Registering Mechanism.
Year: 1886

page_text: Registering Mechanism.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
.
My invention relates to machines for printing, or printing and dating, tickets as
they are separately sold, for issuing and detaching the ticket from the continuous
strip from which it is printed, and at the same time registering by independent
mechanism the sale of each ticket and showing the gross number of sales, the entire
series of operations being accomplished by automatic means.
One purpose of my invention is to provide an apparatus for use in all places
where tickets, or checks, are issued as evidence of cash payments or of value
received, but it is more especially intended for the ticket offices of ferries, or rail-
roads, where great numbers of short-trip tickets are sold daily.
Another object is to provide automatic mechanism whereby tickets may be
printed as they are sold; cut from the continuous strip and delivered, and the sale
simultaneously registered; the construction and organization being such that, by a
single movement, the operative parts may be shifted to print tickets in series, of
different prices, and to register by separate and independent devices the gross
number of sales of each price; all opportunity of tampering with any part of the
mechanism being avoided.
It is also my purpose to improve the construction and operation of the devices
for feeding the continuous blank strip, from which the tickets are successively
taken, by providing positive mechanisin for that purpose; to simplify the con-
struction and improve the operation of the devices for detaching the tickets and
for inking the stamp by which they are printed, without opening the case con-
taining said parts; and to provide simple and efficient means whereby the inking
stamp may be rotated to print, and the mechanism adjusted to register, tickets of
different prices, said changes being effected by one movement of a single device,
without opening the locked casing containing the parts.

page_text: A further purpose of my invention is to combine with the registering mechanism
a plate having a series of numbers, denoting the prices at which tickets of different
grades, are sold, the connection being such that, at each adjustment, said plate will
be moved, bringing into view through an opening in the case the number denoting
the price of tickets being printed and registered under said adjustment; the figures
brought out by each separate series of registering devices being shown through
openings in the case.
My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and com-
binations of parts hereinafter fully described.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a vertical section taken longitudinally of the continuous ticket-strip.
Figure 2 is a vertical section taken transversely to the ticket strip, and not far
from the centre of the casing.
Figure 3 is a vertical section taken in a plane parallel to the section plane in
figure 1 the operative parts contained within the casing being in elevation.
Figure 4 is a similar view looking from the opposite side, the upper portion of
the machine being broken away.
Figure 5 is a detail view of the feed rolls detached.
Figure 6 is a detail section showing the manner of mounting and means for
preserving the tension of the lower roll, relatively to the upper.
Figure 7 is a detail view showing means for shifting the fare-indicating plate.
Figure 8 is a detail elevation of the knife-plate and guides.
Figure 9 is an elevation of the front of the machine.
Figure 10 is a vertical section taken in the line of the ticket trough, showing a
modified construction and arrangement of the parts.
In the drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates the casing within which all the
operative parts are contained, excepting the foot-lever by which the mechanism is
actuated. This casing is made of iron, and may be of any desired size, the vertical
walls being united to the foot piece 2 by angle bars 3, which receive screws 4
applied interiorly. The floor piece 2 is connected by rivets, or otherwise, with
a base 5, having suitable supporting parts 6. This construction precludes the
removal of the casing from its stand, or support, except by those having access to
its interior, through the lid 7. The latter is provided upon one side with lugs 8,
which enter openings in the vertical wall of the casing, and upon the opposite side
is placed a lock. 9.
Mounted upon the floor-piece 2, is a casting 10, T-shaped in cross section, and
upon the cross head thereof is formed a trough, or guideway for the blank-strip
from which the tickets are printed. This way is shown at 11, figure 1, and
throughout a portion of its length it is covered over by a shield plate 11 the latter
being partly cut away beneath the printing stamp to expose the ticket strip
through an opening 12, the edges of said strip being protected, however, by an
over-hanging edge of metal upon each side of the trough. Both the trough and
the shield plate are also cut away to admit the feed rolls by which the strip is
advanced, and the trough terminates at the front wall of the casing in a knife-
plate 13, formed of steel, having its cutting edge flush with the surface of said trough.
The blank paper strip 14, from which the tickets are printed and cut successively,
is taken from spool 15, mounted in bearings upon the rear wall of the machine;
from this spool it enters the casing between friction-rolls 16, and thence passes
into the trough 11. At a little distance from the mouth of the trough it passes
between an upper and a lower feed roll 17 and 18, respectively. The construction
and operation of these devices will now be explained.
The upper roll 17 is mounted upon a shaft 19, arranged within a casing 20,
having a recess, or chamber overhanging the trough 11 and containing the roll.
Upon one end of the shaft 19, outside the casing, is mounted a ratchet 21, rigid
with the shaft, as, also, is the feed roll. Upon the outer end of the shaft is loosely
mounted a plate 22, lying against the outer face of the ratchet, and having a
portion which projects upward beyond the periphery of the latter.. Upon this

page_text: projecting part is pivotally mounted a pawl 23, the point of which is thrown by a
spring 24, into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet, said spring being mounted
upon the plate 22. A holding pawl 25, pivotted at 26, prevents back-lash, or
retrograde movement of the roll, being held in engagement with the ratchet by
means of a weight 26a, upon its tail.
Upon the plate 22, nearly opposite the nose of the pawl 23, is attached a
link 27, having its outer end pivottally connected with an arm 28, rigidly mounted
upon the reciprocating carriage, by which the printing stamp is moved. Upon the
arm 28 is formed, or mounted, a shoulder, or lug 29, and as the descent of the arm
rocks the plate 22 in the direction of the arrow in figure 4, carrying the pawl 23
and the ratchet 21, and rotating the feed roll 17, the shoulder 29 at a certain point
in the descent of the arm arrests the movement of the pawl 23 by engaging with
the curved tail 23 of said pawl. This instantly throws the pawl off the ratchet
and at the same moment the latter is locked by the stop pawl 25. By this
operation the feed rolls are always turned, at each feed movement, through the
same, or equal arcs of rotation, and their action ceases and the movement of the
ticket strip is arrested, just a little before the printing stamp comes in contact with
the paper, thereby avoiding any blurring of the ink or want of accuracy in the
operation of the parts.
In order to give positive movement to both feed rolls, they are geared together
by a toothed annulus 30, upon one, gearing into a similar annulus 31, upon the
other. To avoid injury to the ticket strip a flange 32 is formed upon the upper
roll between the body of the roll and the teeth. This shield rises as high as the
points of the teeth and runs in a channel 33, in the lower roll, forming an effectual
guard for the strip.
The bite of the feed rolls upon the strip is obtained by making the lower roll 18,
adjustable toward and from the upper roll. In order to give a constant pressure
of the rolls upon the strip and at the same time permit an elastic, yielding move-
ment to enable the rolls to accommodate themselves to variations in thickness, or
other inequalities in the paper, I have adopted the following construction.
This lever
The lower roll 18 is journalled upon a large bearing 34, having trunnions 35,
upon each end which are eccentric to the axis of the bearing. These trunnions
have bearing in the opposite walls of the casting 20, and one of them is prolonged
and receives a lever 36, rigidly attached by means of a set screw 37.
extends towards the front wall of the machine, and to its extremity is attached a
spring 38, connected to the casting 20 above the end of the lever. By reference to
figure 4 it will be sea that as the end of the lever is lifted, the axis of the
bearing 34 will rise and approach the upper roll, and that after contact between
the rolls is made their pressure upon the strip may be varied by altering the tension
of the spring 38.
In order to insert the bearing 34, after the roll is placed within the casting, a
circular opening of proper size is made in one wall of the latter, and after the
parties are in place a disc 39 is inserted in said opening, said disc having an
aperture which receives one of the trunnions 35. After the disc is in place a set
screw 40 is inserted through the rear edge of the casting, having its end bearing
upon the edge of the disc and holding it in place, as shown in figures 3 and 6.
The next step in order of procedure is the printing of the ticket. This is effected
by means of a vertically reciprocating stamp 41, consisting of a block which is
polygonal in cross-section, and carries upon each of its faces a stamp 42, formed
of rubber or other material. The stamps are formed to print tickets of as many
different prices as there are separate stamps. I have shown in the drawings &
rectangular block, having four separate stamps, but it is evident that a less, or even
a greater number might be employed, if required.
The stamp block 41 is mounted upon a shaft 43, to which it is pinned by a
bolt 44 passing through the block and transversely through the shaft. The latter
is hollow, as is shown in figure 2 for a purpose presently to be described, and is
journalled in a block 45, which contains a recess, or chamber 46, in which the.

