ovements relating to Tickets, Labels, and the like, and to Machinery or Apparatus for the Manufacture of the same, and for Counting them and Collecting them in Consecutive Order for Distribution.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1887
Complete Left, 28th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 30th Dec., 1887
ovements relating to Tickets, Labels, and the like, and to
Machinery or Apparatus for the Manufacture of the same, and
for Counting them and Collecting them in Consecutive Order
for Distribution.
I HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to tickets, labels and the like, and to machinery or apparatus
for the manufacture thereof, and for counting them and collecting them in consecutive
order ready for distribution; and it comprises various improvements hereinafter
set forth.
One object of my said invention is to produce tickets for railway, tramway or
similar purposes with ornamental or artistic patterns or designs upon one or both
surfaces thereof in addition to any subject-matter, consecutive numbers or other
marks or characters that may be required.
Another object of my said invention is to provide machinery or apparatus whereby
such tickets and other tickets, labels, or the like, can be economically and advan-
tageously produced, counted and collected in consecutive order.
Another object of my said invention is to provide for the production of tickets,
labels, or the like, of different sizes in the same machine, and the chief peculiar feature
of my improved machine consists in the provision made for the adjustment of various
parts thereof for this purpose.
Another feature of my invention is the employment of means for tinting, staining
or coloring the paper, cardboard or other material as it is fed to the printing devices,
nd for drying the said material after it has been thus stained or colored.
Another feature of my said invention is the construction of the devices for printing
Price Li

page_text: he consecutive numbers and the serial numbers, letters or other characters in such
hanner that I am enabled to print such numbers, letters or other characters, upon
he tickets in two or more places. This feature affords the advantage that, when the
ickets are to be divided into two or more parts, the several parts thereof may have
printed upon them the same numbers, letters or other characters, by means of a single
printing or numbering cylinder.
Another feature of my said invention is the employment, in combination with
means for collecting the tickets in consecutive order, of devices whereby the stream
of tickets will be diverted at suitable intervals so as to divide the tickets into bundles
I also provide devices for automatically counting 10
each containing, say, fifty tickets.
the bundles of tickets thus formed.
Another feature of my said invention is the combination, with the troughs or
receptacles in which the tickets are collected, of devices for automatically pushing
away each trough or other receptacle, when filled, to make room for the next
succeeding trough or other receptacle.
1.
It has been customary heretofore to print railway tickets either upon white card-
board, or upon cardboard which has been tinted or colored previous to its introduction
into the printing machine. Moreover, in all cases, such tinting or coloring has been
uniform throughout the surface of the ticket, and, as far as I am aware, no attempt
has been made to produce ornamental or artistic designs upon such tickets; tickets of 2
this kind are, therefore, plain and inelegant.
According to one part of my invention I make tickets with a white pattern or
design on a ground of black, red, green or other color, or with a colored pattern or
design on a white ground; or with other suitable designs or ornamentations produced
by printing. These designs are printed either before or after the subject-matter, the
consecutive numbers and the serial numbers, letters or other characters are impressed
upon the tickets. I prefer, in some instances, that the designs should be first
produced. In either case, I prefer that the whole of the printing should be effected
in one machine. In some cases, 1 print the fares, destinations, consecutive numbers
or other particulars as a part of the design, and by the same operation that prints the
said design.
In some instances, the patterns or designs are made to extend over the entire
In other instances, they are made to extend over a
surface or surfaces of the tickets.
portion only of such surface or surfaces.
By thus producing ornamental designs upon tickets or the like, I provide for
facilitating the detection of any attempts at fraud by erasure.
The machine or apparatus which 1 prefer to employ for printing the ticket
comprises type-cylinders for printing the required subject-matter on the front and
back the tickets, apparatus for consecutively numbering the said tickets, an
apparatus for printing the serial numbers, letters or other characters thereon. Thes
printing devices are arranged in any suitable manner in combination with one o
more impression cylinders.
