AN APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DATING OR STAMPING AND DELIVERY OF PREPAID TICKETS OR THE LIKE to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: I PERCIVAL EVERITT of No 47 Cannon Street, in the city of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN APPARATUS FOR THE
AUTOMATIC DATING OR STAMPING AND DELIVERY OF PREPAID TICKETS OR THE LIKE
to be as follows:-
"
My invention consists in an apparatus so constructed that on the insertion in a
proper receptacle of a coin of given value the operator is enabled to pull or push
out a slide or drawer which will carry with it a ticket or token of suitable size
such ticket or token having been automatically printed by the operation with a
number or date or otherwise an arrangement of clockwork or other suitable
mechanism being provided whereby the printing on the ticket is changed daily or
hourly or at other intervals as occasion may require.
For this purpose I construct a box made of any suitable material with locked
receptacles for the tickets or tokens and for the purchase money.
The tickets or tokens are placed one above the other in the said receptacle and
the action of pulling out the drawer or slide delivers by a suitable arrangement
one ticket at a time, the said drawer being normally locked, the action of the coins
releasing the same. Below the drawer and attached to suitable clock-work or
other mechanism is a printing device by which means on the outward motion of
the slide or drawer, before the projection on the same pushes out the card, suitable
type is caused to come in contact with the nearest card and imprint or impress the
said card with the day of the month, or other figures or marks according to the
adjustment of the type as affected by the clockwork or other mechanism.
.
As the slide or drawer is continued to be pulled or pushed out the type recedes
from the card and a projection on the slide or drawer comes in contact therewith
and the printed card is thereby delivered outside the apparatus.
It will be obvious that an apparatus of this description can be utilized for
various purposes.

page_text: Delivery of Prepaid Tickets or the like.
I PERCIVAL EVERITT of N° 47 Cannon Street, in the city of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :--
My invention relates to apparatus so constructed that on the insertion in a
proper receptacle of a coin of given value or size or weight the operator is enabled
to pull or push out a slide or drawer which will carry with it a ticket or token of
suitable size such ticket or token having been automatically printed by the
operation with a number or date or otherwise, an arrangement of clockwork or
other suitable mechanism being provided whereby the printing on the ticket is
changed daily or hourly or at other intervals as occasion may require.
For this purpose I construct a box or frame made of any suitable material with
locked receptacles for the tickets or tokens and for the purchase money.
The tickets or tokens are placed one above the other in the said receptacle and
the action of pulling out the drawer or slide delivers by a suitable arrangement
one ticket at a time, the said drawer being normally locked, and released when
requisite by the agency or the action of the coins or weights. Below the drawer
and connected with suitable clock-work or other mechanism is a printing device
by which means on the outward motion of the slide or drawer, before the projection
on the same pushes out the card, suitable type is caused to come in contact with
the nearest card and imprint or impress the said card with the day of the month
or other figures or marks according to the adjustment of the type as affected by
the clock work or other mechanism.
As the slide or drawer is continued to be pulled or pushed out, the card recedes
from the type and a projection on the slide or drawer comes in contact therewith
and the printed card is thereby delivered outside the apparatus.
It will be obvious that apparatus of this description can be utilized for various
purposes.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will proceed to describe
the same by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 represents
a front elevation (with the case in section) of an apparatus for the automatic
dating or stamping of prepaid tickets or the like constructed according to my
invention and suitable for the automatic dating and the delivery of prepaid tickets
such as are issued by Accident Insurance Companies; figure 2 is à vertical section
on the line A, B of figure 1, and figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line C D
of figure 1. Similar letters in all the figures represent similar parts.
A is the box or case of the apparatus made of any suitable material and provided
with a door B and with suitable means for securely locking the same; a, represents
the receptacle or box for containing the tickets b, which are placed one above the
other therein as shewn; c, c, c, c, are arms jointed at one end to the sides of the
ticket box a, and at the other end to brackets d, d, in the case A whereby the
ticket box is guided when moved vertically by the means hereinafter described

page_text: the bottom ticket rests on a flange or ledge e, on two sides of the box a, at the
bottom thereof; the rest of the bottom of the box is open; f, is the slide or drawer
which consists of a frame open at the top and bottom as shewn; g, is a projection
fixed in the slide or drawer f, which projection when the slide or drawer is pulled
out by means of its handle h, passes between the flanges or ledges e, and comes in
contact with the lowermost ticket and forces it forward so as to deliver it through
the slit or opening i, in the case A outside the apparatus; ;, is a shoot serving to
guide the ticket to the slit or opening i, as it leaves the box a; k, k, are rollers on
the ticket box a, which rollers work on the sides of the slide or drawer and support
the ticket box; l, is the money slit in the door B of the apparatus, through which
slit the coin of given value must be passed when it is required to obtain a ticket;
m, is a shoot whereby the coin is conducted to a hopper or guide n, fixed to the
case A; o, is a spindle carrying a projection or trigger a¹, and carried in the sides
of a vertical frame p, fixed on the slide or drawer f, in such a position that when
the slide or drawer is in its locked position the spindle o, is underneath the hopper.
