US1192895A

US1192895A - Ticket-vending machine.

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Publication number: US1192895A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ansil W Hills
Original assignee: CAILLE BROTHERS Co
Current assignee: CAILLE BROTHERS Co
Priority date: 1915-07-29
Filing date: 1915-07-29
Publication date: 1916-08-01
Anticipated expiration: 1933-08-01

Description

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TICKET vENmNG MACHINE.

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ANSIL W. HILLS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CAILLE BROTHERS-COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN..

TICKET-VENDING MACHINE.

Spcieaton of Letters Patent.

Application led July 29,1915. Serial No..'42,494.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, ANsIL W. HILLS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Vending Machine, of which the following is a specification. x v This invention relates to machines-for projecting and severing strips or tapes of paper which are printed to represent tickets for any desired purpose, and its object is to provide a device which -will' thus project and sever any desired number of tickets within the scope of the machine at the .greatest possible speed, and which will hold the several tickets thus severed in a compact' sheaf in such position that they can be easily taken up by the purchaser.

This invention consists in a feeding and shearing-mechanism for a strip of paper, a motor to. drive the same, a series of controlling devices for the motor so vthat the motor will actuate the feeding and shearing mechanism any desired number of times within the scope of the machine, amanually operable selecting means whcreby the controlllng devices are properly positioned, 'and novel means for properly supporting the severed portions of the strip. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a pla-n of this ticket vending machme with the cover of the case removed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the interior mechanism when the right side of the case is removed.- Fig. 3

is a front elevation of the feeding and shearing mechanism. Fig. 4 is a section von the line shearing mechanism. Fig. 6 is a perspective of the ticket supporter. Figs. 7 and 8 lare side elevations of the controlling mechanism in different positions'. Fig.. 9 is a detail thereof. Fig. 10 is a plan of the case. Fig. 11 is a detail of theswitch. Figs. 12 and 13 are' side and end elevations of slightly modified forms of the controlling mechanism. Fig. 14 is a section of the lclutch mechanism. i

Similar reference characters refer to like .parts throughout the several views.

4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan of the* ture shaft 7, on which is mounted a worm 8 .that meshes with the worm wheel 9 on the has 'acollar 17 on its rear end to take the thrust of the sleeve 18 on which the bevel gear 19 and female clutch member 20 are secured. A sleeve 22 on the shaft 14 is threaded to receive the adjusting nut l23, whlchv tensions the spring 24 and forces the male clutch member 25 into the female member. This male member is slidably splined on the sleeve 22 and therefore revoluble with 1t. This friction clutch is inserted at this point to permitthe armature vs haft 7 to revolve after .the gear 19 has been suddenly stopped and thus avoids breakages. The collar 26 of leather constitutes a good friction surface.

The ticket feeder and @atten-A shaft 29 at the rear end of the machine is mounted in the side 4 of the case and in the pedestal 30, and'has secured to it thefstop disk 32 of a Geneva movement provided with a flange 33 and pin 34, a shear-operating cam 35, a stop cam 36, a controller arm 37, and a bevel gear '38 that meshes with the bevel gear 19 -on the sleeve 18. In the following description, the connection .between the motor and the shaft 29 will be disregarded and this shaft 29 will be designated as the main shaft, which causes a ticket to be projected and cut off at each, revolution. Any other device may be employed to drive 'this main shaft, so long as it may be fully controlled.

On a shaft 39,'whose ends are journaled in .the vsides of the case, is loosely mounted a feed wheel 40, having feed pins 41 adapted sov to extend through perforations 43 'in the ticket tape 44, which is fed up from any desired source of supply. To this wheel is secured the star Wheel 45 of the Geneva movement. The parts are so positioned, that at each revolution of the shaft 2 9, the wheel 40 turns one-sixth of a revolution and the tape is moved the length of one ticket up through the slot 71 in the plate 46, shown in Fig. 6.