page_text: stamp block is arranged. One end of the shaft projects from the wall of this
chamber and is provided with a notch, or slot, 47, the function of which will be
shown hereafter.
The carrier block 45 has vertical reciprocation in a guideway, or frame 48,
consisting of uprights supported upon the floor of the casing. The block lies upon
one side of these uprights and has a projecting portion which lies between the
uprights and is flush with the outer surface. A plate 49 is attached to this surface
having its edges overlapping the uprights, thereby giving support to the block and
holding it in engagement with the vertical guides. The carrier block 45 is thrown
downward to bring the stamp upon the ticket-strip, by means of a foot lever 50,
connected to the block by a bar 51, or other means.
It is raised when the lever is
released, by means of a spiral spring 52, having one end attached to a pin 53, upon
the block, and the other to an arm 54, mounted upon the guide frame 48, and
extended upward to give sufficient length to the spring.
The stamp is inked at each reciprocation of the carrier block by means of an
inking roll 55, covered with absorbent material. This roll is journalled in the ends
of two arms 56, connected and braced by a plate 57, which overhangs the ticket-
strip when the stamp is raised and protects it from dropping of ink from the latter.
The arms 56 are pivotted upon the ends of two arins 58, and one of said arms is
prolonged to form a finger piece 59, to which a spring 60, is connected, the other
end thereof being connected to a pin below, the tension of the spring tending
normally to rock the arms 56 upward and throw the roll 55 toward and against
the stamp 42. When the parts, however, are in position shown in figure 2 this
tendency is resisted and the roll is held down by a lug 61, upon the carrier
block 45, the end of said lug bearing upon one of the arms 56, as indicated in
figures 2 and 4.
The arms 58 are pivotted upon a support 62, and one is prolonged beyond its
pivotal point, forming a short horizontal, and a longer downwardly inclined portion,
the latter having a slot 63, which is prolonged into the horizontal portion, each
portion of the slot being parallel with that part of the extended arm in which it is
formed. In this slot is arranged a pin 64, carried by an arm 65, which is rigidly
mounted upon the carrier block 45 the arrangement being such that when the
block is at its upward limit of movement, the pin 64 will lie in the horizontal
portion of the slot 63. When the block begins its downward movement, the pin,
acting upon the horizontal part of the arm 58, rocks it upon its pivot, together with
its parallel member, throwing the inking roll 55 upward and toward the stamp
and at the same time giving it a movement across the face of the stamp. As the
arms 58 approach the vertical, the pin 64 passes into the inclined part of the slot,
drawing the ink roll completely out, after passing it over the type surface, the
simultaneous downward movement of the stamp being accomodated by the elasticity
of the spring 60. After the ink roll has passed out from under the stamp, it is
held in position to re-enter by a stop-plate, 65° carried by the arm 65, which
prevents the arms 56 from being thrown too far upward by the tension of the
springs 60.
The inking roll is supplied, when fresh ink is needed, by throwing the stamp
down and holding it, and inserting a flat pad charged with ink, through a slot 66
in the wall of the casing. This pad is brought against the periphery of the roll
and moved back and forth, giving rotation to the latter upon the inked surface.
By this means ink may be supplied without opening the case.
The printed tickets are severally cut from the ticket strip by a knife 67, which
slides in a knife-guide 68, formed in the end of the casting 10 which lies adjacent
to the front wall of the casing. The knife blade consists of a long strip of steel,
In the
moving in said guide and lying flat between it and the wall of the case.
strip is formed a slot 69, having an inclined upper edge and a straight lower edge,
the latter forming when the knife rests in its normal position, a continuation of the
ticket trough. To the lower end of the knife is pivotally connected a lever 70,
pivotted between its ends upon the base of the casting 10, and provided at its

page_text: opposite extremity with an eye, which receives the end of a lever 71, arranged at
right angles with the lever 70, and pivotted at 72, upon the side of the casting 10.
This lever is extended toward the rear wall of the casing and its end is connected to
a spring 73, fastened above it, by the tension of which the knife is normally raised.
It is thrown down to sever the ticket by a stud 74 carried by the block 45, contact
being made by the stud as the block approaches its lowest point of descent.
The knife blade is held in close contact with the cutter plate 13 by means of a
leaf spring 75, lying in a shallow recess in the strip 67, and pressing against it and
against the front wall of the casing.
Each time the knife descends and severs a ticket from the strip, the stamp is
also brought down and a second ticket is printed upon the succeeding portion of
the strip, and this ticket is in turn protruded through the slot in the knife over
the hopper 76, and in turn detached. Simultaneously with each operation action
is given to registering mechanism, whereby the sale is registered. I employ for
this purpose any known apparatus best adapted thereto, and no description is
therefore given of this portion of the mechanism. The registering machinery is
arranged in a closed casing 77, lying within, and adjacent to the front wall of the
casing, being wholly separated from all the other parts. I employ as many separate
and independent trains of registering devices as there are different stamps upon
the stamp block 41, whereby every scale of every price is registered under the
proper head, or in other words, each class of tickets is registered by a separate and
independent apparatus.
Each train of registering devices is operated by a lever 78, pivotted upon the
register casing, and carrying a dog 79, which takes into a ratchet 80, by which
movement is given to the initial disc, the ratch being held by a stop pawl 81.
The lever 78 is actuated by a link bar 82, connected to one end of a lever 83,
fulcrummed upon a support 84, which is mounted on a bracket 85, projecting from
the upright guide 48. The power end of the lever 83 is turned upward, as in
Figure 3, and is actuated in the manner and by the means now to be described.
In adjusting the machine to print tickets of different prices it is necessary to
rotate the stamp block 41, to bring the proper stamp 42 into position to engage
with the strip. It is also necessary to lock the stamp in whatever position it may
be placed, and these adjustments must be made without giving access to the
interior of the casing, and by means so simple that they may be used by an
unskilled person.
Simultaneously, also, with the change of the stamp, the device operating the
registering mechanism must be so shifted that it will actuate the proper lever and
register the sales under the new adjustment upon the proper train of registering
discs.
Within the hollow shaft 43, which carries the stamp block, is placed a solid
shaft 86, having a slot 87, through which the bolt 44 passes. The shaft 86 is
prolonged nearly to the open end of the hollow arbor, or shaft 43 and upon its
other end it carries a disc 88, rigid with it, and having short nipples 89, projecting
from that face which is adjacent to the plate 49, against which it lies. This plate
has recesses which receive the nipples 89, whereby the disc and its shaft 86 are
prevented from rotation. The nipples are normally held in engagement with the
recesses of the plate by a leaf spring 90, mounted on the plate 49, and bearing on
the outer face of the disc.
By this construction the stamp block 41 is locked in any position to which it
may be adjusted, and is always held in a true position relatively to the strip on
which it acts. This is effected by forming in the plate 49 as many apertures for
the nipple, or nipples 89, as there are faces upon the block, and placing them at
such intervals that when the nipple makes engagement, the printing face of the
stamp shall be horizontal and next the ticket trough.
The stamp is shifted by a key 90° having a ward 91, which enters the notch 47 in
the end of the hollow shaft 43. The end of the key which projects beyond the ward,
_ is of such size and length as to enter the end of the hollow shaft, engage with the

