IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING TICKETS OR RECEIPTS, AND FOR RECORDING OR CHECKING THE SAME."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Henry Varley, of Mildmay Park, and William
Davison, of Stoke Newington, both in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING TICKETS OR
RECEIPTS, AND FOR RECORDING OR CHECKING THE SAME."
I
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Henry Varley and
William Davison at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 23rd
September 1879.
FREDERICK HENRY VARLEY, of Mildmay Park, and WILLIAM DAVISON, of Stoke
Newington, both in the County of Middlesex. " IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR DELIVERING TICKETS OR RECEIPTS, AND FOR RECORDING OR CHECKING THE
SAME."
By this Invention we propose to supply a ready means of recording or checking
the receipt of money taken by tram and omnibus conductors, steam packet offices,
payment for admission to theatres, or other public places, and in all such cases
where checks or receipts are given for money tendered.
The apparatus suited for tram or omnibus conductors is with little or no modifi-
cation applicable for the money takers at theatres and other places.
This apparatus consists of a portable caso having an aperture furnished with a
projecting ledge, against which presses a retaining clutch spring or other suitable
device so as to admit of the free withdrawal of the band of tickets or receipts here-
after mentioned, but prevent any portion thereof from being reinserted in the
case. The said case is made of a suitable size to hold the requisite number of
tickets or receipts, which are printed on a band of paper or other suitable material,
cach ticket or receipt being marked with the amount and likewise consecutively
numbered. We prefer to have the said band perforated across and between each
receipt or ticket to facilitate the tearing off of the number required. This band of
receipts or tickets is wound on a hollow core made of a paper tube or other suitable
material. In the interior of the box or case (which we prefer to be of circular form)
is placed a pin upon which the aforesaid hollow core and coiled band are placed.
To effect this one side of the box is made moveable, and may be hinged and pro-
vided with a lock for fastening it when closed.
The withdrawing of the band may be made to actuate a recording mechanism
or give a stroke upon a bell for every receipt or ticket withdrawn from the case.
An apparatus constructed as described prevents the reinsertion of tickets or
receipts, thus preventing fraudulent reissue.
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page_text: tail end of the lever / so that the striker m may rise and fall to strike the bell n
each time the length of a ticket or receipt is drawn from the apparatus. The whole
of the apparatus is placed in an outer case o, the cover o¹ of which may be locked.
At Figures 4 and 5 will be seen two ways of adapting a recorder to the apparatus.
In Figure 4 the roller has spikes on its periphery. To this roller is pivotted excen-
trically a rod q, to the other end of this rod is fixed an escapement r which actuates
the recording wheels s, t, u, v, (these latter may be of the ordinary kind for indi-
cating on suitable dials unites, tens, hundreds, thousands, and so on) as the band
of tickets is drawn from the apparatus, as before described. At Figure 5 it will be
seen that the indicating wheels are actuated by means of a spring or pawl w fixed
to to the tail end of the lever. The apparatus is complete without the outer case o,
so that it can be provided with the band of tickets or receipts and is ready to be
put into an outer case when required for use. We would here remark that the
apparatus may be made without the bell or without the recorder, or with either or
both of these, according to requirements. The band a may be rendered waterproof
and toughtened if desired. The action of an apparatus constructed as above is as
follows: The band of paper or other material having the receipts or tickets printed
thereon is wound on to the hollow core or tube b (the disc 6' keeping the coil in
position). This coil is then placed on the pin a and the band is drawn round the
apparatus, as shewn in Figure 2, in order to stiffen it and cause the receipts or
tickets to be delivered correctly, and so that one ticket or receipt is exposed on
the ledge i.
When it is desired to give one or more tickets or receipts it is simply
necessary to pull the exposed end of the band in the direction of the arrow's flight
until another ticket is exposed on to ledge when the first one, or as many as may
be required to represent the money paid, is or are torn off, and so on. The action
of pulling the band causes the striker to rise and fall, thus striking the bell for
each ticket or receipt pulled out, and should the indicator be applied this will also
indicate one for every ticket or receipt pulled out. The tickets or receipts are
consecutively numbered, as shewn at Figure 8, and they may (if found desirable)
have perforations between each to facilitate tearing off. The apparatus shewn in
the Drawings is well adapted for omnibus or tram conductors, and may be hung
the neck. For theatres or other public places or stations the apparatus could be
fixed in a case most suitable for the purpose for which it is required.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature and object of our said
Invention, and the means of carrying the same into practical effect, we would
remark in conclusion that we do not wish to confine ourselves to the precise details
set forth, as these may be varied to suit the requirements of the case, but what we
claim and desire to secure by the herein before in part recited Letters Patent is,
an apparatus for delivering and checking receipts or tickets, constructed substan-
tially as set forth (either with or without the bell and recording mechanism), in
combination with a band of receipts or tickets, arranged substantially as described
and represented in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Henry Varley, one of the parties
hereto, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty second day of
March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.