AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DATING PROVISIONALATION FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Beeby Edmondson Railway Ticket Manufacturer
and James Carson Manager both of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DATING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Beeby Edmondson
and James Carson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
29th March 1883.
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JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON Railway Ticket Manufacturer and JAMES CARSON,
Manager both of Manchester in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER
TICKETS
"
Our invention has for its object an improved method of dating and stamping
railway and other tickets and we accomplish this, first, by constructing hand
nippers for the use of ticket collectors and others in which type, figures, letters, or
other marks are held in a bracket or otherwise so that they may be readily
removed and changed or replaced.
Secondly, by constructing dating or stamping presses in which inking rollers
and sharp metal type, figures, letters, or other marks are used.
In applying our Invention to hand nippers we fit over one of the jaws, a loose
bracket or box secured to the jaw by a screw or in other convenient manner;
the inner side of this bracket has a slot cut in it into which sharp metal
type are fitted and held the type close upon a strip of leather or other suitable
substance secured in the opposite jaw: The type may be held in one of the jaws
of the nippers instead of being held in a separate bracket and may be easily
changed when desired.
In applying our Invention to a dating or stamping press we employ sharp metal
type with an inking roller: the type are held in a box secured to a vertical or
other lever and may be readily changed.

page_text: The swinging portion of the press hinges at and swings from, the top; the lever.
with the type is hinged preferably on the swinging frame and the action of
pushing the ticket, to be dated or stamped, into the press in the usual way moves
the swinging frame and causes the type lever, acting on a fixed part of the press
frame, to descend with great power, thus indenting the ticket with the date or mark
and the type being inked makes the date distinct and indelible.
The inking roller may be automatically guided and brought into contact with
the type at each stroke of the press.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Beeby Edmondson and James Carson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th September 1883.
JOHN BEEBY EDMONDSON, Railway Ticket Manufacturer and JAMES CARSON,
Manager, both of Manchester in the County of Lancaster. "AN IMPROVED
METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR DATING AND STAMPING RAILWAY AND OTHER
TICKETS"
Our invention has for its object an improved method of dating and stamping
railway and other tickets and we accomplish this, first, by constructing hand
nippers for the use of ticket collectors and others in which type, figures letters or
other marks are held in a bracket or otherwise so that they may be readily
removed and changed or replaced.
Secondly, by constructing dating or stamping presses in which inking rollers and
sharp metal type, figures, letters or other marks are used.
In applying our Invention to hand nippers we fit over, one of the jaws, a loose
bracket or box secured to the jaw by a screw or in other convenient manner: the
inner side of this bracket has a slot cut in it, into which sharp metal type are
fitted and held the type close upon a strip of leather or other suitable substance
secured in the opposite jaw: The type may be held in one of the jaws of the
nippers instead of being held in a separate bracket and may be easily changed
when desired.
In applying our Invention to a dating or stamping press we employ sharp metal
type with an inking roller: the type are held in a box secured to a vertical or
other lever and may be readily changed.
The swinging portion of the press hinges at, and swings from, the top: the
lever with the type is hinged preferably on the swinging frame and the action
of pushing the ticket to be dated or stamped in the press in the usual way moves
the swinging frame and causes the type lever, acting on a fixed part of the press
frame to descend with great power, thus indenting the ticket with the date or
mark and the type being inked makes the date distinct and indelible.
The inking roller may be automatically guided and brought into contact with
the type at each stroke of the press.

page_text: And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings
reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view. Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an end view of a pair of hand
nippers to which our Invention is applied. Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views.of
the bracket for holding the type, figures or other marks. Fig. 6 is a side and
Fig. 7 a front elevation, of our improved dating or stamping press and Fig. 8 is a
sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 9 is a side and Fig. 10 a front elevation of a
modified form of our improved dating or stamping press and Fig. 11 is a sectional
elevation of the same.
.
In Figs. 1 to 5.-a represents a pair of hand nippers with jaws a¹ and a³: a
bracket or box bis secured by a screw b¹ or in other convenient manner to the
jaw a'i a slot 62 is cut in the inner side of the bracket b and sharp metal type
are fitted into this slot and may be easily changed when desired: the type c close
upon a strip of leather d' or other suitable substance secured in the opposite jaw a²:
The type c may be held in one of the jaws of the nippers a instead of being held
in a separate bracket b.
These hand nippers are particularly suited for the use of railway ticket
collectors as with them they are enabled to indent a ticket with a date or other
mark which is not easily effaced: such date or mark may be readily changed when
required
In Figs. 6 to 8.-e is the frame of a dating or stamping press to which is hinged
at e' the swinging frame f: g is the lever which carries the sharp metal type h in
a box g¹ and is hinged at fi to the swinging frame f: the box g¹ is retained in
position by a screw g² and plate or catch g³: i is the inking roller carried by
arms i pivoted at to the frame e: k is the inking box with small perforations
at the bottom, through which the ink passes on to the pad k¹ to ink the roller i.
When the ticket to be dated or stamped is pushed into the press in the usual
way the swinging frame f moves and causes the type lever g bearing on the fixed
point to descend with power thus indenting the ticket with the date or other
mark and the sharp metal type h being inked renders the date distinct and
practically indelible: m is a spring which brings the swinging frame f and lever g
back into position ready to act upon the next ticket. The ticket / rests upon the
movable piece n the level of which may be adjusted by the set screw n².
By turning the plate g³ the box g¹ may be readily removed and the type or
other marks changed.
In Figs. 9 to 11-e is the frame of a dating or stamping press to which is hinged
at e the swinging frame f: g is the lever which carries the sharp metal type h in
a box g': The lever g is connected at one end to the swinging frame f by two
pins g guided in slots f² in the swinging frame: the other end of the lever g rests
in or against the frame e as shown at e² or in other convenient manner: the box g¹
is retained in position by a screw g³ and a plate or catch 9: By turning the
plate g the box g₁ may be readily removed and the type or other mark changed:
k is the inking box from which the pad k¹ is supplied and to which it is secured:
the inking box kis pivoted to the swinging frame f by the screws k³ and has
projecting arms which rest upon flat springs as the lever g descends, it
comes into contact with the arms k³ and so tilts the inking box k and pad k' which
turn on the pivots k² and leave room for the type h to descend and indent the
ticket the flat springs again bring the pad k¹ into contact with the type h
when the ticket is withdrawn and the swinging frame fand lever g are brought
back to their normal position by the spring m.
When the ticket is pushed into the press in the usual way the swinging frame f
moves and the lever g bearing against the frame e at e² and guided by the pins g³
in the slots f descends with great power and thus indents the ticket with an inked
date or other mark. The ticket rests upon the movable piece n the level of
which may
be adjusted by the set screw n².

page_text: It is obvious that ordinary type may be used in these presses for printing
purposes instead of the sharp metal type h for indenting the tickets
Having stated the nature of our Invention and described the manner of
performing the same
We declare that we claim
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1. The improved method of and apparatus for dating and stamping railway and
other tickets substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The method of dating or stamping railway and other tickets by means of
hand nippers as herein described and substantially as shown with reference to
Figs 1 to 5.
3. Indenting railway and other tickets with a date or mark in combination
with an inking arrangement.
In witness whereof I the said John Beeby Edmondson for myself and on
behalf of the said James Carson have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-
fifth day of September One thousand eight hundred and eighty three
JOHN BEERY EDMONDSON
(LS)