US1299742A - Ticket-issuing-mechanism. - Google Patents

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TICKET ISSUING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-5.1918.

Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG-5.1918.

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CHARLES L. LEE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR T0 'lI'I-IE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

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Original application filed July 20,

To all whom it may concern:

Specification of Letters Patent.

. Be it known that I, CHARLES L. LEE, a

machines and more particularly to that classadapted to issue one or more tickets of the same denomination at one operation of the machine.

All of the patentable subject matter disclosed in this application is not claimed herein, as this is a divisional application of the original application, filed July 20, 1916, Serial No. 110,317 d An object of the invention is to provide improved devices for controlling the selective operation of a plurality of sections of In the present embodiment, this feature is shown applied to printing mechanisms, the construction being such that the mechanism last operated remains connected to the driving mechanism of the machine; but when a different section of ferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

Of said drawings:

Figure 1 is a left side view of the as sembled printing mechanism.

Figs. 2 and 3 are 'details of someof the connections whereby the ticket strips are .moved in and out of proper relationship with the ifeeding, printing and {severing mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a rear view of the assembled printing mechanism.

printing mechanism is selected and-1con past has been that the strips which are not to be fed are advanced a trifle by loose con- .tact of the strips with idly movingfeeding mechanism so that at each operation a thread of-paper will be cut from the end of the strip. One of the objects of the invention is to overcome these defects.

With these and incidental objects in view,

-trouble found with such machines in the Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5 except that the key frame has been broken away and some of the mechanism shownin the latter Patented Apr. 8, 191a.

1916, Serial No. 110,317. Divided and this application filed August 5,

1918. Serial No. 248,337. 1

figure omitted to show 'clearly the operat- Fig. 7 is a detail view of a cam for operating certain parts of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8is a right hand view of the tlcket fkey bank and the mechanism controlled thereby for determining the number of tickets to be issued at an operation of the machine.

Fig. 9 is a right elevation of some of the driving mechanism and connections for operating locking devices. 7

Fig. 10 is a left elevation of mechanism for controlling the selective operation of the ticket mechanism.

Fig. 11 is a front View of the mechanism shown in Fig. 10 and in addition thereto shows in cross section one of the pairs of feeding rollers.

Fig. 12 is a right side elevation of one oftheoperating connections for the ticket selecting mechanism and is intended principally to show how operation of one of the feeding mechanisms prevented when the other feeding mechanism is in effective condition.

Fig. 13 is a right elevation of mechanism for locking the printer selecting mechanism in position between operations.

Fig. 14 is a detail of cam grooves for coupling and uncoupling the printing mechunderstood, however, that the present in vention is applicable as a whole or in various parts to other types ofmachines and it is not intended to limit the invention to the one embodiment shown herein.

The machine inthe drawings is constructed to issue tickets of two classes drawn from separate strips of paper. Operations of the machine are controlled by two banks of keys, a bank of price or amount keys for determining the kind or price of tickets to be issued and a bank of number keys for determining the number of tickets to be issued at a single operation of the machine.

- Depression of a number key positions means for determining the'number of continuous operations of the machine, there being one ticket issued during each of such.

operations while depression of a price key releases the driving mechanism and controls the selective operation of the ticket mechanism. When a single ticketis wanted it is necessary only to depress the price key representing that kind of ticket; but if more than one ticket is desired the number key. representing the number'of tickets is first depressed and then the desired price key.

- The devices forselectively operating the ticket issuing mechanisms include pairs of feeding rollers for gripping the ticket strips against other rotative ticket devices to feed the strips to the position where they are severed an=d ejected from the machine. The rollers of each of these pairs are mounted upon eccentrics attached to shafts in such a way that'when the shafts are rocked to move one pair of the rollers into feeding relation with their companion devices the other pair of rollers will be swung out of feeding relationship. For example, if the shafts are in position for the feeding rollers to feed the tickets of lower value and the price key for tickets of higher value is depressed, connections are set so that during the next succeeding bperation of the driving mechanism the shafts will be rocked to render the other set of feeding rollers effective. The shafts are retained in this position at the end of the operation and will remain in said position during successive operations until the lower value price key is depressed and the machine operated.

The pairs of feeding rollers mentioned are all driven at each operation of the machine, but .the movement of the rollers for the strip which is not to be fed is in idle movement. The tickets are severed from the strip by knives which are also operated at every operation of the machine. The ticket strip which is not issued is in loose contact with its idly moving feeding rollers as this has a tendency to advance the strip slightly at each operationso that if no" means were provided for preventing it-the strip would be moved forward out of correct relation with the ticket mechanism and operation of the knives would cut a shred from the end of the strip. This would result in an accumulation of particles of paper inthe machine which might eventually cause trouble and also, because of the fact that a part of the matter appearing on thetickets is printed by operations of the machine previous to the operation in which the ticket is completed and issued, would eventually cause part of the matter to appear on one ticket and part on another. In

order to overcome this, a gripping mecha-- nism is provided for each of the strips in connection with mechanism whereby when the machine'is operated to issue tickets of one kind the gripping device for that ticket is moved to position the strip in proper relation to the printing and severing mecha-v nism while the gripping device for the other strip is moved to carry the strip'back out of proper relation with its mechanism and hold it against being moved forward by its idly moving feeding'rolle'rs.

The printing mechanism also includes a cylinder carrying a set of date type wheels for each strip and a price printing type cylinder which prints when the cylinder is rotated. I

As each ticket is severed it is seized by check ejecting mechanism and thrown with considerable force into a guide which is shaped to deflect the tickets from their path of movement and direct them into a receptacle from which they may be removed by the purchaser.

