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page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Moore Riddell, of Finsbury Pavement, London,
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Moore Riddell
and Henry Wickens at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
14th September 1881.
WILLIAM MOORE RIDDELL, of Finsbury Pavement, London, and HENRY WICKENS,
of Sutherland Gardens, Maida Vale, Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR CHECKING AND REGISTERING THE ISSUE OF TICKETS, AND FOR OTHER
USEFUL PURPOSES."
The checks or passenger tickets for railways and tramcars are printed on a long
narrow sheet or strip of paper or other material sufficiently flexible to be rolled
over a rod or spindle, and of sufficient length for the number of tickets required for
a given time. This reel of tickets can be perforated in order to separate the
tickets more readily and is placed at the back of an oblong or other shaped box.
The ends of the spindle fit into bearings fixed at the side of the box and working
sufficiently tight to prevent the tickets being delivered at a greater speed than
is required by the operator. The loose end of the band. of tickets is then passed
over a small roller covered with a suitable pad, which is fixed at the front end of
the apparatus. Over the padded roller is fixed a drum, the circumference of which
is equal to the length of a ticket; on this drum are fixed a number of points or
punches which points are only just long enough to pass through and propel forward
the ticket which passes between the roller and the drum, and during this operation
the ticket is defaced by the points or punches. The spindle of the upper drum is
sufficiently long to pass through the side of the box and attached to a handle to
be worked by the conductor or person in charge. On one side of this drum is
attached a ratchet and wheel which will prevent the apparatus from being turned
in a reverse direction, and on the second side of the drum a small notch is cut on
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page_text: one side of the circumference into which falls the end of a lever actuated by a spring
or any other convenient device. The movement of this lever if required causes a
bell or other alarm to be struck and at the same time separates the ticket. The
reel of paper or other material being fixed in the apparatus as described, the end of
the band of tickets is passed between the drum and the roller; the apparatus is
then locked or fastened and ready to be delivered to the person in charge. When
a ticket is required the conductor turns the bandle one revolution which propels
one ticket from the mouth of the apparatus, cuts it off, and if required sounds the
alarm. Where several prices are required the apparatus would contain separate
reels for each price.
Another system is by having the strip sufficiently wide for a ticket and its
counterpart, each ticket divided by perforation. On detaching a ticket the counter-
part would be rolled over another spindle and thus form in itself a record of the
day's work. This recording strip may be further strengthened by the support of
a tape. The strip or roll of tickets may if desired be made to pass over or under
a numbering machine fixed in the apparatus instead of having the numbers
previously printed on the strip of paper.
For theatres, lecture rooms, and other like places, the tickets for admission can
be delivered in a similar manner.
A useful adaptation of this apparatus is effected by having the strip of paper
wider and passing it over a writing pad in its passage between the two rollers.
Memoranda or manuscripts of any kind can be written on the pad and afterwards
wound into a box, by which means perfect security is ensured. In this form of
apparatus the handle would be attached to the top reel, and also the ratchet and
wheel to prevent the roll being unwound and the writing exposed, except by the
person who has the key of the box or apparatus. The top of this manuscript
apparatus is also shaped as a desk for the convenience of writing. Any manuscripts
written on and kept in this manner are in a convenient form for the reader than
either loose sheets or books, there not being any risk of misplacement, loss, turning
over a wrong leaf, or losing the place.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Moore Riddell and Henry Wickens in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 14th March 1882.
WILLIAM MOORE RIDDELL, of Finsbury Pavement, London, and HENRY WICKENS,
of Sutherland Gardens, Maida Vale, Middlesex. "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR CHECKING AND REGISTERING THE ISSUE OF TICKETS, AND FOR OTHER
USEFUL PURPOSES."
The checks or passenger tickets are printed upon a long strip of paper or other
material with the required number of columns marked thereon, and sufficiently
flexible to allow it to be rolled on a reel over a tube. This strip should be of
sufficient length to have on it the number of tickets required, and is printed with
marked divisions between each ticket to indicate the various amount of fares on
the journey; the tickets are also numbered consecutively. This reel of tickets is
placed at the back of an oblong or other conveniently shaped box, in which is a
door or flap of the length of the box with suitable fastening. On the opposite side
to the door a spindle is fixed on the back plate of the box, which spindle is the
length of the width of the reel, and passes through the tube on which the tickets
are wound. This spindle must fit easily in the tube, but not so loosely as to
deliver the tickets faster than they are required. In front of this reel is placed a
serrated metal roller, the spindle of which passes through a bearing placed in a
narrow plate or standard which is fixed at the front of the apparatus, and made
fast by screws or any convenient method to the top and the bottom of the box ;
this spindle at its other extremity has also a bearing fixed in the back plate of the
box, and through which plate passes and projects a short distance on the outside.
