US2527996A - Hanpley - Google Patents

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Oct. 31, 1950 J. HANDLEY 2,527,996

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TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MACHINE Original Filed May 31, 1946 7 Sheets-Sheet 6 I e 1 1 1 j 3 1 .J 1 j m 3% mvw 53 m m 8 H I W H L I NV I l I I, III I I I I JEAN J M W II m3 &4 ma .1. I w Y aw .II J fi VRN I II I 3 m .II B H Iu H L w I I I g In 4 G 8 NNN I H I I II .7 I LN III m s I I s Iv w an wmw n o HO-m ATTORNEYS Oct. 31, 1950 J. HANDLEY TICKET PRINTING AND ISSUING MACHINE Original Filed May 31, 1946 7 Sheets-Sheet '7 INVENTOR ATTO R N EYS Patented Oct. 31, 1950 TICKET-PRINTING AND ISSUING MACHINE John Handley, Purley, England, assignor to The Union Totalisator Company Limited, Glasgow, Scotland, a company of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Original application May 31, 1946, Serial No.

22, 1948, Serial No. 3,798.

May 5, 1944 Divided and this application January In Great Britain Section 1, Public Law 690, August 8, 1946 Patent expires May 5, 1964 7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in ticket printing and issuing machines suitable for use with totalisators.

In the specification of application Serial No. 673,353, filed May 31, 1946, of which the present application is a division, there is described a machine incorporating ticket printing, issuing and guillotining mechanisms which derive their actuation from mechanism brought into operation on energisation of a solenoid.

The invention consists in a ticket printing and issuing machine for use with totalisators, including sets of keys, paper feeding, printing and guillotining mechanisms, counters responsive to movements of bet-placing keys, said printing mechanism including type Wheels set b certain of said keys, a contactor rotor freed for rotation on operation of certain of said keys, a solenoid energised on rotation of said rotor, connections between said solenoid and said paper feeding, printing and guillotining mechanisms, operating and check relays working in conjunction with said rotor, and driving connections between said rotor and said counters.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a front view of the ticket issuing machine with the front cover removed. I

Fig. 2 shows the machine of Fig. 1 from the right-hand side with the cover removed.

Fig. 3 is a section through the machine taken on the broken line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section through the front of the machine taken immediately beyond the counters on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 4a and 5a are broken detailed views showing the operative relationships of portions of the apparatus shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 with the counter I I6 removed.

Fig, 6a is a broken sectional View through a part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5 slightly behind the position of the section shown in Fig. 6.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line l-1 of Fig. 1 showing the under side of the machine with the bottom cover removed.

In the drawings, I denotes a solenoid having I a plunger la retraction of which is resisted by a spring I. The solenoid is controlled by a con:- tact switch 2 (Figs. 2, 5 and 6), adapted to be held open normally by a pawl 3 controlled by a contactor rotor or spindle d which carries two 2 pins 5 adapted to engage the pawl 3 and release the contacts 2.

The plunger la is in operative connection with an eccentric shaft 6 (Figs. 1 and 2) through a link I. An eccentric 6' (Figs. 1 and 3) fixed on the shaft 6 is adapted to act on a platen 8 arranged to thrust a strip 9 of paper against an inking ribbon l5 and a type plate H. A screw I 2 is provided whereby the pressure exerted by the platen 3 on the ribbon l and type plate H may be adjusted.

The shaft 6 is connected by a link I3 (Fig. 2) to an arm on a paper feed shaft [4 (Fig. 3) which carries an arm I furnished with a knurled eccentric roller 16 and a smooth roller ll adapted to follow the arc of a curved guide l8 A spring l9 urges the roller l6 towards the paper strip 9.

A spring 26 urges another knurled eccentric roller 2| towards the paper strip 9.

A lever 22 attached to the shaft 23 of the roller It allows the roller [6 to be turned back manually against the spring l9, thereby freeingthe paper. Similarly, the roller 2| may be turned back against the spring by a lever 24 (Fig. 3).

An arm 25 (Fig. 2) on the shaft I4 is adapted to be latched against a pawl 26 when the shaft M is rotated by operation of the solenoid l. A pin 21 is arranged to trip the pawl 26 on the return stroke of the plunger Ia, thereby releasing the arm 25 and the paper feed shaft M.

