US1972449A

US1972449A - Automatic electric ticket indicator

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Publication number: US1972449A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1934-09-04
Anticipated expiration: 1951-09-04

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3 Sheets-Sheet l p 1934- w. s. JOHNSON AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1930 p 1934- w. s JOHNSON 1,972,449

AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sept. 4, 1934. w. s. JOHNSON 1,972,449

AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Original Filed Nov. 15, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 16 2 W9 /W W //9 //fi Z jfzwzaiia' fiaiiirdiikww, W k j Patentecl Sept. 4, I934 ra ls AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC TICKET INDICATOR Walter S. Johnson, Providence, R. I., assignor to Money-Meters, Ina, Detroit, Mich, a corporation of Michigan Application November 15, 1930, Serial No. 496,019 Renewed February 3, 1934 12 Claims.

The present invention relates to machines for receiving, indicating the receipt of, and registering, coins, tokens, tickets and other objects differing from one another in some physical characteristic and in conventional or arbitrary value, all comprehensively designated for the purpose of this description as tickets. In thus using the term ticket, I have intended to employ a brief generic term to designate any one of a number of different articles which may be used as a medium or payment, such as for transportation in public conveyances, admission to places of amusement, and the like; and which have physical characteristics adapting them to serve automatically to indicate and register distinctively tickets of different categories. Within this definition of ticket, I include coins of recognized monetary systems having accepted legal and conventional values, as well as special disks or plaques provided for special purposes and having arbitrary values.

t is the object of the invention to provide an apparatus capable of receiving a more or less wide range of differently valued tickets and of automatically registering and/or indicating dis tinctively, by electrical means, the numbers of differently valued tickets received. A further object is to enable objects of different classes to be directed to different depositories, as to direct to one destination the tickets acceptable in payment of the service or commodity sold, and to discard those articles which may pass the entrance of the machine but are not acceptable. Another object is to retain in the view of the attendant the ticket of acceptable character last deposited until deposit subsequently of another ticket. All these results are accomplished by electrical means.

In putting these objects into effect I utilize the deposited objects to close electric circuits, and take advantage of the fact that coins and analcgous tokens are of electrically conductive material and those of different values are made with diiierent diameters. Consequently the embodiment of the invention herein disclosed provides a space for reception of the deposited tickets having arresting means adapted to stop the tickets of different sizes in different positions, and in contact with the terminals of different electric circuits, the ticket itself being used as a bridging conductor to complete the circuit between the terminals in contact with which it lodges. It is within my contemplation, however, to utilize the deposited articles to complete the electric circuits otherwise than by conduction through their own substance, and to depend on other differences than of diameter or width (such as thicknose or weight, for instance) to efiect the desired discrimination between diiierent articles.

In the drawings,-

Fig. l is a front elevation of a machine embodying the invention representing the casing as being partly broken away and showing the interior working parts;

Fig. 2 is a detail vertical section on line 22 one of the registers, its actuating solenoid, and a' circuit closer operated thereby;

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the the casing broken away;

Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal section on line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

Fig. 9 is a diagram of electrical apparatus and circuits illustrating the principles or" the electrical equipment employed in this machine.

machine with Like reference characters designate the same parts wherever they occur in all the figures.

The part 10 represents a standard, base or pedestal of any suitable character on which the machine is supported. Supported on this stand-- ard and enclosing the working parts of the ma chine is a casing 11 in an upper part of which, preferably the top Wall, is a slot 12 into which the articles to be indicated or registered are dropped.

In registering alinement with the slot 12 is a passage or chute 13 which extends downward and discharges into an open space 14- bounded by side walls of such varied spacing between them at difierent points in their height as to arrest tickets of difierent dimensions in respectively different positions.

