US1527387A - Registering and indicating ticket stamp - Google Patents

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i UNITED STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

HUGO J' BAUR AND ERNEST H. THOMPSON,

JOHNSON FARE BOX COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORBORATION OF NEW YORK.

REGISTERING AND INDIOATIN G TICKET STAMP.

Application filed June 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HUGO -J. BAUR and ERNEST H. THOMPSON, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering and Indicating Ticket Stamps; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a registering and indicating ticket stamp and particularly to a ticket stamp which is adapted to be used to mark proper indicia on tickets used for zoneor stage fare transportation systems. In transportation systems having'a number of zones or stages it has heretofore been customary to provide a different ticket for each stage. This practice causes complications in the handling and checking of tickets and it is desirable that a mechanism be provided which may be conveniently carried by a'conductOr or other person and which may be easily operated to properly mark blank tickets and to register the number of tickets and the amountof fare. received. It is, of course, also desirable that this mechanism be so constructed as to obviate improper manipulation.

In the provision of a mechanism for use with zone and stage fare systems it is of course contemplated that the stamping and registration of tickets for systems where the fare charged is based on measured distances may also be effected. For purposes of convenience, however, these measured distances, distances between two points, and stages will be referred to hereinafter and in the claims as zones.

It is an object therefore of the present invention to provide a ticket stamping and registering mechanism which is adapted to impress blank tickets with suitable indicia for use in connection with zone or stage fare transportation systems and which is provided with means for registering the total number of tickets impressed and the total amount of fares charged.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a ticket impressing and registering mechanism wherein 1921. Serial No. 474,400.

the operations of im press ng and registratmn are effected by mechanisms which are interconnected in such a manner that the effecting of one operation assures the effecting of the other operation.

It is another object of this invention to provide a ticket stamping and registering mechanism which can only be operated after proper positionin of a ticket for stamping.

It is also an o ject of this invention to provide a ticket stamping and registering mechanism for zone fare systems wherein fare and zone registering and stamping mechanisms are interconnected for simultaneous operation.

It is still another object of this invention to provide a ticket, stamping mechanism which is adapted to impress various indicia on a ticket in such a manner that it is substantially unalterable.

It is, a further object of this invention to provide a ticket stamping and registering mechanism wherein the adjusting means for the registering and impressing means are locked from movement during the'registering and stamping operations.

It is an important object of this invention to provide a portable, conveniently operable ticket stamping and registering mechanism for zone fare transportation systems.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the'ac companying drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is shown on the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

On the drawings:

Figure 1 is an end elevation ofia ticket stamp mechanism embodying the principles of this invention.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the mechanism.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the mechanism.

Figure 4 is an enlarged section on the line 44 of Figure 3 with parts in elevation.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4, with parts in elevation. 1

Figure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 4 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO Figure 7 is a section on the line 6 of Figure 4 looking in the opposite direction. Figure 8 is a section similar to Flgure 5,

1 showing a modified form of impression roll.

Figure 9 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section, with parts omitted and parts in. elevation, showing the register actuating mechanism and the controlling means therefor.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary section on the line 1010 of Figure 9 with parts in elevation.

Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-11 of Figure 9.

Figure 12 is a section on the line,12-12 of Figure 11, with parts in elevation.

Figure 13 is a section similar to Figure 12 showing a difierent position of the interlocking pin.

Figure 14 is a fragmentary section on the line 1414 of Figure 4, with parts omitted and parts in elevation.

Figure 15 is a section similar to F gure 14 showing the parts in another pos tion.

Figure 16 is a section similar to Figure 14 showing the parts in still another position.

Figure 17 is a fragmentary section on the line 17-17 of Figure 21, with parts omitted and arts in elevation.

Figure 18 1s a section similar to Figure 17 showing a different position of the parts.

Figures 19, 20 and 21 are development views of the various operating mechanisms for the ticket stamp of this invention.

As shown on the drawings: The ticket stamping and registering mechanism of this invention is mounted in a casing 1, which is suitably formed to be conveniently carried by the conductor or ticket collector. Said casing 1 contains the various mechanisms necessary for the registering and impressing of a ticket, and handles 3 and 4 carried on the outside of the casing are adapted to be actuated by the conductor to set the mechanisms relatively to the travel of the vehicle and to effect proper impression and registration.