page_text: shaft 86 and push it inward until the nipple 89 is drawn out of engagement with
the plate 49 this movement being permitted by the slot 87 in the shaft 86.
The
key then turned and by means of the ward 91 the new adjustment is effected
when it is withdrawn, whereupon the disc 88 locks the stamp block in the new
position.
Projecting from the disc 88 is a bar 92 which, in any of the four different
adjustments of which the stamp is capable is brought into position to act upon one
of the four separate levers 83 by which the different registers are actuated. By
reference to Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the upwardly turned power ends
of these levers are arranged, both vertically and horizontally, so that in every 1
adjustment the bar 92 will, upon the descent of the stamp carrying block 45, move
through the same distance before engaging with the corresponding lever. By the
change of the stamp therefore, the position of the bar is shifted in such manner
that it will operate a different register, and so that at all times whenever the same
stamp is brought into action it will actuate the same register thereby keeping 1
separate account of the tickets sold in each class.
To indicate the stamp adjustment and inform the operator what price of tickets
it is adjusted to print, a price plate 93 is arranged within the casing, having the
different denominations of tickets printed on it. This plate slides in front of an
opening 94 in the front wall of the casing, and is adjusted by a lever 95, pivotted at 96,
and having upon its end a segment rack 97. This rack meshes with a pinion 98
upon the shank of the key 90%. As the latter is revolved to turn the stamp block
the lever 95 is rocked upon its fulcrum 96 and the plate is moved until the
required figures show in the opening 94. The arrangement of the parts is such
that this plate will indicate correctly the proper stamp adjustment, and the degree
of movement required will also be denoted by a spring dog 99, engaging with a
notch 100 in the outer edge of the segment gear 97. A stop 101 is placed above
and below to limit the movement of the lever in both directions.
I intend that the key 90 shall remain permanently in the casing, wherein it
has support by a leaf and spring 102, bearing against the pinion 98 and holding it
against the side wall of the box.
Openings 103 are formed in the front wall of the casing, by which the numbers
brought out by the action of each train of registering devices may be seen at a
glance. Each series of openings may be numbered or otherwise distinguished, to
denote what class of tickets is registered by each separate apparatus.
A stop bar 104 is mounted upon the shank of the key 90° between the handle
and the casing, to prevent it from being pushed so far in as to disengage the
pinion 98 from the segment gear 97.
Each ticket, when detached, falls into a hopper upon the front wall of the casing
from which it may readily be removed by the purchaser, avoiding all necessity for
the operator handling the same in any manner.
If desired, a gong 105 may be placed in the casing, which will sound at each
operation of the parts by a hammer 106, the latter being retracted by a spring
actuated hook 107, carried by the reciprocating block 45. As the hook descends
it is thrown off from a hooked lug 108 on the hammer by means of a pin on the
guide frame 48, which strikes a projection 109 on the hook. A spring 110 throws
the hook forward, and the hammer is thrown against the bell by a spring 111.
In the apparatus as hereinbefore set forth, it will be seen that in changing the
printing stamp from one price to a different grade or price, at least one ticket inust
issue, and be recorded by the registering mechanism, before the ticket of the price
called for will be brought out of the box and delivered to the purchaser.
By this operation of the mechanism mistakes and confusion are always liable to
occur, especially in those offices where frequent changes are required in the grade,
or price, of tickets sold. To obviate these objections I have devised the form of
apparatus shown in Figure 10, it being understood that the mechanism heretofore
described is adapted for use in such offices as those of the New York Elevated
Roads, wherein the tickets are sold at different prices during certain different and