In addition to the said printing devices, I employ a cylinder the periphery
which is provided with, or adapted to receive, surfaces for printing the patterns
designs upon the tickets, and which is arranged in combination with an impressi
cylinder. I also provide a trough for containing the printing ink or coloring matte
and means for distributing the same and applying it to the cylinder for printing i
patterns or designs. I also provide means for holding the roll of cardboard or oth
material from which the tickets are to be made, and means for cutting or severi
the tickets from the strip of cardboard, or other material, and collecting them
consecutive order ready to be tied up in bundles or packets for distribution.
For drying the cardboard or similar material after the patterns or designs h
been printed thereon and previous to the printing of the subject-matter and c
secutive numbers, 1 employ one or more drying rolls, around which the said mate
is passed before it is conducted to the type-cylinders or to the consecutive number
apparatus. These drying rolls are made hollow and are beated by steam, or in
her convenient manner,

page_text: When the fares, destinations or other particulars are to be printed as a part of the
pattern or design, I dispense with the type-cylinders heretofore used for printing
subject-matter on the tickets. In some instances, I use only one printing cylinder
and impresssion cylinder for the production of the tickets, and provide the said
5 printing cylinder with one or more consecutive numbering devices which will be
operated in the rotation of the said cylinder. Or I use a single printing cylinder and
impression cylinder, in combination with one or more consecutive numbering devices.
When patterns or designs are to be printed upon both sides of the tickets, I employ
another cylinder for printing upon the back of the said tickets, and I prefer to so
0 arrange the parts that the strip of cardboard or other material will pass around the
drying roll, or rolls, after the patterns or designs have been printed upon both surfaces
of the tickets. Moreover, if it is desired that the patterns or designs should be in
two or more colors, I employ two or more cylinders for printing each design.
The several printing cylinders and numbering devices, and the drying roll, or rolls,
5 are preferably fixed upon shafts fitted to rotate in hearings in a vertical plate or
frame; and are connected by suitable gearing with a driving shaft. They may how-
ever, be arranged in any other convenient manner.
By this part of my invention, I am enabled to produce highly ornamental tickets
for railway and similar purposes, at a small cost.
When my printing machinery is to be used for the production of ordinary railway
or other tickets, I dispense with the cylinders for printing the patterns or designs,
and I employ, in combination with the aforesaid trough, means for tinting, coloring
or staining the cardboard before it is fed to the type-cylinders. I also employ one or
more drying rolls.
By coloring or staining the cardboard after it is placed in the machine and while it
is being fed to the printing mechanism, I am enabled to produce colored tickets more
economically than when the cardboard is colored or stained before its introduction
into the machine.
For
To provide for the production of tickets or the like of different lengths, I employ
adjustable devices for feeding the material to the machine, cutting it into lengths or
pieces, printing the tickets and collecting the same in consecutive order.
instance, I employ devices for cutting or dividing the strip of cardboard or other
material into pieces of the desired length to form the tickets or the like, which
devices are capable of adjustment to vary the length of the said pieces. I also
employ grippers or other devices for feeding or moving the said pieces successively
between the impression cylinders and the printing cylinders. In some instances the
eed mechanism is made adjustable to feed with greater or less velocity.
The consecutive numbering apparatus which I prefer to employ has a wheel, face-
late or cylinder, which is fixed upon a shaft or is fitted to rotate upon a pin or stud
nd which is provided with one or more sets of numerical discs or rings arranged
round the said shaft or stud or in a plane at right angles thereto, or in any other
itable manner. Each set of numerical discs or rings is secured to the said wheel or
ce-plate in such a manner that it can be readily detached and removed therefrom.
some instances each set of numerical discs is made adjustable on the said wheel or
ce plate, so that the distance between the said sets can be varied as desired.
The device for printing the serial numbers, letters or other characters is also con-
ructed in such a manner that the type can be readily removed therefrom, or so that
e type can be adjusted thereon to vary the distance between them.
