US1391129A - Ticket-printing mechanism - Google Patents

Description

C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I9I6.

PatentedSept. 20,

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TICKET PRINTING MEQHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1916.

1,391, 129, PatentedSept. 20 1921.

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TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZO. 191.6.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

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C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, I916.

Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

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C. L. LEE.

TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20 1916.

1,391, 129. PatentedSept. 20,1921.

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TICKET PRINTING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20. 19l6-;

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UNITED. STATES CHARL S L. LEE, 0 DAYTON, 01x10, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL COMPANY, or DAYTON, OHIO.

IPVA TENT OFFICE. V

CASH REGISTER TICKET-PRINTING MECHANISM.

' Application filed .T 111v 20,

machines and has particular reference to the ticket feeding and ejecting mechanisms of such machines. v

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved receiver for the ejected tickets. This receiver is designed particularly to prevent the trouble arising with 7 machines now on the market due to the fact that patronshold their hands at the point 'where the tiokets'are delivered in such a way as to interfere with the ejection of the tickets and sometimes cause them to drop back into the machine.

WVith these'and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of' parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in the appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference-to the drawings whichaccompany and form part of the specification.

Of said drawings v Figure 1 is a left side view of the assembled printing mechanism.

Figs. 2 and 8 are details of some ofthe connections whereby the ticket strips are moved inand out of proper relationship with the feeding, printing and) severing mechanism.

FFig. i is a rear view ofv the assembled printing mechanism. I Fig; 5 is a transverse vertical section taken at the right of the bank of denomina- 'tion or amount keys and shows, among other thin s, the printer selecting mechanism controlled by said keys.

Fig. 6 is the same as Fig. 5 except that the key frame has been broken away and some of the mechanism shown in the latter figure omitted to show clearly the operating mechanism controlled by the amount keys.

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a cam for operating certain parts of the mechanism shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a right hand view of the ticket Specification of Letters Patent. Pat t t;

1916. Serial No. 110,317.v

key bank and the mechanism controlled thereby for determining the number of tickets .to be issued at an operation'of the machine.

Fig. 9is a view :of a modified form of ticket receiver and guide.

Fig. 10 is a right elevation of some'of the driving ,mechanism and connections: for operating locking devices; l

Fig. 11 is a detail of cam grooves for coupling anduncoupling the printing mechanisms and foroperating the ticket severing devices. I Fig. 12' is a detail of the differentially piovable plate cooperating with the ticket :eys.

Fig. 13 is a detail of oneof the lockin detents for the ticket keys.,. w

Fig. 14 is a left eievation of-mechanism for controllingthe selective operation ofthe ticket mechanis'msQ Fig. 15 is a front view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 14 and 'inadditionthereto shows in crosssection one of the pairs of feeding rollers. p

Fig. 16 is a right side elevation'of one of the operating connections for the ticket selecting mechanism and-is intended principally to show how operation of oneof the feedingmechanisms is prevented when the other feeding mechanismis in effective condition. I

Fig. 17 is a right elevation'of'mechanism for locking the printer selecting mechanism in position between operations.

Fig. 18 is'a longitudinal section of thecyiinder for printing the faces ofthe tickets and the mechanism for setting "the date printing type carriers- Fig. '19. is a detail of the operating connection between two of the strip feeding rolls. Fig. 20 is a section through the cylinder on the line 20-20-.F-ig. "1 8 and shows the mechanism for setting the date wheels and retaining them in position.

ting-knob. v Fig. 22 is a detail of the operatingdevice for the check ejecting mechanism.

Fig. 28 isa topplan viewof'thecheck ejecting mechanism actuated by the, devices shown in Fig. 22.. I

Fig.2 shows the preferredform of ticket receiver and guide as viewed fro'mthe rear of the .rnachine andlooking down atan I a 1 0 Fig. 21 is a detail of the date wheel set be understood, however, that the present in- 'vention is applicable as a whole orin varithe number of tickets is first depressed and ous parts to other types of machines and it is not intended to limit the invention to the one embodiment shown herein.

The machine in .the 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, abank of price or amount keys for determining the kind or price of ticket 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 o erations, while depression of a pricekey releases the driving mechanism andv controls the selective operationof the ticket mechanism. If but a single ticket is wanted'it is necessary only to depress the price keyrepresenting that kind of ticket; but if more than one ticket is desired the number key representing then the desired price key.

The devices for selectively operating the ticket issuing mechanisms include pairs of feeding rollers for ripping the ticket strips against other rotative feeding devices to feed the strips to the position where they are severed and ejected from the machine.