- Driving mechanism.

dleis a gear 52 meshing with a gear 53 at-,' tached to a shaft 54: extending the width of the machine. Meshing with the teeth of the ing two price keys 61 (Figs. 5 and 6) and 4 gear 53 is an intermediate gear 55 (see also two shafts are the main driving shafts of the machine and carry cams and other devices for actuating the various parts of the mechanism. It is, of course, clear that in addition to the operating handle 50, or in place of said handle, mechanism may be provided for driving thema'chine by means of an electric motor such as is mentioned in the Skerl application above cited and is well known on the market.

Keyboardami operating The keyboard comprises a bank containbank containing number keys 62 (Fig. 8).

. The price keys. determine which of the two ticket strips is to be brought into play, while the number keys control the number of tickets to be issued at an operation of the machine. Keys 61 and 62 are mounted in key frames 63 in such a way as to be limited to endwise vertical movement. Springs64 wound around the shanks of the keys cooperate with the key frames and shoulders 65 on the keys normally to hold said shoulders against the underside of the key frames.

As the price keys serve to effect the re-' lease of the machine it is desirable to provlde means for retalning any operative number key in depressed positlon untll an amount key is operated, and after the price key is operated it is necessaryto retain the operative number key in depressed position until near the end of the operation of the machine. The

mechanism for so retaining the number keys is described in detail in the copending application above referred to,but itis advisable to give a brief description of the mechanism ere.

Said mechanism comprises a detent 66 (Fig. 8) loosely supported at its rear end by a lever 68 pivoted on a stud 69 attached to the key frame 63. At itsforward end the detent is loosely supported by an arm 70 ivoted on a stud 71 fastened to the key rame 63. Studs 75 projecting from the left hand sides of the shoulders 65 of the keys 62 co6perate with .inclined edges 76 of the locking hook or projection 77-on the detent 66 and when a key'. 62 is depressed the detent is cammediforward against the tension' Movement of the detent 66 in one direction is limited by engagement of a shoulder 81 on its loweredge with a pin 82 in the key frame 63. i

If a wrong, key 62 should be depressed it may be released at any time before a price key is operated by means of a release key 83 Fig. 8). This key is the foremost key in the "number bank and when depressed its stud 84 will engage an inclined edge 85 on the detent 66 and move the-detent forward far enough to carry the hook 77 from above the stud'7 5 ,on the depressed-key to permit ,the spring 64 to-turn'th'e-"ti'cket key to its normal position. 7

When a rice key 61 isxdepressed a locking late 91 ereinafter described, to lock the depressed number key 62 in depressed position until near the end of the operation of the machine. The locking plate -91 is slidably mounted on studs 92 attached to the right hand side of the ticket key frame 63 and has locking projections 93 which are so shaped that when the locking plate is drawn rearward upon'depression of a price key one,

of the projections 93 will be carriedabove a stud 94 attached to the right hand side of the shoulder 65 of the depressed number key to 'lock the key in depressed position until the function of the machine has been performed. The projections 93 for unoper-' atedkeys will at the same time be carried under the studs 94 on said keys and thereby prevent their being depressed during an operation of the machine. Near the end of the operation of the machine the locking plate Fig. 8) is moved rearward, as

91 is returned to its original position inj order to .free the depressed key 62, whereupon the spring 64 on the key restores the key to its normal position.

In order to permit the operative key 62 to be restored when the locking plate 93 is disengaged it is, of course, necessary also to move the detent 66 forward to disengage the hook 77 thereon from the stud 7 5 on the depressed key. This disengaging movement of the detentv 66 occurs at each and-every operation of the driving mechanism and is imparted by rocking lever 68 in the proper direction about its pivot'69. In order to give this'rocking movement the lower arm of the lever 68 carries a stud" 98 engaging a slot in one end of a lever 99 loosely mounted on a rod 100. Formed onthelower end of the lever 99 is a nose IOlQsuitably'shaped to cotiperate with a cam block 102 fastened to the side of a cam disk 103 attached to the tension of its spring (not shown) far enou h to disengage the hook 77 from the stud 5 on the depressed key. Near the end of the last rotation of the shaft 54, (the operation involving more than one rotation of the shaft if a number key is depressed) at the time the detent plate 66 is moved forward to free the key 62 the locking plate 91" is also moved forward so that the spring on the operative number key may restore the key to its original position.

The mechanism whereby operation of the number keys 62 determines the number of tickets to 'be issued comprises a plate 105 (Fig. 8) loosely mounted at its rear end on one arm of a bell crank 106 journaled on the stud 69 and at its forward end on one arm of a bell crank 107 loosely mounted on the stud 71. Formed on the upper edge of the plate 105 are slots 108 coeperating with the stud 75 on the keys 62. The slots 108 are differentially inclined sothat each of the keys 62 will impart a difierent movement to the plate 105. The rearwardly extending am 112 of the bell crank .106 .is loosely connected by means of a link 113 to a bell crank 114 loosely mounted on a rod 115. It is-clear that the connections described afiord a released at the end of an operation a spring (not shown) restores the plate 105 and parts operated thereby ,to the normal position in which they are shown in the drawings. A projection 118-on the lower edge of the plate 105 coiiperates with the pin 82 toprevent movement of the plate past normal position.