In the present illustration the space or cavity 14 is a V-shaped notch formed in a plate 15 of insulating material, which notch is open at top, front and back. Its converging opposite sides are therefore adapted to arrest coins and other tickets of different diameters or widths at different heights. Where, as in this case, the tickets received are of electrically conductive material adapted to complete electric circuits by bridging rest a twenty-five cent piece; contact 20 a piece smaller than a quarter dollar and larger than a nickel five cent piece; the contact 19 to arrest a nickel; contact 18 a one cent piece; contact 17 a dime; and contact 16 a disk smaller than a dime. These specific values are not limiting of course, but illustrate the principle according to which different tickets may be caused to operate difiera ent indicators and to effect other results.

There is located in the space 14 a combined guide and displacer composed of

parallel plates

24 and 25 pivoted on an axis 26 at the bottom of the chute 13 and suitably secured togetherbut with a space between them ample to receive any coin or ticket which may pass through slot 12 and chute 13. These plates at their side edges are clear of the bounding walls of the space 14 and are entirely separate from one another at their sides within the range of the notch so as to permit protrusion of the coin from between them into engagement with the sides or" the notch. The displacer is movable, as shown by broken lines in Fig. 5, either to front or rear of its neutral position, which is shown by solid lines in that figure, so as to displace the arrested articles from the notch and cause them to pass onward into one or the other of two destinations. The displacer has a two fold purpose; one to remove the arrested coins and leave room for others in the measuring space, and the other to discriminate between coins or tickets which are acceptable and those which are not. Acceptable tickets are thrown forward by the displacer and allowed to fall on an inclined deflector 27 which guides them to an inspection chamber 28 in which each accepted ticket is retained in view of the attendant until the next ticket is deposited.

The inspection chamber is formed between the inclined top wall 29 of a forward extension at the lower part of the case, a movable bottom wall or trap 30 spaced apart below wall 29, and

side walls 31 which extend from wall 29 substantially across the space toward the bottom wall 30 and frame all sides of the chamber 28 except the entrance at the upper and rear end of thechamber. Such chamber and its entrance are of course wide enough to receive the widest tickets admitted by the entrance slot 12. ;The

portion or" the wall which overlies the inspection. chamber is out out to form a window, which is covered by a transparent pane 32 secured between an overlying flange of the casing wall and the underlying attached side walls 31. The bottom wall of the chamber is pivoted to the frame on an axle rod 33 by means of lugs 34 so that it may be moved from the full line position shown.

in Fig. 5, where it lies so near to the side walls 31 as to prevent escape of even the thinnest;

tickets received in the chamber, to a separated position as indicated in broken lines, where it permits the tickets to escape and-fall into a receptacle or box 35.

Rejected articles are moved to the rear by the, displacer and allowed to pass into a receptacle; 3 6, the front and rear walls of which converge to form a narrow runway 3'7 extending toward one side of the machine, as shown in Fig. 7, and open at the top so that the rejected articles may be reached by the attendant through an opening in the side of the casing, and so removed.

It may be noted in passing that the box 35 is formed in part by the stationary lower front wall 38 of the casing and a separated stationary upright plate 39 of the interior framework, and in part by a movable section 40 of the casing bottom and separated side walls 41 connected structurally with the section 40. The movable part of this box is pivoted by a pin 42, held lugs 43 of the stationary bottom, and is nor mally held in receiving position by a spring 44, coiled around the pin and pressing at one end against a shoulder 45 of the pivoted bottom and .reacting on an anchorage 46 on the stationary tickets by the attendant.

Registers. or

counters

48, 49, 50, and more if desired, are provided for separately registering tickets of different dimensions. In this illustration the threecounters shown are appropriated to register f ve cent pieces, dimes and quarter dollars respectively. All are alike and are op-- erated by like means, and it involves only a duplication of the counters and operating means here shown to provide for registering separately the entire range of coins and tickets described above. But for illustration of the principle of selection between acceptacle and nonacceptable tickets, it is here assumed that the nickels, dimes and quarters only are. accepted and registered, and that all other received articles are rejected. The electrical lay-out which will be later described is arranged on that assumption, but in the understanding thatother arrangements, connections and combinations may be made within the scope of this invention. 7

