US1435184A - Ticket printing and issuing mechanism - Google Patents

Description

F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING AND IS$ UING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED NOV-5.1920.

1,435, 184:. Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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Francesco Sker! F. SKERL.

TICKETPRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-5,1920.

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F. SKERL.

'HCKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM. APPLICATION man NOV. 5. 1920.

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F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.5, 1920.

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F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-5,1920.

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Francesco Skerl F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1920.

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TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED NOV-5,1920.

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Francesc o Skerl F. SKERL.

TICKET PRINTING AND IssuINa MECHANISM. APPLICATION FILED NOV- 5,192Q- 1,435,184. Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

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TICKET PRiNTlNG AND iSSUlNG MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1920.

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UNITED STATES FRANCESCO SKERL, OF NEXV 1,435,184 PATENT OFFICE.

YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

TICKET PRINTING AND IssuING MECHANISM.

original application filed May 15, 1916, Serial No. 97,584. Divided and this application filed November 5, 1920. Serial No. 422,057.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1-, Francesco SKERL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New i orlr, in the county of New York and State oil? New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Printing and Issuing Mechanism, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to ticket printing and issuing machines and has particular reference to improvements in machines of the kind which print the prices on the tickets as they are issued.

The subject matter of the present application constitutes a division of an application of Francesco Skerl, Serial No. 97,584, filed May 15, 1916, now Patent No. 1,382,685, granted June 28, 1921.

Certain of the constructions shown in the present application are not described in de tail and claimed herein they are claimed in said patent and in another divisional application of said parent application, Serial No. 122,058, filed November 5, 1920, and-retercnce may be had to the same for a detailed description of those mechanisms.

The broad object of the invention is to provide a machine of the kind mentioned which is small and compact, but which will, at the same time besatis'factory for use in places where the prices charged for the tickets are subject to change. Thisobject is attained by providing mechanism whereby the same printing devices may readily be set to print different prices. This overcomes one objection to machines known in the art'which are constructed to print fixed prices and which can only be made to take care of different prices by partially reconstructing them, or by employing enough printing sections to make it possible to issue tickets of different values by operating different sections olithe machine. A machine constructed according to the latter plan is necessarily too large for use in many places and is also too expensive to interesta large proportion of the people who have need of such a machine.

In the present instance the various novel features comprised by the invention are shown embodied in a machine for use in a theatre where three classes of tickets are issued and where the prices be different for difierent periods of the day or are changed from day to day according to the attractions offered. The invention is, l10wever, capable ofuse either as a whole or in its various parts in machines for other lines of business and in machines to issue tickets or either a larger or smaller number of classes. In other words, neither the line of business nor the number of classes of tickets is an essential feature of the invention.

"lheillustrative machine is, as is common with such machines, arranged to print and issue each class of tickets from a separate ticket strip. Ordinarily such machines have entirely separate feeding and printing devices for each strip, in connection with mechanism whereby the devices for any desired strip maybe caused to operate. One of the more specific objects of this invention is to simplify the ticket printing and issuing mechanism as much as possible by providing two invariably moved strip feeding cylinders common to all of the strips instead of independent cylinders for each strip. Cooperating with these cylinders are key controlled rollers whereby the desired strip may be held in feeding engagement with the cylinders. The construction is further simplitied by having the two cylinders carry all of the type for printing both the variable and "invariable matter appearing on the fronts and backs of the tickets, the printing impressions being taken from the type because of pressure applied by the rollers just mentioned.

The variable matter referred to includes the consecutive numbers and dates printed on the backs of the tickets and the prices printed on their fronts. The type for printing the prices are carried by type wheels adjustably mounted in one of the invariably moved feeding and printing cylinders. These type wheels might be so arranged as to be turned from one position to another by the fingers or by means of some instrument inserted to engage the wheels and force them from one position to another, but in the present instance means are provided whereby they may be rotated to different positions'by operating manipulative devices on the front of the machine. The ideaof providing such price printing type carriers is believed to be novel in theart and the provision of such type carriers and such tive devices ineffective the connections will retain the type carriers in their new positions. Other ob ects of the 1nvent1on were to provide the various devices and connections just mentioned. I

With these and incidental objectsin view,

" the invention consistsin certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims. and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

Of said drawings:

1 is a front elevation of the complete machine with the doors in the front thereof opened to show the ticket strips and the manipulative devices for setting. the price printing type carriers.

