US1471369A - Transfer printing machine - Google Patents

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Oct. 23,1923. 1,471,369

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Application filed June 23, 1922. Serial No. 570,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES N. WADE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and tate of New-Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transfer Printing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a machine for printing tickets and is intended more particularly for use .upon street cars for printing transfers, although it is adapted for use in other places, as for printing tickets of admission to places of amusement, soda water checks, and similar slips. The invention has for its object the provision of a compactly arranged mechanism by the use of which indicia may be printed upon paper fed from a roll and the printed portion severed for delivery to the passenger or customer. A

I further object of the invention is to provide means whereby certain indicia to appear upon the ticket may be changed at will so as to properly denote the date and time of issue, the perlod in which the ticket will be valid, and the direction of-travel in which it will be acceptable as well as other data required in the operation of railways. further object of the invention is to provide a mechanism which may be operated from either side of the machine and which can only be operated in the proper direction. Other incidental objects of the invention will appear in the course of the following description.

One embodiment of the inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

'which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ticket-printing machine;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the casing removed;

Fig. 3' is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the opposite side of the mechanism;

Fig. 4: is a central longitudinal section; Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the printing devices and the means for operating the same;-

Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line 77 of Fig. 4.;

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the ribbon-feeding mechanism;

Fig. 9 is a detail perspective view of the means for reversing the ribbon feed;

Fig. 10 is a detail perspective view of the counter-operating mechanism;

Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the permanent printing plate viewedfrom the upper side;

Fig. 12 is a detail section showing the means for locking the handle against accidental movement;

Fig. 13 is a detail section of a locking pin employed in certain parts of the mech-. anism;

Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view showing the manner of securing the movable knife;

Fig. 15 is a plan view of a. transfer ticket which may be issued by the machine.

The mechanism of my invention is housed within a casing 1 suitably shaped to'enclose all the working parts except the operating handle 2 and equipped at one end with a delivery opening 3 through which the printed ticket is issued. The casing is preferably constructed in two members, the upper member being locked to the lower member so as to prevent unauthorized access to the A known construction. The top of the casing is provided with a sight opening 5. topermit reading of the counter so that the number of transfers issued may be noted at an time and it is also provided in its top with a plurality of longitudinal slots 6 through which the setting lovers 7 project, indicat ing plates 8 being secured upon the top of the casing adjacent the several slots and bearing indicia corresponding to the matter controlled by the levers extending through the respective slots.

Within the casing is disposed a supporting frame comprising a lower portion 10 which is equipped with attaching plates or feet 11 whereby it may be rigidly secured to the bottom of the casing and an upper portion 12 which is connected with the lowerportion at one side by a hinge 13 whereby the upper portion of the frame and the mechanism carried therebymay be swung over to the side-of the lower portion to facilitate the placing of theend of a paper web in the printing position and also to facilitate the renewing of the printing ribbon and permit examination of the printin surfaces. Projecting from one end of the ower portion 10 of "w: are a 1d b$e tween the free ends of which is mounted the paper web 15, the said web being carried by a spindle 16 rotatably mounted in the ends of the said arms and held against accidental withdrawal by a latch 17 pivotally mounted upon one of the arms and held in engagement with an annular groove in the adjacent end of the spindle by a spring 18 in an obvious manner. Standards 19 are secured to and rise from the arms 14 and a counter 20 is carried by the upper ends of the said standards, this counter being oi a well-known type and purchased by me in the open market. The counter is actuated by a step by step ratchet-feeding mechanism mounted upon a counting shaft extending through the counting mechanism and equipped at one end with a crank arm 21 to which is pivoted the upper end of a connecting rod 22, the lower end of said connecting rod being pivoted to the rear end of an operating lever 23 which is pivotally mounted intermediate its'ends upon the frame and has its forward end resting upon a tappet 24 secured to the main operating shaft 25 which is journaled H1 and extends transversely through the frame 10. The said operating shaft 25 is of sufficient length to project beyond the frame at both sides thereoi and extend through the sides of the casing, and its-extremities are anular in cross section, as clearly shown in i igs. 2 and 3, so that either extremity may he engaged by the operating handle 2 to permit the operation of the machine from either side. It will he readily understood that each rotation of the main shaft 25 will cause the tappet 2t to rock the lever 23 once and will thereloy actuate the counter so that an accurate-count of the number of revolutions of the shaft will be made, the total result being readable through the sight opening 5 in the casing, As a transfer is printed at each revolution of the main shaft, it is ohvious that the conductor or other ofticial will he informed at all times of the number of transfers or tickets which have been printed.