For cutting or severing the tickets from the sirip of cardboard or other material,
sometimes employ a wheel or cylinder, the periphery of which is provided with one
more pairs of shears, so arranged that, in the rotation of the said wheel or cylinder,
said shears will be alternately opened and closed as described in the Specification
former Letters Patent No. 15,416 of 1884.
nanner that the said shears can be readily detached and removed from the said
I make this cutting apparatus in such
eel or cylinder, or so that they can be adjusted thereon to vary the distance between
u.
n other cases; I use a pair of rotary knives or shears arranged upon separate axes

page_text: o operate in combination with each other for the purpose of cutting or dividing the
trip of cardboard or other material.
My improved machine is conveniently and advantageously constructed as follows,
that is to say; I provide a pair of feed rolls between which the strip of cardboard is
conducted from the reel upon which it is wound. These rolls are connected with the 5
driving shaft of the machine by means of suitable gearing. The said rolls feed the
cardboard between a pair of rotary knives or shears, and are provided with means for
regulating their speed relatively to that of the said knives or shears so that they will
feed the cardboard between the said knives or shears at a greater or less velocity
according to the desired length of the tickets to be made. The pieces are then taken 10
by grippers attached to an endless chain or band, whereby they are passed between the
impression cylinders and the cylinders for printing upon the said pieces the patterns
or designs, the subject matter, the consecutive numbers, and the serial numbers, letters
or other characters. The tickets, labels or the like thus produced are delivered in
consecutive order into any suitable receptacle by means of delivering rollers, such as
those described in the said foriner Specification.
To provide for printing tickets of different lengths the subject-matter type-cylinder
must be of sufficient diameter to print, in each complete rotation, the longest ticket
which it is desired the machine should be capable of producing. For shorter tickets
the type will be so arranged upon the cylinder that it will in each complete rotation,
print two or more tickets.
I sometimes so construct the machine that it will produce two or more rows or series
of tickets simultaneously. In this case, I provide means for cutting or dividing the
cardboard or other material longitudinally into strips equal in width to the tickets to
be produced. In some instances, I arrange the printing and numbering devices around
a common impression cylinder.
For collecting the tickets in consecutive order, whether the pieces are cut or severed
from the strip before or after they are printed, I prefer to employ two pairs of
delivering rollers, beneath which troughs or other suitable receptacles are successively
placed to receive the tickets. The said two pairs of rollers are so arranged as to ensure
the delivery of the tickets thereby in consecutive order. The said troughs are divided
into compartments each of which will contain, say fifty tickets; two toothed feed
wheels are provided, which are adapted to engage with racks on the said troughs, and
ratchet-wheels are fixed upon the shafts of the said feed-wheels and arranged to be
After a bundle of tickets has bee
intermittently rotated by means of suitable pawls.
received in a trough a movement is imparted to the said feed-wheels sufficient to perini
the delivery of the next succeeding ticket into the next compartment of the trough
I combine with one or the other of the said feed-wheels, counting devices which will b
operated in each of the greater movements of the said feed-wheel, for the purpose o
counting the bundles of tickets delivered into the troughs.
For diverting the stream of tickets from one compartment to another of the sai
troughs, I combine, with one of the delivering rollers, a lever which is pivotted upo
the axle of the said roller, and has attached thereto a finger which extends into t
space beneath and between the said rollers. This lever is connected, by a link, with
bent lever arranged to be operated by a ratchet wheel or a suitable cam fixed up
the shaft of one of the aforesaid feed-wheels and by means of a weight attached to t
said bent lever. The return movement of the said levers and finger is effected
another lever acted upon by a spring and also by the said ratchet-wheel or cam.
desired, I employ other suitable means for operating the said finger for the purp
above specified.
I provide means for adjusting one of the said delivering rollers relatively to
other roller of the pair, to regulate the pressure exerted by the said rollers u
the tickets.