2 is a top plan view showing the location of the various features in the machine. In this figure the outside casing and two of the keys are broken away and the key frames for one bank omitted so as to show clearly mechanism actuated directly by the keys.

' Fig. 3 is a sectiontaken on the line 3-3 (Fig. 2) looking in the direction of the arrows.

. 1 is a detail of mechanism controlled by one of the banks of keys and also shows some of the connections whereby the manipulative devices for setting the type carriers are prepared for operation.

Fig. 5 shows some of the key controlled mechanism for determining the extent of movement of the driving mechanism and thereby the number of tickets tobe issued.

' 6 is a detail of a cam forming part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a section taken inside of the printer frame looking to the left.

Fig. 8 shows in front elevation certain features of the driving mechanism and controlling devices therefor, also a number of the features of the price changing mechanism.

Fig. 9 is a left elevation partially in section of the lower part of the mechanism and shows particularly the drivingmotor and some of the connections whereby its movement is controlled and transmitted to the rest of the mechanism.

These manipulative devices are Fig. 10 is a front view of one of the ticket strips and devices immediately associated therewith, and also shows some of the driving mechanism and controlling connections for the motor. I

Fig. 11 shows in detail some of the driving mechanism and some of the price changing mechanism. I

Fig. 12 is a topplan View of the manipulative devices and other mechanism immediately associated therewith for setting the type carriers. In this figure one of the indicators and some of the other parts have been broken away for the sake of clearness.

Fi 13 is a front view of the assembled ticket printing and issuing mechanism and some of its operating connections.

Fig. 1 1 is a group of details showing the manner in which some of the gears and tubes shown in Fig. 13 are constructed and assembled.

Fig. 15 is a section taken on the line 15-15 (Fig. 13) looking in the direction of the arrows, with some of the parts broken away to expose others to view.

Fig. 1G is a detail of one of the cams for swinging the ticket feeding rollers into engagement with the common feeding and printing cylinders when a strip is to be printed and fed.

Fig. 17 is a section taken on the line 1717 (Fig. 23) with the shell of the cylinder and some of the other parts omitted.

Figs. 18 and 19 show respectively the front and back of a ticket of one class, while Figs. 20 and 21 each show the front of a ticket of a different class.

Fig. 22 is a detail of the price printing type carriers and other mechanism contained in one of the feeding and printing cylinders common to all of the strips. In this.

figure the outside shell or casing of the cylinder has been omitted.

Fig. 23 is a section taken on the line 23 28 (Fig. 22) looking in the direction of the arrow and shows particularly devices for aligning the type carriers and locking them against movement after they have been set.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 24-24 (Fig. 22) looking in the direction of the arrow and shows some of the devices for operating the locking arms for the priceprinting type carriers.

Fig. 25 shows the construction and relative arrangement of the dating and numbering devices carried in the second of the feeding and printing cylinderscommon to all of the strips. In. order to expose the parts clearly to view the outside casing or shell of the cylinder has been omitted and others of the parts cut away to show the connection between the various type wheels and the manipulative devices for turning them.

Fig. 26 is a section through the cylinder 011 the line 26-26 (F 25) of the operating and aligning inechunisn'i for the consecutive numbering devices.

Fig. 27 is 2. section t en through the cyl inder n the line 27-21 1 and shows some Sheri. This inachine is only used however, because it seems to lend itself best to illustrating and explaii'ling the inventionend it is not the desire to be limited to this one embodiment 01" the idea The inventitui is one which can he applied in various modifiestions and with almost equal facility to a number of other machines known in the art.

The machine shown the Sheri Patent No. 1,302,600 is so constructed that its driv-' ing mechanism may he given a variable movement, the extent of movement dependm upon the number o'l' tickets to issued,

and as each ticketis issued the value thereol is added on a totaliser. Keys employed. for controlling the extent of movement and for determining the amounts to he added on the totalizer.