page_text: fixed hours during the day or night. The mechanism shown in Figure 10 is
intended for use in those cases wherein a call may at any moment be made for a
ticket of different price from those tickets previously sold and recorded, and differs
from that previously described in the following particulars.
Beneath the reciprocating stamp carrier the casting which supports, the ticket;
trough is cut away and a rectangular block 112 is mounted in the space thus
formed. This block is carried by a shaft 113, upon one end of which is mounted
a plate 114 having its edge divided into four equal parts, each division being
marked by a hook or notch 115, in said plate, which forms a ratch resembling in
all essential respects the ratchet 21 shown in Figure 4, by which the upper feed
roll is turned. Loosely mounted upon the shaft of the block 112, is a plate 116,
being adjacent to the ratchet or plate 114, and carrying a pawl 117, having a
hooked nose which is normally engaged with the notched plate 114 by means of a
spring 119. The said plate is connected by a link 120 with the reciprocating
stamp carrier 45, in such manner that, as the stamp rises, the pawl 117 will rotate
the shaft 113, together with its block 112, through one quarter of a revolution, all
back lash being prevented by a holding pawl 121, having a weighted end 122, by
which it is held in engagement with the ratchet.
The block 112 is constructed upon each of its four faces to form a continuation
of the ticket trough 12, at that point where the printing stamp operates. That is
to say the strip 14 is exposed as it lies upon the block 112, to the action of the
stamp, but its edges are covered by the overhanging edges of the block, which
are similar to that portion of the trough already described in connection with
Figure 2.
The cutting blade by which the tickets are separated from the strip consists of a
plate of steel having a slot 69, for the passage of the strip 14. This cutter is
supported between the inking and printing devices and the feed rolls, passing
through an opening in the shield plate 11ª which covers the ticket trough. The
knife is operated by a lug 122ª projecting from the stamp carrier 45, and acting
upon the solid shoulders 123a and 123b, which lie at the upper and lower ends,
respectively of a slot 124, in the knife plate, in which the lug 122* moves. The
lower end of the knife plate is prolonged below the slot 69, as in that form of
construction shown in Figure 8 and its lower end lies in a recess in the ticket
trough and moves against a cutter plate 124 set in said recess and having its edge
flush with the feeding surface of the trough. A spring 125 is set in said recess and
bears against the blade, pushing it against the cutter 124 and having sufficient
force to hold the knife, when raised, in such position that the ticket strip can pass
through its slot (as shown in Figure 10) until the actuating lug 122" drives the
knife down and severs the ticket which has been printed by the same movement
of the stamp carrier by which the knife is operated.
As the stamp carrier now rises, the printed and severed ticket lying upon the
block 112, is carried by the rotation of the said block out of the casing and brought
into a perpendicular position by the quarter revolution of the block, as shown in
dotted lines in Figure 10. It then falls, at once, into the hopper beneath, whence
it is taken by the purchaser. In this manner a ticket of any required denomination
is printed, cut, sold and registered as it is called for, and the apparatus is adapted
for use in all places and under all circumstances for the sale of tickets of different
denominations, or values, in whatever order they may be called for.
As improved forms and modifications of the construction and arrangement
heretofore set forth I may adopt the mechanism shown in Figures 11 to 25
inclusive, in which
Figure 11 is a vertical section taken from end to end of the apparatus, a little to
one side of the line traversed by the continuous ticket strip.
Figure 12 is a vertical section taken in a plane passing through the ticket strip,
the point of view being opposite to that of Figure 11.
Figure 13 is a vertical section taken in a plane just within the vertical wall of
the casing upon the left side of Figure 12.
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page_text: Figure 14 is a side elevation of the machine and casing, taken from the same
point of view as in Figure 13.
Figure 15 is an elevation of the machine and casing opposite the delivery end.
Figure 16 is a detail, partly in section, of the spool containing the continuous
ticket strip.
Figure 17 is an end elevation of the multiple stamp, part of the end being
broken away to fully show the stamp plates and the manner of attaching the
same.
Figure 18 is a detail perspective of the parts carrying the printing stamp
detached.
Figure 19 is a detail perspective of the casting upon which the printing stamp is
mounted.
Figure 20 is a detail perspective of the ticket trough, showing the cutter at one
end, the reciprocating knife being illustrated separately in said Figure, together
with the guides confining it in place.
Figure 21 is an end elevation of the casing showing the openings for reading the
registers, the manner of adjusting the price indicator, and the hopper to which the
printed, dated and registered ticket is delivered by the apparatus.
Figure 22 is a vertical, longitudinal section of the dating stamp.
Figure 23 is a section of the dating stamp, taken transversely to the sectional
plane of Figure 12.
Figure 24 is a detail perspective of the mounting plate in which the dating stamp
has support.
Figure 25 is a plan view of the actuating devices whereby the several trains of
registering devices are operated, said view showing the adjusting shaft in section.
In the Figures specified the reference numeral 1 indicate the closed casing
containing the principal operative parts, with the exception of the dating stamp,
which is arranged without the casing, the latter being constructed of metal of
suitable strength and provided with a door 2, whereby the duly authorized person
may have entrance to the interior for any proper purpose. With the single
exception of the dating stamp all the operative parts of the machine are wholly
enclosed within the casing. So far as the construction of the casing and the
manner of its attachment are essential, these features have been already shown.
Upon the floor of the casing is mounted a casting 3, shown separately in
Figure 20. The upper surface of this casting is provided with a channel which
is covered with a plate 4, cut away, near one end, to form an oblong rectangular
opening through which the printing stamp may descend to act upon the face of
the continuous ticket strip 5. In the front end of the casting is set a blade 6 over
which the ticket strip passes, and adjacent to the end of the trough is the wall
having an opening 7 through which the ticket passes after it has been printed.
Beneath the said opening is a hopper 8, or other suitable receptacle, within which
the ticket falls after it has been dated, printed, registered and severed from the
strip.
The rear end of the casting 3 is undercut and a lower feed roll 9 is placed in the
space thus formed having its periphery in the plane of the ticket trough. This roll
is mounted upon an enlarged bearing 10, provided with journals 11, which are
eccentric to its axis and which have support in the walls of a casting 12, shown in
Figure 19, one of said walls having an opening 12 which receives one of said
journals, while the opposite wall is provided with an orifice 12b which receives a
disc containing a bearing for the opposite journal, the purpose of this construction
being to provide for the ready union of the parts.
The journals 11, are so arranged, when in place, that a horizontal line passing
through the centre of the roll will also pass through, or near, the centre of the
journal, which is upon that side of the bearing 10 contiguous to the casting 3. One
of said journals is prolonged and upon its end is rigidly mounted a lever 13,
extending upward and connected with a spring 14 by which it is normally thrown
toward the front of the casing. This movement causes the bearing 10 to turn upon

page_text: its journals 11, thereby raising the feed roll 9 and causing it to approach the feed
roll 9 which lies above it, and has support in openings 15, in the casting 12.
By these means automatic adjustment is given to the lower feed roll, and an elastic
or yielding grip of said rolls upon the ticket strip is secured. A rod, or wire, 16,
is attached to the end of the lever and carried through an opening in the wall of
the casing, whereby the operator may draw the lever toward the rear and thereby
separate the rolls for the purpose of removing, or for inserting the continuous
ticket strip. Upon one end of each roll is mounted a toothed annulus, 17, geared
one with the other, whereby positive feed movement is imparted to each, the
actuating devices being described hereafter.
The ticket strip 5 is then taken from a roll 18, containing a sufficient length of
the ribbon for printing a large number of tickets. The variation in colour and the
manner of shifting these rolls to utilize such variation, will be shown presently.
The rolls are mounted on a shaft 19, supported by drop bearings 20, beneath the
casing, and secured by a set screw 21, which may be loosened to permit the
disengagement of said shaft from its bearing at one end, whereby the spools may
be slipped thereon, substantially as shown in Figures 14 and 15. After leaving
the roll or spool the ticket strip passes between friction rolls 22, mounted in a
bracket 23 attached to the outer side of the rear wall of the casing and thence it.
passes through an opening 23a in the wall of said casing, is led between the feed
rolls 9 and 9a, and is, by them, fed through the ticket trough. As it reaches the
forward end of said trough, and before arriving at the point where the separate
tickets are severed from the continuous strip, the printing is effected in the manner
and by the means described as follows:-
Cast, or formed with the frame 12, is a plate 24, lying upon one side of the
ticket trough, and having a vertical slot 25, which receives a projection 25" upon a
rectangular frame 26, within which the printing stamp is journalled. Upon its
outer face this projection 25* receives a flat plate 27, which lies against the outer
face of the slotted guide-plate 24, and holds the frame 26 in position, while at the
same time it permits a vertical reciprocation of the same within the limit of the
slot 25. In the opposite walls of the said frame are formed openings 26* which
receive the journals 28 of a multiple face printing stamp 29. This stamp is shown
in Figures 13 and 17 as having four and seven different faces, respectively, but it
is evident that, by simply increasing the diameter of the block the number of such
faces may be multiplied to any extent within the ordinary requirements of this
class of mechanism. Upon each separate face is placed a printing stamp 30, (as
shown in dotted lines in Figure 13) each stamp being fastened in place by means
of its bevelled edges, which are slid longitudinally in a dove-tailed channel formed
in the supporting face of the stamp block 29. Formed upon, or connected with
the under surface of each stamp is a plate 31, having an enlarged edge 32, said
parts engaging with a slot and communicating opening formed in the block. After
the stamp is in place, a pin, or screw 33, is inserted transversely to plate 31, and
passing through the same whereby the stamp is held in place.
Upon one side of the frame 26, is formed a boss, or projection 34, in which is
journalled a vertical shaft 35, having upon its lower end under said boss, a mitre-
gear 36, which meshes with a similar gear 37 passes upward through a bearing 38,
rigidly mounted upon the top of the frame 12. This bearing supports a mitre-
gear 39, which is connected with the shaft 35 by a spline, in such a manner that
the shaft may have vertical movement, with the stamp block and carrier, without
in any way disturbing the position or affecting the functions, of the gear 39. The
construction of these parts is shown in Figure 25, wherein the numeral 40 denotes
the spline, or feather upon the gear, engaging with a longitudinal slot upon the
shaft.
Upon the upper end of the shaft 35 is formed a striker 41, projecting radially
from, and rigid upon, the said shaft. Surrounding the latter a little below the
striker is a frame 42, which is circular, as shown, but may be of any suitable form,
said frame being firmly supported by arms, or plates 43, mounted upon the register

