IMPROVEMENTS IN TICKETS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Henry Johnson of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the
County of. Middlesex, Gentleman for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TICKETS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER PURPOSES " communicated, to him from
Maximilien Vezzosi a person residing at Paris in the Republic of France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Henry Johnson at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th April 1883.
JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincolns Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN TICKETS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER PURPOSES,"
a communication to me from Maximilien Vezzosi a person resident at Paris in
the Republic of France
This Invention has for its object to increase the utility of tickets used for
railway Tramway, Omnibus or other purposes by combining with the said tickets
means for enabling the said tickets to be used for advertizing or other like purpose
In carrying out this Invention the tickets are composed of two pieces of Card or
other equivalent material united on three sides so as to form a case or receptacle.
A sheet or sheets of preferably thin paper which may or may not be folded is
introduced into the case or receptacle thus formed and the ticket is thus rendered
an advantageous medium for obtaining publicity or supplying useful information.
The form of the improved tickets is immaterial it being preferred to make them of
the rectangular form usually employed but a portion of the two free sides or edges
is preferably cut away in one or more places to facilitate the introduction and
extraction of the sheet or sheets herein before described
This improved ticket may also be constructed with a single sheet of Card by
folding over and joining two of the opposite edges the lower part or third side
being closed by simply folding over the card at this part; a species of pocket book
or case is thus formed into which the sheet of advertisements notices and the like
is inserted
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These improved tickets are thus enabled to act as a valuable medium for
obtaining publicity and imparting information and also to do duty as ordinary
tickets for railway and other purposes

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Henry Johnson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th October 1883.
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JOHN HENRY JOHNSON of 47 Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex
Gentleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN TICKETS FOR RAILWAY AND OTHER PURPOSES
a communication to me from Maximilien Vezzosi a person resident at Paris in
the Republic of France
This Invention has for its object to increase the utility of tickets used for
Railway tramway omnibus or other like purposes by combining with the said
tickets means for enabling them to be used for advertising or other like purpose in
,addition to their ordinary use as hereinafter described.
In carrying out this invention the improved tickets are formed double or
composed of two pieces of card or other equivalent material so as to form a case
or receptacle. A sheet or sheets of preferably thin paper which may or may not
be folded is or are introduced into the interior of the case or receptacle thus formed
and the ticket is thus rendered an advantageous medium for obtaining publicity or
supplying useful information,
And in order that the said Invention may be fully understood I shall now
proceed more particularly to describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to
the several figures on the annexed sheet of Drawings the same letters of reference
indicating corresponding parts in all the figures.
Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings are isometrical views of opposite
sides of a ticket made according to this Invention and hereinafter termed the
Pocket book Ticket" with the sheet or sheets of paper placed inside the case
formed by the said ticket.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of the empty case or pocket book ticket and
figure 5 represents a sheet of paper that may be placed in the pocket book ticket
when folded along the dotted lines.
The said Pocket book ticket is composed of two pieces of card A A¹ united at
the side and bottom edges a a a and open at the other or top edge at b thus
forming a case or receptacle. The sides A A' of this case present a flat surface
upon which suitable information or indications may be printed or affixed in the
usual manner according to the purpose for which the ticket is to be used. The
upper edges of the sides A A' are cut away in one or more places as shown at d to
.facilitate the introduction and extraction of a sheet or sheets e which may be
folded to the dimensions of the ticket or may consist of a number of small sheets
or slips of suitable size to admit of their being placed inside the ticket with or
without folding.
Figure 5 shews a sheet opened out, the dotted lines, indicating the places at
which it is to be folded for introduction into the pocket book ticket. The said
pocket book ticket may also be constructed with a single sheet of card by folding
over and joining two of the opposite sides, the lower part or third side being
closed by simply folding over or uniting the edges of the card at this part; a species
of pocket book or case is thus formed, into which the sheet or sheets of advertise-
⚫ments, notices, or the like, is or are inserted.
The said pocket book tickets are thus enabled to act as valuable media for
obtaining publicity and imparting information and at the same time to do duty
as ordinary tickets or passes for railway and other purposes. The exterior of the
pocket book ticket may be printed, stamped, or embossed, with any desired words
or devices and the form or outline may be modified according to requirements
without affecting the principle of the invention.

page_text: Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect I would observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part
recited Letters Patent is :-
The improvements in tickets for railway and other purposes consisting in
forming or constructing them as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
In witness whereof I the said John Henry Johnson have to this my
Specification set my hand and seal this twelfth day of October One thousand
eight hundred and eighty three.
5.
HENRI JOHNSON (L.S.)