IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS.
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Adams, of No. 12, Charles Street, Black-
friars Road, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DATING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS.
by the said James Adams at the Umce
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and Declaration, on
the 5th December 1867, pursuant to the 9th Section of the. Patent Law
Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
ADAMS, of No. 12, Charles Street, Blackfriars Road, in the County of Surrey,
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR DATING RAILWAY AND OTHER TICKETS," and have petitioned Her
Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators, and assigns, Her
Royal Letters Patent for the same, and have made solemn Declaration that
I am the true and first Inventor thereof.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Adams, do hereby declare that
the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal, fully describes
and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, in and by the following statement in writing,

page_text: reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, that is to
say:-
This Invention consists of an improved machine or apparatus for printing
or stamping the dates upon railway or other tickets as they are issued, which
may be used either for printing the date with ink from ordinary type or for
stamping or impressing the date either with or without ink by means of steel
type.
The machine is of the same character as the ordinary dating machine in so
far as that the pressing of the ticket into a mouth-piece brings down the type
and gives the impression, the inking of the type (when ink is used) being
also self-acting on the withdrawal of the dated ticket. The mouth-piece is
supported and swings upon two links mounted on pivots beneath, and has an
arm projecting from its rear side which is jointed to a bent lever keyed or
otherwise fixed on a rocking shaft, the said shaft being supported in suitable
bearings. Upon the rocking shaft is also secured another lever, the outer
end of which is jointed to a vertical type carrier in such a manner that when
the mouth piece is pressed inwards the type carrier is brought down to give
the impression. The type carrier is kept always perpendicular by means of a
parallel link attached to its upper end. The inking pad swings upon pivots
and is connected by a link to the bent lever, so that when the mouth piece is
pressed inwards and the type carrier is brought down the inking pad is drawn
out of the way, but as the type carrier rises the inking pad is raised also and
pressed against the face of the type. A spring or other equivalent contrivance
is connected to the rocking shaft or other movable part of the machine to
bring the apparatus into the last described position on the withdrawal of the
dated ticket.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Improvements
in Apparatus for Dating Railway and other Tickets," I will now proceed to
describe more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be
performed or carried into practical effect; and in order that the same may be
distinctly understood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illus-
trative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters of reference
corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof, that is to
say:
In the annexed Drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus ;
Figure 2 is a view of the left-hand side, and Fig. 3 a view of the right-hand
side of the same; Figure 4 is a plan view of the machine; these views
severally showing the apparatus in a state of rest with the type carrier raised
and the inking pad pressed against the type. Figure 5 is a sectional view of

page_text: the apparatus in the position it assumes when dating a ticket. Similar letters
of reference are placed upon corresponding parts of the apparatus in all the
Figures.
Upon the rocking
which is jointed to
a, a, is the main casting or stand of the machine, to which are screwed or
otherwise fixed two uprights or standards 6, 6, carrying the rocking shaft c, c.
Upon this shaft is keyed or firmly fixed a bent lever d, d, which is connected
by the arm e, e, to the mouth piece f. f, the latter being supported on two
side levers g, g, working on studs or pivots h, h, beneath.
shaft c, c, is also rigidly fixed a lever i, i, the front end of
the vertical type carrier k, k, to the lower end of which latter is fitted a type
box 1, 1, of the ordinary form. The type carrier k, k, is kept vertical in its
movement by a parallel link m, m, of the same length as the lever i, i, the
said link being jointed at one end to the upper part of the type carrier and at
the other to the upper end of one of the standards b, b. The impression is
received on a strip of cork or other suitable material j, j, (see Figures 4 and 5)
let into the back part of the mouth piece. The inking pad n, n, is carried by
a plate mounted on pivots o, o, and connected to the bent lever d, d, by a
link p, p; this inking pad turns upon a central pin, so that it can be turned
by hand from time to time, so as to bring a fresh part of its surface in
contact with the type, or it may be provided with a ratchet or other equivalent
movement which will cause it to move automatically each time a ticket is
dated. When it is desired to use steel type without ink this inking pad is
removed. q, q, is a coiled spring, one end of which is attached to the rocking
shaft and the other end is held in a clip r, r; the uncoiling of this spring has
a constant tendency to raise the type carrier k, k, and inking pad n, n, and
thrust the mouth piece f, f, outwards into the position shown in Figures 1, 2,
3, and 4. The pressure of the spring may be regulated by altering its
position in the clip r, r.
I may here observe that a spring of any other form may be adapted to any
other moving part of the apparatus, so as to produce the same effect.
The action of the machine is as follows:-A ticket 8, s, being pressed
endwise into the mouth piece f, f, on coming against the plate or projection *
at the back of the same forces the mouth piece backwards into the position
shown in Figure 5, and by means of the arm e, e, and bent lever d, d, gives a
rocking motion to the shaft c, c, and causes the lever i, i, to bring down the
type carrier k, k, and give the impression at the same time that the bent
lever d, d, draws down the inking pad n, n, out of the way by means of the
link p, p, the action of the various parts being shown by the arrows in
Figure 5. Upon the withdrawal of the ticket the uncoiling of the spring

page_text: reverses the action and returns the various parts into their original position as
shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The machine when in use is enclosed in a mahogany or other wooden
case, the outline of which is represented by the dotted lines in Figures 1,
2, and 3.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
Improvements in Apparatus for Dating Railway and other Tickets," together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried
in practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as my Inven-
tion, the improved apparatus for such purposes as exhibited in the Drawings
annexed and herein-before particularly described, or any mere imitation or
modification thereof constructed and operating in substantially the same or a
similar manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Adams, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of November, in the year of our
Lord (1867) One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
GEORGE DAVIES,
Patent Agent,
1, Serle St.,
Lincoln's Inn.
JAMES ADAMS. (L.s.)