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March 11 1924. 1,486,438

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GEORGE ALFRED JULIUS., F SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALE, AUSTRALIA.

VARIABLE-VALUE FARE- CHECK PRINTING AND COnUTmG um Application led September 12, 1922. Serial Eo. 587.778.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALFRED JULIUs, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Culwulla Chambers, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Variable-Value Fare-Check Printing and Computing Machines, of which the following 1s a specification.

This machine has been desi ed primarily for rinting, registering, an issuing fare ehec ts on street cars of the payasyou enter or one-man type, which are o erated on a variable fare rate with or wlthout transfers (checks authorizing successive riding in cars on differentroutes) but it is usable for producin receipt tickets or checks for fare and a mission payments generally. It is of portable dimensions and is manually controlled to determine the required markings on checks and to effect corresponding registration of numbers and value of checks printed and it may be actuated .either by electro-mechanical means senger, a serial number and a date, an indi-r cator to show whether the journey is inward or outward and optionally an indicator to identify ,the conductor; it registers the aggregate number of separate checks issued and the aggregate cash value of those checks, and also registers the number of checksv of each separate value. In addition it displays on a dial for observation by the conductor andthe passenger the section of the route for which a check is about to be printed and the value of each such check.

The attention to the machine operation demanded of the car conductor is so minimized that his primary duty of driving the car is not inconveniently disturbed. The car is ordinarily at a standstill Whilst the conductor is issuing checks on the pay-asu vou-enter system. When installed on electrically driven cars the machine may be fitted with an electro-mechanical lock which is liberated only when the hand lever of the car motor controller is on the open circuit notch, so that operation of the check printingemachine is prevented whilst the i car is ing driven, and is possible only whilst the car is at rest. Or the machine may be made dependent for its operation on the closin of a local driving motor circuit throng a contact on the olf position of the controller, the motor being wired in series with a lamp or other resistance and therefore capable of bein made of miniature size and small' weig t, thou h taking current from the trolley line at t e usual relatively high volta e.

In the proposed method o use, passengers ay fares on entering the car, the machine 1n placed so that it delivers out the chec 's to be taken by the assenger as he passes in; Casual check inspectors may supervise checks held b passengers to prevent fraudulent overri ing.

At the beginnin of each in and out journe respective y theconductor sets the contro s to change over the marking from In to Out and vice versa, and at the beginning of each section in each journey sets a control plunger arm which is interlocked with and governs the subsequent operation of a second plunger arm which cause the printing of checks covering passed sections, and risk of mistake which would otherwise result in the issue' of such checks is thus eliminated. When the fare system is figured on a sliding scale basis, as for instance when a payment of sa 2d. is called for the first section of the journe and a lesser payment say 1d. for each su nent section in the same journey, irrespectlvel of whether such journey begins at the terminus of the route or at any place between its termini, the value com uting and printing elements operate to ta e pro er account of the variable amounts receive from passen ers, and are readily changeable to mo ify` the operation of the machine appropriately to any other fare schedule.

The act of setting the machine for the printing of checks for any certain section or'seetions, simultaneously effects resetting of computing mechanism throu h which the money value of each check issue is caused to be indicated on the dial and added to the registration or the aggregate check value counter.

The whole of the mechanism is encased and secured by a superintendents lock, provision being) made for access to the paper strip spool y the conductor to enable him to refill it when necessary. The registering counters cannot be set back without workshop mani ulation, though all the mechanism is o ered to access for inspection or re lation.

n use, the preferable arrangement is that each car conductor would have amachine allotted to him and he would bring this machine to the forward or driving platform of his car at each change over at termini, fixing it there on a bracket conveniently located to offer the machine accessibly for his control and conveniently for the delivery of checks direct from the machine to entering passengers. g

The machine completely prints checks as called for, and cuts them oi from a blank paper ribbon drawn off a spool. The guillotine does not completel sever the checksit leaves them attache by a short selvedge so that the passenger receiving them must pull them from the machine. Risk of losing issued checks before delivery by blowing away in windy weather is therefore eliminated.

A withdrawable control crank which is turned by the drivers hand, serves also as a locking key for the paper spool door to enable the driver to open said door by operating a special lock thereon; this key is excentrically mouthed to revent illicit use of an ordinary fork key 1n place of it.

The operation of the driving crank by which the machine is actuated is either left hand or right hand indiferently, to suit the convenience of particular drivers. The element which is rotated by the hand crank may be rotated uninterruptedly by a motor-or alternatively a pedal may be provided for applying reciprocating motion to a pitman which forms the mechanical link between the hand or motor rotated element and the printing elements of the machine.

