US789333A - Transfer or ticket issuing machine. - Google Patents

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No. 789,833. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

J. F. OHMBR.

'TRANSFER 0R TICKET ISSUING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1904.

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PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN F. OHMER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, .ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER OO., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

TRANSFER OR TICKET ISSUING MACHINE.

SPEGIFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,333, dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed August 19, 1904. Serial No. 221,439.

Be it known that I, JOHN F. Outrun, a citizen of the United States, residing` at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Transfer or Ticket Issuing Machines; and l. do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the iigu res of' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in transfer and ticket issuing machines to be used by agents or conductors for transferring passenger traffic to the cars of connecting-lines or other modes of transportation from one line to another. lt is a common thingl with transportation companies generally to issue transfers to passengers for continuing' the ride upon another connecting-line by issuing to such transferred passenger a printed ticket, commonly7 known as a transfer, with which medium of exchange the passenger receiving same is entitled to continue the journey. The prevail-ing custom is to print and bind the transfers in the form of a pad, one of which is detached from the pad and given to each passenger desiring to continue the liourney upon another public conveyance on the same line contiguous at one or several connecting-points. The usual form of such transfer provides a special place upon such ticket for the month, the day, the hour, the direction, and the names of the streets or transportation-lines to any of which transfers are made. ln addition to the above data there is space usually provided for printing the fractional part of hours, designated as fifteen, thirty, or forty-five minutes. With this system of transfer it is necessary that the conductor first detach one of the transfers from his pad and thereafter, with a ticket-punch held in one hand, perforate the transfer to indicate the month,` the day, the hour, the minute, the direction, and the line to which the passenger is transferred. It is therefore obvious that to issue properly a transfer under the ordinary system, as above described, much time is consumed by the conductor, and hisliability to mistakes is increased according to the data on the transfer requiring perforations and to the Volume of traffic. lt must furthermore be obvious that the transfer handled in this way is cumbersome, requiring both hands of the conductor in its operation, and besides by reason of the necessity of a continuous manipulation of the pad from the pocket of the conductor to his hands, and vice versa, the transfers so handled are considered a source of dangerfrom a sanitary standpoint. Vith this system there is also a probability that the conductor will in many cases inadvertantly tear off two or more transfers by reason of their adhering' together, and, moreover, there is no way of keeping a record of the transfers detached other than making calculations from the consecutive numbers usually printed upon the transfers.

The objects of the present invention are manifold.

First. For each transfer issued and preceding' the issuing thereof the invention provides one or more movable perforators by which the month, the day, the hour, the minute, the direction, and the designated street or connection required are perforated, the number of perforations to correspond to the number of perforations combined with the machine. l Second. Means are provided whereby each transfer issued must be recorded, so that a complete record is made of all transfers issued irrespective of their being consecutively numbered or otherwise. The invention is an improvement on that shown and described in the application filed `February 19, 1904, Serial No. 199,978, signed by the present applicant jointly with Elmer H. Bridenloaugh, the improvements consisting chiefiy of the application of a pluralityof movable perforators combined with other mechanism and operating simultaneously with each issue, said movable perforators being previously set at predetermined points, which points conform to printed forms on the transfer or ticket to be issued.

The previously-printed transfers or tickets are on a continuous strip in folds or in a roll and are essentially a part of the invention, it being understood that the printed data upon such transfers or tickets must be located thereon at points to conform to the location of the several movable perforators.

Third. The operation of setting' the perforators is greatly facilitated and made accurate by placing' on an exterior part of the casing suitable indexeswhieh conform -to the various printed matter on the transfer or ticket, said visible indexes being designated by means of a movable pointer or hand. Each pointer or hand coacts with its corresponding perforater.

Preceding a detailed description of the invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation on the line ai fc of Fig. 2 and the line fr' of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a top view of the casing. Fig. 3 a rear view of the machine with the door removed. Fig. 4f is an elevation of the rear wall of the machine as shown in Fig. 1 to illustrate the perforators. Fig. 5 is a view of the form of ticket which may be used in the machine. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the casing with a portion broken away, illustrating a modification of the means for indexing the perforators. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation of one of the perforators. Fig, 8 shows detail views of modifications of the perforators. Fig. 9 is an elevation similar to Fig. 1, showing an increased number of perforators. Fig. 10 is a ticket form adapted for a number of perforators shown in Fig. 9.