The handle 3 is actuated to set the various mechanisms in'the proper position relative to the zone or stage in which the vehicle is traveling, and the coacting mechanisms by which this settin operation is effected will now be descri ed, reference being had particularly to the development views in Figures 19, 20 and 21.

It is to be understood that in using the term development views in respect to said figures, we mean views in which the correct relative positions of certain of the shafts has been departed from for the sake of clearness, the proper positions of said shafts being shown in Figures 5 to 8 inclusive.

Said handle 3'is secured to the outer end tatably mounted onthe shaft 5, and the other end of said sleeve 11 abuts a sleeve 12 which is pinned to said shaft 5 and which in turn abuts the inner end of a. sleeve 6 as shown in Figures 19 and 21. Secured to said sleeve 10 is a gear 13 which has secured thereto a Geneva looking cylinder 14 which acts to lock the on zone indicating mechanism from operation when the handle 3 is in inward position in a manner which will be described hereinafter. An actuating gear 15 which is adapted to transmit the rotation of the shaft 5 to certain hereinafter described mechanisms is also mounted on the sleeve 10 spaced a short distance from the gear 13. Secured to one end of the sleeve 11 is a wide gear 16 and to the otherend thereof a narrower gear 17, and mounted on the sleeve 12 a short distance from said gear 17 is a Geneva locking cylinder 18.

Rotation of the shaft 5 is transmitted through a shaft 19 which is journaled in the frame 1, and parallel thereto, to the on and off zone indicating mechanisms in a manner which will now be described (Figures 19, 20 and 21). Rotatably mounted on that end of the shaft 19 which is adjacent the handle 3 is a sleeve 20 and secured to one end of said sleeve 20 is a Geneva gear 21 which is adapted to be driven by the gear 13 when the handle 3 is in outward position and to be locked from rotation by the locking cylinder 14 when such handle is in inward position. Rotatably mounted on the shaft 19 adjacent the inner end of the sleeve 20 is a sleeve 22 which has secured to the end thereof a gear 23 that is adapted to be driven by the gear 15 when the handle 3 j is in outward position. The inner end of said sleeve 22 is slotted to slidably receive fingers 24 formed on the end of a sleeve 25 which is slidably and rotatably mounted on the shaft 19, in such a manner that it may be slid longitudinally relative to said shaft and at the same time be connected to rotate with the sleeve 22. Mounted on said sleeve 25 are a pair of spaced gears 26 and 27 which are adapted to transmit rotative motion to the off zone mechanism, the gear 26 meshing with the gear 16. Mounted on the shaft 19 adjacent the sleeve 25 is a sleeve 28 which has mounted on its outer end a Geneva gear 29 which is adapted to be driven by the gear 17 and 'to be locked from rotation by the locking cylinder 18. A gear 30 is also mounted on said-sleeve '28 to afford a driving connec tion with the fare mechanism to be described hereinafter.

The interconnected on and off zone and fare index mechanisms will now be described. J ournalled longitudinally of the frame 1 parallel to the shaft 19 is a shaft 31 on which are monntedpairs of rotatable index wheels 32, 33 and 34 for the fare, the off zone and 'on zone mechanisms respectively, each pair of index wheels comprising a unit wheel and a tens wheel, the wheels of each pair being properly connected for cumulative operation. In order to facilitate inspection by the conductor, passengers, or others, the numbers on said index wheels are visible through apertures 35, 36 and 37 in the top'of the casing 1 which are preferably J covered with some suitable transparent material (Figure 3)..

WVhen the vehicle enters a zone and it is desired to set the on index wheel 34 the handle 3 is pulled outwardlythereby moving the locking cylinder 14 and releasing the Geneva gear 21 allowing the same to be driven by the gear 13. Consequently a setting of the index wheels 34 is effected by the engagement of said Geneva gear 21 with a gear 38 which is connected to rotate with the unit index wheel 34. 'In order that the off zone index wheels 33 may be advanced coincidently with the advancement or setting the on index wheels 34,

