Improved Railway Ticket Issuing Case.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 11th June, 1894-Accepted, 28th July, 1894
PROVISIONAL DIDUIFICATION
Improved Railway Ticket Issuing Case.
ROBERT MANCIL BERRY Railway (Booking) Clerk Great Southern and Western
Railway Kingsbridge Dublin 23 Rialto Terrace South Circular Road Dublin. I do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A railway office ticket case out of which tickets are to be issued, consisting
of tiers of tubes (horizontal) each capable of holding one block, or 250 tickets,
which are forced forward by a spiral spring to the slot thro which they can be
rapidly extracted by the issuer.
The stations & numbers being faced can be read at a glance.
The iron clips in front of tubes for securing the tickets are slotted at top and
bottom, and slide from side to side for the purpose of refilling the tubes when
required.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1894.
ROBT. MANCIL BERRY,
23, Rialto Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Railway Ticket Issuing Case.
I ROBERT MANCIL BERRY, of 23, Rialto Terrace, South Circular Road, Dublin,
Ireland, Railway Booking-clerk, 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:-
a
This invention relates to an improved railway-ticket issuing case, and has for its
object to provide a case for holding railway-tickets, that whilst occupying
minimum amount of space, will be capable of holding a maximum number of tickets
in such a manner that individual tickets can be readily and speedily extracted as
required, whilst at the same time the destination, number and the like printed upon
the faces of such tickets can be seen at a glance, thereby obviating the risk of
mistakes occurring in the issuing of such tickets.
And in order that the said invention may be the more readily understood, I have
shewn same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein :--
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the case complete,
Fig. 2 being a section thereof upon line x, x, and
Fig. 3 a plan, whilst
Fig. 4 is a view of a detail.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts throughout the figures, A is a case provided with any suitable number of
compartments or tubes a, arranged in rows, one above the other, and extending
horizontally, from the front to the rear of the case.
Each of these said horizontal compartments or tubes, is intended to hold a block
consisting of two hundred and fifty tickets.
To the vertical partitions a¹ dividing the compartments or tubes a are affixed
plates b having a horizontal slot at the top and bottom respectively, through
which, screws or other fastening means 62, having heads of greater breadth than the
width of the slots, are driven, so as to allow the plates 6 to be capable of having a
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page_text: free lateral movement whilst being rigid when a forward or backward pressure is
brought to bear upon them.
To the back of each compartment or tube, is affixed an oblong spring c having a
head c' which abuts against the back of the block of tickets d when same is placed
in position in the compartment or tube a, and naturally exerts a forward pressure
upon such block of tickets which thereby cause the front ticket to be forced to
the mouth or opening of the compartment or tube.
In Fig. 2 I have shewn the compressed position the spring c is caused to assure
when a compartment, or tube, (the upper one in this case) is loaded with the main
portion of a block of tickets, the spring in the lower compartment being shewn
extended to nearly its full extent as when most of the tickets in that compartment
or tube have been extracted.
When it is desired to insert a fresh block of tickets into a compartment or tube,
the front plates 6 are slid apart as in e (Fig. 1) and the block of tickets, held
together by the band or string d' then inserted rear-end first and pressed inwards
until the front ticket is sufficiently inside the compartment or tube to allow of the
plates being slid back to their normal position as shewn in the rest of Fig. 1. In
this position the vertical edge portions of the front ticket press against the corre-
sponding edges of the plates b, being maintained in that position by the action of
the spring c at the rear of the block of tickets.
The plates are cut-away or recessed at ³ to allow of the insertion of a knife or
pair of scissors to cut the band d' after the block of tickets d has been placed in
position in the compartment or tube a in the manner above described.
The plates b are so arranged with relation to the floors of the compartments or
tubes a, that only sufficient space or opening is provided to allow of the removal of
one ticket at a time.
The removal of a ticket is effected by sliding same downward with the thumb
through the aforesaid space or opening e, the ticket directly behind the displaced
one, immediately being caused to occupy the place of the latter.
Each row of compartments or tubes, projects forward somewhat beyond the
rows immediately below same, as shewn in Fig. 2, for convenience in removing the
tickets.
The blocks of tickets are placed in the compartments or tubes with their faces
to the front, so that the destination and other printed matter upon the front ticket
of each block, can be read at a glance as such blocks of tickets repose in their
respective compartments or tubes.
Space is provided between the top of the upper row of compartments or tubes
and the backs of all the rows, and the case proper, for a revolving or other
shutter f to work in. The laths of the said revolving-shutter are secured to two
or more straps f¹ passing over rollers 2 and having their rear ends connected to
elastic or other springs by means of which the shutter will normally be
maintained in the position shewn in the drawings.
A perforated plate y is provided at the front of the shutter f, by means of which
the said shutter can be pulled down and locked by any suitable means to an eye g¹
when so desired.
The names of the destination stations and any other desired matter will be
displayed conspicuously upon the fronts a² of the horizontal partitions of the
compartments or tubes a.
A compartment h may be provided below the said compartments or tubes a, for
the purpose of containing additional tickets or the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved railway-ticket issuing case consisting of a number of horizontally
arranged compartments or tubes in a frame or case said compartments or tubes

page_text: having rearwardly disposed springs substantially as and for the purpose described
and illustrated.
2. The improved railway-ticket issuing case consisting of a number of horizontal
compartments or tubes arranged in rows one above the other in a frame or case
each row projecting forward slightly beyond the one immediately below same and
having provided on each vertical partition dividing the compartments or tubes a
slotted plate cut away on two sides capable of sliding laterally and so placed with
regard to the horizontal partition as to leave a space or opening between same and
itself the said compartments or tubes having rearwardly disposed springs within
their interiors substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated.
3. The improved railway-ticket issuing case substantially as described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 11th day of June 1894.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
12, Basinghall Street, London, Agents for the Applicant.