In a detail description of the invention similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

The casing 1 is of suitable size and shape to accommodate the various mechanisms and is designed to be worn on the person of the conductor in any suitable manner-'for example, by the attachment of a strap to the side buckles 2 on the casing. The rear of the casing is designed to be closed bya door and secured by a lock, both of which are omitted from the drawings. The front of said casing is provided with a slot 3, through which the tickets or transfers issued and recorded are projected in a position to be torn off upon the line 1, as shown in Fig. 5, which illustrates the form of ticket or transfer. The said ticket or transfer is drawn from a roll 5, located in a suitable place within the casing.

6 designates an operating-lever which is'the primary member through which the entire ticket issuing and perforating devices are operated. This lever is projected through a vertical slot (not shown) in the front of the casing in a convenient position to be operated by one hand of the conductor and has its fulerum upon shaft 8, which also has upon it a ratchetwheel 7 and a spur-wheel 9. The latter wheel engages a smaller spur-wheel 10, b y which the primary feed-roll 11 is turned, the upper roll 11 maintaining the strip of tickets or transfers in suitable contact with the said feed.- roll 11. Lever G carries a ratchet-pawl 12, which engages in each upward movement of said lever a ratchet-wheel 7 and causes a rotation of the several wheels upon the shaft 8.

13 designates a retainingpawl Vfor the ratchet wheel 7, which is controlled by spring 14:.

15 is a pitman mounted above and in line with the rear end 6' of the lever and is operated by said lever against the tension of a spring 16, said pitman being permitted to have the required movement by means of an angular slot 17 therein, through which a headed guide-stud 18 passes and maintains said pitman in an operative position against a side of the casing. The upper end of said pitman is suitably connected to a crank-arm 20, which extends from one of the actuators 19. This cam or actuator lies immediately above the perforator Q1, which is inclosed iu a support or socket 2Q.

The mechanism thus far described is the same in construction and mode of operation as that shown and described in the pending application hereinbefore referred to, with the exception of the manner of setting the perforater 21. It may be further stated that certain other mechanisms-to wit, bell-sounding devices, registering and indicating counters, and printing devices---are omitted from the present invention, as they are fully set forth in the drawings and specification of the application hereinbefore referred to.

In the present invention a multiplicity of perforators are employed and a corresponding number of actuators are employed therefor, and inasmuch as the mountings 22 of said perforators and the actuators 19 therefor are the same in construction common reference characters are employed te indicate the sameto wit, 19 and Q2. 21 is a second perforator in line with perforator 21. Both of these perforators are movable in a straight line in indexing them to positions to perforate the figures indicating the minutes and the letters vindicating the directions on the tickets, as

shown in Fig. 6. Projected from the sockets Q2 of said perforators there are vertical arms Q3, which extend through an oblong slot 21 in the top of the casing and have fixed to their ends buttons 25, which lie on the outside of the casing and are provided with pointers 26, which are movable throughout said slot to the various figures and letters arranged in scales upon the casing in indexing the positions of the perforators. 27 is a perforator which is similarly mounted in a socket 22 and operated by a finger-button 25, said finger-button and perforator being movable the length of slot 28 in indexing said perforator to any one of the IOO TIO

figures shown on the scale adjacent to said slot, which figures indicate the hours and correspond with the colum n-figu res on the ticket, as shown in Fig. 5. The perforator 27 is operated by its actuator 19, the latter being operated simultaneously with the actuator 19 of the minute and direction perforators by means of a link 31, which forms a connection between the actuators 19, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. The said perforators are properly held in each indexed position by means of notched retaining-bars 32, which are yieldingly held in contact with` a tooth 33, which projects from each of the perforator-supports. (See Figs. 1 and 4.) These retaining devices for the perforators are the same in each case, and the reference- numerals 32 and 33 will be employed to designate the retaining devices for each perforator. Said bars 32 are normally pressed in contact with said teeth 33 by means of springs 34, which are placed in suitable supports 35. It will be observed from Fig. 1 that the ticket-strip passes below the perforators 21, 21', and 27 and above openings 36 in the lower top wall 37 of the casing, so that when said perforators are depressed they will be enabled to pass through the ticket in order that the proper perforation is made.

Thus far 1 have described the perforators for punching' the hours indicated on the ticket or transfer, the minutes or fractional parts of the hours, and the directions as indicated on the ticket, Fig. 5, by N S. E. WV.

I will now describe further perforators by means of which the months, the days of the months, A M., and P. M. are indicated on the tickets or transfers. These perforators are placed in parallel positions at the rear of the casing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, and are all operated simultaneously with the upper perforators to perforate the transfers or tickets at thevplaces just above named.

38 designates a plate fixed in the rear of the casing and provided with a suitable number of parallel guide-grooves 39. In each of these grooves is supported one or more perforators, which have extending from them bars 40, having on their outer ends finger-buttons with index-pointers. As there are one of these slides 40 for each perforator and as they are practically the same in construction, the same re f'- erence characters will properly indicate each.

