moreover exhibiting each specific fare, recording and indicating the total fares
paid and the number of passengers carried and tickets issued.
A machine constructed according to our invention and adapted to effect the
objects above set forth comprises a numeral wheel which is arranged to enter
the printing plate and serves to print or impress upon the ticket a figure corre-
sponding with the amount of the fare, whilst in conjunction with the said
wheel is a printing plate provided with a dial over the face of which moves a
hand or pointer, the said hand being connected with clock mechanism. The
machine further comprises devices for imparting to the tickets suitable notes
whereby. if the hand printed on the ticket indicates the time of starting or of
terminating the trip, such particular is rendered visible on a dial situate on the
exterior of the casing. Moreover, the machine is provided with two counting
devices one of which indicates the number of the tickets issued and the other the
sum of the fares received, and a dial or revoluble disc provided with numerals
and working over an aperture in the casing of the machine or a recess in the
said casing and a moveable dial visible behind said recess, the last mentioned
devices rendering visible the numeral pertaining to the amount of the fare same
corresponding with the numeral wheel which has been adjusted to enter into
the printing plate.
The printing device comprises a fixed printing plate furnished with a dial
the hand of which is in the same plane as the dial, that is to say. in the printing
plane. The hand pertaining to the printing plate is operated by the clock

page_text: through the medium of a small spur-pinion mounted on the rear end of the
spindle of the hand mechanism of the clock movement, same gearing with a
larger spur-wheel carried by a subsidiary spindle, the latter being furnished
with a bevel-wheel which meshes with another bevel-wheel mounted on a shaft
arranged in a horizontal plane at right-angles to the said subsidiary shaft and
carrying at its opposite extremity a bevel-wheel which meshes with a horizontal
bevel-wheel on the spindle of the printing plate hand.
Into a recess in the printing plate a numeral wheel enters and projects to
the extent of the printing surface. The number which is printed by means of
this wheel indicates the fare. The device for adjusting the numeral wheel com-
prises a bar which extends upwardly through guides in the casing; the bar being
provided near its lower end with a pivoted pawl, the latter engaging with a
ratchet-wheel. This ratchet-wheel and the numeral wheel are both fastened
to a pin arranged axially within a coiled spring whereof the outer end is fixed
to the frame by means of the spring case. The return of the bar after the
wheel has been moved is effected by a spring, a counter pawl or dog preventing
the reverse movement of the wheel. The bar must be depressed as many times
as there are units in the fare calculated for the trip. The counter which appears
on the face of the casing and which indicates the sum of the units of all the
fares paid, is actuated at each downward stroke of the bar by means of a pin
carried by said bar; the said pin, near the end of the stroke of the bar, causing
the depression of a bent arm projecting from a pivoted link which in turn
operates the pawl of the counter.
In the printing plate, a small disc having indications of ante- and post-meridian
is provided, the said dise being turned every day at 12 o'clock through 180 degrees
by means of a milled-head outside the casing and carried by the spindle pertain-
ing to the disc. One of the said indications is printed on the ticket and notifies
whether the time shown by the hand and dial relates to the forenoon or afternoon.
Into the printing plane of the printing plate there also enters a series of wheels
furnished with indications of the date and the month. Ipon a shaft is mounted
a rotatable sleeve which carries at one end a wheel for the tenths of the date
and at the the other end a spur-wheel with which engages a spring-pressed pawl.
After having released this pawl by hand the wheel for the tenths may be moved
at will. The month wheel is loosely fitted on the same sleeve and retained in
position by a spring-pressed pawl; which position may be adjusted by hand
when the pawl has been released. The wheel for the units of the date may be
mounted loosely on the sleeve or on the shaft itself, and is fixed to a star-wheel
gearing with a second star-wheel; the latter being mounted on a shaft extending
through the easing where it is furnished with a thumb-nut for facilitating the
daily adjustment of the wheel. The shaft of the date indicator has keved thereon
a numeral wheel designed to print on the ticket the number of the station of
departure or destination. This shatt is operated by means of bevel genring, one
bevel-wheel being carried by said shaft and gearing with a bevel-wheel mounted
at the lower end of a vertical rod whereof the outer end extends through the
casing and is providel with a dial. By turning the rod and adjusting the
desired number on the dial to a fixed pointer on the casing, that number may
be printed, and the station thereby indicated.
The station wheel having been adjusted and the bar depressed the required
number of times, the ticket may be printed by operating a pull attached to the
outer extremity of a vertical rack which extends through the base plate of the
casing, and engages a pinion pertaining to the delivering rollers. This pinion
is mounted loosely on a shaft journalled in the front and rear walls of the casing,
and is connected with the inner end of a volute spring, the box of the spring
being secured to the casing. The spring is so arranged or wound as to constantly
tend to raise the rack through the medium of the pinion. Upon the rack being
drawn down the device for inking the printing plate is operated. To this end
a pin on the rack engages in a slotted arm of a bell-crank lever and imparts a

page_text: reciprocating motion to the other arm or arms of the said lever, the swinging
arm or arms carrying at its or their lower end or ends a trough and an inking
roller adapted to ink the printing plate with a variable or yielding pressure.