page_text: casings. Upon the upper edge of this frame are formed two or more pairs of
lugs 44, and between each pair is pivotted a lever 45, the inner or free end of
which lies under the striker 41, or under a point to which said striker may be
adjusted by the partial rotation of the shaft. The opposite end of each of these
levers is connected, by a link 46, or otherwise, with the end of an actuating
lever 47, which actuates one of the separate trains of registering mechanism
contained within the closed casing 48. These levers are fulcrummed at 49, and
upon their curved ends are pivotted pawls 50, which engage with ratchets 51,
mounted upon the shafts of the initial discs in each registering train.
Vertical reciprocation is imparted to the stamp block 29, by means of a
pitman 52, actuated by a disc 53 to which it is connected by a wrist pin 54.
This disc is rotated by a pinion 55, rigid with it, said pinion meshing with a
gear 56, which is operated in the manner presently to be described. The pinion 55
has exactly one fifth of the number of teeth in the gear 56, so that for one complete
revolution of the latter the stamp block will make five distinct and complete
reciprocations.
Upon the outer surface of the gear 56 is rigidly attached a ratchet 57, having
its periphery divided into five equidistant parts, each constituting a tooth, or
catch 58, for an actuating pawl 59. This pawl is pivotally mounted upon a pawl
carrier 60, the axis, or pivot, of the pawl projecting somewhat beyond the latter
and engaging with a slot 61 in a vertically reciprocating plate 62. A leaf
spring 63 is attached to the carrier 60, and bears against the back of the pawl,
throwing it at all times into engagement with the ratchet 57.
The plate 62 is guided in its movements by a pair of vertical standards 64, and
is thrown down by a foot lever to which it is connected by a link 66, its position
being restored by a spiral spring 67.
Meshing with the gear 56 is a pinion 68, which is journalled upon a stud 69,
projecting from the casting 12. This pinion carries a disc 70, of large diameter,
and having at one point in its periphery a notch 71, with a single tooth projecting
from its centre thereby dividing said notch, or opening, into two equal parts.
Upon the shaft of the upper feed roll 9* is rigidly mounted a device 72, commonly
called a Geneva stop, having its periphery divided into five equal parts with
intervening notches 73, the portion lying between any two of said notches being
concaved to fit, or lie upon the periphery of the disc 70. By rotating the pinion 68
and disc 70, the tooth standing in the notch 71, and which is long enough to
project beyond the edge of the disc will engage with one of the notches 73, in the
part 72, while at the same time the projecting points upon each side of said notch
will enter the openings in the disc 70, upon each side of the tooth. In this
manner the plate 72, will be turned through exactly one fifth part of a revolution,
after which the succeeding concavity upon the same will engage with the edge of
the disc and prevent further movement in either direction, but permitting the
disc 70 to complete its rotary movement until it again reaches the position shown
in figure 11. As the pinion 68 contains exactly one fifth the number of teeth in
the gear 56, it will be seen that said pinion will make five complete revolutions to
each complete rotation of said gear, thus giving five distinct feed movements to the
feed rolls and 9. Moreover, by the peculiar construction and combination of the
parts shown, the ticket strip will be fed forward an exactly equal distance at each
movement and its movement will always be arrested at precisely the same point,
without regard to the further action of the gear 56 or the pinion 68.
The pawl-carrier 60 is shown in figures 11 and 12 as being exactly in the
central point of its downward stroke. Attention is directed to the fact that when
it is at this point, the stamp block 29 is brought down to the lowest point, or in
other words into priuting contact. As the pawl carrier 60 continues its movement
the Geneva stop 72 is rotated, thereby advancing the ticket strip one fifth of the
distance measured by a complete revolution of the feed rolls, or the length of a
single ticket. This feed takes place after the print by the stamp, and it will be
readily understood, therefore, from figure 12 that the ticket printed by the descent