The rollers of each of thesepairs are mounted-upon 'eccentricsattached to shafts in such a waythat'whenthe shafts are rocked to move one pair of the rollers into feeding relationship with their companion devices the other pair ofrollers will be swung out of feeding relationship. For example, if the shafts arein position'for the feeding rollers to feed'the tickets of lower'value and the price key 'fortickets of higher value is depressed, connections are set so that during the next succeeding operation of the driving mechanism theshafts will be rocked to render the other set of feeding rollers effective.

The shafts are retained in this position at the end ofthe operation and will remain in said position during successive operations until the lower value price key is depressed and the'machine operated. p

The pairs of feeding rollers mentioned are all driven at each operation of the machine,

strip which is not in use is in loose contact with itsidly moving feeding rollers and this has atendency to advance the strip slightly at each operation so 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 ac cumulation of particles of paper in the machine which might eventually cause trouble and also, because of the fact that apart of the matter appearing on the tickets is printed by operations of the machine previous to the operation at which the ticket is completed and issued, would eventually cause part of i the matter to appear on one ticket and part on another. In order to overcome this, a gripping device 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 i that ticket is moved to position the strip in proper relation to its printing and severing cylinder carrying a. set of date printing type wheels for each strip and a price printing type carrier which maybe'set manually to position any of the price type thereon'to print when the cylinder is rotated. This provides a means whereby when a change in the price of tickets is made the machine can be prepared toprint the new prices. This increases the flexibility of the machine llQ to the extent that the machine is not limited to printin only one fixed price for each of the ticket strips. 1 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 anddirect them into a receptacle from which they may be removed by the purchaser; There may be a guideand receptacle for each of the ticket strips but in thepreferred form but one ceptacle is employed.

Dm'm'ng mechrmism The machine is, in this'instance. operated by means of a handle 50 '(Fig. 10) loosely mounted on a stud Rigid with the handle is a gear 52 meshing with a gear 53 guide and re attached to a shaft 54 extending'the width of the machine. Meshing with the teeth of the eari58 is an intermediate gear 55 (see also Fig. 5) mounted on a stud 56-and which in turn meshes with the teeth of a gear 57 fastened to a shaft 58. The gearing just mentioned is so proportioned that two turns of the operating handle 50 will result in a single rotation of g the shafts 54: and 58. These two shafts are the main driving shafts of the machineandwarry cams and other devices for actuating the variouspartsof the mechanism. It is, of course, clear that in addition to the operating handle 50, or in place of said handle, mechanism might be provided for driving the machine by means of an electric motor such as is mentioned in the Skerl application above cited and is well known on themarket. r I

Keg board and operating mechanism.

The keyboardcomprises a bank containing two price keys 61 (Figs, 5 and 6) and a bank 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 anoperationof the machine. The 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. i

As the price keys serve to effect the release of the machine it is desirable to provide means for retainingany operated number key in depressed position until an amount key-is operated, and after the price key is operated it is necessary toretain'the operated number key in depressed position until near the endof the operation of the machine. The mechanism for so retaining the number eys is described in detailv in the copending application abovereferred to, but it is advisable to give a brief description'of the mechanism here. I

Said mechanism comprises a detent 66 (Figs. 8 and 13) loosely supported at its rear end by alever 6.8" pivoted on a stud 69 attached to the key frame-63f -Atit's forward end the detent is loosely supported by an arm 70 pivoted ona stud '71, fastened to the key frame 63. Studs projecting from the left hand sides of the shoulders 65 of the keys 62fco6perate with inclined edges 76 of the locking hooks or projections 77 on the detent 66jand when a key 62 is depressed the detent is cammed forward against the tension of a s'prlng 78. After the key 62 has been depressed far enough the spring- 78 returns the detent66 toward its originalposition so that the corresponding projection key 62 and retains the key in depressed position. Movement of the detent 66 in one direction is limited by engagement of a shoulder 81 on its lower edge with a pin 82 in the key frame 63.

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 thenumber bank and when eepressed its stud 84 will engage an inclined edge 85 (Fig. 13) on the detent 66 and move the dctent forward far enough to carry the hook 77 from above the stud 75 on the depressed key to permit the spring 64 to return the ticket key to its normal position.

lVhen a price key 61 is depressed a locking plate 91 (Fig. 8) is moved rearward. as hereinafter 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 tions 93 for unope'rated keys will at the same time be carried under the studs 91- on said keys and thereby prevent their being dcv pressed during anoperation of the machine. Near the end of the operation of the machine the" lockingplate 91 is returned .to its orig inal position in order to free the depressed key 62, whereupon the springs 61 on the key restores the key to its normal position.