The complete machine is illustrated in the several attached figures of drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a top plan of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the mechanism within the case; certain parts being shown in section and certain parts omitted;

Fig. 3 is a rear sectional elevation view generally on line y3---3 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation generally on line 4--4 Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation generally on line 5 5 Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional elevation generally on line 6-6 Fig. 2;

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevational view of one of the check printing barrels containing a tilting type block b which the checks are marked for in an out journeys respectively. This figure should be read with Figs. 21-25, which show other elements in the same assembly;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the cancelling type blocks by means of which the uncalled-for travel sections are cancelled on the checks;

Fig. 9 is an elevational view of the conductors case door lock, viewed from within the case, as it appears when in open osition;

Fig. 10 is an enlarged view o a fare check as printed in the machine when the cash value marking element (Fig. 21) is omitted from the mechanism and the controls are set by the car conductor to indicate out journey on C section only, the check showin out, the date of issue, the route, the rai road companys name, aserial number, and the drivers number;

Fig. 10a is a detailed view of a fragment of the ticket strip showing the cut made therein by the guillotine knife;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view of portion .i

of the mechanism;

F1 l2 is a fragmentary view of a pawl and dog detent clutch by which the primary drive is communicated to the main shaft of the machine when the controls have been operated to set it for the printing of a check;

Fig. 13 is a 'fragmentary view of portion of variable gearing, through which a counter registers the aggregate value of all checks issued;

Fig. 14 is a top plan showing the control plunger arm set -for the beginning of the C or third section of an out journey and for the issue of a check to cover out journey sections C, D, and E;

Fig. 15 is a partial view of a check as roduced when the machine is set as shown 1n Fig. 14;

Fig. 16 is a top lan showing the control plunger arm set or the beginning of an in journey and the issue of a check to cover sectionsE, D, and C,`on the in journey;

Fi 17 is a partial view of a check for the D, and C, sections of the in journey as produced when the machine is set as shown in Fig. 16;'

Fig. 18 is a fragmentary view illustrative of selector actuating mechanism for the counters which register the rinting of checks according to values (t us: at 5d. 4d. 3d. 2d. andld. respectively) this view showsmechanism which in certain features is alternative to corresponding mechanism shown in Figs. 3 and 4;

Fig. 19 is a entary transverse section on the line 19--19 Fi 18;

view corresponding with ig. 21;

23 is a' lon 'tudinal section through the plrninting barre which carries the value mar g type;

Fi 24 is a side elevational view showing the etail of mountin of the.value marking type in the printing arrel;

ig. 25 is a cross section through the pritmg barrel, Fig. 23 on the line 25-,25; an

Fi 26 is a picture of a check carrying all t e markings which are applicable to a check in the machine.

The features shown in Figs. 21 to 26are omitted from earlier figures of the drawing to minimize confusion and facilitate explanation, and it is to be understood that those features are'part of the structure of the complete machine.

The mechanism, except the members which are accessible vfor its manual control and operation is contained within a case which is locked and can only be opened with a key held by an inspecting officer. An operatin crank handle 21 is insertible into a tubu ar journal 22 in one side .e of

the case to engage a ke 23, for the trans-4 mission of the rotationa movement applied by the crank, to machine elements within the case. The tubular journal 22 carries the crank spindle 25 and is rotatable in the bearing 24; this key 23 engages the crank spindle 25 to the tubular journal 22; said 'ournal is integral with a disc 26 having a ay 27 in one portion of its circumference. 28 is a spring loaded arm' carrying a locator roller 29 which runs on the eriphery of the disc 26, and drops into the ay 27 when the crank handle is. at idle position, thereby to locate the parts in the idle osition and to hold them against accidenta movement. A slpring 30 o rates to hold the roller 29 in t e locating ay 27. The in 23 is excentric in the bore of the tubu ar journal 22, and the crank spindle 25 is mouthed excentrically to engage it. The lock in the conductors door in the enclosing case is made with an excentric engagement piece of corresponding dimensions in order that the hand crank may be used by the conductor as a key to open said door when it is desired to obtain access to it for the purpose of rechar ing the paper stripspool.

A. cra pin 31 is offset from the disc 26 and carries a pitman 32 by which reci rocating motion is transmitted from t e disc 26 to the rotary printin mechanism through the medium o a paw and detent clutch which is shown in Fig. 12.

The case is of sheet metal, the backjpanel of it 33 being fixed to the frame 34; the side panels 35 and 36 with their inwardly returned portions 37 and 38 which form the front vof vthe case are hinged to the fixed back plate 33 at 39 and 40. The meeting edges of the conductors door in the front of the case are secured by a slide 41 having an eye 42 engageable with a claw 43, 44 being a guide strap (see Fig 9). The slide 41 is mounted at the rear part of it von an excentric disc 45 havin an excentrically disposed bar key 46; this ey is engageable by the crank spindle 25 for the purpose of rotatin the excentric 45 and so retiring or tightening up the slide 41 to close and hold the edge of the door.

4The top 50 of the casing is a casting fixed to the frame 34, and carries upon it two plunger arms 51 and 52 respectively ai'- ranged to be traversed over a. range of dialling ho1es55 in segmental dial lates 54, 53. It ispierced to exhibit two indicators 56 57, one showing the number of sections ca led for when the machine is set for the printing of a check, and the other exhibitin the fare value of the check about to be printed. It is also pierced to exhibit the registration effected on counters located below it; one 58 shows the a gregate number of checks issued, and the other 59 shows Athe aggre ate value in pence or other units of the c ecks issued. The lunger arms 51, 52, are mounted between racket cheeks 60. An access plate 61 hinged. at 62 is provided to enable access to an inkiiig roller 94 for the urpose of removing and replacing it; the ocation of this. roller is such that it could not be conveniently removed except upwardl through the top plate 50. The access p ate 61 is held closed by a hit-andmiss catch 63 which engages a hook 47 and is operated by a push rod 64 to which access .can lbe obtained only when the main case is open.