. As previously stated, complete depression 4 of a price key 61 actuates the locking plate 91 to lock the keys 62 until the operation is completed. When a price key 61 is depressed a stud 121 (Fig. 6) projecting from the left hand side of the key cotiperates with an inclined slot 122 in the upper edge 'of a plate 123 to give the plate 123 a rearward movement. This movement is imparted to a bell crank 125 and a three armed element 126 loosely connected to the plate 123 and journaled respectively upon the studs 69 and 71. The bell crank 125 has an extension 127 attached to the side of which is a pin 128 (Figs. 6 and 8) engaging a vertical slot 129 in the rear end of the plate 91. It is clear that when the plate 123 is moved rearward by depression of a key 61 a similar rearward movement will be imparted by means of the pin 128 to the locking plate 91 i so that after the price key has been depressed it is impossible either to release or depress one of the number keys. A'spring plate 123 is moved rearward will be swung 130 stretched between thethree armed element 126 and a locking detent, described later, serves to return the plates 123 and 91 to original position when the price key is released. I

, In order to preventgdepremion of a number key 62 when a price key has been only partially depressed the three armed element 126 has one of its arms slotted, as shown in- Fig. 6, to engage a. stud 131 attached to the right hand side arm 132 of a yoke 133 loosely mounted on arock shaft 134.' The left hand side arm of the member 133 has formed thereon a finger 135 which when the counter-clockwise (Fig. 6) under a rearwardly extending arm 136 (Fig. 8) of the bell crank 107 supporting the differentially slotted plate 105. This will prevent rearward movement of the plate 105 and thereby make it-- impossible. to depress any of the number keys 62. If a number key has already been depressed the bell crank 107 will have been rocked far enough for the arm 136 on the bell crank to have been carried down to a positionwhere the finger135 will pass above the endof the armand thereby prevent any interference between the parts. Rearward movement of the plate 123 not only actuates the locking plate 91 to prevent depression of the keys 62 but it also releases the operating mechanism. For this purpose the bell crank 125 has loosely connected thereto the upper end of a link 141. At its lower end the link 141 has a slot surrounding a stud 142 projecting from one arm of an element 143 loosely mounted on the rod 115.

Another, arm of the element 143carries a flat sided stud 144 normally in engagement with the uppermost one of a series of teeth 145 formed in the rear end of a lever 146. The lever 146 is fastened on a rock shaft 147 suitably supported by the frames of the machine. Pivotally mounted on the stud 142 is a lever 151 which at its upper end has two shoulders 152, the upper one of which-is normally under and in engagement with a flat sided stud 153 projecting from the side of the link 141. The lever 151 is normally held in this position by a s ring 154 stretched 155 projecting from the side of the element 143.

When either of the keys 61 is depressed and the bell crank 125 rocked the link 141 will be thrust forward and, as the lever 151 forms a positive connection between the link 141 and the element 143, the latter. is rocked counter-clockwise (Figs. 5 and 6) to carry the stud 144 out of engagement with the top tooth 145 of the lever 146. When the stud 144 is so disengaged the'shaft 147 is rocked A counter-clockwise (Fi 5 and 6) by a spring 161 (Fig. 5) colled about the shaft 147 and bent at one end around a stud 162 130 between the lower end 0 the lever and a pin projecting fromthe ri ht hand machine frame, the other end 0 the sprin being bent around a laterally projecting ug 163 on an arm 164 fastened tothe shaft 147.

Rigidly fastened to the shaft .147 is a stepped arm 166 (Fig. 8) which in-the normal. position of the shaft 147 is so held that the shaft 147 may be given one step of movement by the spring 161-before the top step on the plate 166 strikes an arresting tooth.

' 167 attached to the side of' the bell crank 62 is depressed thereby acting through the- 114. Operation of the machine will then re .sult in a single ticketbeing printed and If more thanejected from the machine. one ticket is desired the propernumber key difierential plate 105 and connectionspreviously described to rock the bellcrank 114 to a position where its arresting tooth 167 will engage the proper one of the lower steps on the plate 166. For example, if it is desired to issue three tickets the .key 62 bear- ,ing the numeral 3. (Fig. 8) is depressed with the result that the bell crank 114 is set for its from the top when the shaft 147 is released. The ensuing .operation of the machine will arresting tooth167 to engage the third tooth then result in three complete rotations of the driving shaft 54. A ticketfwill be printed and ejected during each of said rotations and at each rotation the shaft 147-will be restored one step toward its original position as hereinafter described. When it reaches its original position the depressed keys will be released and all .of the parts, then returned to the positions inwhich they i are shown. I The mechanism 147 is restored to its original position. will whereby the rock shaft next be described. The description will,

- however, be brief as the mechanism inques- .tio n is'fullyshown and described in the co-- pending Skerl application previously men I 172 projecting into a cam groove 173 formed tioned and. reference maybe had to that application if more complete information as to the construction and operation is desired;

The mechanism-for restoring the shaft 147 is shown in Figs. 5, 6 and ,7. It includes a bell crank 171 loosely mounted on the rock shaft 147 and carrying an anti-friction roller in the right 'handside of the disk 103. The

driving shaft 5 its.

- When the driving shaft 54 is rotated the bell cranks 171 and 179 are rocked first coun ter-clockwise (Fig. 6) as a unit by'their respective cam grooves. The bell'crank 1'79? asserts with the lower face of whichever tooth 186 is at. the time opposite the stud, 'theteeth 186 bein formed in the rear end of the lever- 146. A ter the stud 185 is engaged with one of the teeth 186 the levers 171'and 179 are rocked clockwise as a unit, thereby rocking the lever 146, the shaft 147 and stepped plate 166 one step toward their starting point.

, Near the end of the rotation of the shaft 54 the .lever 178 is rocked back to its original position with reference to the bell crank 171 and this carries the stud 185 As the stud 185 is movedout of engagement with' the tooth 186 the element 143 is rocked so'that the stud 144 thereon is carried into fengagement with the upper face of the tooth 145 which has just beenbrought to a position opposite'the stud. This re tains the shaft 147 in theposition to' which it has just been moved by the stud'185.

In order to permitthe stud 144 to move into engagement with the teeth 145 a stud 187 ig. 5) pro'ecting from the-side of a disk 186' fastene to the driving shaft 54 engages a nose 188 on the upper end of the lever 151-and rocks the lever clockwise (Fig. 6) to carry the upper shoulder 152 out of engagement with stud 153 on the link 141,

whereupon the spring 154 rocks the element 143 clockwise to engage the stud 144 with the teeth 145. During the rest of the continuousrotations of the shaft 54 the spring will cause the stud 144 to coiiperate with the teeth 145.