The shearing mechanism is mounted on a plate 46 which rests on shoulders 47 on the j sides of the case. This plate 46 has downwardly extending side p lates 46EL and 46b formed with grooves 48, 1n, which the supporting bars 49 of the curved guide 50 are slidably mounted. A small roller 52, revoluble on the pin 51 at the lower end of this guide, holds the tape against the wheel 40, but the curved guide 50 holds the tapev .on the feed pins 41 which move in a groove 54 in this guide. rFhis guide is movable away from the wheel so as to permit the tape to he positioned on the wheel. The guide is held in position by means of a latch 55 (Fig. 1) pivoted on thescrew 56 carried by the plate 46, which latch has one end heldin the path of the pin 57 by means of the spring 5S. The latch can be swung out of the path of this pin by means of the lug 59 andthe guide then pulled back by means of the lug 60.

r1`he shear consists of a fiat piece 61 of steel having a beveled front end 62 and slidably held by the oss-

bars

63 and 64, and the stationary shecr bar 65. A vspring 66 secured to the cross-bar 64 holds down the plate 61, while'the ddivn-turned end 67 of the clip 68 prevents tlteplate from moving back too far. The plate 61 is formed with an opening 69 into which the upper arm 70 of the actuating lever extends. The lower arm 72 of this lever is forked and-embraces the shear cam 35.- At eachrevolution of the shaft 29, the shear member 61 moves back and forth, cutting off the tickets as they are fed up through the slot 72, shown in Fig. 6, just at the rear of the shear member 65.

It is of great importance that the purchaser vof a number of tickets may take up all of them without loss of time and without I removing his gloves.` To permit this, mechanism is provided for holding all the tickets i in upright vposition and in contact with each other. The device is simpleand consists of two jaws 75 mounted on the ends of the shear member 65, and provided 'with vertical corrugations in their operative faces which-approach each other'a's shown. rlhese faces are slightly undercut to permit the cuttin edges of the blade 61 to pass entirely over te edge of the blade 65 and thus sever the tickets A., and also to carry these tickets tothe position shown in Fig. 5. Because of the cutting edges of the blade 61 meeting at a blunt point, the ticket will be bowed and `its own resilience will hold it in the corrugations in the jaws 75. When the next ticket is severed, the first will be pushed forward slightly farther, and so on, until a bunch of tickets is held in the jaws 75, as shown in opening in the cover. lAs the additional tikets are forced up ,and then moved forv acters.

ward by the blade 61, this. door will be opened farther until all are so positioned that they can be picked up together.

The selecting' and controlling mecham'sm.-This machine is designed to deliver from one to live tickets upon the pressurerof the proper

key stem

81, 82, 83, 84 or S5, shown in Fig. 1, each of which is provided with a button 86 at its upper end. Characters 87 may be formed on or secured to the cover 1 adjacent these buttons. The stems are slidable in small hubs 88 formed on the cover 1, and have small disks S9 on their lower ends. Extending between the sides of the case is a shaft 90, on which are mounted the

levers

91, 92, 93, 94 and 95, onev for each key, which levers are properly spaced by means of collars 96. A rod 97 extends across the front end of theJ case, Iand a spring96 connects to the front arm of each lever and to this rod, and thus holds up therear arm of the lever and its key. Fach lever has an upper finger 99 to engage the releasing bail, and al lower stop finger 100. rlfhe upward movement of these levers is limited by the cross-bar 102 extending between the sides of the case.

'llhe releasing bail consists of a transverse portion 106' and two rearwardly extending arms 104 secured to the shaft 105 which is revolubly mounted in the sides `of the case. .0n the right end of this bail shaft are mounted a pawl 106 and an arm 107 to which a spring 108- connects to hold the lower end of this pawl 106 to the left and the bail up against the fingers 99.

rllhe motor is controlled by means of an automatic switch and a'manually operated switch, the latter (see Fig.'11) having two irods 110 and 111 adapted to connect into any ordinary portable socket at one end and the other end formed with tubular sockets 112 that may receive the ends of similar rods on another machine of the same character so that a series of machines may be placed side by side to dispense tickets of various char- A lever 113 connected to one rod may be swung into engagement with the plate 114 to which the wire 115 connects. A wire 116 connects to the other rod and to the Contact plate 117 of the automatic switch shown in Fig. 7. rlhe wire 115 connects to the motor.