The paper web is fed from the roll over a bed plate or platen 26 disposed longitudinall within the lower frame 10 and adjacent the upper edge thereof, the said hed plate or platen being of such dimensions that it will. lit closely hetween the sides of the l0 and heing equipped on its edges near its ends with studs 2? playing in grnoyes 23 in the sides of the name so that the he guided vertically in its movements The laten rests upon tappets or 29 whic are carried by a trans vel' shaft 30 and hy main. driving shaft respectively, meet in the if 10 at such points Vanllfllllll7 below the opposite end portions oi. the platen and the tappets or cranks so disposed that they will always be in parallelism and will thereby act upon the platen simultaneously so that it will be supported in a horizontal plane at all times. Rollers 31 are fitted in the ends of the tappets to reduce the frictional wear between the same and the platen. At the side of the frame remote from the tappet 2d and the rocking lever 23, the main shaft is equipped with a gear 32, and the transverse shaft is equipped with a like gear 33, these gears meshing with an idler 34 disposed between them and carried by a shaft 35 which is also journaled in the sides of the frame 10 and is equipped at its center with a crank or tappet 36, the purpose of which will presently appear. It will noW be understood that, when the main shaft 25 is rotated, the shaft 30 will be rotated in unison therewith and the tappets or cranks 29 caused to describe a complete revolution and thereby raise the platen 26 so as to carry the paper resting thereon against the printing faces, the platen being held to the tappets and caused to descend as the tappets move downwardly by a spring 37 secured at one end to a pin or rod 38 within the frame 10 and at its upper end to a pin or stud 39 rigid with the platen and depending therefrom. A feed roller 40 is mounted between the sides of l the frame 10, adjacent the front end of the platen, and bears against the under side of the paper, as clearly shown in Fig. This teed roller may he of any well-known form and is equipped at its ends with trunnions fitted in the sides of the frame 10, the trunnion at that side of the frame carrying counter-actuating lever 23 being equipped with a pinion 41 which is at times actuated by a mutilated gear 42 secured upon the main. driving shaft 25, as shown in Fig. 3. The parts are so timed that during the printing period, the iced roller will be at rest, but after the ticket has been printed, the

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teeth of the gear 42 will mesh with the teeth of the pinion l1 and will actuate the same so that the printed portion of the paper will be fed through the machine and its end projected through the delivery opening 3 in the casing. A small pressure roller 43 is mounted in the frame immediately over the feed roller 40 and bears upon the paper to cooperate with the feeding roller in effecting movement of the paper over the platen in an obvious manner. At the rear end of the machine, a small guide roller id is pro vided above the path of the paper so that, as the diameter of the roll of paper decreases, the paper will he held to a horizontal plane as it assumes a position over the platen and will he prevented from rulohing against the printing rihhon.

Below the roller and the shafts 30 and 35, it provide .a rocker'4l5 consisti J Elli rocker shaft 46 journaled in the sides of the frame 10, the inner or rear end of the rocker being disposed in the path of the tappet or crank 36 and being held to said tappet by a spring 47 which is secured at its lower end to a cross rod 48 which also constitutes a brace for the frame, and at its upper end thesaid spring is attached to the front end of the rocker. The front end of the rocker is constructed with lugs 49 projecting through openings 50 in the lower portion of the movable knife 51 so that as the rocker is actuated the knife will be caused toreciprocate. The knife is obviously capable of a limited rocking movement relative to the rocker and it is held to the end of the rocker by a retaining spring 52 of the form shown clearly in Fig. 4. The said spring consists of a resilient plate secured at one end to the underside of the rocker, thence extending downwardly and forwardly under the lower end of the knife and then upwardly in front of the knife to constitute a bracing finger 53 bearing against the front side of the knife near the upper cutting edge thereof. This knife cooperates with a similar stationary knife 54 which is secured rigidly upon the end of the frame 16, and a small guide rod 55 is preferably disposed below the stationary knife so as to prevent dropping of the end of the paper after a printed ticket has been severed therefrom.