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In order to insure proper movement of the element 143 in case the sprin 154 should become disabled, an upward y extending arm of the element 143 is provided'with a nose 1911- which is engaged by the stud'187 to rock the element 143 and engage the stud 144 withthe tooth 145 in case this has not in the manner of' a retaining already been accomplished by the spring 154. This restoring and retaining operation thenrocked clockwise slightly while the 3 i of the mechanism. is repeated at each rota- 1 tion of the driving shaft 54 until the num ber of operations called for by the ticket key has been completed, the final step of the restoring movement bringing the arm 164 to a position where -i-t will coeperate with other devices (not shown) to arrest themovement of the driving shaft 54; Att-he time the stud 187 engages the nose 188 dur- "ing the last operation the depressed key 61 is released and returned to normal position,

thereby raising the linkv 141 so that the spring 154 will engage the upper shoulder.

152'on'the lever 151'with the study 153' on the link. The 'mechanismwhereby the 61- are retainedin depressed position and released will next be described.

When a price key 61 has been far enough to release the rock shaft 147, a locking detent 191 (Fig. 6) is moved forward to a position where one of its, hooks 192 will .beabove the stud 121 on the operated key, the

, other hook 192 being below the stud on'the keys which remain in outer or undepressed position. The lockin plate 191 isloosely supported at its forward end on an arm 193 journaled on the stud 71 and at its rear end by one arm,of a lever 94 journaled on the stud 69. Atits lower end the lever 194 car.- ries a stud 195 engaging a slot in the end of an arm 196 attached to a shaft 197 journaled inthe machine frame. Near its right hand end the shaft 197 has fastened thereto an arm 198 (Fig.9) carrying a stud 1 99 rojecting through a slot 200 in the machine frame into a cam slot 201 in a plate 202. The plate 202 has a second slot 203 surrounding a pin 204 attached to the machine fastene When. the rock shaft 147 is released and rocked counter-clockwise (Fig. 9) the cam slot 201 will act against the stud 199 in such frame and is pivotally connected at its upper end to an arm 205 loosely attached, to the machine frame b means of a screw 206. The lower end of t e plate 202 has a slot engagin a stud 207 attached to an arm 208 to the end of the rock shaft 147.

a way as to rock the shaft 197 and arm 196 (Fig.6) ina clockwise direction. This will cause a counter clockwise movement of the lever 194 about the stud 69 and thereby move the locking plate 191 to locking position.

In addition to the plates 123 and 191 cooperatin with the price keys 61. there is 'provide a plate 212 (Fig. 5) controlling the selective operation of the ticket mechanism. The plate 212 is loosely supported at its rear end an arm 213 pivoted to the key frame 63 by means of a screw 214. At its forwardend the plate 212 is loosely supported'by an arm 215 pivoted on a screw 216. In theupper edge of the plate 212 is I a vertical slot 217 cooperating with a stud pressed the stud 220 and inclined slot 219 .will cooperate to move the plate 212 rearward against the tension of a spring 2131. The spring 2131 will return the late 212 to normal position after the vhig er price key is released, a shoulder 2141 on the plate being at this normal position held against a pm 2151 projecting from the key frame.

The connections whereby the plate 212 controls the ticket mechanism comprises a plate bell crank "221 (Fig. 5) loose on the rock.

connections just described it will be seen that when the plate 212 is held in normal position by the spring 2131 the plate 224 will be held in the position shown while if the higher price key is depressed and the plate 212 moved rearward the plate 224 will be lowered.

A rearwardly extending lug on the plate 224 carries a stud 226 engaglng-aslot 227 in a beam 228. The upper end of the beam 228 is loosely connected by a link 229 to an arm 230 fastened to the rock shaft 134, while the lower end of the beam 228 is pivoted at 231 to the side of a pitman 232. The pitman 232 is slotted at its ends to engage the stud 56 and the driving shaft 54 and carries a roller 233 projecting into a cam groove 234 in the side of the disk 186. The

configuration of the cam groove 234 is such that as soon as the driving shaft begins to turn the pitman is brought forward, thereby swinging the beam 228 about the stud 226 and-rocking the shaft 134 clockwise (Fig. 5). The shaft 134 is held in rocked position until near the end of the rotation of the shaft 54 and the parts are then returned to their original positions. When the plate 224 is in the position shown the fulcrumstud 226 occupies a position in the slot 227 which will result in the shaft 134 being given one step of movement, but if the higher price key 61 is depressed to cause its stud 220 to move the plate 212 rearward, the plate 224 will be movedto carry its fulcrum stud 226 down in the slot 227 so that when the pitman 232 is operated the shaft 134 will be given two steps of movement.

This differential movement of the shaft 134 sets connections hereinafter described for determining which of the two ticket mechanisms is to be operated.

Ticket mechanism.

The ticket feeding and printing mechanisms for both strips are driven by a gear 241 (Fig. 1) attached to the left hand end of the driving shaft 54. The gear 241} meshes with a gear 242 and the gear 242 in turn meshes with a ear 244 rigid with a cylinder 245 (Fig. 4 This cylinder carries a pair of the usual feeding flanges 246 for each of the ticket strips.

