US2089735A

US2089735A - Ticket issuing machine

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Publication number: US2089735A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1937-08-10
Anticipated expiration: 1954-08-10

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Aug. 10, 1937. A. A. c. DEGEN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 10, 1934 Invenfor'. 9' C. 22907.

Aug. 10, 1937. A. A. c. DEGEN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 10, 1934 patented Aug. 10, 1937 UNHED STATES PATENT OFFICE TICKET ISSUING IlIACHINE don, England Application September 10, 1934, Serial No. 743,478 In Great Britain August 20, 1934 25 Claims.

This invention relates to power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machines, by which is meant power-operated ticket issuing machines of the kind wherein ticket forming strip is fed forward past a guillotine by a feed member, the extent of movement of which in each cycle of the machine is proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by key-operated selector mechanism forming part of the ma 1O chine. More specifically, the invention relates to machines of this kind of the construction Wherein the feed member is driven by means of a rack, the extent of throw of which is variable accord- 1 ing to the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle under the control of the selector mechanism.

The object of the invention is to provide a ticket issuing machine of. the above kind which whilst of a relatively simple and substantial construction is extremely silent in operation and reduces in some considerable measure the wear of the driving parts of the feed mechanism of the machine.

According to the invention there is provided a power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said 0 feed member, a reciprocable driving rack for the pinion having uni-directional driving engagement therewith and arranged to be removed completely out of mesh with the pinion during the strokes in the non-driving direction, which rack has a variable throw which is automatically proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and is drivingly connected to the power shaft through the intermediary of a cam coaxial with and driven by the shaft and members intervening between the cam and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

Further, according to the invention, the rack referred to may be both drivingly connected to the power shaft'and also operativeiy connected thereto for movement into and out of mesh with the pinion through the intermediary of cams coaxial with and driven by the shaft and members intervening between the cams and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

With this novel and improved arrangement, an extremely silently operating machine may be readily produced, as will be appreciated, the enhanced silence of operation being due principally to the complete absence of toothed members in the operative driving connection between the reciprocable rack and the primary power shaft of the machine. In addition, owing again to this complete absence of toothed members in said operative connection and to the substitution therefor of cam-operated members, a considerable elimination of wear of parts at the engaging surfaces is effected, with consequent further min imization of noise in the operation of the machine due to such wear.

The selector mechanism of. the machine may comprise selector stops which are arranged, upon release of the machine for operation, to be moved so as to abut against a cushion stop or abutment so as to limit the initial or idle throw of the rack this also ensuring that the moving parts are halted in this movement without a metal to metal impact and this is thus also silent in this respect. By this means, silence of operation of the machine is still further ensured.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an interior elevational view of a construction of ticket issuing machine in accordance with the invention showing the parts of the mechanism in the positions they respectively occupy normally or in the condition of rest of the machine, and

Figure 2 is a similar view to Figure 1 but showing the parts of the mechanism in the positions they respectively occupy at the commencement of feed of the ticket strip.

Referring to the drawings the machine shown comprises a rotary feed member for the ticket strip, in the form of a pin wheel mounted between side frames of the machine upon a transverse shaft 8! and rotatable through one sixth of a revolution per cycle of issue of a single ticket. The wheel has upon its periphery six pins 82 equally spaced from one another. These pins engage co-operating perforations provided to receive them in the ticket strip l at ticket lengths apart therealong, the strip as shown being guided on to the periphery of the pin wheel 80 by a strip guide 83, which also serves to guide the strip from the periphery of the pin wheel to the gate of the guillotine. The are of contact between the ticket strip and the periphery of. the pin wheel is of a length suflicient to ensure that there are always two pins 82 in engagement with perforations in the strip.

The machine is arranged to issue either one or two or more tickets (in the specific example illustrated, a maximum of three) per operative cycle of the mechanism and to this end is provided with key actuated selector mechanism, the stem of one key only being shown at it]. According to which of the keys is depressed so will be determined the extent of rotation of the pin wheel 86, whether (in the particular construction shown) one sixth of a revolution, one third of a revolution or one half of a. revolution, for the issue respectively of one, two or three tickets.

The pin wheel 89 is arranged to be driven thus through the one sixth, one third, or one half of a revolution of rotation by driving mechanism of, the following description operatively associated with the selector mechanism.

