A Ticket, Holder for Railway Waggons, Vans, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: A Ticket, Holder for Railway Waggons, Vans, and the like.
I EDWIN PLATT of Higginshaw Gas Works, Oldham in the County of
Lancaster, Assistant Gas Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a railway wagon, van, or similar vehicle,
with a holder or holders into which a ticket or label can be readily inserted and by
which such ticket or label shall be protected from dust dirt and the action of bad
weather; so that I can dispense with the use of tacks or nails, save time. in applying
the tickets or labels to indicate the destination of the wagon van or vehicle, and
keep the said tickets both secure and clean.
For this purpose I fix to a suitable part of the wagon or vehicle a rectangular or
other conveniently shaped frame open at the top and faced or enclosed at the front
by a sheet of celluloid, or other suitable transparent material which is not too
brittle.
In the opposite sides of this frame, and inside thereof, I make slides or grooveв
80 that a back plate can be sliddon into the frame. This back plate is made with a
cross bar at the top which when slidden iuto place completes the frame, protecting
the upper edge of the transparent face plate above described by a bead or groove.
The ticket or label is removably fixed or attached to the front.of this hack plate
by suitable means (or the latter may itself form the ticket or label) and thus the
label can be readily fixed to its place or removed, and when in place will be protected
by the fixed frame, the transparent front, the back plate, and the cross bar thereon,
from any injury by rain or bad weather, dust or dirt.
The frame and back plate may be made of brass galvanized irou or any other
suitable material.
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A Ticket Holder for Railway waggons, vans,
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I EDWIN PLATT, of Higginshaw Gas Works, Oldham in the County of
Lancaster, Assistant Gas Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described aud
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide a railway wagon, van, or similar
vehicle, with a holder or holders into which a ticket or label can be readily inserted,

page_text: and by which such ticket or label shall be protected from dust dirt and the action
of bad weather; so that I can dispense with the use of tacks or nails, save time in
applying the tickets or labels to indicate the destination of the wagon van or vehicle,
and keep the said tickets both secure and clean.
My invention will be readily understood from the following explanation on
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front view of a ticket holder made according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the same,
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through same, and
Fig. 4 is a view of the back plate detached.
Figs. 2 and 3 show a modified form of the holder.
1 x to a suitable part of the wagon..or vehicle, a rectangular or other con-
veniently shaped frame a, open at the top and faced or enclosed at the front by a
sheet of celluloid,a', or other suitable transparent material which is not.too brittle.
In the opposite sides a2 of this frame, and inside thereof, I make slides or
grooves at so that a back plate 6 can be slidden into the frame. This back plate b
is made with a cross bar b' at the top which, when sliddon into place, completes the
frame (see Figs. 1, 2 and 2) protecting the upper edge of the transparent face
plate a above described by a bead or groove & 2 if necessary.
The ticket or label c is removably fixed or attached to the front of this.back
plate by suitable means (or the latter may itself form the ticket or label), and thus
the label can be readily fixed in its place or removed, and when in place will be
protected by the fixed frame a, transparent front a', the back plate b, and the cross
bar theroon, from any injury by rain or bad weather, dust or dirt.
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The frame a and back plate b may be made of brass or any suitable material, and
if preferred the back of the frame a may be made solid or closed in, as seen at a 3
Figs. 2 and 3, and the frame may be made with feet a 4 to keep it away from
the ride of the wagon and prevent any accumulation of water between the holder
and the side of the wagon, to which it is attached by the screws a 5; and I. find it
more convenient to make the frame in three parts, as shewn by Figs. 3 and 34, held
together by the said screws a 5.
In order to prevent the entire removal of the back plato b when raised for
removing or changing the ticket r, I provide the cross bar a 6 at the top of the
frame (see Fig. 24); & to facilitate the removal of the ticket I form a notch 63
(see Fig. 4) or its equivalent in the back plate b, which is by preference provided
with a ledge b4 at its lower edge for the ticket o to rest on.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performned I declare that what I
.claim is :-
A ticket holder for attaching to a wagon van or similar vehicle consisting of a
fixed frame transparent face plate and back plate provided with a protecting cross
bar combined substantially as heroin before described and illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 92nd daw of
1907
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.