Cooperating with each pair of the flanges I is 'a feeding roller 247, the left hand one of which is shown in Fig. 1. The right hand roller 247 is not shown in the drawings'because such a showing is not necessary to right handroller, which-is called into play when the higher price tickets are wanted, is

rotatably mounted on a pair ofeccentrics 252- also fastened to said shaft. The two rollers 247 are connected by a slot 253 and a pin 254 in the manner illustrated in Fig. so

- that while both rollers will be rotated when the gear 242 is driven a slight relative movement between the two rollers, due to their difierent axes of rotation, is permitted.

yThese rollers are mounted respectively on a Meshing with the teeth of the gear 241 is also a gear 261 (Fig. 1) fast to the left hand end of a cylinder 262. This cylinder carries a pair of feeding flanges 263 for each of I the ticket strips. Cooperating with these pairs of flanges is a feeding roller 265 (Figs. 1 and 4) forthelower price tickets and a roller 266 for the tickets of vhigher price.

pair of eccentrics 267 (Figs. 10 and 11) and 1' a pair of eccentrics 268 fastened to a rock shaft 269. The left harfdroller 265 is rigid with a gear 271 meshing with the gear 261 and the roller 265 has a slot and pin connection with the roller 266 .similar to that of rollers 247 (Figs. 4 and 15) so that at each rotation of the driving I shaft 54 the rollers 265 and 266 are both.

driven to the same extent.

The two pairs of eccentrics on'the shaft 243 and thepairs of eccentrics on the shaft 269 are 'sopositioned on the shafts that by giving the shafts a rocking movement in one direction or the other .the rollers for the. desired strip may be moved into feed in'grelation with the cylinders 245 and 262. At the same time the rollers for the other strips are swung out of feeding relationship with the' cylinders so that the paper strips for the tickets of that price will not be seized aridfed by the flanges 246 and 263 on the cylinders. This rocking movement of the eccentric bearing shafts 243 and 269 in one direction will move the roller driving gears242 and 271 away from the gears 244 and 261, but thismovement is not sufficient to entirely disengage the gears. In other words, regardless of the position occupied bythe shafts 243 and 269the driving connection between the gears is always maintained.

The position of the eccentric bearing shafts is determined by the position of the fulcrum plate 224 (Fig.5). 'Aspreviously pointed'out, when said plate is in the position shown and the machine is operated the rock shaft 134 is given one step of rotation while if the plate has been moved down mental plate 281 will be turned to a by depression of the higher price key the I shaft 134 will be given two steps of movement.

These movements of the shaft 134 are transmitted by means of an arm 275 fast on the shaft 134 and a link 276 (Figs. 5 and 1) to a tooth segment 277 pivoted at 278 to the machine frame. I Meshing with the teeth of the segment 277 is a pinion 279 fast on a short shaft 280. Rigid with the shaft 280 is a segmental plate 281 in which is formed a slot 282 (see also Fig. 10) surrounding a stud 283 attached to a beam 284 pivoted at 285 to the end of a pitman 286. When the shaft 134 is rocked one step the segment 27 7 will be cammed downward and the segmental plate 281 turned until the portion 287 of the slot 282 is in engagement with thestud 283; but. when the shaft 134 is given I v the two steps of rockingmovement the segtion where th part 288 of the slot 282 will be in engagement with the stud 283.

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The lower end of the beam 284 is pivoted I at 290 (Figs. 10 and 11) to an ear 291 (see r also Fig. 13) formed, on" a split hub 292 clamped on the rock shaft 269. The pitman 286, as shown in Fig. 14, carries an anti-friction roller 294 proJecting into a groove 295 in the right hand side of a disk 296 fastened" to the shaft 58. For the greater part of its extent the groove 295 is considerably Wider than the diameter of the roller 294 so that the pitman is free to move endwise in either direction from the position shown. When the segmental plate-281 is rocked to carry.

the portion 288 into engagement with the stud 283 the beam 284 will be swung about. i 3

its pivot 290 and the pitman 286 moved -to ward the rear of themachine. A restricted into engagement with the roller 294 and the pitman 286 is returned to the position in which it'is shown. This, because of the'f'alt i that the segmental plat 281 is. holding" the stud 283 stationary, causes therock shaft 269 .to be rocked clockwise (Fig. 10) or counter-clockwiseas viewed in Fig.13, therev by causing. the .eccentrics'on the shafts to swing the roller 266 into feeding relation with the cylinder 262 and at the same time to an arm 305 formed on a split hub 306 clamped to the shaft 243. The connection just described-is so arranged that clockwise movement (Fig. 10) of the shaft 269 will cause counter-clockwise movement of the shaft 243 thereby carrying thefright hand roller 247 for the higher price ticket into feeding relation with the flanges 246 on the cylinder 245. At the same time the left I hand roller 247 for the other ticket strip will be swung out of feeding relationship with its pair of flanges. After the rock shafts 269 and 243 have been set to cause tickets of one kind to be fed the shaft will remain in position during the succeeding operations of the machine until the key 61 for the lower'pric ticket is operated.

If the rock shafts are set for higher price tickets and the lower price key'is depressed thesegmental plate 281 will be turned until the portion 287 (Fig. 1) of the slot 282 is in engagement with the stud 283. This will move the pitman 286 toward the front of the'machine, a movement W ich is permitted by the wide slot 295, and during the fore part of the rotation the portion 301 of the cam slot will move the pitman 286 rearward and thereby rock the shafts 269 and 243 back to the position shown, that is the position-in which the rollers 247 and 265 for the lower price tickets are in feeding position and the rollers for the higher price ticketsheld in idle position.

The machine has locking devices cooperating with the selecting mechanism just de scribed to insure proper relation of the parts during-operations. One of these locking devices cooperates with the fulcrum bearing plate 224 (Fig. 5) and the other 00- operates with a locking detent 307 (Figs. 10 and 13,) attached to the rock shaft 269.

