IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR ISSUING TICKETS OR VOUCHERS FOR MONEY RECEIVED, SUCH AS TRAMWAY FARES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: I HENRY THOMAS DAVIS, of N° 8 Elliott road North Brixton in the County of.
Surry, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR ISSUING TICKETS OR VOUCHERS FOR MONEY RECEIVED, SUCH AS
TRAMWAY FARES AND THE LIKE, to be as follows
This invention relates to an improved method of issuing tickets or vouchers for
money received, so as to ensure rapid and uniform delivery, and is especially
adapted for and forms a valuable addition to my patent N° 5683 Nov 29th 1882.
In a circular case having a flat front & back, a plate, which is called hereafter the
screen plate, is fitted & fixed a short distance below the front plate, on the under
side of the screen plate two circular plates are affixed one above the other the
inner side edges of which are close to the side of case, ou the outer edges of the
plates is attached a semi circular side plate, such plate being continued & passing
through slots in the screen plate and front plate, and projecting from the latter,
from the screen plate, another plate is placed paralel to the other, and attached
to it at the upper & lower edges, so as to leave a narrow aperture through which
the tickets can pass out. Between the circular plates is a round box one half of
the side being open, this box rotates on pivots passing through the circular plates,
a bevel wheel is attached to the lower pivot, and on the side of the box a spring clip
is affixed. Beneath the box is a spindle, one end of which passes through a round
hole in the screen plate, the other end turning in a hole in a bracket fixed on the
inner side of the case. On the spindle a bevel wheel is fixed so as to act in con-
junction with the bevel wheel affixed to the box On the spindle a handle or lever
is fixed such handle passing through a slot in the case; attached to the handle is
an arm with a straight edge at back armed with sharp points and corresponding
with these points are small holes in the plates which pass through the screen plate.
On the front of the screen plate is an arm of metal with a straight edge at back armed
with sharp points which correspond with perforations in the plates passing through
the screen plate; the lower end of this arm is crescent shape, which rotates on a
pivot. On the end of spindle through the screen plate an excentric plate is fixed-
The roll of tickets being placed in the rotary box the outer end is passed under
the spring clip and pressed forward until it reaches the outer edges of the

page_text: projecting plates. The handle being pulled back partly revolves the box and thus
ejects a ticket from the front This action of the handle, when it is nearly
completed, causes the excentric plate to act on the lower end of the crescent and
thus throws the sharp points on the arm above it forward and through the ticket
so as to hold it and by the return action of the handle the tickets are drawn from
under the spring clip; at the instant of the handle taking its normal position, the
excentric plate acts upon the upper horn of the crescent and thus throws back the
points, at the same time the points on the back of the arm on the handle perforates
& holds the ticket on that side, so that it can be torn off against the sharp edges
of the projecting plates. To facilitate the return of the handle a spiral spring is
attached to the spindle.
In the projecting plates are openings for showing the number on each ticket;
and also openings for allowing of the marking of the tickets as described in my
specification N° 5819-dated April 2nd 1884. .

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I HENRY THOMAS DAVIS of N° 8 Elliott road North Brixton in the County of
Surry, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR ISSUING TICKETS OR VOUCHERS FOR MONEY RECEIVED SUCH AS
TRAMWAY FARES AND THE LIKE and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in'and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved method of issuing tickets or vouchers for
money received so as to ensure rapid and uniform delivery of each ticket in a
complete.form and is especially adapted for and forms a valuable addition to my.
patents dated, Nov 29th 1882 No 5683 and April 2nd 1884 No 5819. In a circular
metal case having a flat front and back the former being fixed and the latter being
hinged and locked, a flat plate, which is described hereafter as the screen plate, is
fitted and fixed a short distance below the front plate On the under side of the
screen plate is affixed two plates one above the other, the distance between such
plates being regulated by the space required for placing a circular box for containing
the roll or rolls of tickets to be placed therein The inner side edges of the two
plates are placed close to the inside of the case and on the outer edges of the
plates a semicircular plate is attached a flat plate is continued from the semicircular
plate and passed through slots in the screen plate and front plate, and projects
from the latter, another plate parallel to the flat plate is also passed through the
slots in the screen and front plates and both plates are joined at their upper and
lower edges so as to leave a narrow aperture through which the tickets can pass
out The circular box is partly open and it rotates on pivots placed through the
two plates affixed on the screen plate, and on the pivot below the bottom plate a
bevel wheel is attached, on the outer side of the circular box a spring clip is affixed
Beneath the lower plate is a spindle from back to front, one end of which rotates
in a circular hole in the screen plate, the other end turning in a round hole in a
bracket fixed on the inside of the case Upon the spindle a bevel wheel is affixed
so as to act in conjunction with the bevel wheel attached to the circular box A
handle or lever is fixed on the spindle and passes through a slot in the case,
attached to the upper part of the handle is an arm with a straight edge at back
armed with sharp points & corresponding with these points are small holes in the
two plates which pass through the screen and front plates-Un the front of the
screen plate and lying flat on it, is an arm of metal with a straight edge at back
in which are sharp points which correspond with perforations in the plates passed:
through the screen & front plates The lower end of the arm is crescent shape and
rotates on a pivot, on the end of the spindle through the screen plate an excentric
plate is fixed The roll of tickets consecutively numbered, being placed in the.
rotary box the outer end is passed under the spring clip and then pressed forward
until it reaches the outer edges of the projecting plates The handle being pulled
back partly revolves the circular box which carries the tickets forward and thus.
ejects a ticket from the front. This action of the leyer, or handle, at its completion