or guide n, as clearly shewn in figure 2; q, q, are ledges on the sides of the
frame p, on which ledges the coin r, rests with the lowest part of its edge
immediately in front of the projection or trigger a³, when the slide or drawer f, is
closed; 8, is a crank or arm fixed to the spindle o, a rod or locking bolt t, being
connected to or hanging from the outer end of the crank or arm 8, and extending
downwards through suitable guides u, in the slide or drawer f; the lower end of
the locking bolt t, passes behind the end of a series of rack teeth v, on a bracket w,
forming part of a plate x, fixed to the case A of the apparatus; the bolt t, and end.
of the rack v, in this manner prevent the slide or drawer being pulled out until
the bolt is raised by the action of the coin whilst the teeth of the rack v, serve to
engage the end of the bolt t, when the slide or drawer f, is being closed as herein-
after described; y. is a projection on the bolt t, and z, is a series of rack teeth
supported by an upright 6', on the bracket w, the projection y, serves as herein-
after explained to slide along or engage with the rack teeth z, when the bolt t, has
been raised and the slide or drawer f, is being opened; the rack teeth 2, do not
extend quite so far forward as the teeth v, the bolt t, being caused by this arrange-
ment to drop onto the lower set of teeth v, when the slide or drawer f, has been
fully opened; c, is the clock fixed to a cross piece C on the case A and which
may have its dial visible outside the apparatus through a hole in the door B of
the same; the arbor of the minute wheel of the clock is extended backwards.
inside the apparatus as shewn at d¹, and carries a scroll cam e¹, on the face of
which bears one end of a lever f₁, having its fulcrum at g', in a bracket h¹, fixed
to the back of the case A; the lower end of the lever f¹, carries a pawl , which
by engaging with ratchet teeth j¹, (twenty four in number) on the side of a disc
or wheel k¹, bearing the type representing the hours of a day and mounted loosely
on a spindle a³, moves the said disc or wheel forward to the extent of one of the
said teeth, at each complete revolution of the minute wheel of the clock; l', is a
spring attached to the lever fl, and to the case A to keep the lever in contact
with the face of the cam e¹; m³, m³, represent a two armed lever jointed at n¹, to
a spindle supported in the plate x, and in a plate o¹, the arm m³, bearing upon a
snail pl, fixed to the side of the ratchet wheel j, and the arm m³, carrying a
pawl q', which engages with a ratchet wheel r¹, having thirty one teeth fixed to
the side of a disc or wheel s¹, also mounted loosely on the spindle a³, and bearing
the type representing the days of a month; t¹, is a spring for keeping the arm m³,
of the lever pressed upon the snail p; it will be well understood that by this
arrangement the lever m², m³, and pawl q', will move forward the disc or
wheels, to the extent of one tooth of its ratchet r, at each revolution of the
disc or wheel k¹, with its snail p¹; pawls are provided for preventing the back-
ward movement of the discs or wheels k¹, and s¹, only that for the disc or
wheel, being represented on the drawing at u¹, figure 2; a third disc or
wheel, is mounted loosely on the spindle a³, and bears on its periphery the
type for printing or impressing the months on the tickets b; the disc or wheel v

page_text: is shown in the drawing arranged to be operated by hand but it will be
obvious that it could be actuated by mechanism such as that herein-before
described to move the disc or wheel 81; the type discs or wheels are arranged
immediately underneath the ticket box a; w¹, w, are inclined surfaces on each
side of the slide or drawer f, forming depressions or openings into which the
rollers k, enter as the slide or drawer is pulled out whereby the ticket box a, is:
lowered onto the type 'discs or wheels k¹, 81, and v¹, so as to print the lowermost
ticket; in order to prevent the ticket box a, from being again lowered onto the
type discs or wheels when the slide or drawer f, is pushed back into the apparatus
I provide a tumbling lever a¹, pivotted at y', to the side of the case A. 2¹, is a
pin on the slide or drawer f, which pin, when the slide or drawer has been almost
completely opened, comes against a tail b², on the lever x, and pushes the lever
under a pin c, on the ticket box a; the surfaces of the slide or drawer f, which
move under the rollers k, are slightly lower at their rear portion than at the front
so that when the said rear portion is moving under the rollers k, the ticket box a,
is just low enough for the lever xl, to take under the pin c, and support the ticket
box while the slide or drawer is pushed inwards; when however the front or
higher part of the slide or drawer f, comes under the rollers k, the ticket box
will be raised and its pin c², will be free of the lever x, which will then tumble on
its pivot y¹, into an inclined position so as to be clear of the pin c³, when the
ticket box a, is lowered onto the type discs or wheels; d², is an endless band of
carbon paper or the like which passes over three pullies e², e², e², over a pulley ƒ³,
and over the periphery of the type dises or wheels k¹, 81, v, immediately under the
pile of tickets b, so as to print the bottom ticket when the box a, is lowered; in
order to communicate motion to the band of carbon paper so as to continually
present a fresh portion in position to be pressed upon by the type I provide the