Said driving mechanism comprises an arcuate rack 84 formed, as shown, with five teeth upon its periphery and provided with an arm pivoted at 85 upon a disc 86 angulatable about a stationary pivot pin 87. The disc 8'6 is in turn pivotally connected by a pin 88 to a horizontal push bar 89 spring drawn to the left by a tension spring 88 so as to maintain a follower roller 9! on the end of the bar in rolling contact with a cam 92 fast with a transverse shaft 93 in driving connection with an electric motor through the intermediary of a one-revolution clutch which is actuated to place the shaft 93 in driving connection with the motor for one revolution of said shaft upon depression of any operated key of the machine. Mechanism resulting in this effect will be described below.

Upon depression of the operated key, one of a series of three selection stops 9% pivoted for independent movement upon a carrying spindle 95 is lifted to the chain line position 96 (Figure 1) past, at the free extremity, the forward edge ill of a warded ledge 33 stationarily mounted in the machine and terminated at the left-hand end by a cushion stop 99. The raising of the selection stop causes a universal retaining bar H to be raised by the selection stop against the influence of a spring 72, clear of an abutment i3 behind which the bar ii is normally locked prior to an operation of the machine. Immediately after raising of the selected stop 9d and unlocking of the release bar, the stop 94 moves with its neighbours and with a pivoted lever illil carrying the spindle 95 at its upper end and a link Hill, to the positions respectively of these parts in which they appear in Figure 2 so that the raised stop 94 abuts against the cushion stop 99, said link Bill and the other parts mentioned having been brought to their new positions by pull from a tension spring E82 anchored at 563 to the frame work of the machine and at E04 to an eye I05 on the upper extremity of lever 30.

As the machine shown is arranged to issue one, two or three tickets there are three operating keys and correspondingly three selection stops 9% and as shown, these three stops are of. varying length from the axis of spindle 95 to the tip of the stop. Consequently according to which of the keys is depressed and therefore according to which of the stops S4 is lifted to the chain line position shown in Figure 1, so will be determined the extent of leftward movement of the link Hi! to a position such as that in which this link appears in Figure 2. There will thus be three positions to which said link iiii may be brought according to the number of tickets to be issued and therefore according to the necessary extent of rotation imparted to the pin wheel 3E3.

Now said pin wheel 89 is rotated through the required angle of rotation by angulation of rack 84 about the pivot 85 in the clockwise direction, the teeth of the rack being during this operative stroke of the rack, in mesh with cooperating pins Hi6 projecting from the face of the pin wheel 39 so as to form a pinion constituting the driven element of the pin wheel. The rack therefore has first to angulate in the anti-clockwise direction clear of the pins i636 and then to move up into mesh with these pins in readiness for the return operative clockwise stroke of the rack which eifects rotation of the pin wheel.

To provide this action, the disc 86, is, as stated, pivoted upon a pin ill and is pivotally connected to the push bar 89. The rack is also pivotallyslidingly engaged with the link iili through the intermediary of a pin. iii! projecting from the face of the rack and working in the slot of a guide block 508 on the link Elli. As therefore, link iili moves to the left in the manner hereinbefore described, it carries with it, angulating it anti-clockwise about its pivot 85, the rack 84, and then as push bar 89 moves to the right, also in the manner hereinbefore described, it angulates disc 83 about its pivot 8i and this angulation of the disc results in the raising of, the angulated rack into mesh with the pins m6 of the pin wheel 88, that is to say, in readiness for the operative clockwise throw of the rack.

At the same time, that is to say during the angulation of disc 86 about its pivot 81, a locking dog Hi9 pivoted at its lower end at H to disc 86 becomes withdrawn from position at the nose end between adjacent pins IE5, which position the dog occupies normally and in which it operates, therefore, to lock the pin wheel against rotation until the moment arrives for lift of the rack 84 into mesh with the pins I06.

As has already been described, upon depression of the operated key the link llll moves to the left to the position in which it appears in Figure 2. In doing so it angulates a bell crank lever iii anti-clockwise about its pivotal axis H2, which rocks a second lever H3 about its pivot H 3 and which in turn occasions oscillation of a third spring controlled lever H5. This third lever M by its oscillation closes. the electrical circuit of the drivin motor of the machine. As previously stated, therefore, upon depression of the selected key the driving motor is started, with consequent commencement of rotation of. shaft 93 and cam 92, which latter operates in due course to withdraw the locking dog M9 and throw the rack 84 into mesh with pins i 06.