41 and 42 indicate, respectively, the perforators which perforate the row of figures 1, 2, 3, 0, which arc used in indicating' the days of the month and A. l\/ anc P. M. (See Fig. 5.) These perforators 41 and 42 are mounted in sockets 22 and are indexed from the finger-buttons 25, which lie on the outer side of slot 43 and are provided with pointers 26. Engaging the perforators 41 and 42 is an actuator 19, which is suitably connected to the pitman 15 by a link 46.

44 indicates a perforator for continuous rows of figures indicating across the ticket the days of the month, and 45 designates the perforator for the months, as indicated in names on the ticket. These last-named perforatorsJ to wit, 44 and 454are similarly mounted in sockets 22 and are operated by similar actuators 19, said actuators being coupled to the pitman 15 by a vertical connecting-link 51 and the link 46, the latter link, as 'before stated, being suitably connected to said pitman. The sockets 22 and the perforators 44 and 45 are connected to their respective slides 40 and have their respective indexing finger-buttons 25 and pointers 26, which are movable to positions to indicate the months and dates on the rear wall of the casing, as shown in Fig. 3, and which correspond in positions with the months and dates on the ticket, Fig. 5. As the perforating indexing device is shown in Fig. 3 each perforator is indexed by the fingers engaging the buttons 25, and when this means is employed for indexing said perforators retaining devices 32 and 33, hereinbcfore referred to, are instrumental in retaining said perforators in their indexed positions.

In Fig'. 6 modified means are shown for indexing the perforators and by which the said retaining devices 32 and 33 may be dispensed with. These modified means consist of shafts 30, suitably mounted and each of which is provided with two worms 43, said worms engaging' projections 47, extending from the perforator-sockets 22, and projections 49, extending from the heads of linger-buttons 25.

l/Vhile 1 have in the foregoing described perforators which are susceptible of being moved to various positions crosswise of the ticket to be perforated, it is possible to employ a multiplicity of individual perforators which may not be subjected to the indexing' movements. These are illustrated in Fig. 8, Sheet 2, and consist of a plurality of individual perforators 50, which are suitably mounted in a supporting-bar 52, extending across the rear and top of the casing and having its ends fixed in the sides thereof. Parallel with this supportingbar 52 there is similarly mounted a shaft 53, which slidingly supports an actuator 54, which is movable therealong and is of a sufficient size only to cover one perforator at a time. The actuator 54 has a projection 55 extending' therefrom, with an indexing-pointer 26 and linger-piece 25, which lies on the outer side of the casing and is movable in a manner similar to the indicating operations hereinbefore referred to. The actuator 54 is operated to depress any of the perforators from a connecting-link, which may be the upper end of the pitman 15, which engages the extension 55, projecting' from the shaft 53.

The perforators are all provided at their punching ends with a suitable taper, as shown in the several views of the drawings, particularly Fig'. 7, in order that said perforators will not entirely sever the punched portions IOO IIO

from the tickets, but, on the contrary, will leave said punched portions joined to the ticket on one side. This is a desirable Vfeature of the perforators, for the reason that if the punched portions were entirely disconnected from the ticket they would soon accumulate in the machine to such an extent as to interfere with the operations of the mechanism; but in leaving said punched portions attached to the ticket they are fed out of the machine with the tickets as the latter are issued, and in passing through the feed-rollers the said punched portions are pressed back against the ticket in order that the holes punched may be readily visible.

Describing the operation of the machine, it is first necessary to place within the case a roll or fold of previously-printed transfers or tickets arranged within the machine, so that the printed data on the first ticket will be located to correspond to the line of movement of the perforators. The movable perforator for the month and for the day will be set by their indexing' devices for the current month and day, respectively. The perforator for the hour will be similarly set at the current hour. rfhe perforator designating the fractional part of the hour will be also set, indicating such fractional part of the hour by minutes. The machine is preferably worn on the breast of the conductor. At the first transfer-point it will be necessary only for said conductor to move the perforator indicating' the direction desired by the passenger, and with one hand he can very speedily perforate, record, and issue the transfer or ticket properly. It is therefore obvious that much time by the conductor is saved inthus issuing transfers and that a check is provided against unscrupulous conductors and that it is impossible to issue more than one transfer or ticket at a time and that the transfers and tickets are clean and preferable from a sanitary standpoint. The number of perforators may be more or less in each machine to correspond to the miscellaneous data printed upon the transfer or ticket and which requires perforation.

I claim to be the first person to combine in a ticket or transfer issuing and recording` machine a plurality of perforators for perforating tickets or transfers at various places as they are being issued from the machine.