A pin- 28 (Fig. 3) mounted on an arm 28 fixed to the shaft M is adapted to rock a guillotine lever 29 on counter-clockwise rotation of the shaft I4 whereby to retract a guillotine blade 39. A tooth 3| on the lever 29 is adapted to be engaged by a pawl 32 on a bell-crank 32 whereby the guillotine blade 30 is held open against the pull of a spring 33. A lost-motion lever 34 attached loosely to the shaft I 4 and the arm I5 is adapted to trip the bell-crank 32', whereby the guillotine blade 30 may be thrust forwardly by the spring 33 so as to cut the paper strip.

The arm I5 is urged in clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 3, by a spring 35 (Fig. 2). A rocker 36 (Fig. 3) urged by a spring 31 is adapted to raise the platen 8 when the shaft 6 has returned to its initial position,

A frame 38 supporting the guillotine blade 30 is arranged for easy removal to clear a paper jam by the manipulation of finger levers 39 arranged to withdraw pawls 4!! from slots in side plates 4] and 42 (Figs. 1 and 2). v

To ensure that the paper strip 9 is at rest before the guillotine operates, the arm I5 is adapted to come to rest against a block 43 (Fig.

3) before a pin 44 on the lost-motion lever 34 can, under the influence of a plunger 45 and a spring 46, take up the clearance provided in a hole 41, thereby releasing the pawl 32 on the bellcrank 32 which allows the guillotine blade 30 to function.

Three type wheels 48, 49 and 50 are provided to print particulars of the betting transactions. The wheel 48 is adapted to print the stake, the wheel 49 is adapted to print the win or place competitor numbers or the 1st competitor forecast or the field for 1st place, and the wheel 50 is adapted to print the win or place competitor numbers or the 2nd competitor forecast or the field for 2nd place.

The type wheels 48, 49 and 50 are adapted to rotate up to 180 in clockwise or counter-clockwise direction under the influence of toothed sectors 52 and 53, mounted on a shaft 53a and respectively, meshing with pinions on the type wheels (Fig. 3).

The type wheels and sectors are assisted to return to their normal positions by centralising collars 54 (Fig. 4) urged by springs 55 towards fixed collars 56 on shafts 5'1. The centralising collars 54 bear against screw head 58 (Fig. 3) attached to the sectors 5i, 52 and 53. This centralising mechanism is also intended to take up back lash in the movable parts. In the normal position the type wheels are so arranged that they are set for printing the word Test.

Lever extensions of the sectors 5i, 52 and 53 engage slots in slidable bars 59, 60 and BI, respectively, connected by fingers 62, 53 and 64 to control plates 85, 86 and 97, respectively (Figs. 3 and 4).

Curved cam slots 68 (Fig. 7) cut in the control plates 65, 65 and 6'! are engageable by rollers 69 borne by stake keys 19, 1st selection key II and 2nd selection keys 12, arranged in three rows and adapted to be depressed in opposition to springs (Fig. 3). The control plates 95, 89 and 61 will thus be moved by fixed amounts to right or left depending on the pitch of the curved slot opposite each key. In this way the type wheels are positioned to print the selections called for.

Any stake key is adapted to be locked down by a locking bar 13; any 1st selection key H is adapted to be locked down by a locking bar I4; and any 2nd selection key 12 is adapted to be locked down by a locking bar '55 (Fig. 4). This locking is effected by the locking bars engaging slots (Fig. 7) formed in the keys 10, H and I2.

16 (Fig. 4) is a test key adapted to lock the control bars 65, 66 and 6'! in their normal position ready to print a test ticket. The key 16 is itself adapted to be locked down by a control bar I1 arranged to engage a slot in the key 16 as for the other keys. Leaf springs '18 urge the locking bars 73, I4 and I5 into the slots T5 in the keys [0, H and 12.

A cancel rocker shaft 19 (Figs. 4 and 'Z) is adapted to pull the locking bars 13, "I4 and 15 out of the slots 15 in the depressed keys by means of pins 19' engaging slots in said locking bars, whereby the depressed keys are freed to return to their initial positions.