The post 118 (Fig. 7) supports the pivot 119 of the arm 120, which has a Contact point 122 adapted to be held against the plate 117 by means of a spring 123. A wire 124 leads from this arm to the motor. The device is so constructed that this switch is held open until a key is depressed and then remains closed until the shear has made the desired number of strokes, after which it is again opened. Y

Extending between the sides of the case and journaled therein is a controller shaft 126, to which is secured the chainwheel 128 on which is the chain 127 connecting by means of the spring 129 to the post 130 projecting from the side 2. Farther along on this shaft 126 are the controlling stop

arms

131, 132, 133 and 134, positioned in the planes of the stems 81, 82, 83 and 84, and of the controller levers 91, 92, 93 and 94, respectively. There is no stop arm of the same character for the key 85 and the lever 95. Extending from the chain wheel 127 is a. switch-opening arm 135, preferably faced with a block 137 of insulating material, which strikes the pin 138 projecting from the side 4 when this controller shaft 126 is released by means of the key 85. Referring to Fig. 9, it will be observed that the angular distance between the

stop arms

131, 132, 133 and 134 is substantially the same as the angular distance between the teeth 139 pf the controller .ratchet wheel 140 also secur d to the controller shaft 126. The angular distance between the stop arm 134 when it engages its lever 94 and the -switch arm 135 when it engages the stop pin 138, is also the same as the angular distance between two adjacent teeth 139. The downward movement of the bail 103 is limited by a pin 141 extending inwardly from the right side 3 0f the case.

' Projecting inwardly from the right side 3 of the case is a pin 142 on which a stop lever 143 is mounted and whose lower end is held in engagement with the stop cam 36 by means of a spring 144 connecting to the pin 145 extending inwardly from said side 3, as shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of th1s lever may be prevented from swinging down by means of the dog 146 on the shaft 126 directly adjacent the ratchet wheel 140. Connected to said side 3 are two guides 147 in which is slidable the controller bar 148 having pivoted to it a pawl 149 adapted to engage the teeth 139 of the controllerwheel 140. A spring 150l connects to the lowerl guide 147 and to the controller bar and forces the pin 152 at the lower end of this bar into the path of the controller arm 37.

Operation-The operation of thisdevice is as follows. Ifit is desired to issue two tickets, the button 86 on the stem 82 is depressed, as shown in Fig. 7, causing the controller lever 92 to swing down, and with it the bail 103. This swings the pawl 106 out of engagement with the teeth 139 of the controller wheel 140 on the shaft 126, and'permits the spring 129 to pull forward the chain 127, thus turning the wheel 128 and the shaft 126 until the stop arm 132 engages the finger 100 on the lever 92. This turning of the controller shaft 126 swings the arm 135 out of engagement with the switch arm 120, permitting it to swing into contact with the switch plate 117 and thus close' the circuit to the motor which immediately begins to turn theshaft 29 and actuate the tape feeding and shearing device. At each revolution of the shaft 29, theA tape will be fed up through the slot 71 a distance equal to the length of one ticket; this ticket will be cut off and the controller arm 37 will slide the controller bar 148 toward vthe front a sufficient distance for the pawl 149 to en-v gage a .tooth 139 andturn the controller wheel 140, the shaft 126 and the stop arm 132 backwardly one step. At the end ,of two revolutions of the main shaft 29, the two desired tickets will have been severed, the controller wheel and controller shaft 126 will have been turned back two steps, the arm 135 will have been swung against the switch arm 120 sufficiently to open the circuit to the motor, and the stop dog 146 will have moved under the front end of the stop lever 143 and prevented its rear end from swing` ing up out of the path of the stop cam 36, all parts then being at rest in the positions shown in Fig. 2. :f

The number of tickets delivered can be watched by meansof a counter 151, shown inFig. I2, whose actuating arm 152 has a slot to receive a pin 1,153 on the lever arm 70. Many other refinements of construction may be introduced andthe parts may be modified by those. skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of my invention.

- In order to avoid the objection which may be raised, that a continuous pressure on any button 86 will cause a continuous actuation of the machine, the following described device may be employed to prevent the actuation of the motor until after the finger has been removed from the push button. 'A bail 155 having forwardly extending arms 156 mounted on the sha-ft 96 also has an arm 157 extending down and forwardly in the path of the pin 158 on the upper end of the switch arm 120a which is similar-in action to the switch arm 120 above described. The bail is normally held up by a spring 98 connected to the arm 159. V

The levers 91 to 95 inclusive are similar to those before described with the exception that the fingers have their ends radial 'to the controller shaft and that thevvcontroller stop arms 131 to 135 inclusive have radial faces instead of being formed for locking engagement. When a key is depressed, the pawl 106 will release the controller wheel 140 and the arm 135 will swing vaway from the switch arm ,whle a stop engages the stop arm 131-135 as the case may be.

In order to lock the mach-ine, a dog 165 (Fig. 2) may be mounted on the pin 166 projecting from the side 3, which dog may be swung toward the bail 103 until its tooth 167 is under the bail and thus prevents the keys from being depressed. This dog can be moved when the cover 1 is removed.