In order to ermit the operated key 62 to be restored w en the locking plate 91 is disengaged it is, of course, necessary also'to hook 77 thereon from the stud 75 on the depressedkey, This disengaging movement of the detent 66 occurs at each and every operation of the driving mechanism and'is i move the dete'nt G6 forward to disengage the imparted by rocking the 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 98engaging a slot in one end of the lever 99 loosely mounted on a rod 100. Formedon the lower endof the lever 99. is a nose 101 suitably shaped to cotiperate with a cam block 102 fastened to the side of a cam disk 103 at-.

tached to the driving shaft 54. "At each rotation of the shaft 54 the cam block 102 will engage the nose 101 and rock thelever 99 clockwise (Fig. '8)' thereby imparting a counter-clockwise movement (Figs. 8 and 13) to "the lever 68 and moving the locking with the studs 7 5 on the keys 62.

detent 66 forward against the tension of its spring 78 far enough to disengage the hook 77 from the stud 7 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 de number keys 62 determines the number of tickets to be issued, comprises a plate 105 (Figs. 8 and 12) 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 in the upper edge of the plate 105 are slots 108 coiiperating The slots 108 are differentially inclined so that each of the keys 62 will impart a different extent of movement to the plate 105. The rearwardly extending arm 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 afford a means whereby the bell crank 114 may be rocked to various positions by operating different keys 62, the purpose of so rocking the bell crank 114 being to control the number of operations of the driving mechanism in a manner which will r be described fully later on.

When the depressed number key is released at the end 4' upper -edge of a plate 123 to give the plate 'j is imparted to a bell crank 125 and a three armed element 126 loosely connected to the of an operation a spring 117 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 theplate 105 cotiperates with the pin 82 to prevent movement of the'plate past normal position.

As previously stated, complete depression of-a price key 61 actuates the locking plate 1 91 to lock the keys 62 until the operation of the machine is completed. When a price key 61 is, depressed a stud 121 (Fig. 6) pro jecting from the left hand side of the key cotiperates with an inclined slot 122 in the 123 a rearward movement. This movement rearward by depression of a key 61a similar rearward movement will be imparted by means of the pin 128 to the locking plate 91 so that after the price key has been depressed it is impossible either to release or depress one of the number keys. 9 A spring 130 stretched between the three armed element 126 and a locking detent, described later, serves to return the plates 123. and 91 to original released. V v

In order to prevent depression of a num ber key 62 whena price key has been only partially depressed the three armed elem'ei'it 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 a rock shaft 134." The left hand side arm of the member 133 'has'formed thereon a finger 135 which when'the plate 123 is moved rearward will be swung counter clockwise (Fig. 6) under a-rearwardly exposition when the price key is tending arm 136 (Figs. 8 and 12) of the bell. v

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 position where the finger135will pass abovethe end of arm and thereby prevent any interference between the. parts. 7 Rearward movement of the plate 123 not only actuates the locking plate 91 to prevent V depression of the keys 62'but italso releases the operating mechanism. For this purpose the bell crank 125 has loosely connected thereto the upper end ofa 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 143 carries a flat sidedstud 144 normally in engagement with the uppermost oneof a series of teeth 145 formed'in the rear end of a lever 146. The lever 146 is fastened on arock shaft 147 suitably supportedby the frames of the machine. Pivotally mounted on the stud 142 is a. lever 151 which at its upper end hastwo shoulders 152, the upper oneof 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 spring 154 stretched between the lowenend oflthe lever and a pin 155 projecting from the side of the element143.:,. v When either; of the keys 61 is depressed and thebell crank 125 rocked the link 141 will be thrust downward and, as the lever 151 forms a positive connection between the link 141'and the element 143, the-latteris 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 disengagedthe shaft 147 is rocked counter clockwise (Figs. 5 and 6) by a spring 161 (Fig. 5) coiled about the shaft 147 and bent at one end around a stud 162 projecting from the right hand machine frame, the other end' of the spring being bent around a laterally projecting lug 163 on an arm 164 fastened to the 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 114. Operation of the machine will then result in a single ticket being printed and ejected from the machine. If more than one ticket is desired the proper number key 62 is depressed thereby acting through the-differential plate 105 (Fig. 12) and connections pre viously described to rock the bell crank 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 bearing the numeral 3 (Fig. 8) is depressed with the result that the bell crank 114 is set for its arresting tooth 167 to engage the third tooth from the top when the shaft 147 is released. The ensuing operation of the machine will then result in three complete rotations of the driving shaft 54. A ticket will be printed and ejected during each of said rotations and at each rotation the shaft 147 will be restored one step toward its original positionas hereinafter described. lVhen it reaches the original position the de pressed keys will be released and all of the parts then returned to the positions in which they are shown.

