US1039212A - Ticket-machine. - Google Patents

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W. L. SULLIVAN.

TICKET MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 16, 1911.

1,039,212. Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001". 16, 1911.

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W. L. SULLIVAN.

TICKET MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.16, 1911.

1,039,21 2. Patented Sept. 24, 1912.

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Z V/LW Mw 4L To all "whom, it 12211 on-carp .ii citizen 5 the United States, iresiilii Emm WILLIAIM L. SULLIVAN, F FERGUSQ- LG'UIS,

FAUTURING COMPANY, 'OF ST.

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Be it known ilnit 1, WILLIAM LE Ferguson, in the conni'y of St. Louis anal State of Missouri, have invented curtain new and useful I npmvnienis in 'iickotdiizn chines,-0I" Wi'iicl'i'the following i5 :1. spcciii cation.

This invention relaies io certain new and. 'isei'u-l improvements in ticket-vending: and regista-ring machines, and is aarticniiirly winpted for 139 in connection with he ticket-vending and registering muchin flint plication.

' and is guided in its movement by iii. Min )i'efui'zibiv oioi'ziinil ova I a 4 k not. shown) and connoc'ocl 'clmm 'i09 or other Slllilfill'l.

I iicket-tfosdi'ng me Ht described in the n c3! tearing oinluiiiai'ing 'ilit tickets (luring plate 8 are constitutes the subject-matter of the pending appliation of Albert J; Meier and n'iysnli, Serial No. 640,218, filed July 24, 1911.

.i:i .i8'1.)!'l lClpfll object of the pm cni tionis to provide means for ni'iwiniiing a sufficient number of tickets from the hm 'IOll toslacken 'iiie ticket strip iHifSJt-Qll in? tlClUi' roll and ilie feeding iii-inn. sons io prevent the pins borne by the 111111 ire-in operation 07: feeding some from me nmcnine.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this :peciiication, in which like nunbers of refei'eni-i denote like pzii'is wherever they occur,- Figure 1. is a left niiiovievaiion (if part- 0i inflict-vending and registering machine with he unwinding means ai'tziciieil thereto; Fig. 2. is a right side elevation of same; and Figs. 3, i. and 5 ill? pei-spoviive views of )ari's of the unwinding means.

In the. iollowing a'iosii iiion, the aris of the machine that Eli'l' illHSU'iliUl in tho drawings are referred to l yi'oi oi'nnce illiiiiifi'lilS to agree with the designations in the con rsponding parka in the :ili0\'i"!li0lliiuiliti up iii v ion are The side connected by the. LOiis l' and. Spaced apart by the nsnnl me; is operating oar 93in reuipi'o tiitivaly plates: innd 5 and tho e ii: to the division plate 8 by in .3115 of Sin nods 10? that pass through slois 10S in 5:1? 3;

s' rockeii-wiieel 91 iii an to liar 93 actinitnsi he E'a'in 37., W activates the tickebse'verinn" ans= in amine-i in plate 5, and. has :1 WtiSQQl or nnslwi' puzi iliei'ui iHYOl 9, in order i'ofnciliizii'i ilio m iiniing oi the i-oli upon flu: pin 1 and llin inner fave of sunny is buvclvi'lat 7 as ilinsimtml in Fig. 5, so as to pruvent tlie more l from climbing up illi inner face of saline. Thus: iliL bowl T prevents H10 roll from sliding (iii the pin 1. The lower part oi plain i uni 2 way il 10, as best secn in Fig. .3. so 21 to allow Hi0 l'ii'lcii' roll to be 'sillllillgii on or iilii( i"'l from the pin 1. iRii CE'IUili ii in pix-Mail :iltzu-licil n; '14 io plain 5'3. zinii ilic zii'ni iii of sumo lWH'iF :2 pin W on whivli n z-ollor '17 is l' 1'iii2\l l\' monnimL i overlaps Yin skin o "ob nil'mwk :uliiii in pin-v on 'o moiinl; lfii is n hoilwi'nni:

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scribcd,'in con'lbination With means for feeding tickets t'ron a rolled ticket strip and opcratiug means for same, a pivoted bellguide borne by said nien'ibcr for preventing the ticket. strip from slidingoti said roller.

3. In a machine of the chzu'acter described, in con'ibination with means for feeding-tick cts from a rolled ticket strip, a reciprocatory operating bar for actuating same, a pivoted bell-crank having a stud attached to an arm thereof, a member pivoted to the other arm of said bell-crank, a link pivoted to said operating bar and having a slot to receive the stud borne by saidbcll-crank adapted to rotate same during the feeding; operation, a spring connectingsaid'member with said link adapted to hold said bell-crank normallv in position to be actuated by said iink, anda roller rotababl'y attached to said member for unwinding part of the ticket strip after each feeding operation.

4. in a machine of the character described, in combination with means for feeding tickets from a rolled ticket. strip and operating means for same, a pin projecting fronrthc casing of the machine and supporting the ticket roll, a pivoted member provided at onc end with a finger overlapping the adiacent side of the ticket roll to hold the latter in place upon said pin, and a roller can ricd by said member at such end and adapted to ride upon said ticket roll to prevent inn-Hashing of. same.

5. In a machine of the character described, in combination with means for t'eeding tickets from a rolled ticket strip and operating 7 means for same, a pin ])l")|(!t'llll from the casin oi the machine and supporting the ticket roll. a bell-crank l ver pivoted at its apex to said casting, a roller carried by one arm or said lev r at the end thcreoi and adapted to ride upon said ticket roll to prev xnt, barklashingz ol'samc, a linger provided upon said arm and overlapping the adjacent side of the ticket roll to hold the latter in place upon said pin, and a spring connected to the other arm of said lever for holding said roller against said ticket roll.

6. in a machine of the character described, in combination with means for feeding tickets from :1 rolled ticket strip and operating means for same, a pivoted element having an independent-1y movable member, means carried by said member for unwinding part;

of the ticket strip from the roll'after eachf'eedmg operation, a connecting member between said element and tile opcratingmeans, and a spring connecting'the-first and secondnamed members.

7.. in a mach ne of the charactcridescribed, in combination With means for feeding tickets from a rolled ticket strip and operating means for same, a pivoted element having an independently movable member, means carried by said member for unwinding part of the ticket strip from the roll after eachfeeding operation, a member 'pivotally connected at one end to the operating means and provided adjacent its other end with a slot, a stud borne by said element and engaged in said slot, and a spring connecting the firstand secondnamed members for normally holding" said stud at one end of said slot.

8. in a machine of the character described, in combination with means for feeding tickfron a roiled ticket strip and operating means-for same, a link pivotally connected to the operating means, an element pivoted intcrmcdiate its ends and having a-loose com ncction at one end with said link, a member pivoted to the other end of said element for movement relative. thereto,a, roller carried by said member for unwinding part of the ticket strip after each feeding operation, and a spring connecting said link and said member. i

la testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses;

WILLIAM L. SULLIVAN.

Wit ucsscs r iio'r'rm M. Fox, iinn'rna von Bnminivs.

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