I claim:-

1. In a ticket machine, the combinationof a motor and a shaft driven thereby, means for controlling the number ofl revolutions of said shaft, a tape-feeding mechanism actuated by said shaft, a tape-shearing mechanism also actuated by said shaft, and means to support the sections of tape severed by said mechanism and consisting of a pair of jaws set at an angle to each other.

2. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft, tape-feeding and shearing mechanisms actuated by said shaft, said shearing mechanism comprising .a bar and a reciprocating member having a pointed end, and means to support the sections of tape severed by said mechanism and consisting of 4a pair of corrugated jaws set at an angle to each other between which the point of said shear may enter.

3. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driven thereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft, tape-feeding and shearing mechanism actuated by said shaft at each revolution, said shearing mechanism comprising a bar and a reciprocating plate having a pointed cutting end, and means to support the severed sections of the tape consisting of a pair of corrugated jaws set at an angle to each other between which the cutting point of said shear may enter.

4. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driven thereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft, a tape-feeding wheel having a series of radial pins adapted to enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape against the-wheel, a Geneva movement between the shaft and wheel,l a plate above the wheel provided with a slot through which the tape is fed by the wheel, a shear bar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above the plate, means whereby the shear plate is reciprocated at each revolution of the shaft, and a pair of jaws adjacent said slot and at an acute angle thereto to receive the severed sections of the tape.

5. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driven thereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft, a tape feeding wheel having a series of radial pins adapted to enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape against the wheel, a. Geneva movement betweenv the shaft and wheel, a plate above the wheel provided with a slot through which the tape is fed by the wheel the length of a ticket at each revolution of said shaft, a shear bar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above the plate, and means whereby the shear plate is reciprocated at each revolution of the shaft.

6. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a shaft driven thereby, a series of keys for controlling the number of revolutions of said shaft, a tape-feeding wheel having a series of radiall pins adapted to enter holes in the tape, a curved plate to hold the tape against the wheel, a Geneva movement between the shaft and wheel, a plate above the wheel provided with 'a slot through which the tape is fed by the wheel, a shear bar adjacent the slot, a shear plate slidable above the plate, means whereby the shear platev is reciprocated at each revolution of the shaft, and a pair of jaws adjacent said slot and at an acute angle thereto to receive the severed sections of the tape, said jaws having vertical corrugations whereby said sections are held in vertical positions.

7. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, a series of keys, a control lever pivoted below each key and adapted to be depressed thereby, a tape-feeding and shearing mechanism actuated by said mainshaft, a controller arm on said shaft, a controller shaft adjacent said key operated levers, means to release the second shaft when a key is depressed, a series of stop arms on said controller shaft evenly spaced circumferentially and adapted to engage said control levers to limit the movement of the controller shaft, means operated yby said controller arm on the main shaft to restore the controller shaft, and means to stop the main shaft when the controller shaft reaches its original position.

8. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, a series of keys, a control lever pivoted below each key and adapted to be depressed thereby, va tape-feeding and shearing mechanism actuated by the main shaft at each revolution thereof, a controller shaft adjacent said key operated levers, a ratchet wheel on said shaft and a pawl normally in engagement with the ratchet wheel, means in the path of said levers to'move the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet wheel when al key is depressed, a series of stop arms on said controller shaft evenly spaced circumferentially and adapted to engage said control levers to limit the movement of the control shaft, a controller arm on the main shaft, means operated by the controller arm to restore the controller shaft, and means to stop the main shaft when the controller shaft reaches its original position.

9. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of the main shaft, a tape-feeding wheel revolubly mountedwith its axis parallel to the m'ain shaft and provided with teeth to extend through holes in the tape, a Geneva movement whereby the main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel, a slidable guide for holding the tape against said wheel, plate above the wheel to support the slidable guide and having a slot to permitthe passage of the tickets, and a reciprocating cutter mounted on said plate.

10. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, y

means for controlling the number of revolutions of the main shaft, a tape-feeding wheel revolubly mounted with its axis parallel toy the main shaft and provided with teeth to extend through holes in the tape, a Geneva movement whereby the main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel, a slidable guide for holding the tape against said wheel, a plate above the wheel to support the lslidable guide and havinga slot to permit-the passage of the tickets, a reciprocating cutter mounted on said plate, and a pair of jaws to receive the tickets as they are cut off, said reciprocating cutter having a pointed cutting edge.

