IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT OF MONEY FROM PERSONS RIDING IN PUBLIC VEHICLES OR ENTERING PLACES OF AMUSEMENT
Year: 1883

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Bertie Charles Scott at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th November 1883.
BERTIE CHARLES SCOTT of 3 Rue Windsor Saint James, Seine in the Republic
of France now resident at the Grosvenor Hotel Westminster in the County of
Middlesex-" IMPROVEMENTS IN MECHANISM FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT OF
MONEY FROM PERSONS RIDING IN PUBLIC VEHICLES OR ENTERING PLACES OF
AMUSEMENT
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The object of this invention is the construction of a portable box or case
designed for containing rolls or continuous strips of blank paper which can be
printed upon, delivered and severed intermittantly and given to passengers riding
in public vehicles or persons entering places of amusement as checks for the receipt
of money
The improved arrangement of mechanism may be thus described.
I mount in suitable framing inside the box an inking pad, and a platen printing
surface, the former by preference being placed on a higher elevation than the
latter-Resting on the said inking pad when in their normal positions, are a series
of type numbering discs, and subject matter type which when acted upon will with
each complete movement print or deliver their numbers in consecutive order upon
paper placed on the platen surface.
The framing of the said numbering discs is supported on parallel levers or their
equivalent and is also provided with a handle by which the said discs can be
thrown over or actuated to ride in a horizontal position on the parallel levers
and deliver their numbers in consecutive order and their subject matter on the
strip of paper then on the lower surface of the platen.
At the time the type numbers and subject matter are thrown over from the
inking pad to the lower platen surface as before described a ratchet motion in
connection with surface rollers between which the continuous strip of blank paper
from the roll passes is so actuated that during the first partial descent of the type
the length of paper previously printed is passed through an exit orifice from the
box and there rests until the throw of the handle and the descent of the type is
completed the effect of which is that the blank paper then resting on the platen
receives an impression from the type and a knife or shear conveniently placed is
acted upon so as to cut off the ticket then protruding from the box. The complete

page_text: action or throw of the lever when delivering a ticket also causes a hammer to
strike a bell which notifies the fact that a printed ticket has been delivered.
In order to prevent any tampering with the box after it has been closed locked,
and given to the person authorized to collect fares I surround the key hole with a
box ring provided with a vertical slot-When the box is supplied with tickets and
locked I first place a disc of paper in the ring box to protect the key hole and then
fill up the ring with ordinary modelling wax upon which an impression is made by
a seal and covered or protected by a lid. Any tampering with the lock of the box
whilst in possession of the person authorized to collect money would be at once
detected as the wax impression would be destroyed, but when the box is returned
to the office the wax can readilly be removed by inserting a pin into the vertical
slot below the paper disc and thereby lifting out the wax which can be again used
in manner as described. The lower portion of the box is provided with an
opening through which the roll of continuous blank paper on its spool can be
inserted