The bottom 65 of the case is a casting to which the frame is secured by holding-down screws 66. The bottom 65. is formed with dovetail slot bar feet 67 which are adapted to slide over fixed dovetail brackets 68; these brackets are permanent fixtures on the car. A peg bolt 69, or other latch, is provided to hold the machine on the brackets 68 when it has been set thereon, so as to prevent accidental displacement.

The checks are printed on a strip of paper 70 drawn from a spool reel 71; said reel in use is carried on an axle 72 which is offset from an arm 73 pivotally mounted on the frame at 74, a coiled spring 75 being ariao J 73 is fitted with a latch 78 which is engageable with any fixed member or with the shaft 80 in such a manner as not to affect the free rotation of said shaft. The latch 78 is held up by a spring 79 and it is released by applylng pressure on the claw 81 which: is accessible when the front of the case is open, so that the arm 73 may then be thrown forward, an empty spool 71 taken out and a full spool set in place of it. The paper strip L' runs over an idle roller 82, thence under a spring loaded shoe 83 which bears upon it so as to hold it gripped on the roller 82 and functions as a brake to prevent the paper springing back during certain periods of the printing movement when it is not under'tension at a point forward of the shoe 83. Thence the paper goes under a printing barrel 84, supported below on aplaten roller 85, thence through a guide throat 86, and thence under a printing barrel 87, here again supported on a platen roller 88 below it; thence it passes through a guide throat 89, at the face of which it encounters a guillotine knife 90 by which a printed check length is severed, except for a short selvedge portion, the printed lengt-h projecting into the delivery muzzle 91 which is located to face the incoming passenger. The printed guillotined check is held by the remaining selvedge and with its leading end protruding a little from the mouth of the muzzle 91 so that it may be grasped by the passenger and pulled olf, the selvedge operating to hold it in the muzzle 91 so that it cannot be blown away before delivery. Rearward of the printing barrel 84 is an inking roller 92 which is detachably mounted in swinging arms 93 fixed on a rock spindle 267 Fig. 2, having a setting lever 267 X on the end of it, a coiled wire spring 268 being provided to hold the roller up to the barrel face with sufficient pressure to ensure satisfactory inking. Above the printing barrel 87 is an inking roller 94 which is detachably mounted in pin centres 98 between swinging arms 95. The arms 95 are armed with tail pieces 96 which coact with screw stops 97 to limit the downward movement of the roller 94 so that it may be set to contact with the printing face of the barrel 87 but to run clear of the portions of that barrel on which printing faces are not carried. One of the arms 95 is carried on a telescopic portion 100X of the spindle 100, and is held non-rotatably on the spindle 100 byv a feather pin 269. A spring 99 is arranged to keep the telescopic element 100* forced home in the tubular element 100 so as to keep the pin centres 98 in the bearin holes in the ends of the roller 94. This te escopic spindle 100x is extended laterally and fitted with a thumb cap 101 whlch 1s accessible when the case is opened. To enable removal and replacement of the roller 94 the telescoping spindle 100n 1s drawn out endwise by means of the cap 101 whereby the movable carrier arm 95 is retired. The arms 95 are respective] fixed one on the tubular spindle 100 and t e other on the telescopic spindle 100"; the roller may be. lifted and offered conveniently for removal through the access flap 61, by sligthly rotating the thumb cap 101 before moving it endwise to free the pin centres. The inkin rollers 92 and 94 are faced with felt. In

feeders are not provided, as it has been found more effective to remove the felt rollers at intervals and recharge them with ink, as they carry a sufficient supply of ink for satisfactory printing of checks over one or more days. The printing barrel 84 is a barrel of the type used in known cash registers, and it contains no intrinsic structural novelty. In it is mounted a consecutive numbering device. consisting of an assembl of decimal progression wheels 102 which serve the purpose of marking each check with a serial number. It also carries a type plate 103 for printing on the check certain matter common to all checks, as for instance certain of the lnatter shown on the check Fig. 10, such as the words Redhill-Ascot, indicating the car route, and other words Issued subject to the companys regulations, Suburb electric tramways, and in addition, if so desired, a number (such as 84, Fig. 10) to indicate the conductor. The t pe for the conductors number is in- ,sertib e and withdrawable from the block 103. It also prints the indicators for the sections, for instance A, B, C, D, and E, or 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. When the check is passing under the roller 87, an obliterating mark is printed over all the symbols except that one or more of them which indicates the sections in respect of which the check is issued. The check shown in Fig. 10, by way of example, is cancelled for all sections except section C. This barrel is also fitted up for printing the date of issue (shown in Fig. 10 as September, 1921) the dating type is changeable by means of the three sleeve nuts 260, 261, 262 so that ad'ustment for alteration of date may be ma e daily with facility without removing the barrel. The barrel is withdrawable endwise bodily from the assembly b opening the catch plate closure 263 whic secures it in bearing holes in the frame.

The driving assembly is engaged to the printing barrel 84 by a dowel 256 on the side of the cam 237 this dowel sets into a The progression movement for changing the figures on the barrel 84 for consecutively plate 257 Fig. 6 having a latera numbering the checks is operated offset plunger 258 running in an excentric roove 259 whereby in each rotation of the arrel, a reciprocation is applied to the figure changin mechanism (see Fig. 6).

The p aten rollers and 88 are mounted on excentric bearings 260 and 261 to facilitate adjiistment'iu relation to the printing barrel 84 and 87 respectively.