page_text: of the stamp, is by the action of the feed rolls, carried forward during the time
the stamp is rising, projected from the case and finally detached from the strip in
the manner now to be described.
Upon the forward ends of the casting 3 is mounted a blade 6, over which the
strip 5, passes as it emerges from the opening 7, in the wall of the casing. Upon
the end of the casting are attached guide pieces 75, within which runs a plate 76,
having an opening 77 the upper edge of which forms a shearing angle with the
cutter 6. Upon one edge of the plate is formed a stud 78, which is engaged with
a slot in the end of a lever 79, fulcrumed between its ends upon the casting upon
which the ticket trough is formed. Upon the reciprocating stamp carrier 26 is
attached a plate 80, having in its lower end a slot 81, within which the free end
of the lever 79 is arranged, the length of the slot being such that as the stamp
carrier rises the plate 80 will actuate the lever and throw the knife plate downward
to sever the ticket just before the stamp reaches its upward limit of movement.
When placed in this position the knife, having severed the ticket remains down,
closing the entrance to the ticket trough, and preventing the fraudulent insertion
of a strip from the outside, or through the opening 7 in the wall of the casing.
The construction and relative arrangement of the several parts are such that the
ticket strip 5 is fed forward to bring it beneath the stamp 29 during the time said
stamp is rising. It will be seen by reference to figures 11 and 12 that the stamp
prints at the moment when the pawl carrier, to which the foot lever is linked, is
at the middle point of its stroke. At this moment the Geneva stop 72 shown in
figure 11 is in position to engage with and operate the upper roll 9a and as the
stamp begins to rise this engagement takes place; the knife plate 76 which was
raised at the moment the stamp made its impression, brings its opening 77 in line
with the ticket trough, the ticket which was printed by the stamp is projected
through said opening and over the hopper 8, and as the stamp carrier 26
approaches its upward limit of movement the slotted plate 80 engages with the
end of the knife lever 79, throws the knife plate 76 downward, severs the ticket
and at the same time closes the outer end of the ticket trough in the manner
already described.
As each ticket is printed, projected from the casing, severed from the strip and
delivered, by a single operation of the foot lever, it is desirable that each sale shall
be registered by the same movement and that tickets of different values or classes,
shall be registered by separate and independent registering mechanism. It is also
necessary to so construct and combine the parts that the stamp cannot be shifted
to give any legible impression without, at the same time, shifting the device by
which the corresponding register is operated.
These several results I accomplish in the manner following. The rotary stamp 29
being turned by the miter gear 36, upon the shaft 35 the adjustment of the stamp
is effected by a horizontal shaft 83 having a gear 84, which meshes with the
gear 39, splined upon the shaft 35 in the manner already described. The end
of the shaft 83 projects from the casing and receives a crank arm 85 having a
button 86 and provided with a detent 87 which engages with apertures in the
casing, said apertures being shown at 88 in figure 14 lying in the circumferential
line of sweep of the crank arm and arranged at such distance from each other that,
as the arm is moved to carry the detent 87 from one aperture to the next, or
adjacent one, the shaft 85 will receive sufficient movement to throw the stamp 29
into such position that its succeeding face may be brought into printing contact
with the printing strip. It will be readily seen that, in order to effect a printing
contact the face of the stamp must be brought into substantial parallelism with
the ticket strip, but this adjustment cannot be effected, without, at the same time,
bringing the striker 41 upon the shaft 35 over the power end of one of the levers 45
by which one or other of the registering trains is actuated. The arrangement of
parts is such that the vertical shaft 35 cannot be rotated in such a manner as to
bring the printing stamp into position to print, without at the same time and by
the same movement, bringing the striker 41 upon the shifting shaft 35 over one
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page_text: of the registering levers 45. Should the rotary adjustment fall short of, or pass
beyond any one of the said points the striker 41, will not only pass upon one side
or the other of said lever, but the printing stamp also will be so inclined relatively
to the surface of the ticket strip 5 that, until the striker 41 is brought squarely
over the end of the register levers, the stamp cannot, by any possibility make
a print contact with the ticket strip, but will be so inclined, as to its printing face,
that one of its angular edges only will come into contact.
The tickets are dated by a stamp 90 which is the only part of the mechanism
outside of the casing. The stamp is shown in figures 22 and 23 consisting of a
block 91, journalled in a yoke frame 92, the ends of the journal's being elongated
and received by slots 93 formed in guide-plates 94 rigidly secured to the casing.
The month and year are printed by type 95 set in the blocks and the day, or the
number denoting it is printed by a type-wheel 96, which is splined upon a shaft 97,
adjustable by means of a button head 98. The shaft is held in place by a screw 98ª
entering a groove 99, in the periphery of the shaft, and by this construction the
type-wheel may be removed if desired. It is held in any position to which it may,
be adjusted by means of a spring catch 100 which snaps into the spaces between
the type, formed on the periphery of said wheel.
The dating stamp is inked by a roll 101 journalled in lugs 102, formed on the
guide plates 94. As the stamp rises and falls it is swept over this roll, being
rotated one quarter of a revolution by the following means. Upon one end of the
stamp block 91, is mounted a plate 103 having near one corner a segment of a
gear 104. Upon the adjacent vertical support 105 is formed a short rack 106
which is placed at such a point that the stamp rises a little distance before the
tooth plate 103 engages with it. When these parts mesh the stamp is turned
bringing its face outward and drawing it, as it rises, over the inking roll 101.
The operation is reversed as the stamp descends, and it is inked at both movements.
A clearing bar 107 is formed upon the guide plate 94 to detach the ticket strip
from the stamp should it adhere thereto.
The dating stamp is reciprocated by a lever 108, which is pivotted on the
casting 12 and connected with a slot 109 formed in the standard 110 which rises
from the yoke 92. The lever 108 is curved to bring the power end towards the
axis of the gear 56 (see figure 11) and in said end journalled a friction roll 112,
which has bearing upon the periphery of a multiple cam 113, carried by the shaft
of the gear 56. The multiple cam consists of a disc, having in its periphery five
shoulders, or cam projections 114, arranged at such equi-distant points relatively
to the ratchet teeth 58 that the stamp will be actuated just an instant before the
ticket strip begins to feed forward and when the pawl carrier 60 is at or nearly
at the middle of its stroke. The dater prints across the face of the ticket and is
provided with the standard 110, which moves in a bracket 115 and has a head 116,
to enable the operator to actuate the stamp by hand when the end of the ticket
strip is introduced. This is readily done by entering the strip between the
friction rolls 22, stamping upon each portion forming the five tickets, near or
next to, the end of the strip and pushing it into the ticket trough till the end
strikes against the knife plate 76. To permit this the lower roll is thrown away
from the upper feed roll by drawing the hook 16 outward in the manner already
described.
The type 95 are inserted in the block 91, and held in place by a screw 117.
Running over a spool 118, upon the shaft 83, is a continuous tape 119, which is
brought by means of supporting rolls 120 adjacent to the wall of the casing and
made visible through an opening 121. Upon the spool is formed a series of points
or teeth 122, which engage with openings 123, in the belt or tape thereby giving a
positive movement to the latter. The several prices or classes of tickets printed
are indicated on the tape in any suitable manner and at such points that as the
adjusting arm 85 is moved to any one of the points where the dentent 87 engages,
the tape will show the value of the ticket which will issue from the casing follow-
ing such adjustment. The opening 121 through which the tape is seen is arranged

page_text: beside the hopper 8, to which the ticket is dropped and it is severed from the
strip.
As already stated the ticket strip is taken from a spool or roll 18, arranged for
convenience below the stand supporting the apparatus. The roll is composed of a
narrow continuous paper ribbon wound upon a thin central shell. A number of
these rolls, may if desired, be furnished at the same time, and in different colours
for a purpose presently to be described. They are slipped successively upon a
shaft 19, supported in drop-bearings 20 beneath the casing of the instrument, said
shaft being adjustable longitudinally to release one of its ends and permit the rolls
to be mounted. When any one of said rolls is to be used it is placed between two
wheels 125 (see figures 15 and 16) said wheels having each a hub 126 which is
open upon the side adjacent to a radial opening, or passage 127 in the wheel. The
purpose of this construction is to enable the operator to detach and attach said
wheels quickly, and without disturbing the shaft 19. To secure them upon this
shaft a small screw 128 crosses the radial opening, as seen in figure 16. By
removing this screw either wheel may be easily detached from one roll, and
applied to the other, the former being simply pushed along upon the shaft as seen
in figure 5.
In order to prevent the use of a forged, or fraudulent ticket, by enabling the
proper officials to instantly detect the same, it has heretofore, been customary to
change colour of the tickets sold at frequent intervals, the conductors being notified
previously of the time, or times, at which a given colour should be used. This
system, can of course, only be used upon lines where tickets are sold singly and
used at the time of sale; such for example as the elevated roads of New York.
The printing stamps 30 are inked by a roll 130, which is journalled in the ends
of arms 131 pivotted upon pivotally mounted arms or strips 132. The latter
arms are rocked upon their pivotal supports by a rigid bar 133, carried by the
reciprocating stamp carrier, and having a pin 134 which engages with a slot 135,
in the lower end of the bars 132. By the rise and fall of the bar 133, the roll-
carrying arms 132 are oscillated and the roll thrown in and out under the stamp,
its supporting arms 131 being oscillated to throw the roll upward, by means of a
spiral spring 136. The upward movement is limited by a hook 137, carried by
the bar 133. The entire construction and operation of these parts is similar to
that heretofore shown and described.
In Figure 12 of the drawing I have indicated four sets, or independent trains, of
registering devices. These may be of any known construction. I have indicated
the presence of four separate trains because I have shown in the drawings a stamp
having four faces and therefore requiring only four registers. It is evident,
however, that the number may be increased and I have indicated by dotted lines
in figure 25 how four additional register levers may be added.
As a modification of the stamp shown in figures 12 and 13 I may employ the
construction shown in figure 17. In this form the stamp block consists simply of
a body of wood or metal of polygonal form, and having any required number of
faces. Each face is cut down upon its surface in such manner as to leave the
projecting portion 138. In this angle formed by said projection, is cut or otherwise
formed, a cavity which receives the flanged edge 139 of the stamp. This flange is
slightly curved upward, so that when inserted, the stamp is raised off its bed, or
support. When lowered, a screw 140, passes through a flange 141, upon the other
edge of the stamp, and fastens it securely in place.
A
gong 142 may be placed within the casing and sounded at each stroke of the
stamp in the manner following. Pivotted upon the wall of the casing inside, is a
lever 143, normally thrown upward by a spring 144, to strike the gong by a
projection 145. Formed upon the lever is a hook 146. Pivotally mounted on the
stamp carrier, or on the plate 27, is a hook 147, having a boss or projection 149.
The book 147 rests normally against a pin 150, by which it is supported in line
beneath the hook 146. The pin 150 is upon the casting whereas the hook 147 is
pivotted upon the stamp carrier, and as the latter rises and falls the boss 149