The said troughs are, as above stated, fed or moved successively beneath
delivering rollers. When one of the said troughs is filled, it has to be removed
make room for the next succeeding trough. For this purpose, I provide two le
which are pivotted to the frame. of the machine and are connected by a link so

page_text: transverse to that of its feeding movement.
erematter described, they will push a trough outward in a direction
matically actuated by each trough when it arrives at the termination of its movement,
I also provide devices which will be auto-
to put in gear the mechanism for operating the said levers.
lever which is pivotted to the frame of the machine and the outer arm of which is
I sometimes employ a
provided with an antifriction roller and extends into the path of the troughs. This
lever is arranged to act upon a pin or stud fixed in a lever which I will hereinafter
term the switch-lever and which is pivotted upon a horizontal pin or stud fixed in the
aforesaid link. Another lever is pivotted to the frame of the machine and is so con-
nected with the driving gear thereof that reciprocating or oscillating motion will be
imparted to it. This lever is provided at its upper end with a stud or projection
having an inclined surface adapted to engage with a corresponding inclined surface on
the said switch-lever as hereinafter described. The said switch-lever is acted upon
by a spring which tends to hold it out of the path of the said stud or projection. When
a trough arrives at the end of its feed movement, the said switch-lever is thereby
turned upon or about its pivot so as to bring its inclined end into the path of the said
stud or projection, which then engages with a shoulder on the said switch-lever and
moves the aforesaid link in the proper direction to operate the levers for pushing out
the trough. The said spring then returns the switch-lever to its original position so
that the said stud or projection cannot again engage therewith until another trough
arrives at the end of its feed-movement. The return movement of the said link and
the levers connected therewith, is effected by means of a spring or springs.
It is obvious that the construction of the various parts of my improved machine may
be somewhat varied without departing from the nature of my said invention.
Dated this 28th day of January 1887.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements relating to Tickets, Labels, and the like, and to
Machinery or Apparatus for the Manufacture of the same, and
for Counting them and Collecting them in Consecutive Order
for Distribution.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex 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:-
My invention relates to tickets, labels and the like, and to machinery or apparatus for
the manufacture thereof and for counting them and collecting them in consecutive order
ready for distribution; and it comprises various improvements hereinafter set forth.
One object of my said invention is to produce tickets for railway, tramway or
similar purposes with ornamental or artistic patterns or designs upon one or both
surfaces thereof in addition to any subject-matter, consecutive numbers or other marks
or characters that may he required.
Another object of my said invention is to provide machinery or apparatus whereby
such tickets and other tickets, labels or the like can be economically and advantageously
produced, counted and collected in consecutive order.
Another object of my said invention is to provide for the production of tickets,
labels or the like of different sizes in the same machine. For this purpose, I make
the type or type-wheels on the several printing-cylinders adjustable as hereinafter
specified.
By providing for the adjustment of the devices for printing the consecutive numbers
and the serial numbers, letters, or other characters, I am enabled to print such
numbers, letters, or other characters upon the tickets in different places, and, if
desired, in two or more places on the same ticket. This feature affords the advantage
that, when the tickets are to be divided into two or more parts, the several parts
thereof may have printed upon them the same numbers, letters or other characters by
means of a single printing or numbering cylinder.
I also provide for tinting, staining or coloring and then drying the paper, cardboard
or other material as it is fed to the printing devices.
Another feature of my said invention is the employment, in combination with
means for delivering the tickets in consecutive order from the cutting mechanism into
troughs or other suitable receptacles divided into compartments, of devices whereby
the stream of tickets will be deflected or diverted at suitable intervals so as to divide
the tickets into bundles each containing say fifty tickets. I also provide devices for
automatically counting the bundles of tickets thus formed.
Another feature of my said invention is the provision of means whereby each of the
said troughs or receptacles, as soon as it is filled, will be automatically removed to
make room for the next succeeding trough or other receptacle.

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navn, moreover, comprises other improvements hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of my improved mechine.
Figure 2 is a side elevation of a numbering cylinder hereinafter described.