The several printing instrumentalities are mounted in and'carried by the upper frame 12 which also carries the printing ribbon 56. This printing ribbon is carried by spools 57 rotatably mounted at the ends of the frame and retarded in their movements by presser springs 58 which are secured to the ends of the frame and bear upon the ends of the spools, as shown and as will be readily understood. The ends of the ribbon are secured to the hubs of the spools and the ribbon is Wound upon one spool and simultaneously unwound from the other spool in the operation of the machine; its intermediate portion being passed under small transverse guide rods 59 at the ends of the frame so that the ribbon will be parallel to the platen and the paper resting thereon. As shown most clearly in Fig.

8, each ribbon spool is equipped at one end with aratchet disc 60 and adjacent each ratchet disc is a feeding pawl 61 which is adapted to engage and actuate the respective ratchet. Each pawl 61 is pivotally mounted upon a supporting arm 62 arranged adjacent the respective ribbon spool and having its end encircling the spindle of the spool. One end of the supporting arm 62 extends upwardly and the said upwardly extending portions are connected by a strap or bar 63 disposed adjacent the side of the frame 12, the two arms 62 and the connect ingbar or strap 63 constituting a feeding frame which is actuated by a rocking lever 64 fulcrumed upon the side of the frame 12 and constructed at its lower end with a yoke or stirrup 65 within which is disposed an eccentric 66 carried by the shaft 35 at the outer side of the idler gear 34. The upper end of the rocking lever 64 is provided with a longitudinally extending slot 67 in which is engaged a pin or stud 68 on the inner sideof the connecting bar 63. It will be readily seen that the rotation of the shaft 35 and the eccentric 66 carried thereby will effect oscillation of the lever 64 through the engagement of the eccentric with the inner sides of the yoke 65 and the upper end of the lever will, of course, be thereby actuated so that through its pin and slot engagement with the bar 63 said bar will be shifted endwise and the arms 62 caused to rock about the spindles'of the ribbon spools as their respective centers. Slidably mounted upon the bar 63 and held thereto by pins or studs 68 passing through longitudinal slots 69. is a shifter bar 70, the length of which is less than that of the bar 63 so that the shifter bar cannot be in contact with both pawls 61 at the same time. When the end of the shifter bar 70 bears against the upper end of the adjacent pawl 61, the said pawl 61 will be held out of engagement .with' theadacent ratchet 60 and, consequently, will be inoperative but'the pawl at the opposite end will, therefore, partly rotate the ratchet and the ribbon spool spindle to which it is secured so as to effect feeding of the ribbon. To maintain the shifting bar in a set position, a dog 72 is secured upon the shifter bar and consists of-a leaf spring having its free end properly shaped to engage one of the recesses or notches 73 in the upper edge of the bar 63. The engagement of the dog with a recess 73 prevents movement of the shifter bar independently of the feed bar until such time as the shifter bar is independently actuated by the reversing mechanism. A reversing bar 74 is arranged parallel with and below the shifting bar 7 0 and is attached thereto by a lip or lug 75 disposed against the outer side of the shifter bar and havingfastening screws 76 inserted therethrough into the shifting bar, as will be readily understood. At or adjacent the ends of the reversing bar 74, are pins or.

mounted upon the side of the frame 12 adjacent the ribbon spools and one lever extends outwardly under the end of the adjacent spool and at its extremity is provided with a presser plate or finger 81 projecting under the spool and adapted to bear against the ribbon wound thereon. The reversing lever, at the opposite e Id. of the machine, is provided at its outer end with an upstanding branch 82 from which a presser plate or finger 83 projects over the adjacent spool to bear upon the ribbon wound thereon. When the ribbon starts to wind upon either spool, the adjacent presser plate or linger will be out of contact with the ribbon. As the winding of the ribbon continues. however, and the diameter of the wound portion increases, the ribbon will eventually be brought to bear upon the adjacent presser plate or finger and when the diameter of the wound ribbon reaches a predetermined length, the pressure exerted by the ribbon upon the adjacent presser finger or plate will move the same outwardly from the spindle of the ribbon spool and will thereby rock the reversing lever so that the end of the slot or notch 78 engaging the stud 77 will exert a pull upon the reversing bar M which will move the shifting bar endwise and thereby discontinue the contact between one end of said shifting bar and the adjacent pawl and cause the opposite end of said bar to bear upon the pawlrespectively adjacent to it so that the direction in which the ribbon will feed will be automatically reversed. While the springs 58 will prevent excessively rapid rotation of the ribbon spools and will therebytend to hold the ribbon taut at all times, it provide additional means to attain this end in a coiled spring 84 extending between the projecting ends of the ribbon spool spindles and having its ends attached to collars 85 fitted upon the ends of the ribbon spool spindles and held frictionally thereto. I thus eilectually prevent slipping of the rib bon during the feeding operation.