The machine shown and described herein has the variably operable driving mechanism. just mentioned and has a keyboard contain ing three rows or banks of lceys. These keys control the extent of movement of the driving niechenisin an. also determine the ticket strips from which 1e tickets are to heissued.

The machine is, in this instance, arranged to issue three cla ses of tickets. ihe ti strips from which the tickets are issued may llG oi different colors so that the value ticket inn Y readily he seen by the ticket taker. The purpose the classes is, oi? course. inii'ueterial. but for the sake of convenience, they are generally referred to herein as childrens, adult and lOOX tickets and the same names Will he used as far as possible in re ierriiug' to the mechanism associated \"viti each the ticket strips.

As each c 'ilU-B't is issued, the price is printed twice on its ilece, once on the main part of the ticket an?! once on a stub which may be detached iii oi'n the ticket. Tl ese stubs may he used for various purposes, such as in voting contests, or they may siinply he retained by the purchaser of the t'l ikfii? to show that he is entitled to certain privileges. The prices, as previously stated, are printed on the tickets from type Wheels which ere rotatably mounted in one of the invariably coding and conunon to the strips. tech oi the type wheels is so located in the cylinder that only the type to print one amount can project far enough to niche u impression when the H tatec. 16 type Wheels are to another to posi-- printing point by nzo ved strip 5 printing cylinders l 5.

wheels are all locked linder and are also :trorn the Insnipula l'v hen a change in the price of e! or" or more classes occurs a manipulative L in the form of a lever L hroucgh the :lront out the machine is (ilrawn forward, thereby operating through ole conitiections to unlock the type cur- 1 connect them to the other n1anipuacne devices, utter which the latter may be operated to turn the type carriers. These evices are in the form ding through the trout part (7}. 1e casing". hiloveinent of these di they are turned is traiisinittec th rain 01' gears to the type carriers in ii a wav he: the type carriers are adjuth new positions, that is, the

iich they will print the new lomted at the "front of .rerl the discs as to re amounts that the ma nit.

egg is thought to give a good, i the more important features of n. The others need not he in t eciiically here, but all of them which have any direct bearing upon the nvention are set forth in detail Uri vino mechanism.

o an electric motor indicated gear enilly by the numeral A shaft ll. journalled at one end. in a bracket 42 and the other in en a (F: 10) formed the machine 1 ie 424 carries a clutch c cuit controlling niechnnisin desigl enereliy by t1. numeral 45 wherelw POHZ'XQClZlOKl may he established be the shal't 5-: end the armature shaft the enter. s an incident to estuhsuch mnn'iactiou u ..vl l? oper depress the swat ,itac't urn 1 it; to v c the circuit ti oul he motor. The

* d circuit closings; Wu and i'lescrih .d Patent Li le-Aid Kettering sud .fhe enact construction need er-ipleined fully here, hut had t the patent in qoes -crence Hill};

nice shown in the drawings is tion if more complete information is de' sired. I

The shaft 11 has fastened thereto a pinion 50 igs. 9 and 10) meshing with the teeth of a gear 51 rotatably mounted on a stud 52 carried by the machine frame 1d. The gear 51 serves through idle gears 53 and 541 to drive a gear 60 attached to the right end of a shaft 61. As shown in Fig. 8, this shaft isfiournalled at one end in the left hand side frame 62 and at the other in an intermediate frame 68. Fastened on the left end of the shaft 61 is a gear 641 (Figs. 3, 8 and meshing with a gear 65 fastened to a shaft '10. The gear 641 also meshes with a gear 71 which is loosely mountedupon a shaft "[2 and meshes'with a gear 7 3 fastened to a shaft 741. .ltigid with the gear 73 (Fig. 11) is partial gear 75 having a locking portion 7 6 normally in engagement with a locking portion '77 formed on a partial. gear 78 fastened to a shaft 7 The gearing just mentioned is so proportioned that for every two rotations given to the shaft 51 by the motor, the shafts 61 70. 74- and 79 will each make a complete rotation, although because fthe construction of the gears 75 and 78 the shaft 79 will complete its movement ahead of the others. The purpose of this will appear later. At each rotation of said shafts a ticket will be issued, the number of tickets issued depending upon the number of times that the shafts are permitted to turn.