A check bar shaft 80 (Figs. 4 to 7) carries three fingers 89a of which one finger bears on the end of the locking bar I3, one finger bears on the end of the locking bar I4 and the third finger bears on the end of the locking bar 15. All three locking bars must each have moved longitudinally to look a key down before the check bar shaft 89 can turn.

To ensure that one key in each row is fully depressed and locked down, three engagement .bars 8!, 82 and 83 (Fig. 6) are adapted to be depressed by keys 10, II and 12, respectively, when their stroke is almost completed. The engagement bars 8|, 82 and 83 are adapted to withdraw release bars 84, 05 and 86, respectively, by means of bell-cranks 8|, 82 and 83. A lock check bar 81 (Fig. 5) connected to the check bar shaft lies adjacent to the release bars 84, 85 and 86 (Figs. 5 and So), so that a pin 88 on an arm 88a operatively connected to a tooth 89 on an arm 89a by a rocker shaft 90 to which the arms are attached (Fig. 6), can drop and lift the tooth 89 only when the three release bars 84, 85 and 86 and the lock check bar 81 are withdrawn, and this can only happen when a key in each row is depressed to the full extent of its stroke.

A spring-urged roller 9| (Figs. 5 and 6) mounted on an arm 9Ia is adapted to press against a cam 92 fixed to the contactor spindle 4 and thus urge it to rotate. Continuous rotation of the rotor 4 is prevented by a tooth 93 controlled by an operating relay 94. Cams 95 and 96 mounted on the rotor 4 are adapted to close contacts 91 and 98 by means of rollers 91 and 98'. These contacts are so contrived that the contact 91 signals remote control apparatus referred to in U. S. patent application Serial No. 553,009, now Patent No. 2,479,681 of Aug. 23, 1949, to send the bet, and the contact 98 prepares circuits to a check relay I00 (Fig. 5) which is adapted to operate when the bet is accepted. A tooth 99 carried by the same mounting as the tooth 93 and operated by the relay 94 is also adapted to restrain the contactor rotor 4 from further rotation in a more advanced position than that occupied by the tooth 93.

The relay 94, in addition to controlling the tooth 93, is also adapted to close contacts I0l' which connect a source of electric power to contacts I02, I03 and I04 adapted to be closed by insulated rollers I05 attached to the keys 10, H and 12 (Fig. 3). The contacts I02, I03 and I04 are connected to remote control apparatus adapted to operate appropriate counters and register the bet. The counters are arranged to complete a circuit to the check relay I00 by way of contacts I06 (Fig. 5).

A link I01 (Figs. 2 and 5) is operatively connected at one end to the paper feed shaft I4 and at the other end to a control rocker shaft I08. A toothed segment I09 (Fig. 5) attached to the shaft I08 is arranged to mesh with a pinion H0 bearing an arm III furnished with a pawl H2 at the end remote from the pinion. The pawl H2 is separated by a movable shroud II3 from a ratchet wheel I I4 fixed on a counter drive shaft I I5 (Fig. 6) adapted to be put in operative connection with a total counter H6 (Fig. 5), and with a win counter H1, or a place counter H8, or a forecast counter H9, said counters being responsive to movements of bet-sending keys.

A rocker plate I20 (Fig. 6) is mounted rigidly on the shaft I08 and is adapted to pass over a trip pawl I2I attached to a cancel rocker I22 (Fig. 4). The other end of the plate carries a set-up pawl I23 (Figs. 4, 4a, 5, 5a, and 6) contrived to engage one of the two pins 5 on the contactor rotor 4 when the set-up pawl I23 is lifted by the plate I20. A boss I24 also mounted on the plate I20 is adapted to slide along a rod I24 furnished at its free end with nuts I25 act- 5 ing as a stop. The other end of the rod I24 is attached to an operating spring I26 adapted to urge the solenoid switch 2 to close. In the normal position the spring I26 is arranged to be held up by the pawl 3 whereby the contacts 2 remain open against the action of the spring I26.

A cancel link [21 (Figs. 4, 5, 4a and 5a) connects the rocker I22 and the rocker shaft I9, whereby movement of the rocker I22 will withdraw the locking bars I3, 14 and I5 and release the operated keys.