Near the end of the inking roller movement a pin or an antifriction roller comes
into contact with one arm of another bell-crank lever, mounted on a pivot in
the casing, whereby a pressure-pad, arranged on a vertical slide, is raised into
contact with the printing plate by means of a pin on said bar working in a slot
in one arm of the last mentioned bell-crank lever. When the rack has reached
the lowest position, the pad is strongly pressed against the printing plate.
Between the pad and the printing plate a paper strip or web is fed, same being
drawn from a roll within the casing; the upper surface of such paper receiving
an impression from the printing plate. The downward movement of the rack
operates, by means of a pin, the lever of a counting device whereby the number
of tickets printed and issued is recorded.
When the ticket has been printed and the rack freed, the latter resumes its
normal position with the aid of the spring. During this return movement of
the rack, the inking roller returns to its original position beneath the printing
plate, the pressure-pad receding from the said plate by means of a spring
whereof one end is attached to the bell-crank lever which operates the pad, while
the other end is attached to the casing. The upward movement of the rack
moreover effects the issue of the printed ticket and returns the numeral wheel
which prints the fare to zero. The printed part of the paper is ejected from
the machine by means of a pair of rollers arranged one above the other, the upper
one being held against the lower with a yielding pressure. The lower roller is
fixed to the shaft which carries the pinion for effecting the rise of the rack, and
is furnished with a pawl for engaging with a ratchet-wheel integral with the
said pinion. By this arrangement the rotation of the lower roller is only effected
when the rack rises, the paper web while being printed being held between the
two rollers; but after the printing has taken place the paper is fed forward a
distance corresponding with the circumference of the lower roller. The printed
portion is thus pushed out through the casing and may be severed by hand or
by mechanical means and issued to the passenger.
In order to effect the return of the fare printing wheel to zero, the lower feeding
roller is furnished with a pin which operates one arm of a pivoted spring-pressed
bell-crank lever while the other arm of the said lever operates to release the
pawl and ratchet-wheel pertaining to said numeral wheel.
The lower feeding roller may be employed for printing an advertisement on
the back of the ticket, in which case the middle portion only, which bears the
types. touches the paper web. This portion of the roller, after each printing,
is inked by a roller which is temporarily pressed against it. One gudgeon of
this roller enters a vertical guiding slot formed in the casing and is engaged by
a bifurcated arm of a bell-crank lever whereof the other arm is, at each revolu-
tion of the lower feeding or printing roller, vibrated by a cam secured to the
spindle of said roller. The cam is so shaped as to present a stop for the arm
whereby the feeding and printing roller is prevented from turning backwards
while the rack is pulled down.
Instead of effecting the printing with the aid of a pressure-pad as above
described, a pressing roller may be caused to travel over the printing plate in a
similar manner to the inking roller.
For the purpose of rendering the adjustment of the fare wheel visible to the
passengers, it would be sufficient to connect with this wheel a rotating disc or
dial arranged behind a recess of the casing. But as it is desirable that the fare,
as made visible on the casing, may remain visible even after the ticket has been
issued, it is preferable that the rack be not adapted to return the rotating disc
or dial to its zero position, as the fare wheel is returned by means of the pin on
the lower feeding or printing roller. Moreover, by the means hereinafter
described, another object is secured, that is to say, the disc or dial which serves

page_text: to indicate the fare on the exterior of the cusing is not to be returned to zero by
a separate operation, but that it is returned automatically when the ratchet-bar
is pressed down for the purpose of preparing a new ticket. During the first part
of the downward movement of the ratchet-bar the fare indicating disc or dial
moves to zero, but during the latter part of the said movement of the bar, the
sai dial, together with the fare wheel, moves to the position whereby the
numeral 1 is rendered effective.