The mechanism for controlling the operation of the electric motor and thereby the driving mechanism is similar to the mechanism shown in the Skerl Patent No. 1 2302.600. This mechanism comprises an arm 82 (Figs. 9 and 10) which normally coacts with the clutch and circuit controlling device 4:5 in such a way that operation of the motor and rotation of the shaft 11 is prevented. When one of the keys is operated the arm 82 will be swung away from the clutch device 4-5 anywhere from one to live steps according to the key pressed. This frees the driving mechanism and starts the motor and ateach rotation of the driving shaft t1 e arm is returned a step toward normal so that after the number of tickets required by the operated key have been issued the arm will be fully restored to the normal position in which it is shown, thereby operating the mechanism to disconnect the shaft 11 from the armatureshaft 46 and break the circuit through the motor. 'lhe mechanism controlling the movement of the arm 82 will be described more or less in detail later.

In addition to connections to the motor 40 the driving shaft 70 is provided with connections whereby it may be turned by an operating handle 8% (Fig. 2) at the n'ont of the machine. The gear connections between the shaft 70 and the handle 84 are handle 841 and the shaft 70 are so propor-v tioned that the shaft will be given a complete rotation at each turn of the handle.

Keyboard.

As previously stated, the machine is in the present instance arranged to issue three classes of tickets, childrens, adult and box tickets. Each of these classes is represented on a keyboard by a row of keys designated respectively by the numerals 100, 101 and 102 (Figs. 1, 2 and 8). The keys of each row are numbered from one to five, thereby indicating the number of operations of the driving mechanism and consequently the number of tickets issued when a key is depressed. For example, if three childrens tickets are desired, it is only necessary to press the 3 key in the bank or row designated by the numeral 100.

All of the keys are mounted in suitable frames in such a Way as to be limited to endwise movement and are depressible against the tension of springs. These springs are not shown but as is well known in the art, they are provided for the purpose of returning the keys to normal position after their work has been completed and the keys released. Depression of any key in any bank releases the operating mechanism and also releases mechanism which locks the depressed key in and all of the other keys out.

At the left hand side of each row of keys is a plate 105 (Figs. 2 and having inclined slots 106 cooperating with pins 10? extending crosswise through the keys. The

plate 105 for the childrens bank 100 is.

loosely supported at its rear end by a three armed element 108 attached to a rock shaft 109. The plates 105 for the adult and box banks are supported at their rear ends by single armed members which are also fastened to the rock shaft 109, so it is clear that the three plates 105 always have a unitary movement. Fastened to the arm 110 of the element 108 for the childrens bank 100 is one end of a spring 111, the other end of which is fastened to a pin 112 fastened to the frame 62. The spring 111 is constantly under tension so that shoulders 113 on the plates 105 are normally held in contact with the key pins 107, thereby limiting the rearward movement of the plates. It is apparent that when any key is depressed its pins will cooperate with the associated slot 106 to draw all of the plates 105 forward against the tension of the spring 111, thereby bringing the portions 114 of the plates under the key pins 107 seem so as to lock out the undepressed keys in all of the banks. This movement of the plates 105 releases the operating mechanism. also the mechanism for looking a depressed key in until the operating mechanism? has been operated a number of times corresponding to the numeral on the key.

At their forward ends the plates 10.5 are supported by arms 115 loosely mounted on a shaft 116. Rigid with arm 115 for the children s keys 100 is an arm 117 (Figs. 25, 5 and S) to the forward end of which is pivoted the upper end of a link 118. At its lower end the link 118 is provided with a slot 119 into which projects a pin 1.20 attached to the rearwardly extending arm of an element 121. A downwardly extend.- ing arm of the element 121 which is loosely mounted on a cross rod 122, is provided With a fiat sided stud 123 normally in engagement with the uppermost one of a series of teeth formed in the forward end of a lever 124;. The lever 124; is fastened to rock shaft 125 suitably mounted in the frames 62 and 63. A lever 126 is loosel mounted on the rearwardl T extendin arm of the element 121. by a stud in axial alinement with the pin 120. This lever 126 near its upper end has two shoulders 127 and 128, the upper one of which is nor? mally in engagement with a flat sided. stud 129 projecting laterally from the link 118. The lever 126 is normally held in this position by a spring 132 which is connected at its forward end to the lower end of the element 121 and at its rearward end to the lower end of the lever 126, It is apparent that when a key is depressed and the plate; 105 moved forward by the pin 107 11. the key the arm 117 and link 118 will be moved downward, thereby causing the element 121 to be rocked counter clockwise (Figs. and :3) to carry the stud 123 out of engagement with the uppermost tooth on the .81761 1251,

