Improvements in Apparatus for Printing, Distributing, and Checking Railway and other Tickets.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 17th May, 1900-Accepted. 23rd Aug.,
1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Printing, Distributing, and Checking
Railway and other Tickets.
I, HENRI JACQUES LANGLOIS, of 6, Rue de Castellane, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Builder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a novel system of apparatus permitting:
To print quickly and according to requirements for distribution, tickets
or general passes bearing general informations, other complementary indications
required for the special service, such as date, place of destination, route and
price.
2. To register the distribution and the value in money which it represents
Ly simultaneously printing upon controlling or check tickets or levers which are.
retained in the apparatus and which bear the same indications as the tickets
delivered.
3. And to obtain a classification according to class of the tickets distributed,
such ticket being naturally inscribed on the check leaf or sheet corresponding
to its class.
By the use of this apparatus it is now possible to substitute for the ordinary
ticket "passepartout" written by hand and checked merely by a written state-
ment by hand upon a register ad hoc, a ticket entirely printed the delivery and
price of which are strictly checked by the mechanical and simultaneous repetition
of the whole printed matter upon the check-leaf.
My apparatus comprises three distinct parts, viz.:
1. The divisions containing the the tickets with their checks.
2. The printing apparatus.
3. The pedestal containing the general register.
The invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the general arrangement
and details of the apparatus by way of an example only and which only serve
in explaining the principle and the function of the apparatus.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 2 shows in plan a portion of the divisions containing the tickets and
also the printing plant disposed below the dial.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a portion of the rear of the printing apparatus.
Figure 4 is a plan of the dial with the operating handle.
Figure 5 is a facsimile of a single ticket, drawn to a larger scale.
Figure 6 is a facsimile of a return ticket.
Figure 7 is a facsimile of a portion of a check-leaf.
In all the figures the same letters of reference indicate the same parts.
1. DIVISIONS OR PIGEON-HOLES FOR THE TICKETS.
Upon a foot pedestal of circular form and of appropriate size is carried, with
facility of freely revolving thereupon (upon balls or rollers), a box also of
circular form divided into as many compartments as are required for the various
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kinds of tickets passe-partout" appertaining to the particular service where
the apparatus is used; each compartment or pigeon-hole is again divided into two
superposed compartments or receptacles.
The upper division of each compartment is the store properly speaking in
which are placed the tickets, the lower division containing the corresponding
check-leaf or roll and its operating mechanism. As all the compartments are
alike as to arrangement and mechanism only one need be described.
In the upper division a represent the tickets with which it is charged pressed
forward by a plater acted upon by a spring s mounted upon a spindle which
serves in guiding it by sliding in a sleeve t adapted to form a handle for operat-
ing the drum formed by series of compartments. A bolt or fastener y fixed to
the pedestal is provided to secure the drum in position by entering into recesses
formed therein for this purpose.
In the above division b is a roll of white paper which is about 5 centimeters
in width and which forms the check sheet. is a roller upon which the paper
strip is rolled after printing which is effected during its passage over the
rounded pad v. c shows one of the sides of a double lever of special form which
springs around a pin f passing across the whole width of the compartment;
the said lever serves to move the check-leaf while at the same time it effects the
partial ejection of the printed ticket from its compartment.
In order to obtain after each printing operation a partial winding up by the
roller d of the check-leaf, the said roller is furnished at one end of its spindle
with a ratchet wheel g and pawl h attached to the lever e in such a manner
as to rotate for one tooth the roller d at each movement of the lever : stop
pawl m being provided to prevent the return motion, towards the rear, of the
roller i.
As has already been mentioned the operation of the lever also causes the
newly printed ticket to partially project from the division and this is effected
by means of a thin blade of metal which passes underneath the tickets for the
whole breadth of the division and which is held at both ends by levers k pivoted
to the lever c. The blade is guided and held edgewise in two grooves in which
it is caused to slide vertically when operated by the lever c for separating the
front ticket from those stored in the division. The spring serves to return
the lever into its normal position.