For effecting the above object, a rotatable disc bearing numerals on its face
is arranged behind an aperture in the casing. The dial is secured to a central
pin and is adapted for engagement by a dog pivoted in a lever carried by a
shaft, which latter is turned upon the ratchet-bar being pressed down and engag
ing an upwardly extending arm on said shaft; the dog effecting the movement
of the dial from one numeral to the next following. To prevent the dial rotating
backward during the rising of the ratchet-bar, a horizontally vibrating pawl
enters between the teeth of a ratchet-wheel on the dial shaft. It has been pointed
out that it is undesirable for the upward movement of the rack, which effects
the issue or the ticket, to return the fare indicating dial to zero. The depression
of the rack is, however, utilised in preparing the said return movement so that
it may be effected during the first part of the next downward movement of the
ratchet-bar. For this purpose, the pivot of the horizontally vibrating pawl is
provided with a second pawl; the latter pawl being shaped in such a way that it
may engage with notches formed in the periphery of the dial. Both these pawls
are extended beyond their pivot and their extensions are so shaped that an arın
projecting from the upper end of the rack first operates the pawl pertaining to
the peripheral notches in the dial and then the pawl pertaining to the ratchet-
wheel. As the further depression of the rack occurs, the arm of the rack descends
between the two pawls and the frame part. Thus the one pawl enters a notch
in the dial and prevents the latter springing back to zero so soon as, by the
following movement of the other pawl, the ratchet-wheel on the dial spille
is cleased. Upon the ratchet-bar being again depressed, the lever is lowered
aud, while the dog depending from said lever is not yet in engagement with the
ratchet-wheel, an arm suspended from the same lever and guided by a cam
surface turns aside, by means of its shoulder, first a pin provided at the pawl
which engages the peripheral notches, so that said pawl is released from the
dial which at once returns to zero, and then turns aside another pin which causes
the pawl to which the latter pin is fixed to engage with the ratchet-wheel on
the dial spindle; this last mentioned pawl again serving as a counter-pawl when
the dog, in descending, finally moves the ratchet-wheel and thereby turns the
dial from zero to one.
It may be observed that the dial will be turned to zero and remain in that
position when the ratchet-bar is prissed down only halt its extent of movement
for the reason that not only the dog but the pawl carried by the ratchet-bar
operates near the end of the downward stroke of such bar. The same may be
said in regard to the pin whereby the counting mechanism is operated.
The ratchet-bar may he arranged to give a bell signal at each downward stroke.
The ratchet-bar carries near its upper extremity a pin which is arranged to
engage with a stop attached to a lever pivoted to a vertical support which is
again pivoted to a part of the frame. This pivoted lever carries the hammer
and is held in an inoperative position by a suitably disposed projection. The
vibration of the hammer operating lever is effected by means of a pin, whereby
the hammer is caused to strike the bell.

page_text: improvements in Machines for Indicating and Recording Fares and
for Printing and Issuing Tickets or the like.
We, WILFRED IGNATIUS OHMER and WALLACE MONROE KELCII, both of Main
Street, Dayton, in the State of Ohio, one of the United States of America,
Engineers, 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 machines for printing and issuing tickets, such as
fure tickets, or the like, and consists essentially in a combination and arrange-
ment of devices whereby the ticket when handed to the passenger, either at the
commencement of the trip, as is generally the case in tramcars and similar public
conveyances, or at the termination of the journey, as usually practised in the
case of cabs, indicates not only the amount of the fare payable or to be paid,
but also the time of starting or terminating the journey, the point of destina-
tion the time of the day and the day and the month of the issue of the ticket,
if desired, on the reverse side of the ticket, an advertisement; the machine
moreover exhibiting each specific fare, recording and indicating the total fares
paid and the number of passengers carried and tickets issued.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is an elevation of the apparatus with
the casing removed. Fig. 2 is an end view looking at the right-hand side of
Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the rear of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an exterior view of
the machine with its enclosing casing showing the positions of the outside parts.
Fig. 5 is an end view similar to Fig. 2, but with certain of the mechanism
removed for clearness. Fig. 6 is a similar view to Fig. 3 and corresponding
with Fig. 5 but showing the various parts in the positions they assume during
the operation of printing the ticket. Figs. 7 to 16 inclusive illustrate detached
views of various portions of the mechanism and will be hereinafter more particu-
larly referred to.
A machine constructed according to our invention and adapted to effect the
objects in view comprises a numeral wheel which is arranged to enter the printing
plate and serves to print or impress upon the ticket a figure corresponding with
the amount of the fare, whilst in conjunction with the said wheel is a printing
plate provided with a dial over the face of which moves a hand or pointer, the
said hand being connected with clock mechanism. The machine further com-
prises devices for imparting to the tickets suitable notes or indications whereby,
if the hand printed on the ticket indicates the time of starting or of terminating
the trip, such particular is rendered visible on a dial situate on the exterior
of the casing and connected with the clock work. Moreover, the machine is
provided with two counting devices, one indicating the number of the tickets
issued and the other the sum of the fares received, and a dial having a moveable
hand, or a revoluble disc provided with numerals and working over an aperture
in the casing of the machine, or a recess in the said casing and a moveable dial
visible behind said 'recess, the last mentioned devices rendering visible the
numeral pertaining to the amount of the fare same corresponding with the
numeral wheel which has been adjusted to enter into the printing plate.