I. ll hen the stud 123 is moved out of engage ment in this manner the shaft 125 isrocked counter clockwise, as viewed in Figs. 3 and 5 by a spring 133 (Figs. 3 and 8) which is coiled about/the shaft 125 and is bent at one end about a stud 134 attached to the left side frame 62, the other end being bent around a laterally projecting lug 135 n a 3. g y mounted the sh ft h p rp s of is rm ill annea -r at ten-ed t tl e haf 12 a so a stepped plate 1238 (Figs. 3. 4; and S) which normally so positioned that an arresting tooth .39 attached to a. bell crank 1410 one step of movement above the uppermost step 1.4.1 on the plate 138. If the "1? key is depressed in any of the three banks the bell crank 14.0 is not moved so that after the rock shaft 125 is turned one step further movement of the shaft in the same d,i,-- ectien i be P ented- If any key.

"1 is depressed the bell crank 11 10 will engage Whichever one of the steps 143 coresponds to the number of tickets desired.

hen the shaft 125 is rocked by the spring 133 at the time the stud 123 is disengaged from the teeth of the lever 12 1, a plate 1115 (Figs. 2 and 3) at the left hand side of each bank of keys is moved rearward. on supporting rods 146 and 14.7 at the front and rear respectively to carry one of the hooks 148 on the plate above the pin 107 of the depressed key, the other hooks 1418 passing under the pins of undepressed keys. Each of the plates 145is provided with a slot 151, these slots engaging studs 152 attached to amns 153 fastened to a rock shaft 15 1. Secured to the rock shaft 15eis also an arm 155connected by. a link 156 to a lever 157 loosely mounted on the rod 122. The lower end of the lever 157 carries a stud 158 (Figs. 3, 8 and 9) projecting into a cam slot 159 an arm 1.6.0 fastened to the rock shaft 125. The cam slot 159 is so shaped that when the stud 123, is disengaged from the teeth of the lcver12 1 and the shaft 125 rocked by the spring 133 the first movement of the shaft will cause the lever 157 to be rocked clockwise (Figs. 3 and 9 thereby swinging the arms 153 rearward and sliding the plates 115 into locking position. hen the shaft 125 is restored to normal position as hereinafter explained the cam slot will. during the last step of movement of the shaft, act reversely through the connections described to slide the plates 145 forward and thereby release the depressed key.

The bell crank 140 is positioned to control. the extent of n'iovement of the stepped plate 1,513 di ectly bydepression of the keys. For this purpose at the right of each of the three banks of keys there is provided a. plate 1647 (Figs. 2 and 41) supported at its rear end by an arm 166 loosely mounted. on the rock Shaft-109 and at its forward end by an arm 16'? fastened to the shaft 116. Attached to the shaft 116 is also an arm 168 connected by a link. 1.69 Figs. 4- and 3) to the bell. crank M0. 'Eacl-i of the plates 1655 has five slo s 171 the slots 1T1 cooperating ith the "keys being vertical so that wh 1 a 1 key is depressed in any bank no mo ent is given to. the plates. The other slots are .diife-rentiall inclined so that the higher 1.20 number keys will give the plate dilfei nt extents of movement. This differential movement istransmitted through the intervening connections to the bell crank 1430 so as to differentially position the bell crank and thereby predetermine the extent of movement to he given the rock shaft 125 when it is released.

It is clear'that the sets of plates 105, 1-515 and 165 have annitary movement and that 'l'llGCll anisi'n.

Operating mechanism. 9 As previously stated, when the machine is released the arm 82 (Fig. 9) controlling the clutch and circuit mechanism 15 1s swung away from its normally effective position a number of steps corresponding to the key operated and is then returned toward its normal position one step at each rotation of the driving shaft 70. The mechanism whereby the arm 82 is restored to normal aosition is full shown and described in the Skerl Patent 1 0. 1,802,600 hereinbefore mentioned and will be described but briefly here.