2. PRINTING APPARATUS.
Upon a shaft e are keyed, superposed and at appropriate distances apart
and so as to become integral with each other, four disc-wheels 1, 2, 3, 4,
resembling one another and having on their periphery a series of characters in
reliefs for printing upon the tickets and upon the check-leaf; the same characters
on each wheel being disposed in exactly the same vertical plane
The shaft e is supported by a truck o in which it is capable of revolving when
operated by a crank-lever p moving over a dial upon which are engraved
in their order the same characters as are on the disc-wheels. The crank-handle
forms a lever fulcrumed at p¹ which circulates with the handle in its move-
ments over the dial. The inner end of the crank handle is hinged or pivoted
to a spindle u which it moves round with it. The spindle is connected by
cotter pina to a sleeve in such a manner as to enable it to
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slide endwise therein. a is a universal joint connecting the sleeve with a
tube 6 in which is mounted with capability of sliding therein, another spindle c¹
the end of which is connected by means of a second universal joint d to the
shaft carrying the disc wheel. A cotter pin e¹ only permit a longitudinal or
endwise motion of the spindle c¹ in the sleeve and thus any angular movement
of the crank-handle pupon the dial causes a corresponding movement of all
the disc wheels, while the vertical depression of the crank-handle pupon the
dial into one of the recesses formed in front of each character thereon, causes
the lever q to be operated by the collar fl and the latter transmits the movement

page_text: to the rod and to the lever . This lever carries a small wheel which is
thus caused to bear against the truck and presses it forward, the truck for
that purpose being mounted upon rollers m', and the return motion being effected
through the action of a counterpoise a¹.
In order to obtain the proper or normal spacing for the various characters
letters or numerals, the shaft of the disc-wheels receives a slight progressive
motion from left to right after each operation of the lever. To this end the part
in which are placed the rollers for supporting the truck forms another carriage o
which in turn is mounted upon rollers running upon rails and which is
displaced in a direction at right angles to the truck o resting upon it. The
truck o' is first returned to its departing point; under the action of the spring
it advances progressively by one notch at each movement of the lever. To this
end it is provided with mechanism forming a double saw operated by a
link to à bell-crank lever. Such small mechanism is generally employed
in most typewriting machines and may if desired be replaced by any other
similar well known mechanism capable of giving the same result this part there-
fore does not require special description.
Upon the two uppermost disc-wheels and, designed for printing the tickets,
are provided two dating devices each consisting of a disc for the dates, another
for the months and a third for the years. The dating wheels which require to
be set day by day are operated by another wheel placed above them so as to be
more readily seen and handled. The other wheels for the months and years
are linked together.
The line for printing which constitutes the dates is arranged crosswise and
occupies in the direction of the writing only one character; this arrangement
enables the date to be printed by a single operation of the lever.
The inking is effected automatically by means of two inking rollers mounted
upon springs by which they are pressed against the disc wheels in such a manner
that the characters come in succession in contact therewith.
3. The foot or socket and its general checking strip or riband is equally an
important part of the apparatus because of it being the element by which the
entire system can be checked or controlled. It consists of a mechanism for
carrying and operating the check-strip similar to that used in connection with
the divisions for the tickets, but in this case it is fixed in the socket and receives
alternately the inscription of all the tickets printed by the apparatus.
The
movement for the check strip is obtained by means of a projecting claw pro-
vided upon all the levers e and which take into the ratchet wheel of the roller
carrying the strip; the spring being arranged to prevent the ratchet wheel
moving back. The impression is obtained by the aid of the rounded pad y': the
clean paper being drawn from the roller z¹.
Figures 5 and 6 show specimen of tickets for use with the apparatus: the
tickets must of course be specially prepared for their particular use for which they
are destined. The return tickets are double the size, see Figure 6 and their
initial get-up must be such that the matter to be printed simultaneously upon
both tickets will be received in the right places reserved therefor.
(In the Figures 5 and 6 the parts heavily underlined are those printed by the
apparatus.)