The printing device comprises a fixed printing plate 45 (Figs. 3 and 7) fur-
nished with a dial whereof the hand 45 is in the same plane as the dial, that is
to say, in the printing plane. The hand 45" pertaining to the printing plate 45
is operated by the clock through the medium of a small spur-pinion 70% mounted
on the rear end of the spindle of the hand mechanism of the clock movement A,
same gearing with a larger spur-wheel 70 carried by a subsidiary spindle, the

page_text: latter being furnished with a bevel-wheel 71 which meshes with another bevel-
wheel 72 mounted on a shaft 73 journalled in the supports 12 and 74 arranged
in a horizontal plane at right-angles to the said subsidiary spindle and which
carries at its opposite extremity a bevel-wheel 75 which meshes with a horizontal
bevel-wheel 76 on the spindle of the printing plate hand 45. One of the bevel-
wheels is mounted loosely upon its spindle and held in one position by means of
a weak spring so that, when the hand 45" is held stationary during the printing
operation the said spring is compressed and the function of the clock mechanism
is not interfered with; but, upon the release of pressure upon the hand 45", the
spring causes its bevel-wheel to revolve whereby the said hand synchronises with
that of the clock.
Into a recess in the printing plate 45 a numeral wheel 15 enters and projects
to the extent of the printing surface. The number which is printed by means
of this wheel indicates the fare. The device for adjusting this numeral wheel 15,
Figs. 5 and 6, comprises a rack-bar G which extends upwardly through guides
in the casing; the bar being provided near its lower end with a pivoted pawl 13,
the latter engaging with a ratchet-wheel 14. This ratchet-wheel and the numeral
wheel 15 are both keyed on a pin around which is arranged a coiled spring one
end of said spring being fixed to the pin while the outer end is fixed to the
frame 12 by means of the spring-casing. The return of the bar G after the
wheel 14 has been moved is effected by a spring attached to the frame portion 11
(Fig. 5), a counter pawl or dog 16 preventing the reverse movement of the
wheel 14. The bar & must be depressed as many times as there are units in
the fare calculated for the trip. The counter B on the face of the casing B¹,
Figs. 4 and 5, which indicates the sum of the units of all the fares paid, is
actuated at each downward stroke of the bar G by means of a pin 20 (Fig. 5)
carried by the bar; the said pin, near the end of the stroke of the bar, causing
the depression of a bent armi 19 projecting from a pivoted link 18 which in
turn operates the pawl 17 of the counter.
In the printing plate 45, a small disc 46, having indications A and P which
denote ante- and post-meridian is provided, the said dise being turned every day
at 12 o'clock through 180 degrees by means of a milled-head outside the casing
and carried by the spindle 46 (Figs. 4 and 5) pertaining to the lisc. One of
the said indications is printed on the ticket and notifies whether the time shown
by the hand 45" on the dial of the printing plate relates to the forenoon or
afternoon. Into the printing plane of the printing plate 45 there also enters a
series of wheels turnished with indications of the date and the month, see Figs. 2.
3 and 7. pon a shatt 1 (Fig. 2) is mounted a rotatable sleeve 1" which carries
at one end a wheel 7 for the tenths of the date and at the other end a spur-
wheel (Fig. 3 with which engages a spring-pressed pawl 1°. After having
released this pawl by hand, the wheel 7 may he moved at will. The month
wheel 8 is loosely fitted on the sleeve 1ª and retained in position by a spring-
pressed pawl 8 which position may be adjusted by hand when the pawl has
been released. The wheel 7" for the units of the date may be mounted loosely
on the sleeve 1° or on the shaft 1 itself, and is fixed to a star-wheel 10 gearing
with another star-wheel 9; the latter star-wheel being mounted on a shaft 9
extending through the casing where it is furnished with a thumb-nut 9b for
facilitating the daily adjustment of the wheel 7. The shaft 1 of the date
indicator has keyed thereon a numeral wheel 4 designed to print on the ticket
the number of the station of departure or destination. This shaft 1 is operated
by means of bevel gearing, one bevel-wheel 3 being carried by said shaft and
gearing with a bevel-wheel 2 mounted at the lower end of a vertical rod F
whereof the outer end extends through the casing and is provided with a dial 5
(Figs. 1, 2 and 4). By turning the rod F and adjusting the desired number on
the dial 5 to a fixed pointer on the casing, that number may be printed, and
the station thereby indicated. Means other than numerals may be employed
for indicating the stations.

page_text: The station wheel having been adjusted and the bar G depressed the required
number of times, the ticket may be printed by operating a pull H¹ (Figs. 1, 2,
3 and 4) attached to the outer extremity of a vertical rack H which extends
through the base plate of the casing. This rack H is preferably formed in two
parts united by a joint-pin 64 (Fig. 5) and engages a pinion 52 (Figs. 5 and 6)
pertaining to the delivering rollers 54, 55. As shown in Fig. 8, this pinion 53
is mounted loosely on a shaft 53 journalled in the front and rear walls of the
casing, and is connected with the inner end of a volute spring 77, the box of
the spring being secured to the casing. The spring 77 is so arranged or wound
as to constantly tend to raise the rack H through the medium of the pinion 52.