a gear 39 is provided which is connected to said wheels 33 and which meshes with the gear 27 and is consequently rotated from the shaft 5 when the handle 3 is pulled into outward position on account of the engagement of the gear 15 with the gear 23. It is, of course, evident that when the handle 3 is in this outward position, the Geneva locking cylinder 18 on the sleeve 12 is in engagement with the Geneva gear 29 and as a result of this engagement the fare index wheels 32 are locked from rotation during this setting of the off and on zone index wheels 33, 34. The units and tenswheels of the pairs 32, 33 and 34 respectively are connected for cumulative rotation by Geneva gears 40, 41 and 42 respectively which are rotatably mounted on a shaft 43 secured in the casing 1. These Geneva gears 40, 41 and 42 mesh with gears 44, 45 and 46 respectively secured to theindex wheels 32, 33 and 34, and consequently effect the proper cumulative adjustment thereof. During the in trip it is, of course, necessary that the off zone index wheels be reversely rotated during the setting thereof by handle 3, and for this purpose an idler gear 47 is mounted on the shaft 43 and adapted to mesh with a gear 48 secured to. the index wheels 33. v

In order that said reversing idler gear 47 may be brought into mesh with the gear 27 and consequently actuated when the handle 3 is pulled outwardly and rotated, means are provided for sliding the sleeve 25 longitudinally of the shaft 19 is such manner that said gear 27 is moved out of mesh with the car 39 and into mesh with said gear 47. gaid means comprise a cam 49 which is mounted on. the lower end of a Vertical shaft 50 extending downwardly be tween the gears 26 and 27 and extending upwardly to the top of the casing 1 where it is secured to a rotatable handle 51 which. is provided with an indicator 52. After the- 3 is in this position said zone index wheels are locked from rotation by the engagement of the locking cylinder 14 with the Geneva gear 21.

Further operation of the ticket registering and stamp-ing mechanisms is effected through the actuation of the handle 4 which is secured to the end of a shaft 53 which is slidably mounted in the casing 1 and which is adapted to be moved longitudinally in said casing by the adjustment of said handle 4 (Figures 9 and 10). The inner end of said shaft 53 is rotatably and slidably supported in a bearing 54 extending inwardly from the wallof the casing 1 and said shaft is normally held so that the handle 4 is in outwar position by means of a coiled spring 55 engaged therearound between the face of the bearing 54 and the end of a sleeve 56 pinned to said shaft 53. At the time when the ticket is to be stamped the passenger indicates either the zone to which. he Wis es to be conveyed, that is, the off zone, or the amount of fare whichhe wishes to pay, and from this information the conductor or operator is enabled to set the off zone and fare index wheels by rotation of the handle 4 in a manner which will now be described.

During the setting of the off zone and fare index wheels 33 and 32, the handle 4 is in outward position and the rotation of said handle acts to rotate a gear 57 which is mounted on the shaft 53 and which meshes With a gear 58 secured to the fare index wheels 32. The rotation of said fare index wheels 32 is transmitted through a gear 59 secured thereto, to the gear 30 which meshes therewith, and from said gear 30- gear 17, to the gear 26 which in turn drives the gear 27 and the off zone index wheels 33 through the gear 39 meshing with said gear 27. During this adjustment the handle 3 is, of course, in inward position and the gear 23 is out of mesh with the gear 15, the gear 21 being looked as has been previously stated by the locking cylinder 14, and as a consequence of this arrangement the on zone index wheels 34 are locked from ro tation.

An arrangement is provided, shown in Figures 9 to 13, inclusive, whereby the gear 57 is driven from the shaft 53 when the handle 4 is outward position and. at the same time free axial movement of said shaft relative to the gears is permitted. For this purpose said gear 57 is secured to the end of a sleeve 60 loosely mounted on said shaft and prevented from longitudinal movement relative thereto by the engagement of one arm of a bracket 61 between flanges 62 formed on said sleeve. The other arm of the bracket 61 is engaged between similar flanges on a sleeve 63 which is loose on the shaft 53 and which has secured thereto a gear 64 which. is provided with both external and internal teeth and which is adapted to drive the registering mechanism in a manner to be described hereinafter. Pinned to the shaft 53 between the arms of the bracket 61 is a recessed block 65 which acts to selectively transmit the rotation of the shaft 53 to the gear 57 or to the gear 64 when the handle 4 is in outward and inward positions respectively. Said block 65 is recessed at 66 to receive a cam projection 67 which is integral with the sleeve 60, and slidably mounted in said block above the recess is a pin 68'which carries a projecting tooth 69 adapted to be engaged between the internal teeth on the gear 64. As a result of this construction when the handle 4 is in outward position, the engagement of the cam projection 67 in the slot; or recess 66 will act to transmit the rotation of the shaft 53 to the gear 57, and when the handle is in inward position the engagement of the tooth 69 between the internal teeth of the gear 64 will act to transmit the rotation of the shaft to said gear and to the registering mechanisms 'coacting therewith. The inner end of the pin 68 is beveled to coact with the cam projection 67 so that when the handle is in outward position the engagement of said cam with the beveled end of the pin will act to move said pin and the tooth 69 outward- 1y into the proper position for engagement between the internal teeth of the gear 64 and said pin is frictionally held in this adjusted position by means of a spring-pressed det ent 70 which is clearly shown in Figure 11.

