GB1361030A - Token issuing machines - Google Patents

Abstract

1361030 Ticket issuing; cash boxes LICENTIA PATENT-VERWALTUNGS-GmbH 21 July 1971 [22 July 1970] 34129/71 Headings G4T and G4V In a machine for issuing tokens or tickets and including printing counters for registering the value of cash received for tokens or tickets issued and for registering numbers of tokens or tickets within the machine, a print-out is made from the counters on to a voucher both (a) when an empty cash-box is inserted into the machine, e.g. at the beginning of a new shift by the machine attendant, and (b) when the cash box is removed from the machine, e.g. when it is full or at the end of a shift. When the cash box is inserted into casing 11b (shown empty in Fig. 3), switch K is moved to its "2" position, Fig. 5, to energize the "2" contacts of switches M, H, P. Switches M and H are already in their "2" positions (this is shown in Fig. 4, but not in Fig. 5) so that over lines M3, H3 a motor and a half-revolution device are energized to rotate a shaft 10 clockwise through 180 degrees. Shaft 10 carries cams (not shown) which shift a voucher carrier 1 from position 1b to position 1c and operate a print hammer 3 to print the initial states of the counters (contained in unit 2) on to the voucher. During this half revolution, a cam 9 moves switches M, H to their "1" positions. At the end of this half revolution, Fig. 2 (not shown), a cam 8 allows clockwise rotation of an arm 6 if, in error, no voucher has been inserted in carrier 1. Switch P then opens to block dispensing of tickets or tokens. If carrier 1 does contain a voucher, rotation of arm 6 and opening of switch P are prevented to enable the machine. The components shown remain in the positions now reached (and shown in Fig. 5) until removal of the cash box. When the cash box is removed, switch K moves to its "1" position to energize the motor and half-revolution device over contacts M1, H1. The cams (not shown) on shaft 10 shift the voucher carrier 1 slightly to the right from position 1c and the final states of the counters are printed. During this second half revolution, cam 9 returns switches M, H to their initial ("2") positions. The date and time of the printing operation may also be printed on the ticket.