No novelty is claimed as to the withdrawable feature of the barrel mounting.

In passing under the barrel S7 the partially rnted check vis marked Out or In according to the direction of the journey and it is also marked with the check value by the devices described hereinafter with reference to Fi 21 to 25, the complete check so printe bein pictured in Fig. 26. The mechanisms by w. ich the cancelling dcvice is set and by which the indicators,y in and out are interchanged, will be described' subsequently, as they involve mechanical actions associated with the operation of other parts. The printing barrel 84 operates not only to print the check matter on the paper strip ut to feed the strip whilst printing it, and it must be noted that the printing fas of the barrels 84 and 87 occupy certain areas on them respectively and are placed in a certain relation in order to ensure printing without crowding the paper, blurring it, or overlapping the tyie impressions.

oth printing barrels 84 and 87 are driven from a sixty-four toothed wheel 104 Fig. 4; this wheel is keyed on the shaft 80 to which also is keyed the dog detent 137 hereinafter described. The wheel 104 meshes with a sixteen tooth pinion 105 (1 :4 ratio) associated with the barrel 87 and with a twenty-six tooth pinion 106 associated with the drive mechanism of the barrel 84. The barrel 87 is directly geared to the wheel 104 by a sixteen tooth pinion 105, but .the drive gearing to the barrel 84 is indirect. The printing face on the barrel 84 covers sixteen-twenty-sixths of its periphery, and the barrel 84 performs a rotation in two partial movements, firstly, a sixteentwenty-sixths movement in which its printb a slide lily .ing area is in contact with the checkstrip simultaneously with the rotation of the barrel 87, and secondly a ten-twenty-sixths `movement in which a blank clearance space on the barrel is traversed over the paper strip but not contacting with it. The check about to be issued is completed yby the printing applied to it by the barrel 87, but the printing applied by the barrel 84 is applied to the next following check length on the strip which when su sequently printed under the' barrel 87 before guillotining is completed for issue in the next operation of the machine.

The 90 rotation of the sixty-four tooth wheel 104 does not therefore completely rotate the pinion 106; the direct drive so applied to it carries it through sixteen-twentysiifths of a complete rotation, and during this partial rotation the printing operation takes place. The remainder of the movement, ten-twenty-sixths of the rotation, is performed subsequently to the.I printing o eration, and is utilized for actuating t e guillotine. During the first portion of the movement (sixteen twenty-sixths of a rotation), both printing barrels 84 andV 87 move with equal 1peripheral velocity in rinting contact wit the paper strip, and) at the finish of the printing, the t pe faces are brought out of contact from t e face of the paper. The pinion 106 is freely rotatable on the spindle 243 and the disc 221 Figs. 2,

3 and 4 is fixed to the spindle 243; this disc carries two pawls 244 on the rear side of it, and these pawls engage a detent wheel 245 which is attached to the side of the pinion 106, the pawls bein held en' aged by wire springs 246. The isc 238, fi 2 and 5 on one side of which the cam 23 is fixed, is lpinned to the spindle 243, and this disc 238 as three detent teeth 242 cut in it; these teeth are cngageable by a click pawl 247 which is ivo'ted in the rock arm 248 which may be ly oscillated on the shaft 243. 249 is the pawl spring. The end of the arm 248 opposite to that on which the pawl 247 is mounted, is articulated by a pin 250 to a toggle arm 251. The lower end of this toggle arm is pivotally connected at 252 to one side of the cheek plate 239 which carries the pawl 133 on a pin 134 in thetop end of the vpitman 32. When the sixteen twenty-sixths rotative movement is applied to the pinion 106', that mo vement is communicated throu h the pawls 244,and detent wheel 245 to t e spindle 243, and consequeiitlv the disc 238, which is pinned to the spindle 243, is pai'- tially rotated so that the three detent teeth 242 are brought round to the other side of the spindle 243. Meantime, however, the pawl 247 has also been swung round to-that position, because in the upward movement of the pitman 32 the toggle arm 251 was pushed u ward, thereby swin ing the arm 248, whic carries the pawl 247, around the shaft 243. In the return movement of the pitman, the oscillating arm 248 is reversely moved, but as it has icked up the disc 238 by means of the pawi) 247, engaging one of the detent teeth 242 and as the disc 238 isengagement.

the 360 rotation is aEplied to the shaft 243 and to the printing arrel 84 thereon. In that' movement Sthe cam 237, acting upon the striker roller 236, ap lies an upward movement to the arm 232, t ereby operating the guillotine. p l

Three detente 242 are provided 1n order to minimize risk of the pawl 247 mlssmg It is destined to engage the first of the three detente, but if it should skip the first detent, or the first and second detente, it will pick up the third detent. A locaton roller 220 functions to ensure the bringing of the com lete assembly associated with the drive of t e roller 84 to zero irrespectively of the skipping of one or two of the detents 242 by the awl 247.