Thedisplacer, registers, and the movable bottom wall 30 ortrap door or" the inspection chamber, are all operated byelectric solenoids. Two axially

alined solenoids

481 and 491 operate the displacer by means of a single core rod 501 which is connected with the. arm 51, projecting forwardly from the upper end of the deflector, by means of a pin and slot connection at 52 which permits straight line movement of the core rod and angular movement of the arm 51. This core rod is supported in its neutral position by a spring 53. acting through a plunger 54 and reacting against the bottom cross bar 55 of a frame 56 which depends from the shelf 57 on which the 7 associated

solenoids

481, 491 are supported. The core restson the upper end of plunger 54, which is guided by the cross bars of frame 56 and is stopped as to its upward movement by its shoulder 58 underlying the upper cross bar of the framework. The upper solenoid 481 raises core 501 to move the displacer into its forward position, and the lower solenoid depresses the core to shift the displacer into its rear position.

Solenoids 60, .61 and62 operate the

register

48, 49 and 50 respectively. Each of such solenoids has a core 63 coupled to the operating arm 64 of the register by a pin and slotconection consisting of pin 65 on the arm entering a transverse slot 66 in an extension of the core, as shown best in Fig. 6. The core is normally held in an elevated position by a spring 67 reacting on an adjustable abutment 68 which is screw threaded the structure on which the solenoid is mounted. The effect of electromagnetic force generated in the solenoid is to depress the core from its elevate' position and swing arm 6-1 through a distance sufiicient to move the lowest order indicator of the register through a unit angle.

The core extension carries one member of a circuit closer, in the form of a block or roll '71 cooperating with spring strips 72 and 73 of conducting material which are separately connected with parts or" an electric circuit. The block or roll '71 is mounted on a stud passing th ough the extension of solenoid core 53 and insulated therefrom in a well known manner by washers and bushings of nonconducting material. The spring strips '32 3 are mounted independently on a block 7 1 of insulating material and are engaged with clips 75, in the upper ends of which are recesses to receive conductor wires and binding screws 76. Said contact strips are spaced clear of the blo .1 71 the position occupied. by the block when olenoid core 63 is raised, but below that positi the strips are bent inward, shown d lines in Fig. 5,

partiail in o by do*- e in such fashion that both are engaged by the he circuit pulled down.

gnal device '77 (Fi s. 7 and tration is a buzzer, whereby whenever the register connect d with one another carrying mechanisms, and of which the disk lowest order is driven by the oscillative arm 6% by any suitable ratchet device. This register, however, is typical of a wide variety of registering or recording or indicating means which might be used to obtain similar, or other desired, eiiects.

A sclen operates the bottom wall or trap door 30 or t e observation c--arnber. Its core '79, which "rally protrudes from the bottom of the scion under the influence of gravity, carrise a of nonmagnetic material on its upper above the solenoid. This knuckle is coupled by a wris p n 81 with a rearward extension 82 of the plate 39. The bottom of the knuckle 80 on the top of the solenoid casforrning a stop which limits descent of the core and rise of the plate 30. It is pulled down by a spring 891.

A plate 8 3- is pivoted at the rear of the chute 13 near the upper end or" the latter and is provided with ears 8 1 connected by alined pivots 85 with the chute at opposite sides of the passage therein. The upper edge of this plate is bent over toward the chute and above it, forming a shield or stop 86 which normally lies clear of the passage in the chute, as shown by full lines in Figs. 2 and 5, but may be moved across the entrance of the passage as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2. It is coupled by an ex ension 87 of one of its supporting lugs, by means or" a pin and slot connection 88, with the upwardly protruding end of the core 89 of a solenoid 90. The lower end of this core is of nonmagnetic material and is supported by a spring 91, (Fig. 1) reacting on an adjustable abutment 92 threaded into a cross bar 93 which is suspended by bars 94 from the solenoid support. This spring normally holds the core elevated and the shield retracted, as shown by full lines in the drawings, and the core is pulled downward by magnetic force when the solenoid is energized, shifting the shield and plate 83 into the dotted line position shown in Fi 2.