The machine, therefore, has now commenced a cycle of operation for the issue, say, of two tickets, link ifii having snapped to the left to the extent determined by the selector mechanism, with consequent anti-clockwise angulation of rack 84 to a corresponding extent, disengagement of a clutch stop H6 from an abutment ill on the clutch (to release the clutch for rotation) and starting of the driving motor. Cam 92 also commences to rotate and in doing so moves push bar 89 to the right. This throws rack 8d into mesh with pins H56 into the position shown in 7 Figure 2. Immediately following the occurrence of this, a second cam i i 8, rotatable in unison with cam 92 meets'a follower roller H9, on the lower and horizontal arm of bell crank lever i l i and as it continues to rotate angulates said lever about its pivot i I2 in the clockwise direction until the lever is restored to its initial position again, name 1y to the position in which it appears in Figure i.

This re-angulation of lever ill back to its initial position occasions return of link i8! back to itsinitial position, and during the return of said link 56!, rack 85 is driven clockwise around the axis of. its pivot 85 thus driving the pin wheel anti-clockwise for one third of a revolution in the example given, to feed the strip l forward by two ticket lengths.

During the latter part of the return stroke of the rack 85, the push bar 8?: also returns to its guillotine.

initial position (Figure 1), the contour of its operating cam 92 being so chosen as to give this motion to the bar. At the end, therefore, of said return stroke of the rack, the partial rotation of the disc 85 causes the rack 8% to become drawn out of mesh with the pins W5 and locking dog 699 becomes pushed up into mesh therewith.

Referring now to the actuating mechanism for the guillotine, this comprises a lever 22H pivoted at i2l to the machine framework and connected at its upper end to the movable knife A2 of the The said lever is formed, moreover, with a depending or tail portion E22 which immediately upon commencement of, each ticket issuing cycle of the machine becomes engaged by a pin 523 projecting from the face of a disc mounted upon shaft 93 and fast with cams 92, H8. Upon engagement of pin l23 with tail E22 and during further rotation thereafter of the disc upon which the pin is mounted, lever 5213 becomes angulated anti-clockwise about its pivot Hi and this results in retraction of guillotine knife ,2 to the left to open the gate of the guillotine and thereby permit ticket forming strip to be fed therethrough from the periphery of pin wheel 83 in the manner specified.

Said lever i253 carries fast upon it a pair of arms lZfl, 525. The nose of arm 52 i bears upon the back of lever i it in the manner clearly shown in the drawings and the nose of arm 525 is fulcrumed in a block E26 pivoted at l2? to a stationary part of the machine, said block I25 being spring controlled. anti-clockwise about its pivot l2? and thereby maintained in proper pivotal engagement with the nose of arm !25.

It will be appreciated from the foregoing that the arm fi l functions as a retaining member to hold the lever H5 in the switch-closed position right to the end of the cycle of operation of the machine, that is to say even after the bell crank l l i has returned with completion of the forward stroke of the reciprocating bar it to normal position and in consequence the free end of the vertical limb of. the bell crank has moved away from the tail of the intermediate lever H3; When the member ilil snaps to the left, the switch is closed by reason of the movement of the bell crank I l l to the leftehand side of the downwardly extending projection of the member l is. As the cycle proceeds, the bell crank ill is gradually rotated clockwise and consequently moves to the right of this projection before the end of the cycle. f this bell crank alone were depended upon to hold the switch closed, the switch would open before the cycle was completed. This is avoided, however, because of the fact that the lever E23 is swung counter-clockwise to withdraw the knife from its slot-closing position at the beginning of a cycle. As a result of. this counterclockwise movement the member 553 is held by the arm 4% in a position to close the switch irrespective of the position of the bell crank. The last event of the cycle which occurs after the bell crank l l I has come to rest and, What is more important, the ticket strip has come to rest, is the movement of the knife to cut the strip. The sharp movement resulting in this action also frees the member I !3 so that the switch is opened. In other words, instead of, say, the latter fourth of the cycle taking place due to inertia of the rotating parts, a positive power drive continues until the cycle is practically completed.