218 is an arm pivota ly centered at 219 on the frame and carryin a locating roller 220 in the to end of it; t is roller 220 runs on the perip ery of the disc' 221 and takes into a bay 222 in the zero position of that disc. A spring 223 holds the arm 218 towards the disc 221, thereby to apply ,p'ressure on the locating roller 220. The object of this-.arrangement is to ensure the centering ofthe printing roller 84 at zero position at thel com letion of each complete rotation.

e illotine 9() has its edge angularly dispose to coact with the fixed vscissor edge blade 228 which is xed at the mouth of the ticket chute 89 just rearwardof A,the delivery muzzle 91. It is T-shaped, the cutting edge being the top edgeof the arms."- Itis car ried by a pivot 253 on the vertically movable arm 227; which is centered at 229 von .the frame. The arm 227 is a lath of spring steel, and is set bent so that it will bear laterally a ainst the guillotine 90 thus to force it to sli e closely tothelblade 228 to ensure clean cutting. i The stem piece '254 lis located betweenl a pair of adjustable collars 255 which form slide. guides for it. collars provide a. means-'for angularly'setting the cutter'ed e of theguillotlne so `that the last part oi tie cut made byjit will be more or less incomplete, to leave a selvedge for holding the' illotined checks to the aper stri from w ich'they have been pro uced, so t at thecheck does not become fully detached from the strip until pulled by the assenger, when the remaining selvedge will be broken away. The outer end of the arm 227 is loaded witha helical sprin 230, the

. lower end of thisspring being hoo ed to the Y frame, and the s'prm set in tension. A iingir 231 on the end o an arm` 232, which is ed to .the rocking shaft 233, projects through a hole 234 in the end of the guillotine arm 227. A striker arm 235, also keyed to the rock shaft 233, Vcarries a striker roller 236 on the end of it; this striker roller is in the path of movement ofthe cam 237 on the disc 238, through which disc the iinal sector ofrotational movement is applied to artia ly sever the check 270 which has just een rinted and is located in the delive muzz e 91 with the end of it protruding su iiently to enable the passenger to take hold o it.

The vertical reciprocating movement applied to the pitman 32 in each rotation of the tubular journal 22, which is effected by the crank or by other turning means a plied to said journal, is not operative for bringing any of the printing or registerin mechanism into operation until the mac ine has been set for the issue of a required check by manipulation ofthe plunger arms 51 and 52 on the top of the case, and the machine may be set at neutral so that it is in o ration 'even when the plunger arms 51, 52, ave been manipulated and the crank 21 turned. The neutralizing of the mechanism is effected by bringing the anchor 107 to mid position as shown in Fig. 3. This adjustment is effected by moving a slide button 262 across a slot in the case back 33, the stem 263 of this button is set in a hole in the arm of the anchor. In Fi 14, the button is shown set over to move t e anchor to set the machine'for printing of checks for out journey and in Fig. 16 for printing of checks for in journey. The arm 108 of the anchor 107 has three notches 109, 110, and 111 cut in its bottom edge; these notches are en ageable by a key 112 on the spring mounte arm 113. A roller 114 Fig. 3 on the upwardly offset end of the lock arm 113 runs in a double curved slot formed to accommodate it in a rocking plate 115 which is mounted on the barrel 116 of a key lock. The three bays 117, 118, and 119 in the rocker plate slot are radially disposed around the centre of thc lock barrel 116 and when the lock has been operated and lbrought to either extreme or the middle position, the lock arm 113 is permitted to rise, so that the tooth 112 upon it is engaged with one or other of the notches 109, 110, 111 according to the setting of the anchor effected by moving the button 262.` The middle notch is the neutral notch. As the barrel 116 is turned, the key 112 is cleared from the anchor arm 108, so that the anchor may be oscillated on its centre rocker stud 120. In the central position of the anchor, a' projecting stop 121 sets above the striker plece 122 which projects rearwardly from the hanger link 123 by which the oscillating beam 124 -is vhung on an arm 125 which is keyed to the shaft 126. When the stop 121 is m register above the striker 122,

of the tail 132 of a oscillation of the shaft 126 is revented as the link 123 cannot rise. Anot er arm 127 keyed on the shaft 126 carries an adjustable screw head 128 in register with the heel 129 of a bell crank lever 130, which is freely rotatable on the shaft 126. Upon the outer end of the bell crank 130 is a striker roller 131; this roller is in the path of movement pawl 133 which is pivotally. mounted at 134 in the top end of the pitman 32; its movement is controlled by a. freely swin ing arm 135 which, is freely rotatable on the shaft 80. So long as the bell crank 130 remains in the normal position, that is with the outer end of it carrying the striker roller 131 in the upper sition, it bears up the tail 132 of the paw 133, compressing the light spring 136, which acts oppositely on the tail 132, and by this upward pressure tilts the pawl 133 into the outer or miss position shown in Fig. 5, so that the vertical movements of the `pitman 32function only to swing the awlabout the centre Without engaging t e dog'detent 137-or imparting motion to it. When, however, the bell crank 130 is tipped downward, the spring 136 acts to throw the pawl 133 into engagement with one ofthe four teeth on the dog detent 137, and the next vertical movement of the pitman 32 whilst this condition remains, results in the engagement of the pawl 133 with the detent137, with the consequent rotation of the detent through an angle of This movement ofthe paWl is' indicated in Fig 12.'- So long therefore as the stop 121 holds down the arm'125, the bell crank 130 cannot be moved from the upper position shown in Fig. 5. When, however, the anchor is ti ped to right Vor left about its centre 120, the stop 121 is cleared from the striker 122 and 'movement of the bell crank 130 may then beeffected. The bell crank 130.is normally ,held up by the tension spring 139. It' is-tipped downward-when the screw. toe piece- 128' on the arm 127 strikes against the pallet Of'its heel 129. The machine. is consequently operative, subject to the act-.ionof its controls only when the anchor 107 isset in either lof its lateral positions. When the anchor is tip ed in one direction, the machine is adjuste 'for the issue of checks for an inl journey; when it is tipped in the opposite direction it is operated for the issue of checks for an out journey. It is consequently the duty of the conductor at terminal stations on a route to readjust the anchor by operating the lock 116 and setting the anchor for in or out journey as the case may be. This resetting from in'to out, and vice versa does not etlect the registrations of the check numbers or values though it does alter the check marking In or Out as the case may be.

