US1922731A

US1922731A - Ticket printing and registering

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Publication number: US1922731A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1933-08-15
Anticipated expiration: 1950-08-15

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Au 15, 1933. c. HANEL TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING DEVICE Fi led Jan. 7, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 I [7mm for; Z M.

5 Shets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 7, 1931 15, 1933' c. HANEL 1,922,731

TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Jan. 7, 1931 7 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 I72 2/272 far Patented Aug. 15, 1933 UNITED STATES TICKET PRINTING AND 1 DEVICE REGISTERING Curt H'zinel, Berlin-Neukolln, Germany Application January 7, 1931, Serial No. 507,283, and in Germany January 14, 1930 5 Claims. (Cl. 23 5-31) This invention relates to a ticket printing and person issuing the tickets, for instance a tram conductor or the like, and adapted to be set for printing, by means of the same printing cylinder, different prices or other distinctive marks, each set of types being associated with. means for operating its own registering counter.

In'known devices of this kind the registering means consist of tappets which co-operate with star'wheels on the counters and which perform their functions during a small portion of the movement of the printing cylinder. They are therefore liable to overthrow and other irregularities.

The object of the present invention is to remedy this defect, and the invention consists in the provision of means whereby the counters can be operated through the medium of ordinary gear wheels which remain in gear with the operating .shaft during the entire movement of the latter and which require a complete revolution of the printing cylinder for a proper operation of the counter.

,Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front view of the interior of a device ac cording to the invention for printing two different kinds of tickets, the paper guides being swungout of operative position,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism,

Fig. 3 is a front view of a printing cylinder with gears for printing and registering six differ ent kinds of tickets,

Fig. 4 is an end view of the cylinder,

Fig. 5 is a front view of a mechanism of modified construction for printing and registering different kinds of tickets.

Fig. 6 is a side view of this mechanism,

Fig. 7 is a view of the shaft of the printing cylinder employed in the latter construction, and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line VIII-VIII of Fig. 7.

The device illustrated in Figs. 1-3 comprises a printing cylinder I mounted between the

side walls

2 and 3 of a casing and provided with the usual adjustable type wheels as well as with a permanent type block for printing the changeable andpermanent wording of the tickets. An'automatically changing numeral printing device is also provided for printing the serial numbers of the tickets. In addition to these printing elements, the printing cylinder is provided with type bars 4a and 4b either of which can be brought into operation for printing a given price or classification of tickets.

The printing cylinder is rotated by means of a crank handle 6 mounted in a bearing 5 by means of a shaft which carries, inside the casing, a gear wheel 7. The latter meshes with a gear wheel 8 secured to the shaft 7a of the printing cylinder 1. Mounted rotatably on the shaft 7a are two

gear wheels

24 and 25 one at each side of the cylinder. These gear wheels are adapted to transmit motion, through the medium of

intermediate gears

22, 23, 20, 21, to

pinions

18 and 19, one to each. The pinions are mounted on the driving shafts of

different counters

16 and 17 arranged above the printing cylinder 1.

The type bars 4a and 4b are carried in the printing cylinder 1 by a shaft 4 to which is secured a gear'wheel 29. The latter meshes with an idle gear 30 which in its turn meshes'with a pinion 31 secured to a shaft 32. Mounted loosely on this shaft is a sleeve 34 which is connected by means of an arm to a rod 35 arranged to slide within the printing cylinder parallel to the axis thereof. The sleeve 34 is pressed by a spring 43 against a collar 33 which is secured to the shaft and which presents a wedge-shaped bearing surface to the sleeve, the latter having a'V-shaped recess to correspond. On the outer end of the shaft 32, outside the cylinder, an arm 38 is mounted which is adapted to co-operate with a rigid stop 39 for turning the shaft.

The

gear wheels

24 and 25 are provided with

apertures

37 and 36 respectively into either of which the rod 35 can be inserted for coupling the respective wheel to the printing cylinder. There are also two double-

armed levers

41 and 42 which are pivoted to the casing and which are inter-connected at one end by means of a rod 40. The free ends of the levers are bent off for engagement with the ends of the rod 35 whereby the levers are rocked on the rod being axially displaced, each lever being adapted to enter the respective wheel aperture on the rod being withdrawn therefrom.

Thegear wheel 29 of the shaft 4 also meshes with a gear wheel 28 mounted on a shaft which also carries an arm 27. A setting lever 26 is pivoted to the casing for co-operation with the arm 27.

Normally the type bar 4a is in operative position for printing the most common kind of tickets. The arm 27 is capable of moving without touching the lever 26, and the arm '38 can move without touching the stop 39. The gear wheel 25 is coupled to the printing cylinder by means of the rod 35 and will therefore operate the counter 17 for registering each ticket issued. Meanwhile the gear wheel 24 is locked by the no lever 41 so that no operation of the counter 16 can take place. Since the counter 17 remains permanently in gear with the printing cylinder, no irregularity in the registration of the tickets can take place.