page_text: strikes the pin and throws the hook 147 backward, allowing it to pass the end of
the hook 146. As the boss passes by the pin, the tension of the spring 148 draws
the hook forward and engages it with the hook on the lever 143. As the stamp
descends the lever is drawn down with the pivotted hook 147, until the boss or
projection 149, strikes the pin 150. This throws the hook 147 off the hook upon
the lever 143, and the latter is instantly thrown upward by a spring 144, whereby
the
gong
is rung.
The register levers 45, as shown in figure 3 are restored to place after each
operation, by means of springs 151, connected to angle plates 152, which may
conveniently be mounted upon the frame 42.
Just in rear of the opening 121, through which the tape 119 is seen, I may
mount a plate 153, for the purpose of holding the tape closely up to the aperture
and to prevent it from creasing, or winkling at that point.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :-
First. In an independent apparatus for printing and registering the sales of
tickets, the combinations with feeding devices for advancing the ticket-strip, of an
adjustable stamp, adapted to print tickets of different prices or grades, and two
or more independent registers, each actuated by the printing devices, and an
actuating device, connected with the stamp carrier, which may be shifted to
actuate any one of said registers, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Second. In an apparatus for printing tickets and registering the sales thereof,
the combination with an adjustable stamp having two or more faces, each carrying
a form of different character, and two or more separate series of registering devices,
of an actuating device carried by the stamping mechanism, and means for shifting
the position of the same, to act upon any one of said registers, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
Third. In an apparatus for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with a stamp block carrying two or more separate stamps for printing
tickets of different grades or prices, of two or more separate and independent trains
of registering devices, two or more levers, each connected with one of said trains,
and an actuating device which is shifted to correspond with the change of the
stamp, said device being, by each shift, placed in position to operate upon a
different register, substantially as described.
Fourth. In an apparatus for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with a reciprocating stamp-block having a plurality of stamps, of an
inking roll carried by spring-actuated arms, pivotted upon the extremities of arms,
pivotally, mounted on the fixed frame, and a bar carried by the reciprocating
stamp-carrier, said bar having a pin engaging with the end of one of the arms
carrying the spring-actuated, roll supporting arms, substantially as described.
Fifth. In an apparatus for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with a polygonal stamp-carrying block of a hollow arbour carrying
said block, a solid shaft placed in the arbour, and having a longitudinal slot, a bolt
passing through the block, arbour and slotted interior shaft, a disc upon one end of
the latter having nipples which engage with the carrier, and means substantially
as described which release said disc and engage with and rotate the arbour, all
substantially as described.
Sixth. In an apparatus for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with two, three or more independent trains of registering devices, of a
polygonal stamp, an adjustable actuating bar, carried by said stamp, a series of
levers, each connected with one of the registering trains, and means substantially
as described for shifting said actuating bar to adapt it to engage with any one of
said levers, substantially as described.
Seventh. In an apparatus for printing and registering the sales of tickets,
the combination with feed rolls, one of which is journalled upon a bearing having

page_text: trunnions eccentric to its own axis of a lever rigidly mounted, on one of said
trunnions, and a spring drawing the end of said lever toward a line passing
between the rolls, substantially as described.
Eighth. In mechanism for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with feed rolls for advancing the continuous ticket strip, of toothed
annuli upon one end of said rolls meshing together, and a shield being received
by a similarly located channel in the other roll, substantially as described.
Ninth. In mechanism for printing and registering the sales of tickets, the
combination with a feed roll for advancing the continuous ticket-strip, of a
ratchet rigid upon the roll shaft, a pawl carried by a plate-rocking, on said shaft,
a reciprocating arm connected with said plate by a link, and a curved tail upon the
pawl engaging with a shoulder upon the reciprocating arm to throw off the pawl
at the proper point, substantially as described.
Tenth. The combination with a changeable stamp of a price indicating plate
moving in front of an opening in the wall of the casing, a lever connected with
said plate and having a segment upon one end, and a shifting key for changing
the stamp, said key being provided with a pinion meshing with the segment gear,
whereby the alteration in the stamp is indicated by the shifting of the plate
substantially as described.
Eleventh. The combination with a series of independent levers, each connected
with an independent train of registering devices of a reciprocating carrier,
containing an adjustable stamp, an actuating bar mounted on a disc, carried by
the axis of the adjustable stamp, and means substantially as described for rotating
the latter, whereby the stamp is shifted and the actuating bar placed to operate
upon a different register lever by the same movement, substantially as described.
Twelfth. The combination with the reciprocating stamp, of pivotally-mounted
arms, one of which is prolonged beyond its support, the extended portion having
an inclined and a horizontal slot, communicating, an arm upon the stamp carrier
having a pin running in said slots, and a roll-supporting frame, pivotted to the
ends of said arms, and normally thrown upward by a spring, substantially as
described.
Thirteenth. The combination with an adjustable stamp, a locking device, and an
indicating price plate, of a lever connected with said plate and having a segment-
rack on one end, an actuating bar moved by the adjustment of the stamp, a series
of register levers actuated by said bar, and a key having a point which unlocks
the stamp, a ward which shifts it, together with the actuating bar, and a pinion
which engages with the segmental rack of the lever substantially as set forth.
Fourteenth. The combination of two, three, or more separate and independent
series of registering devices, of a corresponding series of levers each operating one
of said series, a stamp which is adjustable upon its axis, to print two or more
different grades of tickets and an actuating bar, shifted in position relatively to
the register levers, by the adjustment of the stamp, substantially as described.
Fifteenth. The combination with the axially adjustable stamp, of a hollow shaft
or arbour, by which it is carried, a shaft contained within said arbour, a locking
disc carried by said shaft, a bolt passing through the stamp-block, the arbour and
through a slot in the shaft, and a key having an end which disengages the locking
disc, and a ward engaging the notched end of the arbour, substantially as described.
Sixteenth. The combination, with the price-indicating plate of a lever having a
segmental rack upon its end, a key having a pinion meshing with said rack, and
a stamp-block having a plurality of stamps which are shifted by said key to
correspond with the indications, of the plate, substantially as described.
Seventeenth. The combination with feeding devices for advancing the ticket-
strip, of a stamp which may be adjusted to print tickets of different denominations
or values, two or more independent registers for recording the sale of tickets, each
under its proper head, a cutter which severs the printed ticket upon the descent of
the printing stamp, and a ticket-carrying device which discharges the printed and