The oscillating beam 124, which is pivotally suspended midway of its length in kplunger arms are mounted on pivots 145 in the carrier jaws 60 and at their outer ends are fitted with hand pieces 146, and diallingl pegs 147; these pegs register with the dialling holes 55 in' the dialling sectors 53, 54 respeftively. When the plunger rod 142, or 143 as the case may be, is in the down position, the plunger arm, to which it is attached, is tipped upward at its handle end, and may then be swung over its dialling sector and plunger on any of the dial holes 55 therein when in register above same. If, however, a plunger is forced up its plunger arm is forced downward, so that the peg 147 thereon is held in any one of the dial holes 55 in which it may have been loca-ted; the plunger arms are not, however, held r1g1dly in either position whilst the machine is .not actually operating; they are moved through buffer- springs 148, 149 sleeved upon them respectively abnve and below the floating collars 150, 151. These collars are mounted on trunnion pins '152 set in Ithe ends of the stock 153 of the anchor 107. When the anchor is tipped to one side or other, one of the plungers is forced under sprlng pressure to the up-per position and the other one is forced oppositely to the lower yposition by spring pressure. When the machine is set for operation, therefore, one of the plunger arms l51, 52, will be normally up and the other one normally down, depending upon whether the setting is for the in or the out journey. The anchor is provided with a double stock 154, having an upwardly projecting arm 155, which is pivotally connected by a link 156 to a lever 157, which is fulcrumed on a pin 158, and through a striking fork 159 working within collars 160 on a horizontal rod 161 applies endwise movement to said rod. This rod passes axially through the printing barrel 87 (see Fig. 7). In a longitudinal cavity 162 in one Side of this barrel 87 a bent rocking plate .163 is mounted on a pivot 164. 0n one of its angular faces it carries the type plate 165 for the word In, and on the other angular face of it it carries the type plate 166 for the word Out, The end of the rod 161 is attached to aslider 167 which works below the rock plate 163. When the rod 161 is moved outwardly, the slider 167 is brought below that side of the rocker plate 163 which carries the In type plate 165, so that the plate 165 is brought up type high whilst the other side of the rocker is depressed and the Out plate 166 isthen down below type level and vice versa when the rod 161 is pushed inward, the Out type ing as the anchor 107 has been swung to in or out position respectively.

The carrier jaws 60 which house the plunger arms 51, 52, laterally, are integral with tubular sleeves 168, 169 whlch are rotatable in bearings in the frame. The plunger rods 142 and 143 pass up through the hollow centres of these sleeves. Below the casing top, .the tubular sleeves 168, 169 respectively carry arms 171, 172; both these arms are positioned at right angles to the respective plunger arms 51, 52, and are d1- rected towards each other. The are connected respectivel by pivotal lin s 173, 174 to an oscillating gar 175 which is pivotally centered at 176 on the end of a slide rod 177; said rod having a locating slide bearing on a rest 178. A toothed rack 179 on the rod 177 meshes with a pinion 180; the spindle of this pinion carries a horizontal disc 181, this disc having on its top face two ranges of figuring, one of which serves to indicate route sections, and the other fare values, the figures being respectivel exhibited through the apertures 56, 57 see Fig.

` the spindle 189; this change 1) in the case top when they are in register under those apertures. It will be recalled that the mechanism shown provides for vthe neceities of a fare system in which the first section travelled by' the passenger is charged at a double rate and the succeeding sections at a single rate irrespectively of the passengers starting point along the route. Consequently, when the figure 1 appears in the section aperture, the figure 2 appears in the fare aperture, and So on, but 1t will be understood that if a different fare system be adopted, as for instance an equal charge for each section, the location of the figures would in that case be altered so that' the same figures would appear under the section aperture and under the fare aperture respectively, and so on with any other fare system for which the machine may be adapted by altering` the toothing in the step wheel of the variable gearing hereinafter described. rIhe outer end ofthe bar 177 is pivotally connected at 182 with a bell crank 183, which is fixed to a vertical spindle 184 rotatable in a frame bearing 185. The work arm of this bell crank 183 is fitted with a striking fork 186 which engages in a collar 187 on a change gear pinion188, this pinion being slidable a ong a feather in gear pinion 188 is engageable with any one `o the interrupted step gears 138 Figs'. 11 and 13 carried on a sleeve 190 which is keyed to the shaft 191. For a five section differential fare machine as shown, ive interrupted gears are fprmed on the sleeve 190 containin respectively two, three, four, five, an six teeth. The shaft 191 is driven by a pinion 192 which gears into the pinion 105 by which the printing roller 87 is driven from the main spur wheel 104. As the printing roller 87 makes one complete rotation for each check issue, and asthe pinions 192, 105 are equal, the spindle 191 and consequently the interrupted gear sleeve 190, also perform one complete rotation for each check issue. If, therefore, the striking pinion 188 be set to engage with that one of the inter-- rupted gears which contains two teeth only, the spindle 189 receives only a two-tooth movement, and so on through the intermediate positions to the final interrupted gear, which applies a six tooth movement to the spindle 189 these partial movements of the spindle 189 are transmitted through the pinion 264 to the aggregate value counter 59, where the totality of the partial movements is registered and displayed through the aperture 58 in the top 50 of the case.