If a ticket of the other kind should be required, the setting lever 26 is turned by hand in the direction of the arrow. The lever engages and turns the arm 27, and the gears connected to the latter participate in the movement. The type bar 41) will be turned by the gears into operative position instead of the type bar 4a, and the shaft 32 will be turned through 90. As the shaft 32 turns, the collar 33 will be wrenched out.

of the recess in the sleeve 34, and the latter will be axially displaced together with the rod 35.so as to reverse the positions of the

levers

41 and 42. Thus the gear wheel 24 and the counter 16 will be coupled to the printing cylinder, and the gear wheel 27 and the counter 17 will be locked by the lever 42. The arm 38 on the shaft 32 will also be turned into position to co-operate with the stop 39. The printing cylinder can now be rotated for printing the desired ticket, and as the arm 38 passes the stop 39 at the end of the printing operation, it will be turned by the stop so as to bring the wedge of the collar 33 more or less into alignment with the recess in the sleeve 34 whereupon, under the influence of the spring 43, the elements will be completely restored to their initial positions. It is evident that the setting lever 26, which is controlled by a spring, must be operated each time a ticket of the second order is required.

The printing cylinder is inked in the usual manner by means of an inking roller 14 and a ductor roll 15. The impression cylinder 10 is carried by a pivoted frame 9 which also carries the paper roll 11 and the paper guide 12. A serrated edge 13 is provided whereon the printed and protruding tickets are severed off.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a different arrangement registered, and the number may be increased if desired. The printing cylinder a is fitted with an adjustable type wheel b whereon six type bars b are radially distributed. The type wheel is connected to a gear wheel 0 which meshes with a gear wheel d mounted on a shaft 1. The printing cylinder a has a hollow shaft 9 through which the shaft f passes, and the outer end of the latter shaft is fitted with a hand wheel I which can be turned relative to an index'for setting the type wheel b in its different positions. Slidably arranged on the shaft 1, inside the shaft 9, is a collar 2' provided externally with a lug h which projects through a straight longitudinal slit m in the shaft 9, and internally with a lug k which engages in a helical groove e in the shaft 1. On

the latter being turned for setting the type wheel, the collar 2, which owing to its engagement with the shaft g is prevented from participating in the rotation, will be axially displaced along the helical groove e, and it will therefore occupy a different position on the shaft for each particular setting of the type wheel. Mounted rotatably on the shaft 9 are six gear wheels n which are provided with notches for engagement with the lug h of the collar 1', the notches being normally held in alignment by spring controlled catches 0 which snap into notches in the bosses of the gear wheels. In each position of the collar 2 the lug h engages in the notch of one of the gear wheels, and the wheel will therefore follow the rotation of the printing cylinder and transmit the motion to a counter which is geared to this particular wheel.

A similar arrangement is shown in Figs. 5 to 8.

In this case, however, means are provided forprinting nine different kinds of tickets, and the arrangement is simplified by the provision of a single gear wheel n for transmitting motion to all the different driving wheels 1a9a of the respective counters 19. The wheel n is arranged to'slide on a hollow shaft g mounted above and parallel to the printing cylinder a and connect ed to the latter through gears 12, q and r. A shaft f is arranged inside the shaft g and fitted outside the casing with a hand wheel Z. The shaft communicates rotation to the adjustable type wheel b through the medium of gears s, t, u, v, w and .L'. A collar 1'', arranged on the shaft f inside the shaft 9', has an internal lug k whereby it engages in a helical groove e in the shaft 1'. An external lug it passes through a longitudinal straight slit m in the shaft g and is rigidly secured to the slidable gear wheel 12'.

The counters 1--9 are arranged in three rows and are relatively staggered so .that the wheel 11 can only engage one of the wheels 1a9a at a time, the actual'position being determined by the adjustment of the type wheel b through the medium of the hand. wheel 1'. Some of the counters are left out in Fig. 5 for the sake of clearness.

I claim:

1. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printing cylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel in said cylinder provided with a plurality of sets of types, means for rotatably setting the type wheel in the cylinder to bring any desired set of types into operative position, a counter for each set of types, gears for transmitting motion from the cylinder to different counters, a slidable coupling member, connection between said coupling member and said setting means for connecting the printing cylinder automatically to the gears of the different counters, and means for maintaing each counter in gear with the cylinder during the entire revolution of the latter.

2. A device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the cylinder is mounted on the gear shaft between two gear wheels, and wherein the means for connecting the cylinder to either gear wheel comprises a coupling rod arranged to slide in the cylinder and adapted to engage either gear wheel, said rod being controlled and operated by the setting means, and a pair of coupled detent levers mounted separately from the cylinder, cooperating with said rod, and adapted to engage the gear wheels for locking. one wheel when the other is thrown into gear.

4. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printing cylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel in said cylinder provided with several sets of types, means -for rotating the type wheel to bring any desired set of types into operative position, a counter for each set of types, a hollow shaft rotating with the printing drum, gear wheels on said shaft for communicating rotation to different counters, a setting shaft mounted within said hollow shaft and formed with a helical groove, and a collar arranged to slide on said setting shaft inside the hollow shaft, said collar having one lug which engages in the groove of the setting shaft and another lug which takes through a longitudinal slit in the hollow shaft and is adapted to couple the latter to any of said gear wheels.

5. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printing cylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel in said cylinder provided with several sets of types, means for rotating the type wheel to bring any desired set of types into operative position, a

counter for each set of types, a hollow shaft geared to the printing drum, a setting shaft arranged within said hollow shaft and formed with a helical groove, a collar arranged to slide on said setting shaft inside the hollow shaft, said collar having one lug which engages in the groove in the setting shaft and another lug which takes through a longitudinal slit in the hollow shaft, and a gear wheel arranged to slide on the hollow shaft and coupled to said latter lug, the dififerent counters being provided with driving wheels arranged in diiferent planes in position to be, engaged by said gear wheel.

CURT HANEL.