The mechanism whereby the rock shaft 147 is restored to its original position will next be described. The description will, however. be brief as the mechanism in question is fully shown and described in the copending Skerl application previously mentioned and reference may be 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 172 projecting into a cam groove 173 formed in the right hand side of the disk 103. The

' forwardly extending arm of the bell crank 171has pivoted thereto a lever 175. Attached to the lower arm of the lever 17 5 is a stud 176 projecting into a cam slot 177 in one arm178 of a bell crank I179. The other arm of the bell crank 179 carries a roller 180 projecting into a cam groove 181 in the right hand side of a disk 182 fastened to the driving shaft 54. 7

hen the driving shaft 54 is rotated the bell cranks 171 and 17 9 are first rocked counterclockwise (Fig. 6) as a unit by their respective cam grooves. The'bell crank 179 is then rocked clockwise slightly while the bell crank 171 remains stationary the result being that the cam slot 177 acts againstthe 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 out of engagement with the tooth 186. i

As the stud 185 is movedout of engagement with the tooth .186 the element 143 is rocked so that the stud 14.4 thereon is carried into engagementwith the upper face of the tooth 145 which has just been brought to a position opposite the stud. This retains the shaft 147 in the positionto which it has just beenmoved by the stud 185.

In order to permit the stud 144 to move into engagement with the teeth 145 a stud 187 (Fig. projecting from the side of a disk 186 fastened 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 the 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 continuous rotations of the shaft 54 the spring will cause the stud 144 to coeperate with the teeth 145 in the manner of a retaining ratchet.

In order to insure proper movement of the element 143 in case the spring 154 should become disabled, an upwardly extending arm of the element- 143 is provided with a nose- 1911 which is engaged by the stud 187 to rock for by the ticket key have been vices (not shown) toarrest the movement of the driving shaft 54. At the time the stud 187 engages the nose 188 during the last operation the depressed key 61 is released and returned to normal, position, thereby raising the link 141 sothat the spring 154 will reengage the upper'shoulder 152 on the lever 151 with the stud 153 on' the link. The mechanism whereby the keys 61are retainedin depressed position and released'will next be described. I p When a price key-61 has been depressed far enough to release the rock shaft 147, a locking detent 191' (Fig. 6) is moved for-- Ward to a position where one of its hooks 192 will be 'abovethe stud 121 on the operated key, the other hook 192 being below the stud on the key which remains in outer or undepre ssed position; .The locking plate 191 is loosely 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 194 journaled on the stud 69. At its lower end the lever 194 carries a stud 195 engaging a slot. in the end of an arm 196 attached to a shaft 197 journaled in the machine frames. Near its right hand end the shaft 197 has fastened thereto an arm 198 (Fig. 10) carrying a stud 199 projecting 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 pin204 attached to the machine frame and is pivotally connected at its upper end to an arm 205 loosely attached to the machine frame bymeans of a screw 206. The lower end of the plate 202 has a slot engaging a stud 207 attached to an arm 208 fastened to the end of the rock shaft 147. When the rock shaft 147 is released and rocked counterclockwise (Fig. 10) the cam slot 201'will act against the stud-199 in such a way as to rock the shaft 197 and arm 196 (Fig. 6) in a clockwise direction. This will cause a counterclockwise 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 cooperating with the price keys 61 there is provided a plate 212 (Fig. 5) controlling the selective operation of the ticketmechanisms. The plate 212 is loosely supported at its rear end by an arm 213 pivoted to the key frame 63 by means of a screw 214. At its forward end the plate 212 is loosely supported by an arm 215 pivoted on a screw 216. In the upper edge of the plate 212 is a vertical slot 217 cooperating with a stud 218 on the lower price key and'an inclined slot 219 cooperating with a stud 220 on the higher price key. It is apparent that this arrangement of the slots is such that when the lower price key is depressed the plate 212 will remain stationary in the position showngwhile if the higher price key is depressed its 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 platez212to normal position after the higher price key is released. ashoulder 2141 on theplate being at this normal position held against a pin 2151 projecting from the key frame. V

"'J'Th'e. connections whereby the plate 212 t S h icket mechanisms comprises a key is depressed and the bell crank 221 (Fig. 5) loose on the rock ed 011 a stud 225 and the stud 56. By tracing 1 the movement through the connections described itwill 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 plate 212 moved rearward the plate 224 will be lowered.

A rearwardly extending lug on the plate 224 carries 'a stud 226 engaging a slot 227 in a beam 228. The upper endof 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 pit man'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 thrust forward, thereby swinging the beam 228 about the stud 226 and rocking the shaft 134 clockwise (F ig. 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 fulcrum stud 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 de scribed for determining which of the two ticket mechanisms is to be operated.

Ticket mechanism.