Secured to the lower edges of the upper frame 12 isa plate 86 provided with transverse slots or openings 87 therethrough to accommodate printing faces which are in tended to print through the ribbon onto the paper when the platen is'raised. Certain type faces are formed on or secured rigidly to the under side of this plate 80 as will be noted on reference to Fig. 8. Disposed longitudinally of the plate near one side edge thereof is a printing bar or strip 88 having numbers formed thereon in proper success sion which are intended to print upon the ticket, shown at 89,the numerals 80 indicative of zones through which the issuing car may travel. Adjacent one end of the said her 88, and disposed transversely of the plate 86, is a printing plate 01 which will print the word Zone upon the ticket, as shown at 92. A. transverse printing plate 98 is also carried by the under side of the plate 88 and this printing plate 93 has formed thereon faces which will print n on the transfer the number of the machme,

as indicated at 94 in Fig. 15. The name of the company controlling the service, in-

dicated at 95, will be printed upon the ticket by a printing plate 96 secured to the under side of the plate 88 between two. of the openings 87 therein and at one end of the plate is secured a printing plate 97 which will print the current year upon the ticket, as shown at 98. Mounted within the upper frame 12, adjacent one end thereof and arranged to printupon the ticket at the top thereof, is a, numbering device 99 which ma be of any detailed construction of any we l-known type. The abbreviation No. is carried by a plate 100 secured at one end of the casing for the numbering device and is adapted to register with the line of numerals displayed at the bottom of the numbering machine by the digit wheels therein. The actuatin means for the digit wheels are controlled by a fork 101 which is slid able in the end of the casing of the numbering machine and is pivoted at its upper end to a lever 102 fulcrumed at its inner end upon a bracket 103 secured to the side or" the frame 12 and having its opposite end projecting through the opposite side of the frame to bear upon the upper end of a push rod lOd disposed between the side of the frame and the.ribbon-feeding bar 88 and held to the frame and guided in its movement by a keeper or sleeve105 secured on the side of the frame. The lower end of this pusher or lifter 104.- nests upon and is supported by a rocking lever 106 which is fulcrumed upon the side of the frame 10 below the shaft 35 and has its opposite end in contact with a cam 10? carried by the main driving shaft 25, as sho clearly in Fig. 2. The numbering machineis held in position upon the plate 88 by a bracket 108 secured upon the plate and extending over the top of the numbering device, as shown in Fig. 4. llt will be readily understood that each revolution of the main driving shaft will cause the cam 10? to impart one rocking movement to the lever 108 and will lift the member 104: so as to raise the lever 102 and thereby draw the yoke 101. The upward movement of the said yoke will actuate the digit wheels of the numbering machine so that the number to be printed thereby will be advanced one unit.