Upon the rack H being drawn down from the position indicated in Figs. 2, 3
and 5, to the position indicated in Fig. 6, the device for inking the printing
plate is operated. To this end a pin 51 (Fig. 6) on the rack engages in a slotted
arm 50 of a bell-crank lever 49, pivoted at 48, and imparts a reciprocating motion
to the frame 47 connected with the other arm, or arms, of the said lever, the
swinging arm, or arms, carrying at its or their lower end or ends a trough 44"
and an inking roller 44 adapted to travel under and to ink, with a variable or
yielding pressure, the under surface of the printing plate. Near the end of
the travel of the inking roller 44 an antifriction roller 60 carried by the pin 64
which unites the two portions of the rack H, comes into contact with one arni
of another bell-crank lever 65, mounted on a pivot 65° (Fig. 6) in the casing,
whereby a pressure-pad 63, arranged on a vertically sliding bar 67, is raised into
contact with the printing plate by means of a pin 68 on the slide 67 working
in a slot in one arm of the bell-crank lever 65. The sliding bar 67 is mounted
in a guide 66. When the rack H has reached the lowest position (Fig. 6) the
pad 63 is strongly pressed against the printing plate. Between the pad and the
printing plate a paper strip or web It is fed, same being drawn from a roll I
within the casing; the upper surface of such paper receiving an impression from
the printing plate. The downward movement of the rack H operates, by means
of a pin 61 (Figs. 3 and 5), the lever 62 of a counting device D enclosed in a
casing D the said counting device recording the number of tickets printed
and issued.
When the ticket has been printed and the pull H¹ of the rack H freed, the
latter resumes its normal (raised) position with the aid of the spring 77. During
this return movement of the rack H, the inking roller returns to its original
position beneath the printing plate 45 (Fig. 3), the pressure-pad 63 receding
from the said plate by means of a spring 65b (Figs. 2, 3 and 5) whereof one end
is attached to the bell-crank lever 65 which operates the pad, while the other
end is attached to the casing. The upward movement of the rack moreover effects
the issue of the printed ticket and returns the numeral wheel 15, which prints
the fare to zero. The printed part of the paper I is ejected from the machine
by means of a pair of rollers 54 and 55 arranged one above the other, the upper
one being held against the lower with a vielding pressure. The lower roller 54
is fixed to the shaft 53 which carries the pinion 52 for effecting the upward
movement of the rack, and is furnished with a pawl_54ª for engaging with a
ratchet-wheel 52" integral with the said pinion. By this arrangement the
roller 54 only makes a complete revolution when the rack rises, the paper
web I¹ during the printing operation being held between the rollers 54 and 55.
After the printing has taken place, the paper is fed forward a distance corre-
sponding with the circumference of the roller 54; the printed portion being
thus pushed out through the casing and may be severed by hand or by mechanical
means and issued to the passenger.
In order to effect the return of the fare-printing wheel 15 to zero, the roller 54
s furnished with a pin 16d (Fig. 8) which operates one arm 16° (Fig. 2) of a
ivoted spring-pressed bell-crank lever pivoted at 16b, the other arm 16 of the
aid lever operated to release the pawl 16 and ratchet-wheel 14 pertaining to the
wheel 15.

page_text: The lower roller 54 may be employed for printing an advertisement on the
back of the ticket, in which case the middle portion only (represented by a
square in Fig. 2), which bears the types, touches the paper web I'. This portion
of the roller, after each printing is inked by a roller 36 (Figs. 2 and 3) which
is temporarily pressed against by the means shown in Fig. 16. One gudgeon
of this roller 56 enters a vertical guiding slot formed in the casing and is engaged
by a bifurcated arm 57 of a bell-crank lever whereof the other arm is, at each
revolution of the lower feeding or printing roller 54, vibrated by a cam 59
secured to the spindle 53 of said roller. The cam 59 is so shaped as to present a
stop for the arm 58 whereby the roller 54 is prevented from turning backwards
while the rack H is pulled down.
Instead of effecting the printing with the aid of a pressure-pad 63 as above
described, a pressing roller may be caused to travel over the printing plate in
a similar manner to the inking roller 44.
For the purpose of rendering the adjustment of the fare-wheel 15 visible to
the passengers, it would be sufficient to connect with this wheel a hand rotating
over a dial fixed to the casing, or a rotating dial arranged behind a recessed
portion of the casing. But as it is desirable that the fare, as made visible in
one or the other way on the casing, may remain visible even after the ticket
has been issued, it is preferable that the rack H be not adapted to return the
rotating hand or the rotating dial, as the case may be, to zero, as the fare-
wheel 15 is returned by means of the pin 16d on the feeding or printing roller 54.