11. In a ticket machine, the combination of a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of the main shaft, a tape-feeding wheel revolubly mounted with its a-Xis parallel to the main shaft and provided with teeth to extend through holes in the tape, a Geneva movement whereby the'main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel, a plate above the wheel havinga slot through whichl the tape may be fed, a curved guide slidable on the plate to hold the tape against the wheel, a roller at the lower end of the guide to guide the tape to the wheel, a spring-held latch tohold the guide and roller in opera-V tive position, and a shear mounted on the plate to sever the tape.

12.` Inv a ticket machine, the combination 0f a motor and a main shaft driven thereby, means for controlling the number of revolutions of the main shaft, a second shaft parallel to and above the main shaft, a tape- Y feeding wheel mounted on said second shaft and provided with teeth adapted to extend through holes in the tape, a Geneva. movement whereby the main shaft may drive the tape-feeding wheel, a plate above the wheel and having a slot through which the tape may be fed, a curved guide slidably mounted on'the plate to hold the tape against the wheel, a shear member slidably mounted on the plate to sever the tape, a cam on the main shaft, and a lever mounted on said wheel-supporting shaft having one arm in engagement with said cam and the other with the shear member so that the tape will be fed through the slot and then sheared at each revolution of the main shaft.

13. In a ticket machine, the combination of a ticket-strip-feeding mechanism, a ticketstrip -shearing mechanism, a main shaft, means connecting the main shaft and' the feeding mechanism to cause-the ticket-strip to be fed forward the length of a ticket at each revolution of the main shaft, means connecting the main shaft and the shearing mechanism to cause the ticket-strip to be severed at each revolution of the main shaft,

q a motor to drive the main shaft, and manually operable means to control the number of revolutions of said main shaft Y 14. In a ticket machine, the combination of'a ticket-strip-feeding mechanism, a ticketstrip -shearing mechanism, 'al main shaft, means connecting the main shaft and the feeding mechanism to cause the ticket-strip to be fed forward the length of a ticket at each revolutionl of the main shaft, means connecting the main shaft and theshearing mechanism to cause the ticket-strip to be severed at each revolution of the main shaft, a motor to drive the main shaft, a seriesof keys, and means actuated by said keys to control the number of revolutions 0f said main shaft according tothe key depressed.

15. yIn a ticket machine, the combination of a control shaft, means to rotate the same forwardly, a series of keys, means actuated by said keysto determine such rotation of the shaft, a main shaft, amotor to revolve the main shaft, means actuated by the main shaft to rearwardly rotate the control shaft to its initial position, and means controlled by said controller shaft for stopping the main shaft when the controller shaft has reached its initial position. i

16. In a ticket machine, the combination of a control shaft, means for rotating the same forwardly, means for automatically rotating said shaft rearwardly to initial position, a series of arms on said shaft, manually movable stop arms adapted to be swung into the vpaths of said arms on the shaft to limit the forward rotation of the shaft, and springs to returnl the stop arms to normal position.A

"17. In a ticket machine, the combination of a controller shaft, a spring to turn the shaft, a series of means to limit the forward movement of said shaft, a series of depressible means for actuating said limiting means, and means for turning said shaft step by step back to initial position. l

18. In a ticket machine, the combination of a controller shaft, a spring to turn the shaft, a series of means to limit the forward movement of said shaft, a depressible membei' of each limiting device, a motor, and reciprocating means actuated by the motor foi' turning said shaft step by step back to initial positi0n.

19. ln a ticket machine, the combination of a case having a discharge opening for the tickets from a ticket strip, a Wheel having means for feeding the ticket strip through said opening, a shear adjacent said opening, means to revolve the Wheel step by step to Lfeed the tape the length of one ticket at each actuation, means to sever the tape at each actuation of the Wheel,a depressible member, means actuated by said member for allowing the Wheel to feed a plnality ot tickets through the exit when one of said inembers is depressed, and means to shear the tape at each actuation of the Wheel.

20. ln a ticket machine, the combination of a ticket-strip-feeding mechanism, a ticketstrip-shearing mechanism, actuating means :for alternately actuating the feeding mechanism to cause the ticket strip to be fed foiward the length of a 'ticket and the shearing mechanism to cut off each ticket, and a series of depressible keys for controlling the actuating means, the numbers of tickets fed and cut ott' differing for each key.

lIn testimony whereof l have signed this speciication.

ANSL 'W HLLLS.