A block 95 of insulating material is secured to the lower edge of plate 83 and carries two separated studs 96 (Fig. 5) and 97 (Fig. 2) which cross the coin passage out of contact with the Walls thereof. These studs are nearer together than the width of any ticket contemplated tbe registered by the machine, whereby they arrest any such ticket and compel the ticket to engage both of them, completing the circuits of which these studs are separated parts, as will be later described. But when the plate 83 is displaced and tilted the studs are withdrawn from the passage, allowing the arrested ticket to pass onward; and at the same time the shield covers the entrance of the passage and prevents admission of another article until the one just released has been displaced from the arresting cavity 14.

Stud 96 is connected electrically with a finger 98 which protrudes from the bottom of the block 95, and stud 9? is similarly connected with a parallel protruding finger 99. A third, '15. intermediate, finger 100 (Figs. 7 and 8) s .nilarly protrudes and is electrically connected with the stud 96 by a conducting strap 101, but not with the stud 97.

The

outermost fingers

98 and 99 are in continuous sliding contact with the curved upper edges of

contact blades

102 and 103 respectively. These blades are pivoted and electrically connected to

posts

104 and 105 which are mounted in a shelf 106 of insulating material and have binding nuts 10'? on their protruding shanks for connection with conductor wires. The contact edges of these blades are curved to conform with the paths traversed by the outer ends of the

fingers

98 and 99. They are pivoted to their supporting posts and pressed upward by springs 108 in order to insure good electrical contact after extended use and wear.

A third contact blade 109 is provided to cooperate wit the contact finger 100, It is like the

blade

102, 103 except that it is shorter and is not brought into contact with finger too until the fingers have been displaced with the carrier block 95 and connected studs to approximately the dotted line position in Fig. 2.

Vlhen these parts, including the entrance shield or obstructor 86, have been thus displaced, they are held there by a latch 110 (Figs. 1 and 2) overlapping a shoulder on the end of solenoid core 89. Said latch is formed as a lug projecting from one end of a metal plate 111 which has parallel end lugs connected by a pivot rod 112 with lugs 113 rising from. a base plate 114 secured to the casing of solenoid 4181. A spring 115 surrounds the pivot rod 112 and one end presses upward on the bottom edge of plate 111, while its other end reacts on the bed plate 114, thus pressing the latch lug constantly against the side of the projecting core 89 and causing it to snap over the end of the core whenever the latter is depressed.

A cam follower lug 116 projects rearwardly from the center of latch plate 111 into the angle of a V notched earn 117 which projects above solenoid 4181 from core 501. Either rise or descent of the cam is efifective to engage the follower lug and release the latch lug 110 from core 89.

I will now describe the operation of the machine and at the same time complete the description of electrical equipment with reference to Fig. 9. When a ticket or other article of elecand g with power line L.

w moves displacer "presently to be described.

noid core 561 has meanwhile released latch 11cconductors 72, i, 7', solenoid winding ductors k and or between the power line terminals.

winding of solenoid is connected, the cthe tricaily conductive substance is passed into the slot 12 it drops through the chute 13 until arrested by the studs 96, 97. The article electrically bridges the gap between these studs and completes the circuit between the power line terminals L and L through the conductor a, solenoid 90, conductor b, which leads from the solenoid'to contact blade 193, and conductor a which leads to blade 102 from the power terminal L Solenoid 90 is then made active and withdraws the arresting studs, allowing the article to pass onward, and at the same time temporarily blocks the entrance to the coin passage by means or" shield 86. Latch 110 then comes into action, and holds the parts thus displaced after the circuit has been broken by withdrawal or" the studs from the ticket.