The ticket feeding and printing mecha nisms for both strips are driven by a gear 241 (Fig. 1) attached to the left handend of the driving shaft 54. The gear 241 meshes with a gear 242' and the gear 242 in turn meshes with a gear'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 flanges 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 be cau e such a showing is not necessa y to an understanding of the construction. The left hand roller, which is called into play when tickets of lower price are to be fed, is rotatably mounted on a pair of eccentrics 251 (Figs. Y14 and 15) fastened to a rock shaft 243 and carries the gear242. The right hand roller, which is called into play when the higherprice tickets are wanted, is rotatably mounted on a pair of eccentrics 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. 19 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 different axes of rotation, is permitted.

Meshing with the teeth of thegear 241 is also agear 261 (Figs'l and 18) fastened to the left hand end of a cylinder 262. This cylinder will be described more in detail later on it being suiiicient .to state here that it carries a pair of feeding flanges 263 for each of the ticket strips. Coiiperating with these pairs of flanges is a feeding roller 265 (Figs. 1 and 4) for thelower price tickets and a roller 266 for the tickets of higher price. These rollers are mounted respectively on a pair of eccentrics267 (Figs. 14 and 15 and a pair of eccentrics 268 fastened to a rock shaft 269. The left hand roller 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 19) so that at each rotation of the driving shaft 54 the rollers 265 and 266. are both driven to the same extent.

The two pairs of eccentrics on the shaft 243 and the two pairs of eccentrics on the shaft 269 are so positioned 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 feeding relation with the cylinders 245 and 262. At the same time the rollers for the other strip are swung-out of feeding rela-' tionship with the cylinders so that the paper.

strip for tickets of that price will not be seized and fed 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 gears 242 and 271 away from the gears 244 and 261, but this movement is not sufficient to entirely disengage the gears. In other words, regardless of the position occupied bythe shafts 243 and 269 the driving connection between the gears is always maintained. 1

The position of the eccentric bearing shafts is determined by the position of the fulcrum plate 224 (Fig. 5). As previously pointed out, when said plate is in the position shown and themachine is operated'the rock shaft 134 is given one step of movement while if the'platelias been moved down by depression of the higher price key the shaft 134 will be given two steps of movement.

a slot 282 (see also Fig. 14) surrounding a stud 283 attached to a beam 284 pivoted at 285 to the end of a pitman 286. 1V hen the shaft 134 is rocked one step the segment 277 will be swung downward and the segmental plate 281 turned until the portion 287 of the slot 282 is in engagement with the stud 283; but when the shaft 134 is given the two steps of rocking movement the segmental plate 281 will be turned to aposition where the part 288 of the slot 282 will-be in'engagement with the stud 283.

' The lower end of the beam 284 is pivoted at 290 (Figs. 14 and 15) to an ear 291 (see also Fig. 17) formed on a split hub 292 clamped on the rock shaft 269. The pitman 286, as shown in Fig. 11. carries an antifriction 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 its pivot 290 and the pitman 286 moved toward the'rear of the machine. A restricted portion 301 of the cam groove 295 then comes into engagement'with the roller 294 and the pitman 286 is returned to the position in which it is shown. This because of the fact that the segmental plate 281is holding the, stud 283 stationary, causes the rock shaft 269 to be rocked clockwise (Fig. 14) or counter clockwise as viewed in Fig.17, thereby causing the eccentrics on the shaft to swing the roller 266 into feeding relation with the cylinder 262 and at the same time the roller 265 is swung away from feeding relationship with thecylinder. This rocking movement of the shaft 269 is tran mitted to the rock shaft 243. through an arm 303, formed on the hub 292, and a link 304 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. 14) of the shaft 269 will cause counter clockwise movement of the shaft 243 thereby carrying the right hand roller 247 for the higher price tickets into feeding relation with the flanges 246 on the cylinder 245. At the same time the left 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 shafts will remain in position during the succeeding operations of the machine until the key 61 for the lower price ticketsvis operated.

If the rock shafts are set for higher price tickets and the lower price key is depressed the segmental 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 pitrnan 286 toward the front of the machine, a movement which is permitted by the wide slot 295, and'during thefore 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 to 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 tickets held in idle position.

The machine has locking devices coiiperating with the selecting mechanism just described to insure proper relation of the parts during operation. One of these locking devices cooperates with the fulcrum bearing plate 224 (Fig. 5) and the other cotiperates with a locking element 307 (Figs. 14 and 17) attached to the rock shaft 269.

The locking element coiiperating 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 th plate 224. 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 rock shaft 197. When the shaft 197 is rocked by upward movement of the plate 202 (Fig. 10) 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 and the shaft 197 rocked backto its original position the plate 316 will be slid forward to release the fulcrum bearing plate 224 so that it may be adjusted if the subsequent ticket issuing operation requires such adjustment.