A cancel magnet I28 (Fig. 4) is coupled by a link I29 to a rocker I30 on shaft I08 (Fig. 6) also in operative connection with the rocker I22. The magnet I28 is so governed by remote control apparatus that depression of a key pertaining to a competitor which has been withdrawn is arranged to actuate the magnet I28 resulting in the keys being returned to the pre-set condition by the operation of the rocker I30 and the rocker I22. At the same time an arm I3I on the rocker I30 is adapted to engage a dog I32 on the contactor rotor, whereby the said rotor is rotated to its original position. A spring I33 and an arm I34 (Fig. 5) are attached to the rocker shaft 90 in such a way that, when the magnet I28 operates, rotating the contactor rotor the tooth 89 attached to the shaft 90 may be thrust clear of the contactor rotor even although the pin 88 is still held up by the release bars 84, 85 and/or. The magnet I28 may also be arranged for manual operation by a switch in a control room. To provide against any fault which might prevent the counters from registering a bet, the remote control apparatus is so contrived that the relay I will stop the contactor rotor from completing its rotation by interposing a tooth I35 (Fig. in the path of a dog (not shown) on the contactor rotor 4.

An additional pair of contacts I36 (Fig. 7) is provided for operation by the win and the place keys. Electrical connections are so arranged that operation of either of these two keys can complete electrical circuits to a set of changeover relays, adapted to disconnect the machine from the common wiring of forecast equipment and connect the machine to the common wiring of win and place equipment, as explained in U. S. patent application Serial No. 553,009.

Two change-over contacts ranged for operation by the test key are adapted to disconnect the check signal wires from the remote control equipment and energise the relay I00, thereby allowing a test ticket to be printed without the usual check signal from the remote control equipment. I When the test key I6 is depressed, it is adapted to actuate a rocker I38 (Fig. 3) which is in turn adapted to depress the engagement bar '83 and displace" a test control plate I39. Lobes I39 formed in said plate I39 are adapted to depress the other engagement bars BI and 82 when the plate I39 is displaced. At the same time pro jections I39a on the plate I39 are arranged to engage the control plates 65 and 66 and thus lock them against movement. The control plate 61 will be locked at the same time by the engagement of the roller 69 with the straight slot 68 in the plate 61 (Fig. 7).

The shroud I I3 (Fig. 6) partly surrounding the ratchet wheel H4 is adapted to be moved by a toothed sector I40 meshing with a pinion I4I attached to the shroud. The sector I40 bears on a stake cam plate I42 (Fig. 4) attached to the slidable bar 59 controlled by the stake keys I0.

I31 (Fig. '2) ar- I wheel I56.

The stake cam plate is provided with parallel steps, each step corresponding to an advance of one betting unit over the last step. The dimensions of the steps are such that, when the sector I40 bears against any particular step, the shroud I I3 actuated by the sector will be uncovering an appropriate number of teeth on the ratchet wheel I I4 for engagement by the pawl I I2.

The reverse key Rec is adapted to shift the slidable bar 59 by an amount corresponding to the number of money units involved, usually four shillings, i. e., two units.

The field stake key Fs is adapted to move the slidable bar 59 to the left when viewed as in Fig. 4 until the sector I40 bears on a, field cam I43 which is arranged to move the sector a distance corresponding to the money transaction involved, in this case ten shillings, i. e., rive units for a field bet for six competitors.

A thumb wheel I44 (Fig. i) is provided to make adjustments in the stakes if competitors are withdrawn from the field. The wheel I44 is mounted on a common shaft with a pinion I 45 which meshes with another pinion 546 on one end of a shaft I41. The shaft I4! carries at its other end a pinion I48 (Fig. 6) meshing with a pinion I49 mounted on the same shaft as the cam I43. Ro tation of the wheel I 44 till the number of con petitors actually taking part in a particular race is displayed on the wheel will thus rotate the cam I43 to the appropriate position, resulting in the shroud I I3 being positioned so that the pawl I H! can only move the ratchet wheel M4 by the correct amount. The cam I43 has four lobes I50, I50, I5I and I52 corresponding to six runners, five runners, four runners and three runners, respectively. A spring I53 (Fig. 6) is provided to urge the sector I40 towards the cam I 43.