Figure 3 is a front elevation partly in vertical section.
Figure 4 a front elevation, and
Figure a plan, shewing various details of construction hereinafter described.
It has been customary heretofore to print railway-tickets either upon white card-
board or upon cardboard which has been tinted or colored previous to its introduction
10 into the printing machine; such tinting or coloring has been equally applied over the
entire surface of the ticket, and, as far as I am aware, no attempt has been made to
produce ornamental or artistic designs upon such tickets; tickets of this kind are,
therefore, plain and inelegant.
According to one part of my present invention I make tickets with a white pattern
5 or design on a ground of black, red, green or other color; or with a black or colored
pattern or design on a white ground; or with other suitable designs or ornamentations
produced by printing. These designs are printed either before or after the subject-
matter, the consecutive numbers, and the serial numbers, letters or other characters
are impressed upon the tickets.
be first produced. In either case I prefer that the whole of the printing should
I prefer, in some instances, that the designs should
be effected in one machine. In some cases,
numbers or other particulars as a part of the design, and by the same operation that
print the fares, destinations, consecutive
prints the said design. I usually produce the ornamental pattern or design by means
of excentric engraving.
The pattern or design preferably extends over the entire surface of the ticket.
may, however, be made to extend over a portion only of such surface; or both
surfaces of the ticket may be wholly or partially covered by ornamental patterns or
It
designs.
By thus producing ornamental designs upon the tickets, I not only make them more
pleasing to the eye, but I provide for facilitating the detection of any attempts at fraud
by erasure.
The machine or apparatus which I prefer to employ for printing the tickets is
illustrated in figure 1, in which A is the frame of the machine, which is supported
upon standards A'. B is the roll of cardboard from which the tickets are to be made,
and which is carried by a bracket attached to the said frame as described in the
Specification of former Letters Patent dated 1st July A.D. 1886 No. 8642. C is a
device such as is described in the said former Specification for straightening or taking
the curl out of the cardboard.
D is a trough for containing the ink or coloring matter for printing the ornamental
patterns or designs. D' is a roller which is mounted in suitable bearings in the sides
of the said trough and is partially immersed in the ink or coloring matter therein.
E is a cylinder the periphery of which is formed or provided with engraved surfaces
or printing the ornamental patterns or designs and which is arranged in combination
vith an impression cylinder F. Distributing rollers, such as are ordinarily employed
n printing machines, are provided for transferring the ink or coloring matter from
he roller D and applying it to the cylinder E.
G is a drying roll around which the cardboard is passed before it is conducted to
he impression cylinder hereinafter mentioned, so that the said cardboard will be
ried after the patterns or designs have been printed thereon and previous to the
rinting of the subject-matter and consecutive numbers. I can, if desired, employ
vo or more drying rolls for this purpose. The said drying rolls are made hollow
d are heated by steam or in any other convenient manner.
H is an impression cylinder around which are arranged the following devices viz.:-
type-cylinder I for printing subject-matter on the fronts of the tickets; an appa-
tus K for printing consecutive numbers thereon; an apparatus L for printing serial
mbers letters or other characters thereon; and a type-cylinder M for printing
ereon any cancelling or distinguishing marks; and a type cylinder N for printing

page_text: hereon any subject-matter that may be required of a different color to that printed by
he type-cylinder I.
O is a type-cylinder which is arranged in combination with an impression
cylinder P, and is adapted to print regulations, advertisements or other matter upon
the backs of the tickets.
The several printing cylinders, numbering devices and drying rolls are fixed upon
shafts fitted to rotate in suitable bearings in the vertical plate or frame and are
connected by suitable gearing with a driving shaft. They may, however, be arranged
between two plates or frames if desired.