The locking element cooperating with the plate 224 is in the form of a plate 311 slidably mounted on studs .312 and 313 and carrying a laterally extending blade 314 to engage notches 315 in the forward edge of the plate 224 (Fig. 5). An extension 316 of the plate 311 carries a stud 317 engaging an open slot in the end of an arm 318 fastened to the rockshaft 197. When the shaft 197 is rocked by upward movement of the plate 202 (Fig. 9) previously mentioned, the arm 318 will be swung clockwise and 'the plate 311 slid rearward to engage its blade 314 with whichever one of the notches 315 is at the time opposite the'blade. When the plate 202 is restored to its original position during the final step of movement of the rock shaft 147 1 and the shaft 197 rocks back to its original position the plate 316 will be slid forward to release the fulcrum bearing plate 224 so that it maybe adjusted if the subsequent ticket issuing operation requires such adjustment.

friction groove 327 (Fig. 1) formed in the side of a roller 326 projecting into a cani disk 328 (Fig. 4) fastened to the driving shaft 54. The cam groove 327 is so shaped that at the'beginning of an operation the locking arm 321 is disengaged from the looking plate 307 so that the shaft 269 is free and ready for adjustment. The locking arm 321 i is held out of engagement only long enough for the shaft 269 and, of course, theshaft 243 tobe set, after which it is returned to engagement tohold the shaft in adjusted position until shortly after the beginning of the next operation.

. In addition to. the feeding mechanism above described each of the ticket strips has an auxiliary feeding mechanism which is called into play only when the strip for, that'mechanism is to be fed -These auxiliary mechanisms are controlled by the position of the shaft 269. Each of them oomprises a lever 331 (Figs. 1 and 4) loosely mounted on a shaft 332. Rotatably mounted on a stud 333 attached to the levers are pinions 334 meshing with gears 335 attached to the shaft 332. The gear 335 at the left hand end of the shaft 332 or at the right hand end as viewed in Fig. 4, meshes with the gear 271, previously mentioned. It is clear, therefore, that at each and every operation of the shaft 332 both of the pinions 334 will be driven.

Rigid with each of the pinions 334 is a knurled disk 337 cooperating with smaller but similarly arranged disks or rollers 338 (Fig. 1) loosely mounted on a rod 339. Springs 340 tendat all times to rock the levers 331 clockwise (Fig. 1) so as to engage the disks 337 with the operating rollers 338, but when the'machine is operated, one or the other of the levers 331 is held with its disk 337 out of feeding position. For this purpose, clamped to the shaft 269 is a stop 343 (Figs. 1, 4, 11 and 12) to cooperate with a stud 344 projecting from the side of the lever 331 for the lower price tickets. When the shaft 269 is at the position where the lower price ticket mechanism is to be operated the stud 343 is held out-of the path of the stud 344. At this time a stud 346 (Figs. 11 and .12) formed on thehub 292 is held in the path of the pin 344 on the lever 331 for the higher price tickets. When the shaft 269 is rocked to its other position, that 18, to

render the higher price ticket mechanism effective the stud 346 will be turned counterclockwise (Fig. 12) to free thecorresponding lever 331 while the stud 343 (Fig. for the lower price ticket mechanism Wlll be turned to a position where it will intercept its pin 344.

As best shown in Fig. 13 the levers 331 have formed on their lower ends noses 347 to engage cams 348 and 349 (Figs. 10, 11

and 13) loose onthe shaft 269, the former cam having a slot. and pin connection 352 with the gear 271 and roller 265 and the latter cam having a similar slot and pin connection353 with a disk'354 rigid with the roller 266. It is clear, therefore, that when the machine is operated and the gear 271 and rollers 265 and 266 driven, both of the cams will be given a complete rotation. \Vhen the portions 351 (Fig. 10) of the cams pass the noses 347 of the levers 331 the spring 340 for one of the levers will rock its lever in the proper direction to move its feeding disk 337 into effective position. The other lever 331 will be held against such movement by its stud 343 or 346 depending upon which of the disks 337 is to be held in ineffective position.

Each operation of the feeding devices described feeds a ticket into position to be severed and ejected from the machine. The severing mechanism comprises a stationary knife 357 (Fig. 1) having slots through which the tickets are fed. Coiiperating with the stationary knife 357 is a pair of movable knives 358 held in sliding engagement with the stationary'knife by spring tensioned yokes 359 the side arms 360 of which are (Fig. 4) loosely mounted on a rod 361 supported in the upper ends of arms 362 fastened to a shaft 363. Loosely mounted on the shaft 363 is a lever 364 provided at its upper end with an open slot 365 engaging the end of a rod 366. This rod 366 is loosely mounted in the arms 362 and provided with a knob 367 (Fig. 4) by means of which it may be moved endWise against the tension of a spring 368 to disengage the end of the rod from the slot in the lever 364.

The lever 364 is operated to impart slid-.

ing movement to the knives 358 by a pitman 371 (Figs. 1, 4 and 14) pivoted at one end to the lever and slotted at its other end to engage the hub of the cam disk 269. Mounted on the side of the pitman 371 is an antifriction roller 372 engaging a slot 373 in the left hand s de ofthe disk 296. The groove 37 3 is so shaped that shortly after the shaft 58 begins to turn the pitman 3 71 is drawn forward and the knives 358 moved rearward to clear the slot in the stationary knife 357. The knives 358 are not given their severing movement, that is, their movement back to the position in which they are shown in Fig. 1, until the rotation of the shaft 58 is almost completed. If, for any reason, it should be necessary to withdraw the knives 358 from over the slot in the stationary knife without operating the machine, the rod 366 may be drawn out of engagement with the lever 364, after which the shaft 363 is free to rock independently .of the lever 364 in the proper direction to carry the knives 358 clear of the slot.