A connection is provided from the control room to every terminal on a rotary switch I54 mounted on the same shaft as the wheel I44 and adapted to energise a control relay in the control room only if the wheel I44 is set for the correct number of competitors. The control relay in the control room can then energise the operating relay 94 (Fig. 5) by circuits provided. Current for the control relay is arranged to pass to the control relay via a rotary race control switch I55 on the same shaft as, and operated by, a race control The wheel I56 is also connected through skew gears I51, I58 and pinions I59, I60 and I6I (Fig. 3) to a race number type wheel It i (Fig. 4) whereby the correct race number will be printed on the ticket.

A pinion I62 (Fig. 5) rigidly attached to the counter drive shaft I I5 is arranged to be continuously in mesh with a pinion I62 on the shaft of the counter II6 so that a total of all the transactions made by the machine may be registered. A sleeve I63 furnished with three pinions I53, I63 and I63 is splined on the counter drive shaft I I5. The three pinions are positioned so that lateral movement of the sleeve I53 will cause one of the three counters III, H0 and M9 to be put in operative connection with the shaft II5.

A spring I64 bearing on the end of the sleeve I63 tends to keep the forecast counter IE9 in operative connection. with the shaft I I5.

The slidable bar 60 connected to the place key P by elements 63 and 6B is furnished with a plate I65 adapted to engag a toggle I56 (Figs. 4, 5 and 5a) in engagement with a collar I61 on the sleeve I33. The plate I65 is so positioned on the bar 60, which is in operativeconnection with the place key through plate 66that depression of the place key will result in lateral movement of the sleeve I63 against the spring I64 sufficient to take the pinion I63 out of engagement with the forecast counter H9 and to put the place counter H8 in connection with the pinion I09 Similarly, depression of the win key W is adapted to move the bar 60 a greater distance, resulting in the win counter I I1 being engaged. The total counter I 56 remains continuously in mesh irrespective of what other counter is being used. To ensure that the teeth On the pinions on the counter drive shaft H and the teeth on the pinions driving the counters are always in correct relationship for engagement, a corrector I68 (Fig. 4) is adapted to engage the pinion I62, and also governs the pinions I63, I63 and I83 since they are on the common sleeve I83 splined to the same shaft II5 as the pinion I62. Correctors I89 (Fig. 6) engage the pinions on the counters H1, H8 and II9.

To prevent faulty operation of the machine, check bars are provided to prevent operation of certain keys when certain other keys have been depressed. A field stake check bar I10 (Fig. 4) adapted for operation by the field stake key F8 is arranged to engage a pin I10 under the field check shaft Ill. A win or place check bar I12 is adapted to engage a pin I12 on the top of the shaft I1 I, whereby, when the win or place key is depressed, the shaft I1! is held in such a position as to prevent movement of the bar I10, thus locking the field stake key F8 in inoperative position.

The win and place check bar I12 also engages a pin I12 over a reverse check shaft I13,

so that a reverse check bar 214 in engagement with a pin I14 under the shaft I13 is prevented from moving when the win or place key is down, thereb locking the reverse key Rev in inoperative position. Similarly, operation of the field stake key Fs or the Reverse key Rev will lock the win or the place key.

A field for first place lock bar (Fig. 4) and a field for second place lock bar I15 are not bevelled ofi where they engage the keys F& and Fd, respectively (see Fig. 7), and are normally urged into engagement with these keys by a spring I11 (Fig. 4) on the shaft I'II. The keys 1% and Fd will thus remain permanently locked except when the field stake key Fs is operated whereby the shaft I1l will be rotated by the bar Ill) against the spring I11, and the bars I15 and I16 will be withdrawn.

To ensure that, when the field stake key Fs is operated, one or other of the keys F8: and Fd is also operated, a link I18 is contrived to be moved towards the keys by movement of the shaft I1I resulting from the depression of the key Fs. This movement of the shaft I1I is also arranged to carry towards the keys a lever I19, a first competitor check bar I80, and a second competitor check bar I8! (Fig. 4). Thus, if any key I8: to 8& were to be depressed, all of the second competitor keys I to 6 would be locked and only Fd would be free to operate, by movement of the bar I80, the lever I19 and the bar I8I. Similarly, depression of any key I to 9 would look all of the keys I& to 6&, leaving only F& free.