As, therefore, lever I28 is rocked anti-clockwise, fulcrum block 528 is rocked clockwise to the position in which it appears in Figure 2, and in this position the underface I28 of the block occupies a position in the path of rotation of pin i215, so that this pin, to pass the block and assume its initial position shown in Figure 1, that is to say as cams 92 and H8 rotate with consequent return movement of all of the various parts of the mechanism to normal or initial positions again, has to re-angulate back to its initial position (Figure 1) block 25 and with this block lever $25. By this means, guillotine knife 42 is moved sharply to the right to sever the fed ticket length (until this moment projecting unsevered through the delivery gate of the machine) from the remainder of the strip in rear of the guillotine. The springs controlling the lever H5 and the block A26, are very light and are not sufficient to move the knife lever I20 and the parts carried thereon back to their normal positions after the pin has passed the tail 522. In other words, the frictional resistance to movement of the knife lever and its associated parts is sufficient to overcome the urge of the controlling springs of the block H26 and switch lever H5.

It only remains to be explained further that upon return of link ill! to its initial position, the actuated selection stop 94 also returns to initial position, riding off the ledge 98 and thereafter oscillating back to the full line position shown in Figure i.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the strip drivingly connected to the power shaft through the intermediary of a memher which meshes with a reciprocable rack having uni-directional effective engagement with the said member and a variable throw which is automatically proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and means whereby the depression of the operated key of the selector mechanism initiates drive from the power shaft through the rack to the feed member, the arrangement being such that the rack is in mesh with the said member only during the driving strokes, being removed completely out of mesh during the idle strokes.

2. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip feeding means, a pinion arranged to drive the feeding means, a rack normally in unmeshed relationship with said pinion, means urging said rack in one direction, means normally holding the rack against movement by said urging means, means for releasing the rack from said holding means, means for determining variable movements of the rack so released, and means. operable to mesh the rack and pinion, restore the rack against the action of the urging means whereby the pinion is variably operated to actuate the feeding means to issue a predetermined number of tickets, and unmesh the rack and pinion.

3. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip feeding means, a pinion arranged to drive the feeding means, a rack normally in unmeshed relationship with said pinion, means urging said rack in one direction, means normally holding the rack against movement by said urging means, means for releasing the rack from said holding means, means for determining variable movements of the rack so released, and cam operating means to mesh the rack and pinion, restore the rack against the action of the urging means whereby the pinion is variably operated to actuate the feeding means to issue a predetermined number of tickets, and unmesh the rack and pinion.

fl. A ticket issuing machine comprising ticket strip feeding means, a pinion arranged to drive the feeding means, a rack normally in unmeshed relationship with said pinion, means urging said rack in one direction, means normally holding the rack against movement by said urging means, means for releasing the rack from said holding means, means for determining variable movements of the rack so released, means operable to mesh the rack and pinion, restore the rack against the action of the urging means whereby the pinion is variably operated to actuate the feeding means to issue a predetermined number of tickets, and unmesh the rack and pinion, and means for holding the pinion against rotation when the rack and pinion are unmeshed.

5. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding a ticket strip; means for severing said strip; a motor; connections through which the motor may drive said strip feeding and severing means, said connections including a clutch; clutch controlling means; a switch controlling operation of the motor; means whereby said switch is closed by the clutch controlling means at the beginning of an operation; and means whereby the switch is maintained closed by the severing means after the clutch controlling means is rendered eifective to disengage the clutch.

6. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding a ticket strip; a knife for severing said strip, said knife at the beginning of a cycle being in its strip-severing position; a motor, connections through which the motor may drive said strip feeding means and actuate the knife, said connections including a clutch; clutch controlling means; a switch controlling operation of the motor; means whereby said switch is closed by the clutch controlling means at the beginning of an operation; means for moving the knife to its inactive position during the early part of an operation; means whereby the knife in such position is operative to maintain the switch closed; means for thereafter rendering the clutch controlling means operative to disengage the clutch and simultaneously inoperative to maintain the switch closed; and means for actuating the knife to cut the strip at the end of an operation and simultaneously effect opening of the switch.