5
The cardboard from the roll B is passed around the rollers of the straightening 10
device around guide rollers a and then around the cylinder F and between this
cylinder and the cylinder E which prints the ornamental patterns or designs. The
said cardboard is then passed around the drying roll G and around the impression
It is then 1
cylinder H. As it passes around this cylinder it has printed thereon the required
subject-matter, consecutive numbers and other marks or characters.
conducted around the impression cylinder P and between this cylinder and the type-
cylinder O, whence, after passing around guide-rollers a¹, a², a³, it is conducted to
cutting and delivering apparatus Q, which is constructed substantially as described
in the specification of former Letters Patent dated 22nd November A.D. 1884,
No. 15416.
By means of the machine above described I am enabled to produce highly
ornamental tickets for railway and similar purposes at a small cost.
To provide for the production of tickets or the like of different lengths I make the
several printing devices adjustable. For instance, I provide the cylinders E, I, M. N
and with removable or adjustable printing surfaces, so that the printing surfaces on
each cylinder when two or more are used may be arranged at the desired distance
apart, and the said cylinders may be made to print in cach rotation, one or more
tickets. Moreover I make the consecutive numbering apparatus K in the manner
shown in Figure 2, that is to say, I provide a cylinder K' provided with one or more
sets K2 of numerical discs or type-wheels, which are inserted in recesses or cavities K³
formed in the circumference of the said cylinder. Any well known or suitable means
are provided for operating the said dises or type-wheels so that they will print
consecutive numbers.
The apparatus L for printing the serial numbers, letters or other characters is also
constructed in such a manner that the type or type-wheels can be readily removed
therefrom, or so that the type can be adjusted thercon to vary the distance between
them.
The apparatus Q for cutting or severing the tickets from the strip of cardboard or
other material, comprises a wheel or cylinder Q the periphery of which is provided
with any desired number of pairs of shears Q2 so arranged that, in the rotation of the
said wheel or cylinder, the said shears will be alternately opened and closed a
described in the said former Specification No. 15416. When the machine is to b
adapted for the manufacture of tickets of different sizes, 1 make this cutting apparatu
in such a manner that the said shears can be readily detached and removed from th
said wheel or cylinder, or so that they can be adjusted thereon to vary the distanc
between them.
The subject-matter type-cylinder I should be of sufficient diameter to print in eac
complete rotation the longest ticket which it is desired the machine should be capab
of producing. For shorter tickets the type or printing surfaces will be so arrange
upon the cylinder that it will, in each complete rotation print two or more tickets.
I sometimes so construct the machine that it will produce two or more rows
series of tickets simultaneously. In this case, I provide means for cutting or dividi
the cardboard or other material longitudinally into strips equal in width to the tick
to be produced.
When it is desired to print tickets consisting of two or more parts intended to
separated, the devices for printing the consecutive numbers and the serial numb
or other characters are so arranged that they will print the same number or ot
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page_text: character on two or more parts of the same ticket. The devices for printing subject-
matter may also be similarly arranged if desired.
The apparatus for collecting the tickets in consecutive order comprises two pairs b, b¹,
and c. c of delivering rollers, beneath which troughs d (or other suitable receptacles)
are successively placed to receive the tickets. The said rollers are so arranged as to
ensure the delivery of the tickets thereby in consecutive order. The troughs d are
divided into compartments each of which will contain say fifty tickets; two toothed
feed wheels are provided, which are adapted to engage with racks on the said troughs,
and ratchet-wheels are fixed upon the shafts of the said feed-wheels and arranged to
be intermittently rotated by nicans of suitable pawls. After a bundle of tickets has
been received in a trough a movement is imparted to the said feed-wheels sufficient to
permit the delivery of the next succeeding ticket into the next compartment of the
trough. I combine with one or the other of the said feed-wheels, counting devices
which will be operated in each of the greater movements of the feed-wheel, for the
purpose of counting the bundles of tickets delivered into the troughs.