The locking device co5perating with the locking element 307 is in the form of an arm 321 (Figs. 1, 14, 15 and 17) loosely mounted on a rod 322 and held against lateral movement away from the adjacent machine frame by a collar 323 pinned to the rod. (See also Fig. 4.) The arm 321 has a nose 324 suitably formed to engage notches 325 in the locking element 307, there being a notch for each of the two positions of the shaft 269. The arm321 carries an anti-friction roller 326 projecting into a cam groove 327 (Fig. 1) formed in the side of a 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 locking plate 307 so that the shaft 269 is freed ready for adjustment; The locking arm 321 is'he'ld out of engagement only long enough for the shaft 269 and, of course, the shaft 243 to be set, after which it is returned to engagement to hold theshafts in adjusted position until shortly after the beginning of the next operati0n.- V

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 comprises 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 334isa knurled disk 337 'coiiperating with smaller but similarly arranged disks or rollers 338 (Fig. 1) loosely mounted on a rod 339. Springs 340 tend at all times to rock the levers 331 clockwise (Fig. 1) so as to engage the disks 337 with the cotiperating 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, 15 and 16) to cotiperate with a stud 344 projecting from the side of the lever 331 for the lower pricetickets. When the shaft 269 is at the position where the lower price ticket mechanism is to be operated the stop 343 is held out of the path of the stud 344. At this time a stop 346 (Figs. 15 and 16) formed on the hub 292 is held in the path of the pin 344 on the lever 331 for the higher price tickets.

When theshaft 269 is rocked to its other position, thatis, to render the higher price knife 357 (Fig. 1) having slots through with the gear 271 and roller 265 and thelatter cam having a similar slot and pin connection 353 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. When the portions 351 (Fig. 14) 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 againstsuch movement by its stop 343 or 346 depending upon which of thedisks 337 is to be held in ineffective position.

Each operationof the feeding devices described feeds a ticket into position to be severed and ejectedfrom the machine. The severing mechanism comprises a stationary which the tickets are fed. Cotiperating with the stationary knife 357 is a pair of movable knives 358 held in slidingengagement with the stationary knife by spring .tensioned yokes 359 the side arms 360 of which are (as shown in Figs. 4 and 23) loosely mounted on a rod 361 supportedin the upper ends of arms 362 fastenedto 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 isgprovided with a knob 367 bymeans 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 slidingmovement to the knives 358 by a pitman 371 (Figs. 1, '4 and 11) pivoted at one end to the lever and slotted at its other end to engage the hub of the cam disk 296.

Mounted on the side of the pitman 371 is an anti-friction roller 372 engaging a slot 373 in the left hand side of the disk 296. The groove 373 is so shaped that 'shortlyafter the shaft 58 begins to turn the pitman 371 is drawn forward and the knives 358 moved rearward to clear the slots in the stationary knife 357. Theknives 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 slots 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 rockindependently of the lever 364 in the pr0per directi0n to carry the knives 358 clear of the slots.

After thetickets have been severed they are ejected from the machine. The ejecting tickets from the machine.

mechanism comprises a shaft 380 (Figs. 1, 4', 22 and 23) to which is fastened a pair of spools 381 for each ticket strip. The portions 382 of the spools engage the strips and areknurled or otherwise roughened so as to prevent slippin when feeding the paper. Coiiperating with the spools 381 are knurled or roughened rollers 383 loosely mounted on rods 384 having their ends engaging slots in flanges 385 formed on the knife operating yokes 359. When the yokes 359 and the knives 358 are moved rearward to open the slots in the stationary knife the rollers 383 are carried out of contact with against the spools 381 before the knives 358 complete their severing movement and during the rest of the movement of the knives the rollers 383 are held stationary against the tension of springs 386, this movement of the yokes 359 relative to the rollers 383 being permitted by slots in the 'fianges 385.

During this relative movement projections 388 on the flanges 385 are carried under the rod 380 and hold the yokes and devices carried thereby in proper position. The springs 386, it should be explained here, not only permit the relative movement mentioned, but they also give the spring tension previously mentioned to the'yokes 359.