Displacement of these parts brings the finger 180 into contact with blade 109, completing a circuit between the power line terminals through

contacts

102, 98, conductor 101,

contacts

100, 109, conductor d, conductor c, the winding of solenoid 78 and conductors and g. This causes solenoid 78 to lower the bottom plate 30 of the observation chamber, permitting a ticket which may have been already in said chamber to pass to the receptacle 35.

The article released by withdrawal of studs 96 and 97 drops into the measuring cavity is and is arrested by the side walls thereof. Let us as- "surne for example that the article is a dime.

When arrested it lodges against the contact block 17 on on side of the cavity and the contact strip 23 on the other, completing a circuit througl 61, and con- By the motivation of solenoid 61, so produce counter 49 is caused to register another unit, and at the same time the circuit between one of the ,pairs of contact springs 72, 73, is closed to actuate solenoid 4.81 and also the buzzer, or other signal device, 77. contact strip 72 of each pair is connected to a conductor Z which leads to one terminal or" solenoid winding 431, the other terminal of which connected through conductors m of each pair is connected to the conductor 12, which leads to one terminal of the signal 77, whose termin is connected with the conductor 72, Motivation or solenoid e31 raises its core 551 and 24 forwardly, removing the coin from the measuring cavity allowing it to pass to the observation chamber,

wnere it remains until the article is inserted into the slot, un-

less released by closing of the manual switch The same rise of solethrough the action of the lower face of the v earn 117, with restoration of theslot shield'S-S and arresting studs 96, 7, to normal position ready for reception of the coin which has just been forwarded by the displacer.

If the deposited article is a fi e centpiece it lodges against contact 19 and operates solenoid .60 through conductor 0 leading to the'solenoid,

rmi-

If the deposited article is a dollar it dge against the contact 21 and actuates solenoid 6 through conductor r to which one terminal of th terrninal being connected directly to conductor 'With the operation of either solenoid or 62 the solenoid lSl and signal 77 are operated in exactly the same way as previously described.

The other contact 73- reveals Articles of other widths than the coins above mentioned lodge against others of the contact blocks. For the purpose of this explanation it is assumed that all such other articles are not acceptable for registration, wherefore their complemental contact blocks are shown as being coupled by conductors s, t, u o with a single conductor to which leads to the solenoid winding 491, the latter being further connected by a conductor cc with the conductor m. Thus anyor" such other articles complete circuits which cause actuation of the solenoid 491 with descent of core 581 and movement of the displacer to the rear which releases the article to the discharge conduit 36, 37.

A manual switch y is provided to operate solenoid 78 in order to release ticket in the observation chamber at will, in order, for instance, to

collect the last ti ket de osited up to the end of a business period. This switch is interposed between an extension of the conductor 72 and a conductor a which is joined to the conductor e leading the solenoid winding.

It is to be understood that the circuit closing contacts or the measuring cavityrnaybe connected electrically in any desired sequence and numbers with independen registers other signals, and that any one or more of such contacts may be connected wit the rejectionsolenoid 491 and spaced away from the opposite wall of thecavity at propriate distances to arrest all articles except those whi n the is equipped to accept. it is also 'wltn'n onternplation to utilize other properties erted articles than electrical conductivity a. in order to close appropriate oil I may apply the weight of such articles, whether of conductive or nonconductive material, to operate circuit closers in the appropriate circuits, and discriminate between different objects by a of dimension or a difierence of weight.

It will also be understood that the register operating solenoids may be used to actuate separate signals, of visual as well as audible character, and located anywhere, inside or outside of the casing instead or" the specific buzzer 77 herein described; or that in place of the registers and their solenoids, other electrical devices may be substituted the correspc ug circuits.

'1 will describe in further detail the mechanics. structure specific mac for the convenience of the ar tending t li t niy protecti n specifically thereto.