The s indle 189 is located at centre lafter eac v operation by means of a locating roller 240 carried on a spring arm 241; this locating roller engages between two of the teeth of the wheel 193 and imposes sufficient resistance to its rotation to prevent spinning of the shaft 189 at the finish of its en gement by an interrupted pinion on the s eeve 190.

The tubular sleeves 168, 169 respectively carry in addition to the arms 171, 172, two other arms 194, 195 in alignment with the plunger arms 51, 52. At their outer ends, these arms 194, 195, carry forks 196, 197 (see Fig. 2) which engage collars 198, 199 to which are attached the cancelling type bars 200 Figs. 2 and 8; these type bars are slidable longitudinally in the rinting barrel 87, the collars 198-199, being sleeved over and slidable on the ends of that barrel (see Figs. 7 and 8). When either plunger arm 51- or 52 is swung laterally to traverse it over the diallingl holes the slidable cancelling type bars are moved correspondin ly in the prlnting barrel 87; these canceling type bars butt end to end, but the cancelling types on them are arranged to leave a minimum space between said types ual to one indicator (201) when the bar en s are butted together; when they are separated more or less, two, three, four, or ve spaces are left to exhibit the corresponding number of indicators relating to the sections in res t of which the check is required. In Fig. 10 a check printed when both cancelling bars are in the butted ition is shown, one section indicator only bei there displayedthat is the condition which obtains when the lunger arms 51, 52, are in parallelism (as or instance as shown in Fig. 1). As they are swung apart relatively to the anchor (as'for instance in Figs. 14 and 16), the cancelling bars are drawn apart to expose a corresponding length of clear space to include two or more of the required section indicators 201. One of the cancellingbars relates to the passed sections on the 'ourney and the other to the sections ahead. The butting contact of those bars checks inward movement ofthe plunger arms yso that said arms cannot be approached beyond parallelism towards each other; this mechanical result is an important feature as upon it depends the functioning of the means for preventing the printing of checks to cover sections ofa route over which the car has already passed, simultaneously with means for cancel ing any sections ahead on the journey which the passenger does not intend to travel.

The linkage constituted by the arms 171- 172, and the oscillatin bar 175 which is connected to those arms the links 173, 174, results in procuring differential movement of the rack bar 177 so that that movement is always relative to the number of sections for which the check is required. So long as the two lunger arms 51, 52, are 'in parallelism, t e oscillating bar 175 merely swings on its pivotal centre 176, and no movement is then applied to the rack bar 177. In that positlon the bell crank 183 holds the striking pinion 188 for engagement by the two tooth interru ted gear on the sleeve 190. Consequently, w en the plunger arms 51, 52 are in arallelism, that is both set over a similarly indicated dialling hole 55 (for instance C in their res tive dial sectors, the aggregate check va ue register 59 is geared up to advance two figures when the printing mechanism rforms one complete movement. When, owever, the plunger arms 51, 52 are set divergently, as for instance in Fi 14 and 16, a forward movement is app ied to the oscillating bar175 and the rack bar 177 is moved forwardly; this results firstly in correspondingly rotating the inion 180 an'd turning the indicator dial 181, thereby to display through the case apertures 56, 57, figures indicating respectively .the number of sections in respect of which a check is about to be printed, and the lfare charged for such check. It has the further result of moving the bell crank 183 to bringl the strikingpinion 188 into register wit a corresponding interrupted gear on the sleeve 190. When, for instance, the divergence amounts to twonotches, that is to say when one of the arms-.is in register over the E'dialling hole and the otherl is in register over the C dialling hole, the indicator 181 will dis lay three sections, and 4d. fare char (see 14 and 16), and the striking pmion 188 will be slid into register with the `four-tooth interrupted gear on the sleevel 190, and the register 59 will then record a payment of 4d.

This differential movement is utilized also for another, purpose. The partial rotation of the spindle 184 which forms the fulcrum of the ell crank 183 is applied throu h an offset arm 202 Figs. 2, 18, 19 and 20 an a pivotal link 203 to a picker 204 to traverse the picker and bring its finger 205 into register with'one or other of the five selector keys 206. The centre one of this assembly of five keys is direct connected to one of the counters 207; the other keys are connected respectively each to one other ofsaid. counters 207. If now the picker 204 be plunged, it will depress that one of the keys 206 with which it is for the time beingm register, and will operate the associated counter 207, whilst the other counters in the assembly 207 will be unaffected; these counters arerespectively allocated to indicate the number of checks lssued for each respective value, one indicating 2d. checks, another 3d.