A mechanism is provided for locking the gear 64 from rotation when the handle 4 is in outward position and for locking the gear 57 from rotation when said handle is in inward position. Said mechanism is clearly shown in Figure 9 and comprises a carriage 71 which is slidable on a rod- 72 which extends longitudinally of the casing l-parallel to the shaft 53 and said carriage is connected for longitudinal movement with the shaft 53 by means of a fork 73 which is integral therewith and which is engaged between flanges 74 integral with the sleeve 56 which is pinned tothe shaft. Locking projections 75 and 76 which extend upwardly from the carriage 71 are adapted to be selectively engaged betwen the teeth of the gear 57 and the gear 64 when the handle 4 is in inward and outward position respectively, and the engagement of said projections, of course, selectively locks said gears from rotation.

A ticket 77 which is to be marked with zone fare indicia is inserted in a recess 78 which is formed in one end of the casing 1 and which is providedwith horizontal walls 79 and 80, respectively, integralwith said casing. Means are provided whereby the registering and impressing operation cannot be effected except when the ticket 77 is in position in the recess 78, and said means comprise a carriage 81 which is slidably mounted in guides 82 and 83 below the recess 78 and which is connected for movement with the carriage 71 by a portion 84 which extends downwardly from saidcarriage 71 and is integral therewith. Pivotally mounted on the carriage 81 are springpressed pawls 85 and 86 which are engaged through openings 87 and 88 respectively in the lower wall of the recess 78 and which are held from projecting above the surface of said wall 80 when the handle 4 is in outward position through engagement with the beveled inner edges of said openings. As will be apparent from an examination of Figure 9, when the ticket 77 is in position in the recess, saidpawls and 86 will contact with the lower surface thereof and be moved by the carriage 81 into the openings 87 and 88, thus allowing the carriage 71 to be moved inwardly to release the register actuating gear 64. If, however, said ticket 77 is not in position, an attempt at inward movement of the handle 4 will allow said pawls 85 and 86 to spring upwardly into openings 89 and 90, in the upper wall member 79 and consequently prevent longitudinal movement of the carriage 71 or the shaft 53.

The mechanisms which impress the suitable zone or stage fare indicia on the ticket 7 7 are actuated by the rotation of the shaft 53 when the handle 4 is in inward position through a gear 91 which is fixed on said shaft and which is adapted to mesh with a segment 92 loose on a shaft 93. Freely mounted on said shaft 93 are gears 94 and 95 respectively which mesh with gears 97 and 98 respectively to rotate the off and on zone impression wheels 100 and 101. A gear 103 connected with impression wheels 102 meshes with a loose gear 104, which acts as a stabilizer. Said fare impression wheels 102 are also adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the fare index wheels 32 by means of gear 105 which is mounted on the shaft 93 and which meshes with the gear 59, (Figures 4 and 7), the gear 105 in turn meshing with the gear 107 which is connected with said fare impression wheel 102 by means of a sleeve 108 rotatable on a shaft 109011 which said fare impression wheels and the zone impression wheels are mounted. A gear 106, which is loose on shaft 93, meshes with gear 44 of index wheels 32, and acts as a stabilizer. 'Further interconnection between the shafts 31 and 109 is provided by a gear 255 which is pinned to the shaft 31 and meshes with a gear 253 which is loose on the shaft 93 and which in turn meshes with a gear 254 pinned to the shaft 109 (see Figures 4 and 21). Said shaft 109 is supported in arms 110 and 111 which depend from and are rotatable about the shaft 93, the lower end of the arm 110 being provided with teeth adapted to mesh with a pinion 112 secured to the end of the shaft 113 on which are mounted im-' pression' rolls 114 which are adapted to coaet with the impression wheels 100, 101 and 102 and with an authenticating impression wheel 115. Said authenticating impression wheel 115 is adapted to be moved into any one of a plurality of authenticating or identifying positions and is controlled by gears 251, 252, which may be operated by a ke lock 2, the gear 251' being loose on the sha t 93 and the gear 252 being secured to the wheel 115. Any suitable mechanism may, of course, be used and since the particular setting mechanism forms no part of the present invention, it will not be described in detail herein. In order that substantially ineradicable indicia may be impressed on the ticket by said impression wheels and the coacting rolls 114, the indicia on the wheels are formed by corrugations on the face thereof which coact with slots in the rolls 114 to cut partially through the ticket, said impression wheels being suitably inked by a transfer inking roller 116 which is journalled in the casing 1 and which contacts with an ink supply roller 1-17.