'7. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding and guiding a ticket strip; a knife for severing said strip; a motor; a clutch between the motor and strip feeding means; and actuating means for the knife comprising a lever; a second lever having a direct pivotal connection with the first lever; and means movable with the driven member of the clutch for successively engaging said levers to impart cutting and retracting strokes to said knife.

8. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed memmatically proportional to the number of tickets I to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and is drivingly connected to the power shaft through the intermediary of a cam coaxial with and driven by the shaft and members intervening between the cam and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

9. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number oftickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed member, a reciprocable driving rack for the pinion having uni-directional driving engagement therewith and arranged to be removed completely out of mesh with the pinion during the strokes in the non-driving direction, which rack has a variable throw which is automatically proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and is both drivingly connected to the power shaft and also operatively connected thereto for movement into and out of mesh with the pinion through the intermediary of cams coaxial with and driven by the shaft and members I intervening between the cams and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

10. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed-member, a reciprocable driving rack for the pinion having uni-directional engagement therewith and arranged to be moved completely out of mesh with the pinion during the strokes in the non-driving direction, which rack has a variable throw which is automatically proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and is drivingly connected to the power shaft through the intermediary of a unit-revolution clutch, the control element of which is operatively connected to the keys of the selector mechanism so as to be released thereby upon depression of the operated key, a cam coaxial and fast with the driven element of the clutch and members intervening between the cam and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

11. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a primary power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed member, a. reciprocable driving rack for the pinion having uni-directional engagement therewith and arranged to be moved completely out of mesh with the pinion during the strokes in the non-driving direction, which rack has a variable throw which is automatically proportional to the number of tickets to be issued as determined by the selector mechanism and is both drivingly connected to the power shaft and also operatively connected thereto for movement into and out of mesh with the pinion through the intermediary of a unit-revolution clutch, the control element of which is operatively connected to the keys of the selector mechanism so as to be released thereby upon depression of the operated key and of cams coaxial and fast with the driven member of the clutch and members intervening between the cams and the rack and articulated to one another throughout by pivotal connections.

12. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine as specified in claim 8, wherein the driving connection between the rack and the power shaft includes a reciprocable link pivotally engaged with the rack, spring controlled to carry the rack through its idle stroke, released in consequence of depression of the operated key of the selector mechanism and of variable throw under its spring control in proportion to the number of tickets to be issued, the movement of the link being limited by stops allocated to the number of tickets to be issued and rendered selectively effective by depression of the operated key.

13. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine as specified in claim 9, wherein the driving connection between the rack and the power shaft includes a reciprocable link engaged with the rack, spring controlled to carry the rack through its idle stroke, released in consequence of depression of the operated key of the selector mechanism and of variable throw under its spring control in proportion to the number of tickets to be issued, the movement of the link being limited by stops allocated to the number of tickets to be issued and rendered selectively effective by depression of the operated key, and there are two cams coaxial with and driven from the power shaft and allocated one to the driving of the rack through its effective stroke and the other to the movement of the rack into and out of mesh with the member with which it engages, the rack being in the form of a segment disposed with the direction of its radius transverse to the line of the path of the reciprocable link, being pivotally mounted upon a part which is rocked by one of the cams through the intermediary of a second reciprocable link, and having sliding pivotal connection with the first mentioned link.

14. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine as specified in claim 11, wherein the driving connection between the rack and the power shaft includes a reciprocable link engaged with the rack, spring controlled to carry the rack through its idle stroke, released in consequence of depression of the operated key of the selector mechanism and of variable throw under its spring control in proportion to the number of tickets to be issued, the movement of the link being limited by stops allocated to the number of tickets to be issued and rendered selectively effective by depression of the operated key, two cams coaxial with and driven from the power shaft and allocated one to the driving of the rack through its effective stroke and the other to the movement of the rack into and out of mesh with the member with which it engages, the rack being in the form of a segment disposed with the direction of its radius transverse to the path of the reciprocable link, being pivotally mounted upon a part which is rocked by one of the cams through the intermediary of a second reciprocable link, and having sliding pivotal connection with the first mentioned link,

15. A'ticket issuing machine of the class described including, in combination, a power shaft,

key-operated'selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for a ticket strip, a pinion arranged to drive said feed member, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, means for moving the driving rack from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism to an extent determined by the selection made, means pivotally supporting said driving rack, means for actuating said last named means from the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for returning the driving rack to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during its return movement to thereby actuate the feed member.