After the rollers 383 and spools 381 are in feeding relationship the shaft 380 is driven in the proper direction to throw the This is done by a toothed segment 391 (Figs. 4 and 22) .at

the upper endof a lever 392 loosely mounted on the rod 100. The teeth of the segment mesh with a pinion 390 fastened to the shaft 380 and a spring 393 normally holds the lever against a stop 395. At its lower end the lever 392 is formed to coiiperat with a cam 396 attached to the sideof a disk 397 fastened to the driving shaft 54. Toward the end of a rotation of the driving shaft the earn 396 engages the lower end of the lever 392 and turns it in a clockwise direction (Fig. 22) tl'iereby'rotating the shaft 380 in a counter clockwise direction. During this time th rollers 382 are out of'contact with the strip and the strip is being fed by the feeding devices, previously described. At the very end of the operation and after the rollers 383 have been pressed against the spools 382 the end 397 of the cam 396 clears the lever 3 92 and the spring 393 returns the lever 392 to its original position. This return movement is, of course, very rapid and is suflicient in extent to cause the spools 381 and eotiperating rollers 383 to throw the ticket clear of the machine with considerable force. As it is thrown from the machine it enters a guide and is directed to a receiver from which it may be removed by the purchaser. The construction of the guide and receiver will be explained in detail later on, The cylinder 245 may have attached to its periphery the usual type plates to cooperate 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 suppliedvby 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 when the cylinder 245 is turned.

Fastened to the shaft 404 is a manually operable lever 406 and small arms 407 to engage studs 408 attached to the sides of the arms 403. When it is desired to ink or replace 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 pair 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 the periphery of the cylinder for printing on the faces of the tickets the other matter shown in Figs. 9 and 24. The printing impressions ar made, of course, when the various'type are carried into printing relationship with the rollers 265 and 266.

-The details of the construction of the cylinder 262 are shown in Figs. 18 and 20. Journaled on'the end plates 414 of the cylinder is a shaft 415 on which are rotatably mounted a set of type wheels 416 for printprice type wheels 418 and 419 for printing ingthe date on the lower price tickets and a set of date wheels 417 for the higher price tickets. Mounted on the shaft 415 are also respectively on th lower and higher price tickets. The price type carriers 418 and 419 are intended to be rotated manually or by means of an inserted implement to positio the type thereonto print on the tickets any desired price. The date type carriers 416 and 417 are adjusted to print any desired date by operating the shaft 415. For this purpose the shaft is both rotatable and movable endwise and is provided with a notch 421 for each set of date wheels. These notchesare squared to cooperate with the ends of pawls 422 attached to the sides of the date wheels and are also rounded in such a way that endwise movement of the shaft will cam the pawls 422 out of engagement with the notches. In the drawings the shaft 415 is at its inner position with the notches 421 in position to engage the pawls 422 on the type wheels for printing the month, but by moving the shaft end wise the notches may be positioned to engage the pawls 422 on either of the type wheels for printing the days of the month.

In order to operate the shaft 415 conveniently it has attached to its end a knurled button 424 and a collar 425 onwhich are impressed three series of digits representing the months and the units and tens of days. Fastened to the end of the cylinder isa plate 426 on which is formed a pointer or index 427 cotiperating with the digits on 427 and the shaftis then turned to engage the shoulders of the notches 421 with the ends of the pawls 422 on the type carriers which are to be set., The rotation of the shaft is then continued in the same direction until the desired type is brought to printing position. The shaft may then be moved endwise to establish operating relationship between the. notches 421 and any other pair of pawls 422 in case changing the date involves the setting of more than one of the type carriers.

- Spring operated with the date and price type wheels to hold the wheels in position. The pawls are held against lateral displacement by a formed plate 433 having flanges 434 and 435 in which are slots (not shown) to receive the pawls.

.The ticket strips are drawn from rolls- (not shown)' in the lower part of the ma chine and pass up through chutes 441 to the printing cylinder 245 and its cooperat ing impression and feeding rollers 247. The chutes 441 are independently 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 fastened to the rod 322. A third pair of guides 445 fastened to the front face of a plate 446 so cured to a frame 440 supporting the stationary knife 357 are arranged to guide the strips from the cylinder 262 to the upper ing the tickets.

alining pawls 431 engage the teethof ratchet wheels 432 rigid menus The lower chutes 441 have rearwardly extending ears 447 (Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4) in which are open slots 448 engaging a rod 449'. At their lower ends the guides have rearwardly extending portions 450 in which are holes (not shown) surrounding studs 451 attached to the under side of the machine frame.

Pivoted on the rod 449 is a plate 452 for each of the guides 441. The plates 452 have slots engaging studs 453 projecting from the ears 447 and at their forward ends the plates carry studs 454 engaging slots in the lower 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 tickets 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 the elements 456 and 306 at oppositesides 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 throu h the links to the paper guides, although t e lengths of the slots engaging the studs 454 is such that the entire movement of the links will not be transmitted to the guides.

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 portions 464 extending through openings (not shown) in the front walls of the guides 441, said portions being held in engagement with the ticket strip 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 ticket strips are being inserted. After the strips are inserted and the vyokes 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 stripswill 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 set at the proper position for tickets of lower price to be issued. In this position the element 456 is elevated and the element 306 loweredso that the lower price ticket strip is held in proper relation with the feeding and severing mechanism while the other strip is held back in incorrect relationship with its mechanism. When the shafts269 and 243-arerocked as previously described to disable the lower price ticket Ticket receiver and guide.