The operation of the mechanism which effects the control of the registering and printing operation is shown diagrammatically in Figures 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18,

and said mechanism will now be described. The rotation of the handle 4 in setting the off zone Wheel 33 and the fare index wheel 32 to the proper position of course properly adjusts the corresponding impression wheels 100 and 102 and since this setting is effected through the block which connects the gear 57 with the shaft, said block will be brought into a definite angular position to engage between the internal teeth on the gear 64- to effectuate a proper registration. When the handle 4 is pushed inwardly the tooth 69 engages between the proper internal teeth on the gear 64 and the subsequent rotation of the handle of course acts to actuate said gear 64 and said gear 64 in turn drives a suitable totaling register 118 through a gear 119 connected with said register, as shown in Figure 5. Said register 118 is provided with a visible dial 120 which indicates the total amount of cash fare received and also is provided with a visible dial 121 which indicates the total number of tickets stamped. These registering and indicating mechanisms, however, are well known in the art and need not be described in detail herein.

Figure 14 is a diagrammatic view showing the position of certain of the mechanisms at the beginning of the registering and printing operation, the direction of rotation of the gears 64 and 91 being indicated by the arrow. Rotation of the gear 64 is effected through the rotation of the block 65 which has previouslybeen set to a predetermined angular position during the operation of setting the off zone and fare mechanism, and the rotation of said gear 64 is transmitted to the totaling register 118 through the gear 119 to effect a proper registration of the amount of fare received.

-After the gear 64 aiid the block 65 have traveled a predetermined distance the pin 68 contacts wlth a cam 122 which is mounted on the shaft 93 and which is connected by a coiled spring 123 with a pawl 124 which is adapted to be engaged between the eX- ternal teeth of the gear 64. The contactingof the end of the pin 68 with the cam 122 acts to push said pin inwardly and consequently release the tooth 69 from between the internal teeth of the gear 64 and also to move the pawl 124 into engagement be tween the external teeth of the gear 64, consequentl releasing said gear from being driven y the shaft 53' and at the same time looking the gear from further movement. The movement of the cam 122 is also transmitted to a plate 125 which is connected thereto and'which is pivotally supported on the shaft 93. Said plate 125 is connected with the lower end of the segment 92 by a rod 126 which is supported from the shaft '93 by a plate 127 similar to the plate and the end of which is adapted to engage the lower portion of the segment 92. The lower portion of said segment 92 is provided with a forked portion 128 which is engaged over the shaft 109 and which consequently acts to move said shaft 109 laterally when the segment 92 is rotated about the shaft 93.

As a result of the above described 'construction it is evident .that the movements of the cam 122 will vbe transmitted to the segment 92 through the engagement of the portion 122 on said cam with the rod 126 and will move said segment into the position shown in Figure 15 where it meshes and the teeth on the lower end of the arm 110 at the same time engage the teeth of the pinion 112 and the indicia on the wheels 100, 101, 102 and 115 arebrought into reglster withthe depressions or slots in the roll 114 and an impression of the indicia on the tickets is effected. The lateral move ment of the arm 110 is limited by a stop 250. As soon as the teeth on the arm 110 become disengaged from the pinion 112 the rolls 114 are held in the position shown in Figure 18 by a spring-pressed arm 129 which engages the under side thereof and acts to hold'said roller in such a position that the teeth on the lower end of the arm 110 will clear the teeth on the pinion 112 on the return movement but will engage with said teeth on the next movement to the left indicated in Figures 17 and 18.