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When the tickets are single ones the compartment in which they are stored
are only half the size of the others and the ticket is presented for printing at
the position of the ticket for going" where it receives the impression from
the first disc wheel i, the second dise wheel revolving in the empty space, the
third one printing on the check for that class and the fourth one
on the check for general control.
printing
In order to render the operation clear and to more precisely describe the work-
ing of the apparatus I will suppose that it is desired to compose and distribute
the ticket shown in Figure 6 being Aulnoye 2nd class, return whole full ticket.
The operator must first of all bring into the right place the compartment contain-

page_text: ing the tickets required, viz. second class, going and return, full tariff; this he
does by disengaging the drum through depressing the springy and then turning
the same round by the aid of one of the handles until the compartment is in
its right place i.e. facing the disc wheels. On releasing the spring y it locks
automatically the drum in its exact place by entering one of the corresponding
notches. Then, after having made sure that the truck has been moved back to
its starting point, the printing is at once proceeded with by operating the
crank handle p. To this end the handle is turned through a complete revolution
over the dial in order to ink the characters by passing them in succession in
front of the inking rollers ', afterward the inking is effected automatically by
passing from one letter to another. The first printing to be done is the date
which is placed at the left of the ticket, the printing being effected by a single
operation of the hand lever. The operator therefore stops the lever in front of
the word "date" upon the dial and then depresses it into the notch.
This move-
ment causes the displacement, in the forward direction, of the shaft of the
disc-wheels which latter are thus brought into contact with the ticket and with
the check strips and print thereon the characters engraved upon their peripheries
and inked through their passage against the roller ¹, the same letter being simul-
taneously repeated.
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Exception is made with regard to the date which is not upon the disc wheels i
and and which is printed only upon the tickets while upon the wheels
the place is marked by a point.
At the same time that the lever j has effected the forward push for printing
it has also, through the intervention of the link ', provided for the displace-
ment from the left to the right of the truck o' so that on the lever retiring
through the action of the springs a² the displacement is effected and the characters
spaced as required. The operator then places the handle over the letter A on
the dial, all the disc wheels partaking in the rotary motion present the letter A
in the plane for printing whereon the depression of the lever causes the print-
ing to take place in the same manner as before; this being repeated for each
letter of the word Aulnoye," and the figures representing the price which
is thus printed letter by letter upon the twin-ticket and also upon the two
check strips. The printing of the word "via" is done in one operation of the
handle and is effected directly after the printing of the last letter of the station
forming the destination, and before the price; its position upon the ticket is
determinated by its place upon the disc wheel and therefore immediately after
the operator places the handle over the word "via Tergnier" marked on the
dial; he then makes a series of prints and afterwards prints the figures in the
same manner as the letters taking care to separate the francs from the centimes.
The printing terminated the operator, in order to distribute the ticket depresses
the lever when the thin blade j lifts the ticket and causes it to appear above
the compartment. At the same time the pawl h moves the ratchet wheel y
by one tooth and simultaneously the pawl advances the ratchet w also by one
tooth and thereby preparing their respective strips for a fresh impression."
Having thus described my apparatus I reserve myself the right to manufac-
ture it in any convenient materials, to vary the form and dimensions and to
modify the details.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Printing, Distributing and Checking
Railway and other Tickets.
I, HENRI JACQUES LANGLOIS, of 6, Rue de l'astellane, Paris, in the Republic
of France, Builder, 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:-
This invention relates to a novel system of apparatus permitting:
(1) To print quickly and according to requirements for distribution, tickets
or general passes bearing general informations, other complementary indications
required for the special service, such as date, place of destination, route and
price.
(2) To register the distribution and the value in money which it represents
by simultaneously printing upon controlling or check tickets or leaves which are
retained in the apparatus and which bear the same indications as the tickets
delivered.
(3) And to obtain a classification according to class of the tickets distributed,
each ticket being naturally inscribed on the check leaf or sheet corresponding
to its class.
By the use of this apparatus it is now possible to substitute for the ordinary
ticket"
passe partout" written by hand and checked merely by a written state-
ment by hand upon a register ad hoc, a ticket entirely printed the delivery and
price of which are strictly checked by the mechanical and simultaneous repetition
of the whole printed matter upon the check-leaf.
My apparatus comprises three distinct parts, viz.:
(1) The divisions containing the tickets with their. checks.