Therefore I do not wish to be limited to the eXact construction and mode of operation of said perforators as herein shown and described, as it is obvious that changes might be made without departing' from the fundamental object of my invention.

The form of ticket shown in Fig. l() is slightly modified by the addition of the streets, and the machine as shown in Fig. 9 is provided with an additional perforator to punch this data, said perforator being a duplicate of the others and located in a relative position with the data on the ticket.

Having described my invention, l claim- 1. In a transfer or ticket issuingl machine, the combination with transfer or ticket issuing mechanism, of a plurality of movable perforators to perforate each ticket or transfer at predetermined points in the operations of issuing said tickets or transfers, said perforators being' operated to punch the tickets through the operating mechanism of the machine.

2. In a transfer or ticket issuing' machine, the combination with transfer or ticket issuing mechanism, of a series of movable perforators actuated by said mechanism to puncture each ticket or transfer at various points.

3. In a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the combination with feeding devices, and a main operating-lever for actuating' the same, of a plurality of perforators to perforate each ticket or transfer as the same is being issued, and means acted upon by said lever for actuating said perforators, and through which said perforators are caused to punch various parts of the tickets.

4. In a transfer or ticket issuing' machine,

.the combination with feedingl devices adapted to feed tickets or transfers from a continuous strip, said tickets or transfers having arranged thereon various groups of data, and a plurality of movable perforators so arranged with reference to the groups of printed data upon the tickets or transfers that each pci'- forator will perforate any selected data from any of the groups, said perforators being' operated each time through the ticket-issuing mechanism.

5. In a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the combination with issuing mechanism adapted to feed a continuous strip of tickets or transfers, said tickets or transfers containing previously-printed data in parallel lines, of a plurality of perforators mounted in said machine in positions corresponding to the positions of lines of data on said tickets or transfers, a series of actuators arranged adjacent to said perforators, and means interposed between the main actuating member of the ticket-issuing devices and the said actuators for operating the perforators simultaneously with the issuance of each ticket.

G. 1n a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the com bination with issuing devices consisting of a main actuating-lever, and feed-rollers, of a plurality of movable perforators, means for indexing the positions of said perforators relatively to the places on each ticket or transfer to be perforated, and means interposed between said perforators and said lever whereby said perforators are simultaneously operated in each operation of said lever.

7. In a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the combination with issuing devices, of a plurality of perforators adapted to perforate each ticket or transfer at predetermined points, said perforators being' movable transversely IOO of the ticket, means for gaging the movement of each perforator relative to the matter on the ticket to be perforated, and means connected to the main operating member of the ticket-issuing devices for imparting a common movement to all of the perforators upon the issuance of each ticket.

8. In a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the combination with a main actuating-lever, feed-rollers, and means operated by said lever for imparting movement to said rollers, of a plurality of perforators arranged to perforate each transfer or ticket before the punched portions of said transfers or tickets arrive at the feeding-rollers, the said perforators being so constructed as to not entirely remove the punched portions of the transfers or tickets in order that the punched portions may be pressed flatly against the under side of the transfers or tickets away from the openings in passing through the rollers.

9. In a transfer or ticket issuing machine, the combination with feed-rollers adapted to feed a continuous strip of previously-printed transfers or tickets, an operating-lever, and means actuated thereby for operating' the feed-rollers, of a plurality of perforators arranged to perforate each transfer or ticket at desired points before the punched portions of said transfers or tickets arrive at the feedingrollers, said perforators being so constructed as to not entirely remove the punched portions in order that said portions may be pressed back against the transfers or tickets in passing' through the feeding-rollers, and means connected with the main operating-lever for actuating' the perforators simultaneously in each operation of a transfer or ticket.

lO. The combination with ticket-issuing mechanism adapted to feed a continuous strip of previously-printed tickets, of a series of perforators grouped or arranged to perforate each ticket at desired points as indicated by the printed matter on said tickets, said perforators being' so constructed that the punched portions of the tickets will remain joined to the tickets after they are issued in order that said punched portions may be removed from the machine with each issuance of a ticket.

l1. The combination with ticket-issuing' mechanism adapted to feed a continuous strip of tickets, each ticket provided with transverse parallel lines of printed matter, of a plurality of punches or perforators placed in positions within said machine to punch portions of the matter contained on said tickets, said perforators being so constructed as to leave the punched portions of the tickets joined to said tickets, whereby the feedingrollers will open the perforated portions of the tickets by pressing the punched portions backward against the tickets as said tickets are fed from the machine and thus the punched portions of the tickets will be removed from the machine with each issuance of a ticket.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. OHMER.

lVitnesses:

R. J. McCAR'rY, JorN W. McKnowN.

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