Disposed between the numbering hine and the front end of the frame 12, a plurals ity of changeable printing devices are supported within the said frame. Each of these printing devices comprises a drum 100 having printing strips 110 secured about its llli peripheral surface, and each drum is loosely mounted upon a shaft or rod 111 carried by the sides of the. frame. To one end of each drum is secured a gear 112 and this gear is in mesh with a segment or rack 113 on the lower end of a setting lever 7 which is fulcrumed upon a shaft or rod 114 mounted in the upper portions of the side bars of the frame 12. It will be readily understood that by rocking any lever 7, thesegment or rack 113 at the lower end thereof, meshing with the gear 112, will effect rotation of the adjacent printing drum so that any desired type face or printing strip on said drum maybe brought to the lowest point of the drum which is the printing point. As shown in Fig. 4, the type face on the drum which is to print will be disposed within one of the openings 87 in the plate 86 and the type face will project through the opening so as to lie in the same plane as the several type faces carried by the plate 86. The several setting levers 7 work alongside arcuate looking bars 115 which are fixedly mounted upon the frame 12 and in which are formed openings or sockets 116 adapted to be enga ed y locking pins or plungers 117 slidab y fitted in tubular casings 118 carried by the upper free ends of the setting levers. The locking pins or plungers are each formed with a head 119 having a slightly convex under surface and a spring 120 housed within the tubular casing 118 bears upon the plunger or locking pin to hold it to the locking bar 115 so that the pin or plunger may ride over the bar readily but will e instantly projected into a socket 116. with which it may register. The plunger or pin, of course, yieldably engages the socket so that a slight manual force exerted upon the setting lever will carry the same to the desired int, but when the moving force is release from the lever, the pin will engage the socket with sufficient strength to effectually hold the lever against accidental displacement and the printing drum will thus be held in the position in which it may be set. "The several changeable printing devices are alikeinconstruction and arrangement so that the description just given applifi ually' to all, the only difference between t e several'devices being in the inatter printed by the respective type faces.

the offset portions of some of the levers in The setting levers are offset intermediate their ends, as shown at 121,.so as to accommodate the levers to the locking bars and permit the shifting gears to be brought within a small compass as well as to avoid interference between the levers of one series and-those of another series. .As the several gears 113 are thus brought close together,

extreme positions will tend. to bear upon the straight edges of adjacent gears and teascommodate this position some of the gears/ of a spring 128 carrie as shown clearly areprovided with notches 122 in their u per edges injwhich the offset portions 0 the levers may be received in the said extreme positions. One ofthe printing drums carries type faces which b their contact with the printing ribbon wil print upon the paper the hour of issue of the transfer, while an adjacent drum will print the minutes of the issue so that the exact time when the transfer was given to the passenger will be displayed thereon. 'Another printing drum is adapted to place upon the ticket the designations A. M.,-P. M., Noon or Night. The day of the week, the month, and the day of the month are also displayed upon the printed ticket and to avoid the necessity of employing a drum of unwieldy size for printing the days of the month, I prefer to employ two drums, one'of which will rint the first fifteen days and the other of w ich will print'the remainin days of the month. One drum will print low the words Zone upon the ticket, the number of the zone in which the ticket is issued, and, where the zone system is now used, the ticket is delivered to the passenger when he enters the car, and, when he leaves, the marginal number indicating the zone in which he leaves will be punched by the conductor, the ticket being then retained by the conductor for use in his accounting to the company. One of the printing drums will print the word Change. upon the ticket while another will print the direction in which the transfer may be used.

To retain the upper and lower frames in their proper assembled relation and prevent the upper frame swinging about the hinge 13, looking bolts 123 are inserted through the lower frame and throu h projections 124 on the upper frame. W en the upper frame is to be swung over upon the lower frame so as to permit the insertion of a new web of paper or the changing of new ribbon, these locking bolts are withdrawn as is obvious.

As previously stated, the machine ma be operated from either side and the ban e 2 is, therefore, removable and may be fitted to either endfof the main driving shaft 25.. Upon the casing, I provide a stop latch 125 whichmay conveniently bean arm pivoted upon a suitable lug on the inner side of the casing and having a tooth 126 projecting through a suitable opening in the-.casi" below the end of the drivin shaft. Api fi button 127 projects from t e latch through hand of the operator upon the button will" against the tension by the casing and bearing against the free end of the latch, in Fig-12. The spring holds the tooth 126 inthe path of the handle force the latch inwardly revises 2 so that, if a single ticket is to be printed, the handle will be permitted to make only one revolution. tickets are to be issued, the conductor will press upon the button 127 until the handle has cleared the tooth 126 so that a second revolution may be made. A similar latch 129 is provided and, as shown clearly in Fig. 12, this latch is spaced from the latch 125 a distance approximately equal to the thickness or widthof the handle 2. When the handle is at rest, its opposite edges will be engaged by the latches so that accidental movement of the handle'will be prevented. Moreover, the latch 129 will positively prevent reverse rotation of the handle and disarrangement of the operating mechanism will be thereby avoided. The front edge of the latch 129 is tapered, as shown at 130, so that, when the handle is rotated in the proper direction to print a ticket as it completes its revolution, it will ride upon the said tapered portion and force the latch in wardly against the tension of the spring 131 so that it ma be brought to rest in its initial position against the tooth 126.