After the tickets have been severed they are ejected from the machine. Since the ejecting mechanism forms no part of the present invention and is fully described in applicants original application Serial No. 110,317 filed July 20,- 1916, of which this application is a division, no detail description of this ejectin mechanism will be given herein. It is su cient here to state that after the tickets are severed by the knives as just described they are fed upwardly between pairs of knurled rollers, which at the 75 proper time are given several rapid rotations to throw' the severed ticket upwardly into a goose neck chute 483 illustrated in Fig. 1. The tickets are ejected with sufiicient force to carry them through the goose neck chute 483 and deposit them upon a ledge 478 where they may be grasped and removed by the purchaser. The specific con:

struction of the goose neck chute 483 will not be given herein for the reason that it forms no part of the present invention and because it is fully illustrated and described in applicants original application 110,317 previously mentioned.

The cylinder 245 may have attached to its periphery the usual type plates to,co6perate with the rollers 247 to print on the backs of the tickets any "matter desired, although no such plates are shown in the drawings. The ink for the type plates is supplied by rolls 401 (Figs. 1- and 4) rotatably mounted on rods 402 loosely supported in notches formed in arms 403 loose on the rock shaft 404. Springs 405 hold the arms 403 in position for the ink rolls to be engaged by the type as the cylinder 245 is turned.

Fastened to the shaft 404 is a manually operable lever 406 and small arms 407 to en gage studs 408 attached to the sides of the arms 403. When it, is desired to ink or re-' 105 place the rolls 401 the lever 406 is depressed. This rocks the shaft 404 and the arms 407 will swing the arms 403 down far enough for the inking rollers to be lifted out of the notches in the arms last mentioned.

The printing cylinder 262 for printing on the faces of the tickets is provided with a similar. air of ink rolls 411 and similar mechanism for swinging the supporting arms 412 for the rollers to a position where the rollers may 'be removed.

The cylinder 262 carries type wheels for printing the dates, type wheels for printing the prices and type plates fastened to a I the periphery of the cylinder for printing on the faces of the tickets. The impressions are made, of course, when the various type are carried into printing relationship with the rollers 265 and 266. A specific description and illustration of the construction of the tached to the frame.

2 and 3.) The chutes 441 are independ- I ently movable in the manner and for the purpose hereinafter explained in detail. After passing the cylinder 245 the ticket strips enter guides 442 attached to the face of a plate 443 (Fig. 4) supported'by arms 444 fast to the .rod 322. A third pair of guides 445 fastened to the front face of a plate 446 secured to aframe 440 supporting the stationary knife 357 are arranged to guide the strips from the cylinder 262 to the upper mechanism for feeding, severing and e ecting the tickets.

The lower'chutes 441 have re tending ears 447 (Figs; 1,352, 3 and; 4) 1n which are'openslots 448 engaging a rod 449. At" their lower ends the guides have rearwardly extendin portions 450 in which are holes (not shown surrounding studs 451 atunder side of the machine Pivoted on the rod 449' is a' plate452 for each of the guides 4,41. The plates 452 have slots engaging studs 453projecting from the ears 447 and at their forward ends the lates carry studs 45 4 engaging slots in the owe'r ends of links 455. The link 455 for the lower price ticket. guide 441 is pivoted at its upper end to an arm formed on an. element 456 clamped to the rock shaft 243. The other link 455, that is, the one for the higher price ticket is pivoted to an arm 457 formed on the split hub 306 previously mentioned. By comparing Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen that the links 455 are connected to elements 456 and 306 at opposite sides of the shaft 243 so that by .rocking movement of the shaft one of the links will be raised and the other lowered. This movement will be imparted through the links to the paper guides, althoughthe lengths of the slots engaging the stud 454 is such that the entire movement of the links will be transmitted to the guides. I

Formed on each of the guides 441 are forwardly extending ears 461 supporting a rod 462 on which is loosely. mounted a yoke member 463. These yoke members have ortions 464 extending through openings not shown) in the front walls of the guides 441, said portions being held in engagement with the ticket strips by suitable springs 465. Each of the yokes also has formed on it a finger 466 by means of which the members may be rocked manually against the tension of the springs 465 to clear the guides when the tickets are being inserted. After the frwardly ex-" strips are inserted and the yokes released the springs 465 hold the portions 464 in engagement with the strips to grip the strips against the back plates of the guides so that the strips will be frictionally held against movement with reference to the guides. If the guides are now moved the frictional engagement mentioned will cause the paper to be moved endwise.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the shaft 243 is shown I 1 the .element 456 will be moved downward and the element 306 elevated thereby moving the lower price strip back out of relationship with the feeding and severing mechanism and the other strip into said relationship.

' It is clear, of course, that this shifting movement of the, guides 441 occurs before the feeding flanges on the cylinders 246 and 362 come into contact with the strips. Other- Wise the flanges would prevent movement of one of the strips.

1 I Operation.

single ticket all that is necessary is to depress the key 61 for the rice of ticket desired and then turn the operating handle 50. If more than one ticket is desired it is neces- .mechanism for determining the number of times the machine is to operate and consequently the number of tickets to be issued,

while depression of the key 61 releases the operating mechanism and also determines which of the two ticketstrips is to be printed I and severed.

If the mechanism is all in the position shown in the various figures of the drawings and the lower value amount key 61 is depressed no movement of the printer control ling mechanism occurs; as a. result the feeding mechanism for thelower price tickets will feed tickets from the lower price strip. If with the parts in the position mentioned the higher price key 61 is depressed its stud 220 will shift the plate 212 rearward and this movement will be transmitted through the arm 215 and bell crank 221 to the sliding fulcrum plate 224, thereby lowering the pin 226 carried by the fulcrum plate to a acey/ea position in the slot 227 below the one in which it is shown. When the element 228 containing the slot 227 is rocked about the fulcrum pin 226 by operation of the'pitman 232 the link 229 connected to the upper part of the link or element 228 will operate through the arm 230 .to rotate the-shaft 134.