This roller must be the full width of the ticket required to be used. The end of
this roller nearest the open or door side of the box is fitted with a ratchet wheel
operated on by a pawl which is fixed on the standard or narrow plate; by means of
this pawl the rotation of the roller cannot be reversed. The opposite or back end
of the roller is fitted with a disc of metal of a greater diameter than the roller
itself. Two notches are cut in this disc opposite to each other on the circumference
in which a cam falls, which cam is attached to a lever working on an axis at the
back of the box in front of the reel. At the opposite end of this lever there is a
bent hook which moves freely in a slot cut in the lower knife of a pair of parallel
shears working at the end of the box opposite the reel, this moveable knife is forced
upward by the hook through the action of a spring fixed to the end of the lever
and the top of the box when the cam enters the notch cut in the disc. The same
motion of the lever also actuates a hammer attached to the lever which strikes a
bell or wire coil fixed on the front of the interior of the box. The upper knife of
the shears is a fixture and fitted to the front plate at the end of the box just over
the slot through which the ticket passes for delivery to the conductor or operator.
From a little below the top surface of the serrated roller and extending to the
shears or cutters in the front of the apparatus is placed a tray or shelf for the
tickets to pass over as they are propelled forwards by the action of the roller, and
on each side of the shelf or plate is placed a guide to keep the tickets in the
proper or straight course. Above this tray is fixed another plate with a space
between the two just sufficient to allow for the passage of the ticket, and this plate
only extends to where the punches are fixed. Attached to the top of the box are
levers corresponding in number to the punches which are required to mark on the
ticket the amount paid; the fulcrum of each lever is a pin fixed in a boss of metal
fastened to the top of the box; the lever passes through a slot cut in the stem of
the punch, and then extends to the front of the wheel, where it is bent at a right
angle and then passes through the top of the box into a short guide tube, and at a
little distance above the top of the tube is terminated with a small flat plate, thus
forming a piston, by means of which the punches are depressed through corre-
sponding orifices in the under guide plate, by which means a piece of the ticket

page_text: is cut or stamped out, showing by its position on the marked ticket the amount
paid; and as a further check these pieces are projected into a case or reservoir,
from which they are removed to be counted, a separate reservoir being required for
each punch. When the ticket is perforated the punch returns to its original
position by the action of a spiral spring which is wound round the top part of the
stem of the punch, which stem is made to project into a small tube or closed box
fixed on the top plate of the apparatus. Outside of the back plate of the box the
spindle of the serrated roller projects, on which spindle is fitted a disc of metal
with two knobs or handles fixed at opposite sides of the circumference. On the
front of the machine opposite the end of the guide plate and directly underneath
the cutting edge of the fixed blade of the shears is a slot the full width of the
ticket, which is required to be propelled for delivery.
When the conductor or person in charge of the apparatus is informed by the
passenger the distance he wishes to travel, he presses down a piston working a
punch corresponding to the fare or amount to be paid, and by the action of this
punch a piece of the ticket is cut or punched out, and falls into the receptacle or
reservoir placed beneath it. This reservoir is marked by the same distinguishing
number as the piston, therefore the number of pieces contained in that reservoir
represents the number of passengers who have paid for that portion of the journey.
When the conductor has punched the ticket as described, he takes hold of the
handles or knobs fixed on the disc of metal at the back or side of the apparatus
and gives it a half turn; this action causes the serrated roller to revolve in the
same degree, propels the strip of tickets forward until the cam which is fixed on
the lever working the shears falls into the notch cut in the metal disc at the back
part of the serrated roller, which by releasing the spring attached to the lever
under the hook which works the shears brings the lower or moveable part of the
shears rapidly upwards and past the cutting edge of the fixed knife placed above
the ticket, by which means the ticket is cut off to be delivered to the passenger.
The raising of this lever also propels a hammer fixed mid way between the hook
and the cam which strikes the bell or wire gong, and announces to the passenger
the registry and delivery of the ticket. During this time another ticket has been
propelled forward by the action of the serrated roller, and is ready for the conductor
to punch and deliver, and this operation can be repeated so long as the length of
the strip of tickets wound on the reel will allow.
By the action of this apparatus the passenger is made aware of the registry of
his ticket_by_the_bell or gong, the amount received by the conductor is notified on
the ticket by the punch, and a registry is obtained by the consecutive numbers
which are printed on the tickets. The distance travelled by the passenger is
registered by the pieces contained in the respective reservoirs, and also the amount
paid to the conductor.
Having described the nature of our Invention, and in what manner the same
may be performed, we wish it to be understood that we do not claim any of the
parts taken separately, but that what we claim is the general combination and
arrangement, substantially as hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Moore Riddell and Henry Wickens,
have hereunto set their hands and seals, this Fourteenth day of March, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.