In the use of the device, the printing drums are set to print the desired data and the position of the drums will be, of course, determined by the position of the setting levers relative to the respectively adjacent display or indicator plates 8 upon the casing. The crank 2 isthen given one complete rotation and this rotation will effect feeding of the aper through the machine, the severing of the printed ticket and the feeding of the ribbon. The main driving shaft and the shaft 20 will be rotated in unison by the gearing shown and described and the platen will be thereby lifted so as to carry the paper against the ribbon and press both the paper and the ribbon against the type faces above the ribbon. The platen is then lowered and as it recedes from the ribbon and the printing faces,'the rinted portion of the paper is fed over t e platen and between the knives and to and through the delivery opening 3 in the casing, the printed slip being severed by the rising knife 51 just before the parts return to their initial position. The operation may be repeated as rapidly as may be needed and as often as may be needed as lo as a supply of paper remains.

l aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a platen, means for printing upon a paper strip resting on the platen, a stationary knife disposed adjacent one end of the platen, means for feeding the 1piper strip over the platen and past said ife, a rocker disposed below the platen, a movable knife loosely fitted upon and carried by one end of said rocker and arranged to cooperate with the stationary knife," a resilient holding member secured to the When, I however, several.

rocker and bearing yieldably upon the outer face of the movable knife,'and means for actuating said rocker.

2. The combination of a platen, means for printing upon a paper strip resting on the platen, a stationary knife disposed adjacent one end of the platen, means for feeding the paper strip over the platen and past said knife, a rocker arranged below the platen, a movable knife loosely fitted upon one end of said rocker and cooperating with the stationary knife to sever a printed portion of the paper strip, a transverse shaft between the platen and theinner end of the rocker, a tappet on said shaft bearing upon the inner end of the rocker, and a retractile spring acting upon the outer end of the rocker.

3. The combination of a supporting frame provided with vertical grooves in its inner sides at its upper end, a platen disposed between the sides of the frame and provided with studs engaging said grooves,.means for feeding a paper str1p over said platen, printing members disposed above the platen, a pin depending from the platen, a spring secured to said pin and acting thereon to hold the platen normally lowered, operating shafts disposed'below the platen, tappets on said shafts provided at their free ends with rollers adapted to bear against the under side of the platen, and means for actuating said shafts whereby to move the'platen and the paper strip restingthereon to the printing members.

4. The combination of a platen, printing members disposed above the platen, means for feeding a paper strip over the platen, means for raising and lowering the platen whereby to carry the said paper strip to and from the printing members, a counting device, a rocking lever pivoted between its ends upon the frame and connected at one end with the counting device, a driving shaft controlling the movement of the platen and of the paper strip, and a tappet upon said shaft arranged to bear against the free end of said rocking lever whereby the counting device will be actuated at each movement of the platen.

5. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a platen mounted in said frame, printing drums disposed within the frame above the platen, a printing ribbon arranged between the printing drums and the platen, means for feed ing a paper strip over the platen, means for moving the platen to and from the printing drums, guiding and holding arms upon the upper portion of the frame provided with sockets therein, setting levers mounted on the upper portion of the frame adjacent the respective guiding and holding arms, gearing connecting said levers with the respective printing drums, and plungers carried by the said levers and yieldably engaging Git the sockets in the respectively adjacent guiding and holding arms.

, 6. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a supporting frame, a platen mounted in the lower portion of the frame, printing members disposed above the platen, one of said members constituting a numbering device and including changeable type faces and a fixed type face, a setting element for the movable type faces of the-numbering device slidably mounted at the 'end of said movable type faces, a lever pivotally mounted-upon the frame above the numbering device and pivoted intermediate its ends to the upper end of said setting element, a pusher slidably mounted upon the frame and bearing against the under side of the said lever'at the free end thereof, a driving shaft mounted in the frame below the platen, a cam on said driving shaft, a rocker mounted upon the frame below the shaft and having one end in engagement with said cam and at its opposite end in engagement with the lower end of said pusher, means for feeding a paper stri over the platen, and means driven by sai shaft for moving the platen and the paper strip thereon to the printing members.

7. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a frame comprising a lower member, an upper member resting on the lower member of the frame, printing members carried by the upper member of the frame, a rinting ribbon carriedby the upper mem r of the frame and extending under the printing members, and means housed within the lower portion of the frame for feeding a paper strip over the platen and for moving the platen with the strip thereon toward and from the printing members.

8. The combination of a casing, a frame secured within the casing, a platen mounted within the frame, printing members mounted within the frame over the platen, a driving shaft extending transversely through the frame and having its ends projecting through the opposite] sides of the casing, means actuated by said shaft for feeding, a paper strip over the platen and for moving the platen toward and from the printing members, a handle to be removably engaged upon either end of the driving shaft, springpressed latches mounted withinv the casing and projecting through the same to engage opposite edges of the handle, and means on 'one of said latches operable from the exterior of the casing to release the same from the handle, the other of said latches having its edge remote from the first-mentioned latch tapered.

9. In aiticket-printing machine, the combination of a platen, printing members disposed above the platen, ribbon-carrying spools mounted at the ends of the printing said spindles adjacent said ratchets, pawls carried upon said feeding bar and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchets, a

driving shaft, means controlled by said driving shaft formoving the platen toward and from the printing members and for feeding a paper strip over the platen, an eccentric driven by said shaft, a lever operatively connected at'its upper end with the feeding bar and provided at its lower end with a yoke engaging said eccentric, and means mounted on the feeding bar for selectively holding one of said pawls inoperative.

10. In a ticket-printing machine, the com-' bination of a platen, 'a printing mechanism arranged above the platen, spools disposed at the ends of the printing mechanism, a printing ribbon carried by said spools and extending between the printing mechanism and the platen, ratchets at the ends of the said spools, a feeding bar having its ends loosely mounted concentric with said ratchets, pawls carried by the ends of said feeding bar and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchets, means for. selectively holding one of the pawls inoperative, and means controlledb the wound portion of the ribbon for shifting the last-mentioned means whereby to reverse the direction of feed of the ribbon.

11. In a ticket-printing machine, the combination of a platen, a printing mechanism disposed above the platen, spools-mounted at the ends of the printing mechanism, a printing ribbon carried by said spools and passing below the printing mechanism,

ratchet discs at the ends of the spools, a feeding frame having its ends mounted concentric with said ratchet discs, pawls mounted on the ends of said frame and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchet discs, means for reciprocating the feeding frame whereby tocause either pawl to operate the adjacent ratchet, a shifting bar slidably mounted upon the feeding frame and having its ends arranged to selectively abut the free ends of: the ratchets, yieldable connections.

between the ends of the said shifting bar and the ends of the respectively adjacent pawls,

means for shifting said her, anda dog carri'ed by 'said jshifting bar and adapted to engage the feeding frame-whereby to hold the ghifting bar in a set position relative to the rame.

the ends of the printing mechanism, a ribhon carried by said s ools and extending under the printing mec anism ratchet discs at the ends of the spools, a feeding framehaving its ends concentric with said ratchet discs, pawls carried by the ends of the feeding frame and adapted to engage the respectively adjacent ratchet, means for reciproeating said feeding frame, a shifting bar slidably mounted upon the feeding rame and'adapted to selectively hold one of the pawls inoperative, a connecting rod fixed to said shifting bar, angle levers fulcrumed below said connecting rod and provided with slots in their ends adjacent said connecting rod, studs carried by the saidconnecting rod and engaging said slots, and presser fingers carried by the said angle levers and arranged adjacent the spools, one of said presser fingers extending over the respectlvely adjacent spool and' the other of said fingers extending along the respectively adjacent spool whereby as the ribbon is Wound upon either spool it will bear upon the adjacent finger and actuate the shiftin bar to efifect reversal of the feed of the rib on.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatare,

CHARLES N. WADE. [n a]

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