In describing the ticket ejecting mechanism it was pointed out that the tickets are thrown with considerable force into a guide constructed to direct the tickets into a receiver from which they may easily be removed by the purchaser. A preferred form of receiver and chute or guide is shown in Figs. 1 and 24 when a double printer such as shown is used. When a single printer such as shown in the Skerl application is used the form of chute shown in Fig. 25 is preferred. The guide comprises a metal frame 471 attached to the top of the machine casing and surrounding an opening in the top of the casing through which the tickets are ejected. Rigid with the frame 471 is a plate 472 having an upwardly inclined portion 474 and a portion 475 inclined downward and rearward,'the two portions being connected at the top by a curved portion 476. At its lower rearend (to the left in Fig. 1), the portion 475 terminates in a tongue 477 at right angles to which is formed a stop 478 to limit the outward movement of the tickets. At'the top of'the inclined portion 475 in the type of chute in Fig. 24 i-sa pair of stops 481, one for each ticket strip. In the single chute Fig. 25 only one such stop is employed. The stops 481 are to limit reverse movement of the tickets and thereby prevent the tickets from being either accidentally or purposely thrown up over the curved top 476 to a position from which they can drop back into the machine Pivoted on ears 482 extending downward from the portion 475, of the plate 472 is aguide consisting of two metal side plates 483 connected by a cross bar 484. Mounted between the side plates 483 and cross bar 484 is a plate 485 of glass or other transparent material. When the tickets are thrown from the machine they start in a nearly vertical direction and strike against the under side of the top plate 485 of the guide. As shown in Fig. 1, the plate 485 is curved so as to deflect the tickets from the path of movement imparted to them by the check ejecting mechanism and direct the tickets over the elevation 476and stops 481 to a position where they will strike the stop 478. "Whenthey are arrested by said stop they assume a position substantially parallel to the portion 475 of the plate 482 and the formation of the tongue 477 easily permits the purchaser to grasp the tickets and withdraw them. If an attempt is made to throw the tickets backup over the top 476 the stops 481.will arrest the tickets and they will then drop back toward their natural position against the stop 478.

As shown in Fig. 24 the metal sides'483 have portions 487 converging toward a common point. These converging portions cooperate with the curved top 483 to cause the tickets ejected from either strip to be directed to a position between the stops 478 and 481 common-to both strips. In other words, if the machine should be operated to issue tickets from both strips without removing any of the tickets from the receiver, tickets of the two kinds will be piled one on top of the other. The top and sides of the opening formed by the converging portions 487 of the side walls and the curved top of the guide serve to hold the tickets in proper position with reference to the sto 478. 3 7 V f the tickets should for any reason become disarranged so as to prevent their passage to the position wherethey are accessible to the purchaser they can be straightened or removed by swinging the hoodor guide about its pivotal connection to the position .shown by the dotted outline in Fig. 1, thereby giving access to all portions of the ticket passage way.

lInstead of having the sides of the hood or guideconverge as shown in Fig. 24 the sides maybe parallel and a separate tongue and stop 478 provided for each of the tick In order to'operate the-machine to issue a single ticket all that is necessary is to depress the key 61 for the price of tickets desired and then turn the operating handle 50.

If more than one ticket is desired it is necessary to depress the key 62 representing the number of tickets wanted first, after which the key 61 for the price of tickets is depressed. Depression of the keys 62 sets the -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 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 controlling mechanism occurs and, as a result the feeding mechanism for the lower price-tickets will feed tickets from thelower price strip. If with the parts in the positionmentioned 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 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 rock the shaft 134.

This rocking movement of the shaft 134 will be transmitted through the arm 2,75 andlink 276 to the se ment 277 (Fig. 1) thereby rotating the pinion 279 and segment plate 281 rigid with the pinion in a clockwise di rection 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 to an ear 291 on the element 292 clamped to 281 is operated to engage the portion 288 of the cam slot with thestud 283 the pitman 286 will be drawn rearward. Shortly after the operation of the machine begins the reduced portion 301 (Fig. 11) of the slot 295 in the cam 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; will cause the shaft 269 tobe rocked clockwise (Fig. 14) or counter clockwise (Fig. 17) and will cause the pairs of eccentrics 267 and 268 attached to the rock shaft 269 to swing the feeding roller 265 for the eccentrics 251 and 252 controlling the feeding rollers 247. The construction is such that both the upper and lower rollers for a ticket strip are simultaneously moved in and out of engagement with their ticket strip.

After the deviceshave been set in this way to cause the higher pricetickets to be issued

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