A bell crank lever 180 (Figs. 3, 5 and 8) loosely mounted on the shaft 125 carries at the upper end of its vertically extending arm a roller 181 projectinginto acam groove 182 formed in a disk 183 fastened. to the shaft 70. This shaft, it will be recalled, makes a complete rotation at each operation. The rearwardly extending arm of the bell crank 180 carries a centrally pivoted lever 18 1 which at its lower end. carries a pin 185 projecting into a cam slot 17 9 formed in the rearwardly and downwardly extendingarm of a bell crank 186 also loosely mounted. on the shaft 125. The vertical arm of the lever 186 carries a roller 187 (Fig. 6) projecting into a cam groove 188 formed in a disk 189 fastened tothe shaft 70.

Toward the end of each rotation of the shaft the bell cranks 180 and 186 are rocked counter clockwise (Fig. 5) as a unit by their respective cam grooves. The bell crank 186 is then rocked slightly clockwise (Fig. relative to the bell crank 180 so that the lever 18% isrocked clockwise about its pivot because of the cam slot and pin connection 17 9 and 185, to carry a squaresided stud 191 on the upper end of the lever into engagementwith the lower face of whichever tooth 192 is at that time opposite the stud,these teeth being formed in the rearward end of the lever 12 1. The bell cranks 180 and 186 are then rocked clockwise as a unit. This, because of the engagement of the stud 191 with. the tooth192, returns the lever 12 1 and the rockshaft 125 one step toward normal position. Near the very end of a cycle of operation the bell crank 186 is rocked slightly counter clockwise (Figs.

'3. and. 5) relative to the bell crank 180 so that the lever 18 1 is rocked counter clockwiseto withdraw its stud 191 from engagement with the tooth 192. r

Just before the stud 191 is disengaged the element 121 is rocked so that its stud 123 is carried into engagement with the upper face of Whichever tooth on the lever 1241 is at the time opposite the stud 123 thereby retaining the lever 124. in the position to which it has just been moved by the stud 191. To accomplish this retaining movemerit a stud 195 (Fig. 6) projecting from the side of the disk 189 engages the upper end of the lever 126, thereby rocking the lever to carry its upper shoulder 127 out of engage- 132. Upon each rotation of the shaft 70 the bell cranks 180 and 186 are operated, as above described, thereby restoring the shaft 125] one step and'this is repeated until all. of the parts have been restored to their normal condition.

v The movements of the shaft 125, both releasing and restoring, are imparted to the motor controlling arm 82 through a link 197 (Figs. 3, 8, 9 and 10) connecting said arm to the plate or arm 160 fastened to the shaft. As the final step of restoring movement of the shaft 125 occurs the arm 82 reaches the position where it will stop the motor and disconnect the clutch.

' In addition to the arm 82, the arm 1216 (Figs. 3 and 8) previously mentioned is also provided to prevent the driving mechanism. from moving past the stopping point. As before stated, this arm is fastened to the rock shaft 125 and when the shaft is turnedat the time that the machine is released the arm will be moved counter clockwise (Fig. thereby disengaging the nose at the upper end of the arm from a block 198 fastened to the side of disk 199 attached to the driving shaft 70. The final step of restoring movement of the shaft 125 brings the nose on the arm back into position to engage the block 1.98 just before the block reaches the normal position in which it is shown.

Tomliaer.

The present machine has a cash totaliaeii' 200 and a total ticket counter 201 (Fig. 2) which are substantially the same in construetion and operation as the ones shown and described in the Skerl Patent No. 1,302,600 hereinbefore mentioned. As this counter which the actuator 328 is rigidly attached and totalizer form noessential part of the present invention, they are not shown or described herein in detail. Reference may be had to the Skerl patents hereinbetore re ferred to.

Difi'erential m ec /mmlsm.