A slight modification of the mechanism for operating the rolls 114 is shown in Figure 8 where the lower end of the arm 110 is provided with a cam projection 130 which is adapted to engage the rounded end of a plate 131 secured to the end of the shaft 113 andconsequently move the rolls 114 intooperative position. \Said plate 131 is so positioned that the movement of the arm 110 to the left causes an operation of the roll,

but the movement. of said arm to the right permits the cam 130 to move past the endof the plate 131 without disturbing said roller and said roller is returned to and maintained in the proper position by the spring-pressed arm 129 previously described.

In orderlthat the gear 63. may be main! tained in a fixed and determinable relation relative to the block and the coacting registering mechanism, a spring-pressed pawl 133 is provided mounted above said adapted to seatin a cut-away portion135 of the gear 91- when the rotation in either agforward or a rearward direction is completed and consequently to allow a relatively reverse movement of said gear and the shaft 53 only after a completion of the previous movement. The position of the parts of certain portions of the mechanisms during the reverse rotation are shown in Figure 16. The arm 110 is returned to the position shown, and upon the release of the segment 92 the same is moved away from the gear 91 into its normal position by means of a spring 136, the pawl 124 being at the same time moved out of engagement with the gear 64 by the spring 123.

The operation, is as follows: When the street car or other conveyance enters a new zone the on zone index wheels 34 are set by the rotation of the handle 3, which is moved to outward position against the action of the spring t), and the setting of said on zone index wheels 34 effects a corresponding setting of the off zone index wheels 33 and the corresponding impression wheels 100 and, 101 in the manner and through the gear connections previously described. After this setting has been accomplished the handle 3 is released and is moved inwardly with the shaft 5 by the action of the spring 9, this inward movement effecting a locking of the on zone index wheels 34 and the on zone printing wheel 101 through the'Geneva locking cylinder 14. At the time that the ticket is to be stamped the selective setting of the off zone index wheels 33 and the fare index wheels 32 is effected in accordance with a fare amount or zone destination named by the passenger. This selective setting is eifected by, means of the handle 4 when said handle is in normal or outward posltion, the rotation of said handle and the shaft 53 to which it is attached being transmitted from the block 65 which is pinned to 'said shaft, through a cam projection 67 integral with sleeve 60,,.engaging in a slot in said block 65 and from said sleeve 60 to the gear 57 attached thereto. Said gear 57 meshes with the gear 58 on the shaft 31 and drives the fare index wheels 32 and off zone index wheels 33, the latter, through the engagement of gears 45 and 94, driving the impression wheels 100. Through the meshing of gear 59 of the fare index wheels 32 with gear- 105 on shaft 93, and the meshing ,of said gear 105' with gear 107 on the shaft 109, this setting offare index wheels 32 and off zone index wheels .33 also isimparted to impression wheels 102. The gear 64 is of course locked out of operation during this setting of the fare and off zone index and impression wheels, and during this setting the block'65 is brought into a predetermined angular relation with said.

gear, so that when the handle 4 is pushed inwardly and said gear'is released the tooth 69 on the block 65 will engage between the proper internal teeth on the' gear 64 whereupon reverse rotation of the handle effects aregistration of the fare amount on register 118 equivalent to the initial setting of the fare and fcff zone and index wheels. .When the shaft 53 is returned to its initial position the pin 68. contacts with cam 122 and is forced inward, thereby releasing gear 64., which'is simultaneonsly locked by pawl 124. The further rotation of shaft 53 rocks cam 122, which through its contact with rod 125 rotates segment 92 into mesh with gear 91. The further rotation of said gear 91, which is fixed to shaft 53 carries with it segment 92', which, through its lower bifurcated end 128, rocks the shaft 109, thus effecting the printing or impression of the ticket, as hereinbefore described.

In order to print the next ticket the operating handle 4 must be rotated in a reverse direction until the projection 67 is again 4 in position to engage in the recess 66 in the block to again push the pins 68 and 69 outwardly into operative position.

Because of the arrangement of the spring- .pressed p'awls and 86 with the co-operating openings 87, 88, 89 and 90, it is necessary that another ticket be inserted before the stamp can again be operated, and if the next ticket is from and to the same zone or stages asthe last ticket issued no change in the setting of the off zone index wheels is of course necessitated, but the operating handle must be pushed. in to reestablish co-operative relation of the various mechanisms for each operation.