(2) The printing apparatus.
(3) The pedestal containing the general register.
The invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 show the general arrangement
and details of the apparatus by way of an example only and which only serve
in explaining the principle and the function of the apparatus.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 2 shows in plan a portion of the divisions containing the tickets and
also the printing plant disposed below the dial.
Figure 3 is an elevation of a portion of the rear of the printing apparatus.
Figure 4 is a plan of the dial with the operating handle.
Figure 5 is a facsimile of a single ticket, drawn to a larger scale.
Figure 6 is a facsimile of a return ticket.
Figure 7 is a facsimile of a portion of a check-leaf. ·
In all the figures the same letters of reference indicate the same parts.
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1. DIVISIONS OR PIGEON-HOLES FOR THE TICKETS.
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Upon a foot pedestal of circular form and of appropriate size is carried, with
facility of freely revolving thereupon (upon balls or rollers),
circular form divided into as many compartments as are required for the various
kinds of tickets "passe-partout" appertaining to the particular service where
the apparatus is used; each compartment or pigeon-hole is again divided into two
superposed compartments or receptacles.
The upper division of each compartment is the store properly speaking in
which are placed the tickets, the lower division containing the corresponding

page_text: check-leaf or roll and its operating mechanism. As all the compartments are
alike as to arrangement and mechanism only one need be described.
In the upper division a represent the tickets with which it is charged pressed
forward by a plate acted upon by a springs mounted upon a spindle which
serves in guiding it by sliding in a sleeve t adapted to form a handle for operat-
ing the drum formed by series of compartments. A bolt or fastener y fixed to
the pedestal is provided to secure the drum in position by entering into recesses
formed therein for this purpose.
In the lower division 6 is a roll of white paper which is about 5 centimetres
in width and which forms the check sheet. is a roller upon which the paper
strip is rolled after printing which is effected during its passage over
the
rounded pad v. c shows one of the sides of a double lever of special form which
springs around a pin f passing across the whole width of the compartment;
the said lever serves to move the check-leaf while at the same time it effects the
partial ejection of the printed ticket from its compartment.
In order to obtain after each printing operation a partial winding up by the
roller d of the check-leaf, the said roller is furnished at one end of its spindle
with a ratchet wheel g and pawl h attached to the lever in such a manner
as to rotate for one tooth the roller dat each movement of the lever c; a stop
pawl m being provided to prevent the return motion, towards the rear, of the
roller d.
As has already been mentioned the operation of the lever e also causes the
newly printed ticket to partially project from the division and this is effected
by means of a thin blade j of metal which passes underneath the tickets for the
whole breadth of the division and which is held at both ends by levers k pivotted
to the lever c. The blade is guided and held edgewise in two grooves in which
it is caused to slide vertically when operated by the lever for separating the
front ticket from those stored in the division. The spring serves to return
the lever c into its normal position.
2. PRINTING APPARATUS.
Upon a shaft A are keyed, superposed and at appropriate distances apart
and so as to become integral with each other, four disc-wheels i, i, 22, 23,
resembling one another and having on their periphery a series of characters in
relief for printing upon the tickets and upon the check-leaf; the same characters
on each wheel being disposed in exactly the same vertical plane.
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The shaft A is supported by a truck in which it is capable of revolving when
operated by a crank-handle p moving over a dial upon which are engraved
in their order the same characters as are on the disc-wheels. The crank-handle
forms a lever fulcrumed at p which circulates with the handle p in its move-
ments over the dial. The inner end of the crank-handle is hinged or pivoted
to a spindle which it moves round with it. The spindle u is connected by
cotter pin to a sleeve = in such a manner as to enable it to
slide endwise therein. a is a universal joint connecting the sleeve with a
tube 6¹ in which is mounted with capability of sliding therein, another spindle c
the end of which is connected by means of a second universal joint to the
shaft carrying the disc wheels. A cotter-pin e¹ only permits a longitudinal or
endwise notion of the spindle c in the sleeve b₁ and thus any angular movement
of the crank-handle pupon the dial causes a corresponding movement of all
the disc wheels, while the vertical depression of the crank-handle pupon the
dial into one of the recesses formed in front of each character thereon, causes.
the lever g¹ to be operated by the collar f' and the latter transmits the movement
to the rod h¹ and to the bell crank lever j¹. This lever carries a small wheel /
which is thus caused to bear against the truck o and presses it forward; the
truck for that purpose being mounted upon rollers m²; n¹ being a weight fixed
at the other extremity of the bell crank lever j¹ to give greater force or momentum
tor moving the truck o.