page_text: severed ticket from the case, said device being actuated by the rise of the printing
devices, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.
Eighteenth. The combination with a printing stamp having two or more faces
which may be brought successively into operation, and two or more separate
registering trains by which the action of each stamp may be separately registered,
of a cutter for separating the printed ticket, actuated by the descent of the stamp,
a rotary carrier-block turned by the rise of the printing stamp into position to
discharge the printed and cut ticket, and an actuating bar carried by the stamp-
carrier and shifted by each adjustment of the stamp to act upon a different
registering train, substantially as, and for the purpose set forth.
Nineteenth. The combination in a single apparatus, of a multiple-face stamp for
printing tickets of different values, two or more independent levers adapted to
actuate trains of registering devices, said levers having substantially a radial
arrangement and means substantially as described for actuating said levers, the
actuating device being shifted by the change of the stamp, so that each ticket is
registered under its own class or value, substantially as specified.
Twentieth. The combination, in a single mechanism, of means substantially as
described for printing tickets of different values, two or more independent levers
adapted to actuate trains of registering mechanism, and means substantially as
described for shifting the device operating the said levers by the adjustment of the
stamp, substantially as specified.
Twenty-first. The combination with a reciprocating stamp for printing tickets,
of feed rolls for advancing the ticket strip, a multiplying gear from which motion
is derived, a pinion meshing therewith and carrying a notched disc, and a Geneva
stop mounted upon the shaft of one of the feed rolls, and engaging with said disc,
substantially as described.
Twenty-second. The combination with a reciprocating stamp for printing tickets
of different values, of rolls which feed a continuous ticket-strip beneath said stamp
upon the upward motion of the latter, a kife plate having a shearing opening
through which the printed end of the strip passes at each feed movement, said
knife plate being arranged across the end of the ticket trough, and an actuating
lever connected with said plate and moved by a slotted bar mounted upon the
reciprocating stamp carrier, whereby the knife plate is raised to open a passage for
the printed end of the strip at the last moment of the downward movement of the
stamp, and thrown down to sever the expelled ticket as the stamp completes its
upward movement, thus closing access to the ticket trough between the successive
imprints, substantially as specified.
Twenty-third. The combination with a changeable stamp for printing tickets of
different values, of a pair of feed rolls advancing a continuous ticket-strip and a
dating stamp receiving movement from the same prime motor, all the mechanism,
with the exception of the dating stamp, being contained within a closed casing,
substantially as specified, whereby the dater may have daily adjustment without
access to the case.
Twenty-fourth. The combination with a changeable stamp for printing tickets
of different values, of feed rolls for advancing a ticket strip, two or more
independent levers actuating separate trains of registrating devices, said levers
being moved by a device reciprocating with the stamp, means substantially as
described for shifting the stamp, and the device operating the registers, a dating
stamp, a lever actuating the same and a cam carried by one of the gears driving
the feed rolls, whereby said lever is reciprocated, substantially as specified.
Twenty-fifth. The combination with a multiple-face stamp for printing tickets
of different values, of a shaft having bearing in the stamp-carrier, a gear mounted
upon said shaft and meshing with a gear upon the stamp-shaft, a gear splined
upon the actuating shaft and meshing with a gear upon a setting shaft which
projects outside a casing enclosing the parts, an arm upon the end of said shaft, by
which the stamp may be shifted, and a striker mounted upon the intermediate or

page_text: actuating shaft, and rotating with said shaft at each adjustment of the stamp to
bring it in position to operate one of a series of register-levers whereby each ticket
printed is registered upon its appropriate register, substantially as specified.
Twenty-sixth. The combination with a multiple-face stamp having vertical
reciprocation, of a ticket trough containing a continuous ticket-strip, feed rolls for
advancing said strip at intervals, a plate having a shearing opening and arranged
to reciprocate on the end of and across the ticket trough, a slotted bar mounted on
the stamp carrier, a knife actuating lever engaging with the slot in said bar, and
a casing enclosing the parts, but having an opening registering with the ticket
trough, whereby the knife is thrown up to permit the passage of the printed ticket
as the stamp descends to make an impression and is thrown down to sever a
ticket and close the ticket trough as the stamp rises, substantially as specified.
Twenty-seventh. The combination with a printing stamp having a plurality of
faces, of a ticket trough against which said stamp is reciprocated, feed rolls for
advancing a ticket strip, two or more independent register-levers, actuated by
a striker upon the shaft adjusting the stamp, a closed casing containing said parts
and a dating stamp actuated by a lever connected with the prime motor, said dater
being arranged outside the casing, substantially as specified.
Twenty-eighth. The combination with a reciprocating stamp for dating the
continuous ticket-strip, of guides in which the stamp carrier reciprocates, a rack
upon one of said guides and a gear, or segment of a gear, upon the stamp carrier,
meshing with said rack as the stamp rises, and an ink roll journalled in bearings
in front of said stamp, substantially as specified.
Twenty-ninth. The combination with two or more separate trains of registering
discs, of actuating levers connected with the initial discs therein and having their
free ends arranged radially around a shaft moving with, and geared to, the axis of
the stamp, whereby any one of the faces of said stamp may be adjusted in printing
position, and a striker upon said shaft, which is brought, at each stamp-adjustment,
into position to operate one of the register-levers, substantially as specified.
Thirtieth. The combination with a reciprocating stamp having a plurality of
faces, of a reciprocating stamp-carrier, a pitman connected thereto and to a wrist-
pin on a disc rotated by a pinion, a multiplying gear meshing with the pinion,
a pawl-carrier on the axis of said gear, a ratchet rigid with said axis with which
the pawl engages, and a foot lever, linked to the pawl carrier, the parts, with the
exception of the foot lever, being in a closed casing, substantially as specified.
Thirty-first. The combination with a printing stamp having a plurality of
faces, of a shaft moving with the stamp-carrier and geared with the axis of the
stamp, an adjusting shaft geared to the movable shaft and having one end
projecting outside a closed casing containing said mechanism, an arm mounted
upon the end of said shaft, and a pin or detent carried by said arm and engaging
with openings or depressions in the wall of the casing, whereby the proper
adjustment of the stamp is indicated, substantially as specified.
Thirty-second. The combination, in a machine for printing tickets, or a recipro-
cating stamp, feed rolls for advancing a continuous ticket-strip, a Geneva stop
mounted upon the shaft of one of said rolls, a notched and toothed disc engaging
with said stop, a pinion carrying said disc, a multiplying gear meshing with the
pinion, a ratchet, concentric with and rigidly mounted on, the shaft of the
multiplying gear, a pawl engaging with said ratchet and mounted on a pawl-
carrier, pivotally supported on said shaft, and means for vibrating the pawl-carrier,
substantially as specified.
Thirty-third. The combination with a multiple face stamp, of a ticket trough
against which said stamp is thrown at each reciprocation, a stamp carrier, a shaft
geared with the axis of the rotating stamp and moving with the carrier, an
adjusting shaft geared with the movable shaft and having an arm attached to one
end which projects outside of a casing containing said parts, a detent carried by
said arm and engaging with the depressions in the wall of the casing, a spool
carried by the adjusting shaft, and a ribbon, or tape, moved by said spool behind

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printed by the stamp, under a given adjustment, is indicated, substantially as
specified.
Thirty-fourth. The combination with a reciprocating stamp-carrier, a multiple-
face stamp carried thereby, and two or more independent series of registering
trains, of a striker by which the register levers are operated, and means substan-
tially as described, whereby the said striker receives an adjustment simultaneously
with the change of the stamp, whereby the shifting of said stamp shall be
accompanied by a corresponding change in the position of said striker, substantially
as herein specified.
Thirty-fifth. The combination with a reciprocating stamp of feed rolls, for
advancing a continuous ticket-strip beneath said stamp, gearing for driving said
rolls, a multiple cam, concentric with and carried by, one of said gears, a lever
actuated by said cam, and a reciprocating dating stamp operated by said lever, the
mechanism, with the exception of the dating stamp, being placed in a closed
casing, substantially as specified.
Thirty-sixth. The combination with a ticket-printing apparatus of a detachable
shaft, and a series of spools, or rolls of paper ribbon, of different colours, mounted
on said shaft, and longitudinally adjustable thereon, substantially as specified.