For diverting the stream of tickets from one compartment to another of the said
troughs, I employ the device illustrated in Figure 3, that is to say-I combine, with
the delivering roller c, a lever e which is pivotted upon the axle 2 of the said roller,
and has attached thereto a finger which extends into the space beneath and between
the rollers. This lever is connected, by a link with a bent lever h arranged to he
operated by a ratchet-wheel or cam i fixed upon the shaft j of one of the feed wheels
for the trough and by means of a weight & attached to the said lever h.
Another lever acted upon by a spring and also by the said ratchet-wheel or cam is
sometimes provided for effecting the return movement of the said levers e, hand finger f.
I can, if desired, employ other suitable means for operating the said fingerf for
the purpose above specified.
I sometimes provide the means shown in Figure 4 for adjusting the delivering
rollers b, c, relatively to the roller U, e respectively to regulate the pressure exerted
by the said rollers upon the tickets. The roller is mounted in a sliding bar b² which
is adjustable by means of a screw 3 and is acted upon by a spring. The roller e is
mounted in a sliding bar c³ acted upon by a bent lever et provided with a counterweight
not shown in the drawing.
The troughs d are, as above stated, fed or moved successively beneath the delivering
rollers. When one of the said troughs is filled, it has to be removed to make room
for the next succeeding trough. For this purpose, I provide a device such as that
shown in Figure 5, in which 1, 1, are two levers which are pivotted to the frame or
table whereon the troughs are placed. These levers are connected by a link m so that
they will be operated simultaneously as hereinafter described to push a trough outward
in a direction transverse to that of its feed movement. n is a lever which will be
automatically actuated by each trough when it arrives at the termination of its feed
movement, to put in gear, mechanism for operating the said levers. The lever n is
pivotted to the frame of the machine and the outer arm of the said lever is provided
with an antifriction roller n' and extends into the path of the troughs. This lever is
arranged to act upon a pin or stud o fixed in a lever p which I will hereinafter term
the switch-lever and which is pivotted upon a horizontal pin or stud y fixed in the
link m.
Another lever shown at r is pivotted to the frame of the machine and is so
connected with the driving gear thereof that reciprocating or oscillating motion will be
imparted to it. This lever is provided at its upper end with a stud or projection r
having an inclined surface adapted to engage with a corresponding inclined
surface pl on the underside of the switch-lever pas hereinafter described. The said
switch-lever is acted upon by a springs which tends to hold it out of the path of the
said stud or projection r¹. When a trough arrives at the end of its feed movement
it acts upon the lever n and thereby turns the switch-lever p upon or about its pivot
so as to bring its inclined end into the path of the said stud or projection which
then engages with a shoulder p² on the said switch-lever and moves the link m in the
proper direction to operate the levers 1, 1, for pushing out the trough. The spring s
then returns the switch-lever p to its original position so that the stud or projection
B

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cannot again engage therewith, until another trough arrives at the end of its feed-
A spring t is attached at one end to the frame A and at its other end to
the link m for the purpose of effecting the return movement of the said link and
the levers, .
It is obvious that the construction and arrangement of the various parts of my
improved machine may be somewhat varied without departing from the nature of my
said invention.
When my printing machinery is to be used for the production of ordinary railway
or other tickets I dispense with the cylinders for printing the patterns or designs, and
1. employ, in combination with the aforesaid trough, means for tinting, coloring or
staining the cardboard before it is fed to the type-cylinders. I also employ one or
more drying rolls.
By coloring or staining the cardboard after it is placed in the machine and while it
is being fed to the printing mechanism I am enabled to produce colored tickets more
economically than when the cardboard is colored or stained before its introduction
into the machine.
When the fares, destinations or other particulars are to be printed as a part of the
pattern or design, I dispense with the type-cylinders heretofore used for printing
subject-matter on the fronts of the tickets.
In some instances, I use only one printing-cylinder and impression-cylinder for the
production of the tickets, and provide the said printing-cylinder with one or more
consecutive numbering devices which will be operated in the rotation of the said
cylinder. Or I use a single printing-cylinder and impression-cylinder in combination
with one or more consecutive numbering devices.