In order to obtain the proper or normal spacing for the various characters

page_text: letters or numerals, the shaft of the disc-wheels receives a slight progressive
motion from left to right after each operation of the lever. To this end the
part in which are placed the rollers for supporting the truck o forms another
sliding carriage which in turn bears upon rollers q guided by rails and
which may be displaced in a direction at right angles or transversely to the
truck o resting upon it. The truck o is first returned to its departing point:
under the action of the spring it advances progressively by one notch at each
movement of the lever. To this end it is provided with mechanism comprising
two parallel racks 12 connected to each other, and so arranged that the teeth
of the rack are opposite, the spaces between the teeth of the rack t². A pawl
is fixed to the carriage o and the racks are vibrated or displaced beneath
it in such a manner that the said pawl passes from one rack to the other alter-
nately, allowing the carriage o to advance gradually under the influence of the
spring st. As shown in Figure 1 the means for vibrating the racks consist
of a link pivoted to the bell crank lever and to the bell crank lever u²,
one arm of which carries the said racks t¹ 2. This arrangement for allowing the
carriage o¹ to advance progressively is well known in connection with typewriting
machines and here requires no more detailed description than that given above.
Obviously I may employ any other suitable arrangement that gives the same
result. The disc wheels and carry the axis,e upon which are mounted two
dating devices or stamps each comprising a disc f for marking the
day of the month, also a disc for marking the name of the
month, and a disc f* for marking the number or name of the year. The discs f³
and f, which are somewhat smaller in diameter than the discs f² are carried
upon an axis e², which in turn is carried by the disc wheels and as will
be readily seen from an inspection of Figure 1. Mounted on the shaft e is
also a disc f exactly similar and similarly arranged to the discs f² which print
the day of the month, the disc f5 being for the purpose of enabling the said
discs to be easily set day by day so that they shall print the correct late. The
indications on the periphery of the disc fare exactly similar to those on the
discs and, said disc f5 is situated so that it can be conveniently turned and
adjusted by hand, thereby adjusting or setting as desired the discs f² which print
the date.
The line of print produced by the dating device is perpendicular to that pro-
duced by the discs and as will be seen from Figures 5 and 6, which illustrate
the kind of tickets printed by my invention. The date is printed by a single
operation of the lever.
The inking is effected automatically by means of two inking rollers mounted
upon springs by which they are pressed against the disc wheels in such a manner
that the characters come in succession in contact therewith.
3. The foot or socket and its general checking strip or riband is equally an
important part of the apparatus because of it being the element by which the
entire system can be checked or controlled. It consists of a mechanism for
carrying and operating the check-strip similar to that used in connection with
the divisions for the tickets, but in this case it is fixed in the socket and receives
successively the inscription of all the tickets printed by the apparatus The
movement for the check strip is obtained by means of a projecting claw » pro-
vided upon all the levers and which take into the ratchet wheel of the roller
carrying the strip; the spring being arranged to prevent the ratchet wheel
moving back. The impression is obtained by the aid of the rounded pad y': the
clean paper being drawn from the roller z¹.
Figures 5 and 6 show specimen of tickets for use with the apparatus: the
tickets must of course be specially prepared for their particular use for which they
are destined. The return tickets are double the size, see Figure 6 and their
initial get-up must be such that the matter to be printed simultaneously upon
both tickets will be received in the right places reserved therefor.

page_text: (In the Figures 5 and 6 the parts heavily lined are those printed by the
apparatus.)