Moreover, by the means hereinafter described, another object is secured, that
is to say, the dial which serves to indicate the fare on the exterior of the casing
is not to be returned to zero by a separate operation, but it is returned aut
matically when the ratchet-bar G is pressed down for the purpose of preparing
a new ticket. During the first part of the downward movement of the ratch t-
bar G the fare-indicating dial moves to zero, but during the later part of the
said movement of the bar, the said dial, together with the fare whed 15, moves
to the position whereby the numeral "1" is rendered effective.
It Ta
For effecting the above object, a rotatable disc C bearing numerals on its face
is arranged behind an aperture in the casing E, alongside the clockwork A (sec
Figs. 1, 2. 4, 9, 10, 11 and 12 whereof Fig. 12 is a view of the under side).
The disc or dial is secured to a central pin and is adapted for engagement by
a dog 24 pivoted in a lever 23 (Fig. 9) carried by a shaft 22, which latter is
turned by a pin 20 upon the ratchet-bar (being pressed down and engaging
an upwardly extending arm 21 on said shaft: the dog 24 effecting the movement
of the disc or dial C from one numeral to the next following. To prevent the
dise or dial (rotating ward during the rising of the retelet-lar G, a hori
zontally vibrating pawl 30 (Figs. 9, 10, 11 and 12 pivoted in the part 26 enters
between the teeth of a ratchet-wheel 25 on shaft of the dise or dial (.
been pointed cut that it is not intended that the upward movement of the
rack H, which effects the issue of the ticket, should secure the return of the
disc or dial (' to zero. The depression of the rack H is, however, utilised in
preparing the said return movement so that it may be effected during the first
part of the next downward movement of the ratchet-bar G. For this purpose
the pivot of the horizontally vibrating pawl 30 is provided with a second
pawl 31 the latter pawl being journalled and shaped in such a way that it may
engage with notches 32 formed in the periphery of the disc or dial (. Both the
pawls 30 and 31 are extended beyond their pivot and their extensions are so
formed that an arm 42 projecting from the upper end of the rack II first turns
to one side the pawl 31 pertaining to the peripheral notches in the disc or dial C
and then the pawl 30 pertaining to the ratchet-wheel 25. As the further depres-
sion of the rack H occurs, the arm 42 of the rack descends between the two pawls
and the frame part 78 (Fig. 11). Thus the one pawl 31 enters a notch 32 in
the disc or dial C and prevents the latter springing back to zero, by reason of
the spring 27, contained within the casing 28, so soon as, by the following

page_text: movement of the pawl 30, the ratchet-wheel 25 is released. Upon the ratchet-
bar G being again depressed, the lever 23 is lowered and, while the dog 24
depending from said lever is not yet in engagement with the ratchet-wheel 25,
an arm 34 suspended from the same lever and guided by a cam surface 36 on
the parts 78 (Figs. 1 and 9) turns aside, by means of its shoulder 35, first a pin 33
(Fig. 11) provided on the pawl 31 which engages the peripheral notches, so that
the said pawl 31 is released from the disc or dial C, which at once returns to
zero and then turns aside another pin 33, thus causing the pawl 30 to which
the latter pin is fixed to engage with the ratchet-wheel 25; this last mentioned
pawl again serving as a counter-pawl when the dog 24, in descending, finally
moves the ratchet-wheel 25 and thereby turns the disc or dial C from zero
to "1."
It may be observed that the disc or dial C will be turned to zero and remain
in that position when the ratchet-bar G is pressed down only half its extent of
movement, for the reason that not only the dog 24 but the pawl 13 (Fig. 5)
carried by the ratchet-bar G operates near the end of the downward stroke of such
bar. The same may be said in regard to the pin 20 (Fig. 5) whereby the
counting mechanism is operated.
In the construction illustrated, a device is provided whereby at each full depres-
sion of the ratchet-bar a bell signal is given. Fig. 3 shows the position of the
bell 37, while Figs. 13, 14 and 15 show the mechanism for working the
hammer 37. The ratchet-bar G carries, on the side opposite to the pin 20 and
near its upper extremity, a pin 41 which is arranged to engage (when the bar G
has nearly completed its downward movement) with a stop 40 attached to a
lever 38 pivoted to a vertical support which is again pivoted to a part 12 of the
frame. This pivoted lever 38 carries the hammer 37 and is held in an inoperative
position by a projection 39. The vibration of the hammer operating lever 38 is
effected by means of the pin 41, whereby the hammer 37 is caused to strike
the bell 37.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we claim :-
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1. A machine adapted for printing and issuing tickets or the like and for
recording the amount of fares received and the number of tickets issued, con-
structed or operating substantially as herein described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
2. A machine for printing and issuing tickets or the like and for recording
the amount of fares received and the number of tickets issued, wherein are
arranged stationary and variable printing and inking devices operated from the
exterior, whereby various particulars, such as herein referred to, are indicated
upon a paper strip carried in the apparatus; a bar, such as H, causing an
inking roller to traverse a printing plate beneath which travels the paper strip
the said bar also operating a presser-pad or -roller and printing the unwound
length of paper fed beneath the printing plate the return movement of the bar
effecting through suitable mechanism the ejectment of the printed portion of
the strip whereupon the said portion may be severed and the ticket handed to
the passenger, substantially as herein described.