checks, yand so on. The picker movement corresponds with the bell crank movement, and consequently with the movement of the register 59, and also with the indication offered by,I means of the dial 181, so that the required counter 207 is selected by the swinging movement of the picker obediently to the partial rotation of the rock spindle 184. The operative plunging movement which is applied to the picker 1s effected throu h a lever 208 which carries the top end o the picker and is connected by a link 209 to a crank pin 210 on an excentric strap on one end of the printing barrel 87. For the eX- y centric stra arrangement see Fig. 22; As the barrel 8 makes one complete rotation in efectin the printing of a check, one complete punging movement is applied to the picker 204 during this printing operation, and a record of the printin I of the particular check is thus obtain on the a propriate counter, which is moved ahea one figure. An alternative means for plunging the picker 204 is shown in. Fig. 4, where the lever 211 (which corresponds with the lever 208, Fig. 18) .is actuated against theback pull of a spring 212, which normally holds 1t up, by means of a cam roller 213, which runs on the periphery of a four bay cam ring 214; this ring is attached to one side of the main spur wheel 104 which is keyed to the shaft 80. In each operative movement of the machine, the wheel 104 receives a one-fourth rotation from the pitman movement, with the result that the cam roller 213 is depressed during the movement, and atv used, the arm 211 with its locating roller 213 is nevertheless retained as a locator to ensure return of the wheel 104 to zero position.

The key selector arrangement shown in Fig. 4 is not mechanically identical with the key selector arrangement shown 1n Flgs. 18 and 19, but it is in substance the same arrangement, the selector keys forming a bank over which the picker is traversed by a movement applied through the vertical spindle 184, and a. plunging movement being applied from an element whlch moves through a predetermined distance in each operation of the printing mechanism.

An arm 215 keyed on the spindle 126 carries a screw adjusting stop 216 in register under the pallet 217 on the end of the lever 211. As soon as the o eration of the machine for the printing o a `check commences, the arm 211 is held down by the contact of the roller 213 on the salient peripheral portion of the cam discs' 2 14, and the pallet 217 is thus held down agalnst' the stop pin 216 on the arm 215. The shaft 126 is thus locked against reverse movement during the progress of the printing operation, and as when the shaft 126 is rocked to the operating position the oscillating beam 124 is positively held upward, the plungers 142 and 143 are held up and the lunger arms 51, 52, are thus positively loc 'ed and held locked by their pegs in the dial holes in which they were set by the conductor, from the time when printing starts until it has been completed. It is thus made impossible to alter the setting of the plunger arms once printing is commenced, and the operatin plunger arm remains set automatically an immovable from the plunging of it until the printing and guillotining of the check is completed. Thus security against fraud is provided as a conductor cannot set the controls to start the lmachine and Aalter them during the printing operation so as thereby to effect the registration of the fare value so as to make it diierent from the value printed on the check.

It has been already explained that it is mechanically impossible for the plunger arms 51, 52 to be approached towards each other nearer than parallelism, though they may lbe swung diver-gently. To set the machine for a journey, assuming the journey is an out journey, the anchor 107 is tipped clockwise to bring the notch v111 into register with the key 112, the release and relooking movements being performed by means of the key lock 116 o rating through the curved slot rocking plaete 115. The result of this setting is to clear the key 112, to raise the collar 150, and to depress the collar 151. The lift applied to the collar 150 acting through thel spring 148 forces up the spindle '142 and pulls the spindle 143 downward., The result of i this setting is that the plunger arm 52 is pushed upwardl at its back end so that its dialling peg 14; is held down under the pressure of the spring 148 in that one of the dialling holes 55 with which for the time being it is in re `ster. It ma be moved to another one o the dialling roles in its sector, provided it be lifted up by the hand iece 146 with suticient force to compress t 1e spring 148, but unless so forcibly moved it will remain held by the dialling peg in the dial hole; it is the in plunger arm 52 which is thus latched for setting the machine for an out journey. The other .(out) plunger arm 51 is tipped upwards 1n the same action, so that its dialling pegl 147 is held above the level of the dial sector over which it may be swung, and when it is brou ht into register with one of the dialllng holes 55 1n that sector (51) it may be plunged, bringin its peg 147 into the selected dialling ho e, provided sutlcient force is applied upon the hand piece 146 to compress t e part of the spring 149 below the collar 151.y Upon the arm 51 being plunged and rotation of the wheel 104 comtmencing, both arms 51 and 52 are' thereafter held locked (not merel latched) down until the printin of a check has been completed. At the eginning of any journey the plunger arm relating to the journey just completed, Whether In or Out is set by the conductor in the terminal dial hole of its sector. For the reasons already given the other plunger arm may now be swung over the full range of its dial sector. f a passenger requires a check for the first E) section ofthe in journey only,

the p unger arm 52 is placed over the El section dial hole and plunged. If he requires a check to carry him over E, D, and

C sections of the in journey it would be set over the C dialling hole and plunged, whereas if he requires a through ticket for the Whole in journey it would be brought to the A dialling hole and plunged there.

As the end of the oscillating bar 124 which is carried on the pin 141 is held in low position by the down pressure of the spring 149 when the anchor is set for out journey and is held down resiliently consequent upon the setting of the anchor 107, as will be seen in Fig. 11, a plunging movement applied to the plunger arm 51 will result 1n moving the oscillating arm 124 upwardly about the pin 140 as a centre, and it is free to make this movement because the stop 121 has been already cleared. In this lifting movement it acts through the link 123 and the arm 125 to rock the shaft 126 and to cause the tappet 128 to strike the pallet on the arm 129 of thebell crank 130, and thereby move the contact roller 131 downwardfrom under the tail 132 of the pawl

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