page_text: causes the excentric plate to act on the lower end of the crescent end of the arm
on the screen plate, and thus throw the sharp points forward and through the
tickets between the projecting plates, so as to hold them, and by the return action
of the handle the box is returned to its normal position, the spring clip passing
over the tickets as they are drawn from the box by its recoil At the instant of
the handle returning to its normal position the excentric plate acts upon the upper
horn of the crescent and thus throws back the points in the arm from the tickets
at the same instant the points in the arm attached to the handle perforate and hold
the tickets on that side of the screen plate, so that the ejected ticket is held and
can be torn off against the sharp edges of the projecting plates.
By this arrangement the tickets are free only at the time of ejectment and the
issuing of a complete ticket is assured In the projecting plates are openings for
showing the number on each succeeding ticket, thus providing an outer index,
there are also openings in the plates for marking or perforating the tickets as fully
described in my specification dated April 2nd 1884 N° 5819 To facilitate the
return action of the handle to its normal position a spiral spring is placed on the
spindle near the bracket. When it is desired to issue two sets of tickets of
different value I employ the same means as already described by having the same
arrangement of the parts on the opposite side of the case, when more than two
different, values of tickets are required I divide the inside of the semi revolving
boxes into horizontal compartments, using the spring clip on the side of the box to
act as already described, but instead of employing the arm with points on the
front of the screen plate I employ a small checker to each description of ticket as
follows; a short flat length of metal, called hereafter a small checker, is suspended
on a pivot on the front of the screen plate, and having a pin or spur on it projecting
through a slot in the screen plate, and in the inner side edge are sharp points
corresponding with holes in the projecting plates. On the under side of the
screen plate is a small curved piece of metal which revolves on a pivot and so
placed that the upper end of it is at the back of the spur through the screen plate,
and on the under side of the screen plate a spring bar is also placed in a rack
affixed on the screen plate. One end of the spring bar passes through the side of
the case terminating in a handle and the other end is so arranged that when the
spring bar is pressed inward it acts upon the lower end of the curved piece of
metal which actuates the spur and thus throws out the sharp points from the
tickets The arm lying & turning on the front of screen plate is used now, without
its being armed with points, for compressing the small checkers by the action of the
excentric plate as described, and consequently when by the action of the spring
bar the small checkers are thrown back each one in its turn acts upon the arm and
throws it back also, and upon the handle being brought into action the arm is
thrown forward so that it presses on that small checker which has been acted upon
by the spring bar, and thus holds the tickets between the projecting plates so that
the one ejected can be torn off The arm attached to the handle is therefore under
this arrangement dispensed with When the box is partly revolved by the action
of the handle, only the tickets which have been released by the action of the
spring bar which in every case must precede the action of the lever-will pass
out through the apertures in the projecting plates, the other tickets being stopped
by the points of the small checkers will curve outward through an opening left in
the semicircular plate for that purpose, while the tickets from which one has been
ejected will be drawn from under the spring clip by the return action of the
circular box as already described and the other tickets will return to their former
position.
The accompanying drawing illustrates the construction of the improved
apparatus.
N° 1. Is front view of part of screen plate of apparatus for issuing three sets of
tickets. a. a. a, are small checkers. b. Arm for acting upon small checkers.
c. eccentric plate on head of spindle d-The handle through case. e e e. The
handle

page_text: No 2. View of part of under side of screen plate of apparatus for issuing three
sets of tickets. fff The spring bars. g. g. g curved pieces for acting upon spurs
attached to small checkers.-h. The spindle.
No 3. Is sectional side view of apparatus for issuing three sets of tickets.
i, spring clip on box. k compartments of box. l. projecting plates, showing
tickets and one ejected; m The bevel wheel arrangement.
N° 4. Sectional side view of apparatus for issuing one set of ticket.
with spring clip.-o. handle with arm attached.
n. Bux
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
The improved method of issuing tickets or vouchers for money received so as to
ensure rapid and uniform delivery of each ticket in a complete form, substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the drawings.