A central name plate 126 rises iron-'1 the base plate 121, being secured at its bottom to the upturned edge flange 122 of the plate 123 secured to the-bottom plate, and being braced by horizontal spacer bars 124- crossing to the previously named wall 39, which is a plate secured at its bottom to an uptuined'ilange 125 at the opposite edge or" plate The central plate 120 is cut out at its inpart to receive the piece of insulation 15 by oh the measuring cavity defined. The upper part of plate 120 forms the rear wall of the'chute or assage 13. The nt wall of this passage is 5 ed by a plate spaced apart by nan w strips which'denne side boundaries of the passage. Plate 126 is forward at its lower part to provide the shelf in Lin-J.

or bracket 57 on which the solenoids ish-491 and so are supported. On the rear side'of the central plate 12 is secured adrarne consisting of side plates 12?, intermediate plates 12%,

130, and transverse spacer rods or' bars 131 for.

supporting the registers, their operating solenoids and associated parts. Shelves 132 are formed on including ci *cuit differs materi l the nature of a bus-bar which constitut" the conductor to shown in the diagram the conductors, s, t, therewith.

lhe conduit for rejected articles is secured to the hack of plate and between it and the ted formed by the inclined plane 27 and g sid walls 138 is secured at the front of 0 tie insulating piece 15. Sol mounted on a shelf 139 fastened to of plate 12%.

The c nrst described 11 is a s ell which is open the bottom and fits flanges 140 rising iron" u I the ease plate 121, to which It en- On the inside of its top wall it carries two s of separated lugs fail the edge of the plate 126 at sides of the entrance slot 12.

opposite The solenoids are all encased in metallic shells which protect them and are slotted in the to give a view of ir windings. The magnetic cores of the solenoids are properly disposed in acco e with well known principles to be the directions required for their several ser ices when magnetic force is generated. EX- tensions of the cores which, it made of the same material would prevent or retard such movements, oionmagnetic material mechanically socun l to the iron or steel cores proper. For the rest electrical conductors are not shown except in the diagram Fig. as they may he variously placed according to the judgment of the designer.

In describing the relationship of the various parts with respect to the horizontal plane, I have not intended to imply any rurther lim tations of scope than tho e posed by necessity of gravity nulsion oi the erted articles in the paths Ot erwise the operating parts may be placed. in any other locations than those shown, wherein they may their intended functions.

it he I claim and desire to secure by Letters icket receiver having a selective arrest-er closing means adapted to close t electric circ lltS when articles of diiierent characteristics are received in said arrester, a dlsplacer shiftaole to displace articles from the arrest-er in one direction or another direction,

controlling mean *"or said displacer contro led respectively by sa different circuits for tuating the displacer in one or another of the heiore mentioned movements.

2. A t ,ket receiver having a space for ed with arresting r' ls adapted to receive inserted artiarrest and hold articles of different tively different positions, a displace" cooperating with articles received in trrester and movable into a plurality of Int positions for ving the articles and di r of ciiierent destinations, a plurality of electrical devices conected with said displacer and oper ble independently of one another to put the displacer into one or another of said positions, and separate circuit closing means in circuit with the several electrical devices arranged to be independently and exclusively en aged in circuit closing action by articles of difierent characteristics in the arresting space.

3. In a t cket receiver a gui arrester h g a space in conti oi said provided uconvergent count. walls osite sides and being open at the intera c r chute :in said arresting to said bound- 1 said walls termediate of the ter ial contacts p from one another along one walls adapted to be engaged independently by tickets oi diiierent complemental conductive material on the opposite w of the space, an electromagnetic device in circ with one of said contacts adapted when energized t e displacer to o e side, and second tro'nagnetic device ected with another aid contacts hen e ergized to re the displacer toward the opposite side.

receiver comprising an entrance selective arresting space into which i go opens, a t acer movable to displace from space tickets lodging therein, an observation ch to which displaced tickets are conducted, and electr al means operated automatically by oducet into the chute so actuating laccr, for removing a previo sly deposited ticket from observaticn oer.

bounding 5. A ticket receiver oinpri "cg entrance passage, a selective tie at arrester, a displace:

:1 said arrester i of different L.