16. A ticket issuing machine of the class described including in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, said feed member provided with a pinion, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and directly connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally and directly connected to said rack, means for oscillating the revoluble member from the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

17. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, said feed member provided with a pinion, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and directly connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally and directly connected to said rack,

means operatively connected to the revoluble member for oscillating the revoluble member I from the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

18. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft,

key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, said feed member provided with a pinion, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, a switch for controlling the operation of the power shaft, means operatively connecting the reciprocating member to said switch, means pivotally and directly connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotaliy and directly connectedto said rack, means for oscillating the revoluble member from the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

19. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed member, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and slidably connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally connected to said rack to move the latter into and out of engagement with said pinion, means operatively connecting the revoluble member to the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means operable by the power shaft for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

20. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed member, a segmental driving rack having a' combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and slidably connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally connected to said rack, said power shaft having a cam thereon, means operatively connecting the cam to the revoluble member for moving the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means operable by the power shaft for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged w th the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

21. A power-operated multiple-issue strip ticket issuing machine comprising in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the cycle of the machine, a feed member for the ticket strip, a pinion coaxial and fast with said feed member, a segmental driving rack having a combined rotary and radial movement and arranged to be moved into and out of engagement with said pinion, a. reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, yieldable means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and slidably connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally connected to said rack, said power shaft having cams means connecting one of the cams to the revoluble member to move the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means operatively connecting the other cam to the reciprocating member to return the latter to its initial position, said rack being engaged ith the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

22. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determin- .ing the number of tickets to be issued in the operative cycle of the machine, a feed member for moving the ticket strip through the machine as determined by the selector mechanism, said feed member having a pinion coaxial therewith, a segmental drive rack having a combined rotary and radial movement, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, yieldable means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and slidably connecting the rack to the reciprocating member whereby the reciprocating member controls the rotary movement of the rack, a rotatable member, means operatively connecting the rotatable member to the rack, .a reciprocating bar pivotally connected to the rotatable member, said power shaft having a cam for actuating said bar whereby to move the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means operable by said power shaft for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being in engagement with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member to cause the actuation of the feed member.

23. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key-operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the operative cycle of the machine, a feed member for moving the ticket strip through the machine as determined by the selector mechanism, said feed member having a pinion coaxial therewith, a segmental drive rack having a combined rotary and radial movement, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism, yieldable means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means operatively connected to the revoluble member for normally holding the feed thereon,

member against movement, means pivotally and slidably connecting the rack to the reciprocating member whereby the reciprocating member controls the rotary movement of the rack, a rotatable member, means operatively connecting the rotatable member to the rack, a switch for controlling the o eration of the power shaft, means operatively connecting the reciprocating member to said switch, means connecting the rotatable member to the power shaft for moving the rack into and out of operative engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for return ing the reciprocating member to its initial positicn, said rack being in engagement with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member to cause the actuation of the feed member.

24. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the operative cycle of the machine, a feed member for moving the ticket strip through the machine, a switch for controlling the operation of the power shaft, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism and said switch, yieldable means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotaliy and directly connecting the rack to the reciprocating memher, a revoluble member pivotally and directly connected to said rack, means for actuating the revoluble member from the power shaft to move the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, and means for returning the reciprocating member to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

25. A ticket issuing machine of the class described, including in combination a power shaft, key operated selector mechanism for determining the number of tickets to be issued in the operative cycle of the machine, a feed member for moving the ticket strip through the machine, a switch for controlling the operation of the power shaft, a reciprocating member connected to the selector mechanism and said switch, yieldable means for moving the reciprocating member from its initial position upon the actuation of the selector mechanism, means pivotally and directly connecting the rack to the reciprocating member, a revoluble member pivotally and directly connected to said rack, means for actuating the revoluble member from the power shaft to move the rack into and out of engagement with the pinion at predetermined intervals during the operation of the machine, means operable by the power shaft for maintaining the switch closed, and means for returning the reciprocating memher to its initial position, said rack being engaged with the pinion during the return movement of the reciprocating member whereby to actuate the feed member.

ALEXANDER ADOLF CARLO DEGEN.