When patterns or designs are to be printed upon both sides of the tickets, I employ
another cylinder for printing upon the back of the said tickets, and I prefer to so
arrange the parts that the strip of cardboard or other material will pass around the
drying roll or rolls after the patterns or designs have been printed upon both surfaces
of the tickets. Moreover, if it is desired that the patterns or designs should be in
two or more colors, I employ two or more cylinders for printing each design.
To provide for printing the consecutive numbers on tickets of different sizes, I
sometimes employ interchangeable wheels or face-plates which can be fitted to rotate
upon a shaft or stud, and which are provided with sets of numerical discs arranged
around the said shaft or stud in a plane at right angles thereto, or in any other suit-
able manner. The sets of numerical discs are arranged at different distances apart on
the different wheels or face-plates. In some instances, each set of numerical discs is
made adjustable on the said wheel or face-plate so that the distance between the said
sets can be varied as desired.
I sometimes provide for staining or coloring the cardboard before the ornamental
patterns or designs are printed thereon. In this case the cylinder for printing the
designs may be arranged with the other printing-cylinders around a
impression-cylinder.
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I sometimes construct my improved machine as follows, that is to say-I provide
a pair of feed-rolls between which the strip of cardboard or other material is con-
ducted from the reel upon which it is wound. These rolls are connected with the
driving shaft of the machine by means of suitable gearing. The said rolls feed the
cardboard between a pair of rotary knives or shears, and are provided with means for
regulating their speed relatively to that of the said knives or shears so that they will
feed the cardboard between the same at a greater or less velocity according to the
desired length of the tickets to be made. The pieces are then taken by grippers
attached to an endless chain or band, whereby they are passed between the impression
cylinders and the cylinders for printing upon the said pieces the ornamental patterns
or designs, the subject-matter, the consecutive numbers, and the serial numbers, letters
or other characters. The tickets, labels or the like thus produced are delivered in
consecutive order into any suitable receptacle by means of delivering rollers such as
those described in-the-said former specification No. 15,416.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent I wish it understood that what 1 claim is :-
:-
First A ticket for railway or similar purposes, having ornamental patterns or
designs printed on one or both sides thereof in addition to any subject matter and
numeral figures or other marks or characters that may be required, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
Second A machine for the manufacture of tickets, comprising one or more
cylinders for printing ornamental patterns or designs, arranged in combination with
type-cylinders for printing the required subject-matter and numeral figures or other
marks or characters (with or without the means for cutting and collecting the tickets),
all substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.
:-
Third The provision of means for staining or coloring the cardboard or similar
material and then drying the same as it is fed to the printing devices, substantially as,
and for the purpose, set forth.
Fourth A machine for the manufacture of tickets or the like, wherein the devices
for printing the ornamental patterns or designs, the subject-matter, the consecutive
numbers or other marks or characters and, if necessary, the cutting devices are made
adjustable to adapt the machine for producing tickets or the like of different sizes,
substantially as herein before described.
Fifth-A type-cylinder for printing on tickets or the like, so constructed that the
type or type-wheels can be adjusted thereon to adapt the said cylinder for printing
the same marks or characters on two or more parts of a ticket, substantially as above
specified.
Sixth The combination, with an apparatus for cutting tickets and delivering them
in consecutive order into a trough or other receptacle divided into compartiments, of a
device for automatically deflecting or diverting the stream of tickets when each
compartment is filled, substantially as, and for the purpose, above specified.
Seventh-The employment of a device for counting the bundles or packets of
tickets delivered into the trough or other receptacle, substantially as above specified.
Eighth The improved device comprising the sliding har , the adjustable
screw. 3 and the spring 6, substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth..
:-
Ninth The improved device comprising the sliding bar e³ and the weighted lever,
substantially as, and for the purpose, set forth.
:
Tenth The provision of means for automatically removing the filled troughs or
other receptacles from beneath the delivering apparatus, substantially as above
specified.
Thi 1011
T
1007
1887
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.