When the tickets are single ones the compartment in which they are stored
is only half the height of the compartments for the return tickets and the ticket
presents itself adjacent to the upper discs i, f, f³, and f, and is printed accord-
ingly, the second disc-wheel and the second or lower set of wheels f f and f+
revolving in the empty space, the third wheel printing on the check for that
class and the fourth one printing on the check for general control.
In order to render the operation clear and to more precisely describe the work-
ing of the apparatus I will suppose that it is desired to compose and distribute
the ticket shown in Figure 6, being Aulnoye, 2nd class, return full ticket.
The operator must first of all bring into the right place the compartment contain-
ing the tickets required, viz. second class, going and return, full tariff; this he
does by disengaging the drum through depressing the spring y and then turning
the same round by the aid of one of the handles until the compartment is in
its right place i.e. facing the disc wheels. On releasing the springy it locks
automatically the drum in its exact place by entering one of the corresponding
notches. Then, after having made sure that the truck has been moved back to
its starting point, the printing is at once proceeded with by operating the
crank-handle p. To this end the handle is turned through a complete revolution
over the dial in order to ink the characters by passing them in succession in
front of the inking rollers el, afterward the inking is effected automatically by
passing from one letter to another. The first printing to be done is the date
which is placed at the left of the ticket, the printing being effected by a single
operation of the hand-lever. The operator therefore stops the lever in front of
the word date upon the dial and then depresses it into the notch. This move-
ment causes the displacement, in the forward direction, of the shaft of the
disc-wheels which latter are thus brought into contact with the ticket and with
the check strips and print thereon the characters engraved upon their peripheries
and inked through their passage against the rollere, the same letter being simul-
taneously repeated.
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Exception is made with regard to the date, which, not appearing upon the
disc wheels and 3, is printed upon the tickets only, and is replaced upon the
disc wheels by a dot which is printed upon the control slips.
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At the same time that the lever has effected the forward push for printing
it has also, through the intervention of the link, provided for the displace-
ment from the left to the right of the truck o' so that on the lever retiring
through the action of the springs a the displacement is effected and the characters
spaced as required. The operator then places the handle over the letter A on
the dial, all the disc-wheels partaking in the rotary motion present the letter A
in the plane for printing whereon the depression of the lever causes the print-
ing to take place in the same manner as before; this being repeated for each
letter of the word Aulnoye," and the figures representing the price which
is thus printed figure by figure upon the twin-ticket and also upon the two
check strips. The printing of the word "via" is done in one operation of the
handle and is effected directly after the printing of the last letter of the station
forming the destination, and before the price; its position upon the ticket is
determinated by its place upon the disc-wheel and therefore immediately after
the operator places the handle over the word "via Tergnier" marked on the
dial; he then makes a series of prints and afterwards prints the figures in the
same manner, as the letters taking care to separate the francs from the centimes.
The printing terminated the operator, in order to distribute the ticket depresses

page_text: the lever when the thin blade lifts the ticket and causes it to appear above
the compartment. At the same time the pawl moves the ratchet wheel g
by one tooth and simultaneously the pawl n advances the ratchet w also by one
tooth and, thereby preparing their respective strips for a fresh impression."
Having thus described my apparatus I reserve to myself the right to manufac-
ture it in any convenient materials, to vary the form and dimensions and to
modify the details.
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. In apparatus for printing distributing and checking railway and other
tickets the combination of a series of compartments or pigeon holes, each contain-
ing a certain class or kind of tickets and each provided with a check strip, for
registering the distribution of the tickets, and mechanism for operating it, com-
bined with that for ejecting the printed ticket from its division for facilitating
its distribution substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
2. In apparatus for printing distributing and checking railway and other
tickets the combination of a number of similar disc-wheels provided with like
characters engraved upon their periphery in relief or otherwise and mounted upon
a common shaft, rigid or not, and operated together by a single lever in such a
manner as to simultaneously reproduce the same text upon several objects, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In apparatus for printing distributing and checking railway and other
tickets the combination in the stand, socket, or foot of the machine of a single
check strip successively printed by the corresponding mechanism of each class
or kind of tickets for the purpose of forming a general check sheet containing
all the others substantially as described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 17th day of May 1900
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.