Itis, of course, evident that each stamping operation may be accompanied by an audible signal if desired.

On account of the provision of the looking pawl 134: it is necessary that the entire registering and printing or stamping operation be effected before the next operation can be begun, and in view of the fact that it is necessary to insert a, ticket before the machine can be operated, it is apparent that no registration can take place without an impression of the ticket and that no impression of a ticket can take place without registration.

In cases where passen er service systems are divided into several routes and each route has a stage or zone point differently designated, the off and on zone or stage wheels may be set relatively to each other so that any corresponding series of zone numbers may correspond with the proper series of fare amounts. On account of the fact that all of the major operations in impressing the tickets and registering the fare are positively effected by strong mecha nisms, there is little likelihood of the improved indicating and registering ticket stamp of this invention getting out of order.

Since the calculation of the fare amount or the zone distance is effected with no mental effort on the part of the conductor or operator, it is of course apparent that the machine greatly facilitates the checking up of fares in zone or stage fare transportation charges.

The machine may be constructed of comparatively light weight material, and since it only takes up a small amount of space it may be easily and conveniently carried about on the person of the operator.

We are aware that many details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and we therefore do not purpose limitin the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

We claim as our invention:

1. A ticket stamping mechanism for zone fare conveyance systems, comprising mechanisms for indicating the zone in which the passenger enters the conveyance, the zone to which the passenger isv traveling and the amount of fare paid, and mechanisms coacting with said first mentioned mechanisms for impressing indicia of theabove indications upon a suitable ticket.

2. A ticket stamp for zone fare conveyance systems comprising mechanisms for indicating the zone in which the passenger entered the conveyance, the zone to which the passenger is traveling and the amount of fare paid, mechanisms coacting with said first mentioned mechanisms for impressing indicia of the above indications upon a suitable ticket, and means for locking said mechanisms from operation except when a ticket is in position for stamping.

3. A ticket stamp for zone fare conveyance systems comprising mechanisms for indicating the zone in which the passenger entered the conveyance,'tlic zone to which the passenger is traveling and theamount of fare paid, mechanisms coacting with said.

first mentioned mechanisms for impressing indicia of the above indications upon a suitable ticket, and ticket released means for normally locking said mechanisms from operation.

4. In a ticket stamp rendered operative only when a ticket is inserted therein, an.

operating shaft capable of rotational and axial movement, means for connecting an index mechanism to said shaft to be set by the rotation thereof, said connecting means 'being thereby moved to a definite angular position relative to the index mechanism, and means for maintaining said connecting means in the same angular relation and connecting the same with a registering mechanism when-the shaft is moved axially.

5. A ticket stamp for zone fare conveyance systems comprising separately adjust able mechanisms for indicating the zone in which the passenger entered the conveyance, the zone to which the passenger is traveling and the amount of fare paid, and mechanisms coactingfwith' said first mentioned mechanisms for impressing indicia of the above indications upon a suitable ticket.

6. In a ticket stamp, an operating shaft capable of axial and rotational movement, means for normally holding said shaft in a predetermined axial position, index setting mechanisms adapted to be operated by the shaft when in normal axial position, and impressing mechanisms set by said index setting mechanisms and adapted to be operated by the shaft when the same is moved from normal position.

7. In a ticket stamp, operating means ca:

pable of axial and rotational movement, re-

silient means for normally holdin said op: erating means in a predetermine axial po'- sition, index setting -mechanisms adapted to be operated by said operating means when in normal axial position, and impressing mechanisms set by said index setting mechanism and adapted to be-operated by said operating means when the same are moved from normal position. 5

8. In a ticket stamp, an operating shaft capable of axial and rotational movement,

means for normally holding said shaft in a predetermined axial position, index setting mechanisms adapted to be operated by the shaft when in normal axial position, impressing mechanisms adapted to be operated y the shaft when the same is moved from normal position, and means for locking the impressing means from operation when the shaft is in normal position.

9. In a ticket stamp, operating means capable of axial and rotational movement, means for normally holding said operating means in a predetermined axial position, index setting mechanisms adapted to be op- 'erated by said operating means when in normal position, and impressing means adapted to be actuated by the operating means when the same are moved from normal position.

10. In a ticket stamp, an operating shaft .capable of axial and rotational movement,

means for normally holding said shaft in a predetermined axial position, index setting.