This rocking movement of the shaft 134 will be transmitted through the arm 275 and link 276 to the segment 277 (Fig. 1) thereby rotating the pinion 279 and segment plate 281 rigid with the pinion in a clockwise direction to carry the portion 288 of the slot 282 in the segment plate into engagement with a stud 283 attached to the arm 284. At

'. its lower end the arm 284 is loosely connected the rock shaft 269.

in the cam to an car 291 on the element 292 clamped to At an intermediate point the arm 284 is pivoted to the rearend of a pitman 286 and whenthe segment plate 281 is operated to engage. the portion 288 of the cam slot with the stud 283' the pitman 286 .will be drawn rearward. Shortly after the operation of the machine begins the reduced portion 301 (Fig. 14) of the slot 295 disk 296 will be carried into engagement with the roller 294 on the pitman 286 and restore the pitman to its original position. This, because of the fact that the stud 283 is being held by the slot in the segment plate 281, causes the shaft 269 to be rocked clockwise (Fig. 10) or counter-clockwise (Fig. 13) and will cause the pairs of eccentrics 267 and 268 attached to the rock shaft 269 to swing the feeding roller 265 of the lower price strip out of feeding relationship with the printing cylinder 262 and will at the same time swing the feeding roller 266 into printing and feeding relationship with the cylinder 262. The rocking movement of the shaft 269 is transmitted through the link 304 to a rock shaft 243 carrying the pairs of eccentrics 251 and 252 controlling the feeding rollers 247. The construction is such that both the upper and lower rollers for the ticket strip are simultaneously moved in and out of engagement with said ticket strip.

' After the devices have been set in this way to cause the higher price ticket to be issued they will remain set during successive operations until the lower price amountkey 61 is operated. When the lower price key is operated and the operating handle turned the fulcrum 'plate 224 will be held at the position shown in Fig. 5 so that when, the element .228 is rocked about the stud 226 the segment plate 281 will be set with the portion 287 of its slot in engagement with the stud 283. This will thrust the pitman 286 forward. Then when the reduced portion 301 of the slot 295 in the cam disk 296 engages the roller 294 on the pitman 286 the pitman will be moved rearward to the posi- .plurality of feeding tion in, which it is shown and this will rock the shafts 269 and 243 back to their original positions, thereby swinging the feeding rollers for the higher price strip out of feeding "detail and the description need not be repeated here, it being sufiicient now to state that when the shafts 269 and 243 are rocked to render the feeding rollers for either strip effectivethe guide 441 for that strip will be elevated, thereby moving the ticket strip toward the severing knives .357 and 358. At the same time the guide 441 for the other strip will belowered, thereby drawing its strip back out of engagement with the knives.

When the tickets have been printed and severed they are thrown out in a substantially vertical direction against'the under side of the chute 483 which carries them upward and deflects-them downward against the ledge 478 from which they may be removed by the purchaser. While "the form of mechanism herein shown and described, is admirably adapted to fulfil the objects primarily stated, it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invent-ion to the one form of embodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with an adjustable shaft, .of a plurality of cams carried by the shaft, a devices controlled by said cams, means for adjusting the shaft to difi'erent positions to control the cams, and means for retaining the shaft in adjusted position between operations.

2. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a driving mechanism, of a plurality of devices for feeding separate ticket strips, an adjustable shaft common to the devices, eccentrics carried by the shaft and controlling the feeding devices, means justing the shaft to different positions, and manipulative devices controlling said means.

3. Ina machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of pairs of cocentrics, of a feeding roller rotatably mounted on each ofsaid pairs, a feedin member associated with each of the rol ers, and means for simultaneousl-y moving all of the actuated by the driving mechanism for ad-' eccentrics to controlthe relationship between .the feeding rollers and their cooperatingof pairs of eccentrics fastened to the sh a at different angular positions, a feeding roller mounted on each pair of eccentrics, .a feedingmember to cooperate with each of the feeding rollers, and means for rocking the shaft, to different angular positions whereby to control the relationship between members.

5. In a machine of the class-described, the combination with a plurality of devices for feeding separate ticketstrips, of an adjustable shaft common to the devices, eccentrics carried by the shaft. and controlling the feeding devices, means for adjusting the shaft to different positions, and manipulative devices controlling said means.

6. In a ma'chine'of the class described, the combination with a driving mechanism, of an adjustable shaft, a plurality ofcams carried by the shaft, a plurality of feedin' devices controlled by said cams, means w iereby the shaft may be adjusted by operation of the drivin mechanism, manipulative devices controlling said means, and means effective between operations for locking the shaft in any of its 'adjus positions.

7. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with an adjustable shaft, of a plurality of pairs of eccentrics fastened to the shaft at different angular positions, a feeding roller mounted on each pair of eccentrics, a feeding member to cooperate with each of the feeding rollers, and means for setting the shaft at different angular positions whereby to control the relationship between the feeding rollers and their cooperating members. I

8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with devices for feeding a plurality of separate ticket strips, of means for determining the strip to be fed, and devices controlled by said means for shifting the strips in either direction independently of the feeding devices.

9. 'In a'machine of the class described, the

combination witha plurality of devices for feeding separate ticket strips, of manipulative means for determining the strip to be.

fed, and devices controlled 'by said means for selectively moving the strips in and out of feeding relationship with the ticket feeding devices 10. In a machine of. the class described,

the combination with means for selectively feeding a plurality of separate ticket strips,

of manipulative devices controlling said means, devices gripping the ticket strips, and

means also controlled by the manipulative devices for moving the gripping devices to ad ust the ticket strips relative to the feeding means.

11. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a plurality of sets of ticket strip feeding devices, of an invariably operated severing mechanism common to the str ps, manipulative devices for selecting the strip to be fed and severed, and means controlled by the manipulative devices for mova ing the ticket strips in and out of contact withthe severing mechanism.

. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES L. LEE.

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