- eing observation chamber, means norm y ret ing in said chamber ti .ivered the 'etoby the displacer, electrical operated by ti ket deposited in the chute for closing the ch to v inst deposit of a follov ng ticket and opening the obseivation charirer to permit release therefrom of the ticket therein, and other electrical means operated a ticket received by said arrester for moving displace)? causing withdrawal of chute closing means.

6. In ticket receiver havin a chute for guidance of the admitted ar icles, a holder pivoted externally of the chute, studs of conductive inaterial projecting from the holder into the chute in position o arrest an inserted ticket and to be bridged across thereby, an electromagnetic device coupled to holder normally holding the latter in the last postion but adapted to move the holder so to withdraw said studs from esting engagemen w h ticket, conductor. circuit with so studs and electromagnetic device arranged to cause flow of current through the electromagnetic device when the studs so bridged by the ticket, an observation chamber adapted to receive tickets from the chute and having a ticket releaser norms LC retain tickets the chamber a r for removing tickets f catec. electric circuit closable the before oar ticket releaser to release tickets from the observation chamber.

7. In a ticket receiver, a chute for guiding inserted tickets, a shield for obstructing said chute, means operated by a ticket entering the chute for setting said shield to prevent entrance of another ticket, electrically operated indicating means controlled by the ticket in its further progress, and electrical means governed by the ticket at the same time for restoring the shield to open chute position.

8. In a ticket receiver, a conducting chute, a selective arrester in position to receive tickets from said chute, indicating means operated by tickets received by the arrester, a displacer for removing tickets from the arrester, a shield adapted to obstruct the chute against entrance of tickets, means operated by a ticket in the chute for placing said shield in obstructing position, means controlled by a ticket in the arrester for restoring the shield to open chute position, a displacer for removing tickets from the arr-ester, and means controlled by the arrested tickets for operating said displacer.

9. In a ticket receiver, a chute for conducting inserted tickets, a shield adapted to obstruct the chute normally located in open chute position, electrically controlled means in the chute operable by an inserted ticket for placing the shield in obstructing position and being displaceable out of engagement with the ticket when the shield is so placed, a latch for holding the shield in obstructing position, and means operable by the ticket in its further progress for releasing said latch and causing return of the shield to normal position.

10. In a ticket receiver having a chute, a holder member adjacent to the chute having a shield normally clear of the chute passage but adapted to be placed across the same, separated electrically conductive stops projecting from said holder normally into the chute at a location further along therein than said shield to arrest and be bridged electrically by a ticket therein, and being withdrawn by that movement of the holder which places the shield across the chute, an observation chamber to which tickets pass from the chute, a ticket releaser for releasing tickets from said chamber, an electromagnetic device in circuit with said stops and connected with the holder for moving it, when such circuit is closed by contact of a ticket with the stops from normal position to a second position, wherein the stops are withdrawn from the chute and the shield is placed across it, an electrical device for operating said releas'er, and means operated by said holder in passing to its said second position for closing the circuit of said electrical device.

11. A selective ticket register comprising an arrester having means for selectively arresting tickets of different dimensions in respectively different locations, a plurality of difierent electric circuits each having a terminal closing element in position to be closed respectively by tickets of a specific dimension only, electro-rnagnetically operated counters, each in a dififerent one of said circuits for registering separately the quantities of difierent tickets delivered to said arr-ester, a displacer for removing the arrested tickets from the arrester, and means controlled by said counters for actuating the displacer when any of the counters is operated.

12. A selective ticket register comprising an ar rester having means for selectively arresting ticketc of different dimensions in respectively dififerent locations, a plurality of different electric circuits each having a terminal closing element in position to be closed respectively by tickets of a specific dimension only, electro-magnetically operated counters, each in a diiierent one of said circuits for registering separately the quantities of different tickets delivered to said arrester, a displacer for removing the arrested tickets from the arrester, an electro-magnetic operator for said displacer, and parallel circuit closers for said op erator each closable by one of the magnetically operated counters.

WALTER S. JOHNSON.