3. A machine for printing and issuing tickets or the like and for recording
the amount of fares received and the number of tickets issued, constructed or
operating substantially as herein described and comprising stationary and variable
types, operated by a bar (H), in conjunction with clockwork mechanism whereby
various indications are reproduced upon a paper strip drawn from a roll carried
within the casing of the machine; the movement of said bar effecting the feeding
and printing of the paper strip the ejectment of the printed portion the inking
of the printing plate for the next printing, and the ringing of a bell.
4. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combination
with a plunger, of total fare-recording and indicating wheels, a specific fare-

page_text: indicating wheel, and a specific fare-printing wheel actuated through said plunger,
and of mechanism for presenting tickets to the fare-printing wheel, substantially
as specified.
5. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combination
with a plunger, of a specific fare-indicator wheel, oppositely moving detents for
controlling said wheel, and mechanism actuated by said plunger for operating
the said wheel and detents, substantially as specified.
6. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combination
with a plunger, of a specific fare-indicating wheel, oppositely moveable detents
for controlling said wheel when released by its actuating mechanism, a printing
wheel bearing numerals corresponding with those on the indicator-wheel, and
means for presenting tickets to said wheel, substantially as described.
7. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combination
with a plunger, of a specific fare-indicator wheel, a printing wheel bearing
numerals corresponding with those on the said indicator wheel, ticket-strip feed-
ing rollers, mechanism adapted to present the ticket-strip to said printing wheel,
and a rack adapted to actuate the feeding rollers and the ticket-strip presenting
mechanism, substantially as described.
8. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combination
with a plunger, a specific fare-indicating wheel and a rack, of detents for con-
trolling the positions of the fare-indicating wheel at different periods, the said
detents being operated in opposite directions at different times by the plunger
and rack so as to hold and release the fare-indicating wheel, substantially as
described.
9. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the employment
of feed rollers operated by a rack and pinion for feeding or advancing a web or
strip of paper, a type plate furnished with a time dial and a revolving hand
within the dial, a printing wheel bearing numerals denoting the specific denomi-
nations of fares, a printing wheel bearing numerals denoting the station or point
of destination to which tickets are issued, and printing wheels bearing numerals
denoting days and months, an oscillating inking roller operated by the rack for
supplying ink to said wheels and plate, and a pressure-pad capable of being
elevated by said rack to press the paper web or strip against the said wheels and
plate, substantially as and for the purposes specified.
10. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combina-
tion with a rack and pinion, and inking and ticket-feeding rollers driven thereby,
of wheels adapted to print the destination, the amount of fare paid, the time at
which each ticket is issued, and the day and month, an inking roller actuated
by the said rack, a pressure-pad actuated by said rack to elevate and press the
paper against the printing devices, and a series of fare- or passenger-indicating
wheels also simultaneously actuated by said rack, substantially as and for the
purposes specified.
11. A printing and recording machine for tickets or the like comprising a self
returning plunger, fare recording mechanism, fare indicating mechanism, fare
printing mechanism, intermediate devices actuated by the said plunger to operate
each of said mechanisms, whereby, when the operator actuates the plunger the
amount of the fare paid is simultaneously recorded, exhibited to the passenger
and printed, a spring-returned rack or bar, ticket or passenger recording
mechanism, suitable inking mechanism in conjunction with mechanism for
printing on the ticket the destination, date, division of the day and hour,
mechanism for presenting the paper web or strip to said printing mechanisın,
and intermediate devices actuated by the spring-returned rack for operating
the ticket or passenger recording mechanism, inking and paper web or strip
presenting mechanism, whereby when the operator actuates the rack or bar the
recording in series of the ticket or passenger, the inking of the printing mechan-
ism, and the presenting of the paper strip to such printing mechanism are effected,

page_text: a time mechanism being connected with and operating the part of said printing
mechanism which designates the hour.
12. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the following
instrumentalities:-
a self-returning plunger, fare recording mechanism, a fare
indicating plate or disc, a fare printing wheel, intermediate devices whereby
the fare recording mechanism is operated, pawl and ratchet devices to rotate
said fare indicating plate or disc, cam and detent devices to lock and unlock
said plate or disc, all operated by said plunger, so that when the conductor
actuates said plunger he simultaneously records the amount of the fare paid,
rotates said plate or disc, exhibiting to the public the amount of said fare, then
locks said plate or disc, and rotates said printing wheel to print a figure corre-
sponding with that exposed on the plate or disc and that recorded, a spring
returned rack or bar, ficket or passenger recording mechanism, ticket printing
discs for printing on the ticket the day, month, destination station, division of
day, and hour, an inking roller, a pressure plate or pad to present the paper
strip to the printing mechanism, and intermediate devices actuated by the rack
for operating said ticket or passenger recording mechanism, cam devices to lock
and unlock said disc or plate, vibrating arms to operate said inking roller and
pressure pad, whereby when the conductor operates said rack or bar he effects
the recording in series of the ticket or the passenger, the inking the printing
discs, the presenting the paper strip to such printing devices, and locks the plate
or disc by engaging one detent with it and then disengaging the other detent
from it, so that on the next operation of the plunger, the now engaged detent
will be thrown out and the disc returned to zero, a time hand forming a part of
the printing devices, and a time mechanism connected with said hand.
13. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combina-
tion with a plunger, fare recording mechanism, a fare indicating disc, moved
to zero by a spring, and having a ratchet wheel, a fare printing wheel having
a ratchet wheel, devices actuated by the plunger to operate said recording
mechanism, a detent to lock the disc and a detent to engage with its ratchet, a
pawl, operated by the plunger to rotate the disc by engagement with its ratchet,
and carrying a cam arm that unlocks one detent from the disc which permits
the operating pawl to slightly rotate the disc, and which throws the other pawl
into the ratchet after the disc is so operated, an operating pawl actuated by the
plunger to rotate said printing wheel and a locking detent for the printing wheel
and means to disengage it.
14. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combina-
tion with a plunger and a rotatable fare or indicating plate or disc having peri-
pheral notches, a ratchet wheel and a returning spring, of a detent for engaging
with said notches and another detent for engaging with the ratchet wheel, an
operating pawl actuated by the plunger to rotate the disc by engagement with
its ratchet wheel, a cam arm also operated by the plunger and adapted to throw
one detent out of engagement with the notches of the disc so as to permit the
disc to be slightly rotated, and then to throw the other detent into engagement
with the ratchet of the disc so as to lock it in a position to expose the figure
indicating the fare, and a rack or bar having cam projections, the one adapted in
throw one of the detents into the notches of the disc and the other to subsequently
throw the other detent out of the ratchet of the disc, whereby, on operating first
the plunger and then the rack or bar, the fare disc is unlocked as to one detent
and allowed to fly back to zero, then rotated, then locked as to the other detent,
then re-locked as to the first detent with the fare figure exposed, and unlocked
as to the second detent.
15. In a printing and recording machine for tickets or the like, the combina-
tion with printing mechanism comprising a time hand and dial, a fare disc, a
month disc, a day disc, and an advertisement printing roller, of a rack with
intermediate devices to rotate the roller in one direction, a pressure pad or plate

page_text: and an inking roller, and other intermediate devices for operating the pressure
pad and said inking roller, substantially as set forth.
16. In a printing and rec rding machine for tickets or the like, the following
instrumentalities: spring returned plunger, a fare recording mechanism, a
fare indicating plate or disc, pawl, ratchet, detent and cam mechanism operated
by the plunger to actuate said recording mechanism and to unlock, rotate and lock
said disc, a ticket printing wheel and pawl and ratchet to operate the same
through the said plunger, a spring returned rack or bar, a ticket or passenger
recording mechanism, an advertisement printing roller with its inking and feed
rollers, pawl and ratchet and gearing to operate said printing roller through said
rack or bar and its spring, printing mechanism for printing the
month, day, destination station, division of the day and hour, including
a time hand, a time piece back geared with said time hand, and inking
roller and a pressure pad or a plate for said printing mechanism and arms to
operate said printing roller and pressure pad which are connected with said rack
or bar, and a support for a continuous ticket strip, whereby such strip being
drawn upon by the advertising roller and its feeding roller, is carried between
said pad and said printing mechanism, a cam device also carried by said rack
or bar and adapted to throw one detent into locking engagement with the fare
indicating disc and the other detent out of engagement therewith, substantially
as described and illustrated.
17. In the herein described printing and recording machine for tickets or the
like, the employment in conjunction with printing and recording mechanism
of a bell for apprising the passenger of the completion of the series of operations
in connection with the production of the required ticket, substantially as set
Iorth.
Iorth.
Dated this 12th day of December 1898.
For the Applicants,
G. G. M. HARDINGHAM,
Chartered Patent Agent.
Clun House, Surrey Street, London, W.C.