= mechanisms adapted to be operated 'by the shaft when in normal axial position, impressing mechanisms adapted to be operated by the shaft when the same is moved from normal position, and means for locking said index setting mechanisms from operation when the shaft is moved from normal position.

pressing mechanisms adapted to be operated by the shaft when the. same is moved from 1.

capable of rotational and axial movement,

means for connecting an index mechanism to said shaft to be set by the rotation thereof, said connecting means being thereby moved to a definite angular position relative to the index mechanism, and means for maintaining said connecting means in the same angular relation and connecting the same with a registering mechanism when the shaft is moved axially.

13. In a ticket stamp, an operating shaft capable of rotational and axial movement, means for connecting an index mechanism to said shaft tobe set by therotation thereof, said connecting means being thereby moved to a definite angular position relative to the index mechanism, means for maintaining said connecting means in the same angular relation and connecting the same with a registering mechanism when the shaft is shifted axially, and means for releasing said connecting means from the registering mechanism upon completion of registration.

14. In a ticket stamp, an operating shaft capable of rotational and axial movement, means for connecting an index mechanism to said shaft to be set by the rotation thereof, said connecting means being thereby moved to a definite angular position relative to the index mechanisms, means for maintaining said connecting means in the. same angular relation and connecting the same with a registering mechanism when the shaft is shifted axially, means for releasing said connecting means from the registering mechanism, and means for locking the registering mechanism from operation upon the completion of a registration.

15. In a zone fare ticket stamp, on zone index and impression wheels, off zone index and impression wheels, fare index and impression wheels, means for setting the on zone and off zone wheels to proper relative position, and-means for setting the off zone and fare wheels to proper relative position subsequent to the setting of the on and off zone wheels.

16. In a zone fare ticket stamp, on zone index and impression wheels, ofi' zone index and impression wheels, fare index and impression wheels, means for setting the on zone and off zone wheels to proper relative position,'means for setting the off zone and fare wheels to. properrelative position subsequent to the setting of the on and dif zone wheels, means for locking.

the fare wheels during the first mentioned setting operation, and means for locking the on zone wheels during the second mentioned operation.

17. In a zone fare ticket stamp, on zone index and impression wheels, off zone index and impression Wheels, fare index and impression wheels, means for setting the on zone and off zone wheels to proper relative position, means for setting the ofi' zone and fare wheels to proper relative position, and means for reversing the direction of rotation of the off zone wheels.

18. In a zone fare ticket stamp, on zone index and impression Wheels, of? zone index and impression wheels, fare index and impression wheels, means for setting the on zone and off zone wheels to proper relative position, means for setting the off zone and fare Wheels to proper relative position, means for reversing the direction of rotation of the off zone Wheels, and manu ally operable indicating means for controlling said reversing means.

19. In a ticket stamp, on zone index and impression wheels, oft zone index and impression wheels, fare index and impression wheels, means for setting the on and off zone wheels to proper relative position, means for setting the 03 zone and fare wheels to proper relative position, and means associated with said second mentioned setting means for impressing a ticket with zone fare indicia.

20. In a ticket stamp, operating means adapted to be moved to a plurality of operative positions, index setting mechanisms adapted to be operated by said means when in one position, and impression mechanisms interconnected with said index setting mechanisms and operable by said means when in another position to effect impression of a ticket.

21. A zone fare ticket stamp comprising a plurality of indicating means, a plurality of mechanisms for manually setting said indicating means, and a ticket impressing mechanism operated by one of said setting mechanisms.

22. A zone fare ticket stamp comprising a plurality of indicating means, a plurality of mechanisms for manually setting said indicating means, a ticket impressing mechanism operated by one of said setting mechanisms, and means preventing the initiation of a new impressing operation prior to the completion of a previousimpressingoperation.

23. A zone fare ticket stamp comprising a casing, a recess in the casing adapted to receive a ticket to be stamped, mechanisms in the casing for impressing a ticket in said recess with zone fare indicia, and means preventing operation of said mechanisms when there is no ticket in said recess.

24. A zone fare ticket stamp comprising a casing, a recess in the casing adapted to receive a ticket to be stamped, mechanisms in the casing for impressing a ticket with zone fare indicia, and ticket released means ror controlling the operation of said mechanism.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO J. BAUR. ERNEST H. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

CARLTON HILL, JAMES M. OBRIEN.

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