A shaft 229 is; turned differentially in the same direction by three independently operalole actuators, one for each of the three classes of tickets. These actuators areoperated by the driving shaft 7 For each oi. the threeclasses of tickets the shaft 79 has rigidly attached thereto a gear 307 (Figs. 3, 11, 12 and 13) meshing with gears 30S loosely mounted on sleeves concentric to the shaft 72. At theside ot" the gear 308 for the ehildrenisbankis a gear 309 fastened to the shaft. 72; At the side of each of the gears 30.8-for the adult andbox. bank-s respectively are gears 310 and 311 fastened respectively to sleeves 312-.and 313 concentric to: the shaft 72. Fastenedto the shaft 72 is a gear 314 for operating the childrens ticket feeding mechanism while the sleeves 312 and 313 carry: gears 315 and 316 for operating; the feeding mechanism for the adult and box ticket strips. Thefeeding mechanism operated by these gears will be described later on.

The gears 309, 310 and 311 mesh respectively with gears-31S, 3l9-and (l? 12) loosely mounted 11 3.011 the shaft 229. At the side of each of tllfl three gearslast men-- tioned is a gear 321 also loosely mounted upon the shaft. 229. Broad tooth pinions 32.5 are. normally in engagement with the gears321 andtheir companion gearsso that movement of the latter Will be imparted to the former. Rigid with each of the gears 321 is acanr plate 326 (Figs-1]. and 12), a locking plate 327 and anactuator. These actuators are in the. form of partial. gears, the actuator 328. for the childrens tickets having ten teeth, the actuator 329 for the. adult tickets having fifteen teeth and the actuator 330 (Fig: 11) for the box tickets having twenty teeth. Each-tooth represents a pose sible step of rotation of the units element of thetotalizer 2.00; Adjacent the childrens, adults and box actuators respectively are gears 331, 3.32. and 333, all fastened to the shaft 229: When, it is desiredto operate one ofithe three. actuators-the corresponding, gear 308 on the. shaft '72 is coupled to its companion gear by abroad toothed. pinion 3.3.5. For example if the actuator 328 for the childrenstickets is to be operated the gears 308 and 309 (Fig. 13) may be coupled togather, thereby causing the gel-u" 318. the broad tooth pinion 325 and the gear 321 tov to be, rotated when: thedriving shaft 79 is turned.

The c s ls on t e a t 7 are,

coupled together directly by operation of key in the correspondiup row or bank. the purpose of so connecting" the pairs of gears together and thereby ellecting a drivin con nection between the shaft 72 and the am tuator, there is provided for ach pair c gears a broad tooth pinion 3.35 4-. l and 12) loosely mounted on an arm 33" oi? an element 337. These elements are loosely mounted upon the shatt 229 and each 1.15 75 them carries a stud 338 %iand 11) engaging a notch in a downwardly extending ortion 339 01 the corresponding; plate 17... The plates 174:, it will be recalled, are independently movable, that is to s It clear that depression of any key in a bank will slide the plate 174; for that bank forward and that this will rock the connected element about the shaft 229 to engage the h cad tooth pinion 335 with the pair of gears on the shaft 72. Then when the drivin is turned, :1 s previously described, movement will be transmitted through the cn eaped broad tooth pinion 335 to the actuator 23, 329 or 330 associated with the bank contain inc; the operated key.

Movement of the actuator which has in this way been connected to the driving; mechanism is transmitted to associate! 100 33-1, 332 or 333 attached to ti through a broad tooth pinion 4-, 1.1 and 12). These pinions 34; tatahly mounted upon upwa d arms of elements 345 loo: shaft 226. l lach clen extending arm 347 vided with a latci ally eaten mally resting against the o ot a (see also F ig. 12) fastened to the Each element 345 also has an. arm .32 engage the associated cam i 353 at all. times tend to 345 clockwise (Fig. 'll 337 has been t l. tooth pinion t the shaft 7 2 the shaft plate 326 will be tuned i the arrow until its cpe engages the arm 352 and ro counterclockwise, ti 3 broad tooth pinion 344; with the are said. gear will not be turned mt l. 1 tuator has traveled l ar eueugl'i or its also to the hroarl tooth pinion. the gear and actuator hill. liccai connecion afforded by the pinion Zilas a unit and this moveme i of the will, ofoourse, cause lOlJZ'tt an oil? th shaft 229. It is to be understood, of course that

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