pulley, with a ratchet operated by means of a pawl 9, on a weighted lever h²,
which is operated by a projection 2, on the underside of the slide or drawer so as
to move the ratchet wheel with its pulley forward one tooth each time the slide or
drawer is closed; the arbor of the pulley f, works in slotted bearings j³, so as to
allow the tension of the band d³, being adjusted by means of a set screw k³.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows.―
The type discs k¹, 81, vl, having been once adjusted with the clock so as to print
the required hour, day and month, if a person desire to obtain an insurance ticket
a coin of the required value such as a penny must be passed through the slit 1, and
will fall down the shoot m, into the hopper or guide n, with the lowest part of its
edge in front of the projection or trigger a¹; if the slide or drawer f, be now pulled
in order to open the same the resistance offered by the coin to the trigger a¹, will
cause the spindle o, to partly rotate and raise the crank 8, and locking bolt t, some
distance above the level of the rack teeth v; by the time the trigger a¹, has passed
the edge of the coin r, the projection y, on the bolt t, will be over the rear end of
the rack teeth z, and will fall onto the said teeth and slide over the same as the
slide or drawer f, is continued to be opened the said teeth and projection
preventing the slide or drawer being pushed back until it has been fully opened;
the coin r, as its supports. q, pass away therefrom will fall into a suitable
receptacle; the inclines w', coming under the rollers k will cause the ticket box a,
to be lowered and the lowermost ticket therein will be printed by the type which
is uppermost on the peripheries of the type dises; the inclines w³, will then raise
the ticket box a, and the projection g, on the slide or drawer f, will come against
the edge of the ticket having the hour, day and month of delivery printed thereon
and will deliver it through the slit or opening i, outside the apparatus; the pin z¹,
will meanwhile have raised the lever ¹, into position under the pin c², so as to
support the ticket box a, and the bolt t, having arrived at the end of the rack,
will fall onto the lower rack v; the slide or drawer f, being now pushed back
into the case. A the bolt t, will. slide over the rack teeth v, which will prevent
any successful attempt to again. pull out the slide or drawer f, until it has
been completely closed and is operated by another coin; when the drawer has been

page_text: completely closed the lever x', will move away from the pin c, in the manner
bereinbefore described and the parts will be ready to be operated upon a fresh coin
being inserted in the apparatus; when the minute wheel of the clock has completed
a revolution (that is to say at the end of one hour) the cam e¹, will cause the
lever f¹, and pawl i, to rotate the hour printing disc or wheel k¹, one tooth
forward so as to change the type to print the next hour; at the end of the day of
twenty four hours the snail p¹, on the disc or wheel, will by means of its
lever m², m³, and pawl q¹, move the day printing disc or wheel 81, forward one
tooth so as to present the proper type for printing the following day and so on for
the space of a calendar month when it will be necessary to move the month
printing disc or wheel v, so as to present the proper type for printing the following
month. It will of course be necessary that the clock c¹,.be wound at suitable
intervals of time.
Although I have described and illustrated my invention as applied to the
automatic dating and delivery of prepaid tickets such as are issued by Accident
Insurance Companies it will be obvious that the apparatus can be adapted for
automatically dating or stamping and for delivering various other kinds of prepaid
tickets and that the apparatus may be readily modified so as to be operated by a
token or any article of a given weight or size. No separate claim is made to the
printing mechanism or weight releasing mechanism.
Further the printing discs and the mechanism for operating them as herein
described and shewn are given as an illustration of an arrangement suitable for
the purpose described but it will be obvious that this mechanism would require
to be and might readily be modified to suit the particular requirements of a
given case.
I would here remark that I have described the use of a slide or drawer by the
pulling out of which the tickets are delivered but it will be obvious that the
delivery of the ticket may be effected by various equivalent arrangements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. Apparatus such as is herein described providing for the automatic dating,
marking or stamping and delivery of prepaid tickets or the like on the insertion
in the apparatus of a coin of given value or a token and the pulling out (or other-
wise) of a slide or drawer or its equivalent the dating, marking or stamping being
effected by mechanism in such a manner as to indicate the time the ticket was
delivered.
2. In apparatus for the automatic dating or stamping and delivery of prepaid
tickets or the like the combination of time marking mechanism, type printing
mechanism and ticket containing and delivering mechanism arranged and operating
in the manner and for the purposes herein before described.
3. The apparatus for the automatic dating or stamping and delivery of prepaid
tickets or the like constructed as hereinbefore described and represented in the
accompanying drawings or in any equivalent manner.