To prevent the calling of the same competitor number for both first and second place, pins I82 (Fig. 6) are provided between keys I8: and I, 2& and 2 and so on up to and including keys 6& and 6. The pins I82 are coned at each end, the coned parts being engageable with depressions in the keys. The pins are made of such a length that when a-pin is clear of one key the key at the other end is engaged and is thus prevented from being operated.

In operation, the thumb wheel I56 (Fig. 4) is set for the correct race number. This sets the type wheel IBI through the skew gears I51 and I58 and the pinions I59, I00 and NH, and also sends a signal to the remote control apparatus by the rotary switch I55.

The wheel I44 is set for the number of competitor-s known to be actually taking part in the race. This sends a signal to the remote control apparatus by the rotary switch I54 and also, by means of the pinions I45 and I46, the shaft I41 and the pinions I48 and I49, rotates the cam I43 to the appropriate position for the number of competitors, to prepare for possible operation of the field stake key Fs.

A stake key, a first selection key and a second selection key are then depressed to place a bet. Each key completes a circuit to the remote control apparatus by means of contacts I02, I03 and I04. At the same time depression of the key forces the rollers 69 into the slots 68 in the control plates 65, 68 and 61, causing the plates to move to one side or the other, moving the bars 59, 60 and BI by the fingers 52, 63 and 64. Movement of the bars moves the sectors 5|, 52 and 53, rotating the type wheels 48, 49 and 50 to a position where they are ready to print particulars of the transaction shown on the depressed keys.

When the bar 59 moves, the stake cam plate I42 attached to it rotates the sector I40 which moves the shroud H3 around the ratchet wheel H4, so that the pawl H2 when actuated will engage the ratchet wheel I I4 at the correct point to move the counters the correct number of units. Alternatively, when the field stake key Fs is depressed, the bar 59 moves the field" cam I43 under the sector I40; the cam I43 then moves the sector and shroud the appropriate distance, as before.

Depression of the keys also withdraws the release bars 84, and 86 by means of the engagement bars 8|, 82 and 83. When the keys are properly locked down, the locking bars 13, 14 and 15 moving into slots in the depressed keys to lock them down take with them the three fingers 80a mounted on the check bar shaft 80 and by rotation of this shaft withdraw the look check bar 81, permitting the pin 88 to drop and lift the tooth 89 out of engagement with the contactor rotor.

The roller 9I bearing on the cam 92 mounted on the contactor rotor 4 forces the rotor to rotate until checked by the tooth 93 of the relay 94. At this point the cam 95 closes the contacts 91, thus signalling the remote control apparatus to send the bet, and the cam 99 closes the contacts 98 preparing circuits to the check relay I00.

When the remote control apparatus is ready to send the bet, the relay 94 is energised Withdrawing the tooth 93 from engagement with the contactor rotor 4 and allowing the rotor to rotate until it is held again on the tooth 99. When the relay 94 operates, it also closes the contacts IOI to energise the circuits to the remote control apparatus already described through the contacts I02, I03 and I04. The appropriate counters now operate to register the bet and send back an impulse to the check relay I00 via the contacts I06. The check relay I00 now operates and releases the relay 94 so that the contactor rotor 4 rotates to its final position, tripping the pawl 3 by one of 9 the pins 5, thus allowing the contacts 2 to close, and energising the solenoid I.

The solenoid I rotates the shaft 6 by the link 1 and the cam 6' on the shaft 6 and forces the platen 8 down on the paper strip 9, the inking ribbon I0, the type plate II and the type wheels 48, 49, 59 and EBI to print the ticket.

While the shaft 6 is rotating, the link I3 is rotating the shaft I4 so that the arm I5 swings in counter-clockwise direction when viewed as in Fig. 3. The knurled roller I6 and the smooth roller I! slide over the paper and follow the arc of the curved guide I8 to prepare for a return movement which will deliver the ticket when rinted. The knurled grip roller 21 biased by the spring prevents the paper from slipping back.

At the completion of the stroke of the solenoid plunger la the arm on the shaft I4 is latched by the pawl 26.

While the arm l5 and the shaft I4 are moving in counter-clockwise direction, the pin 28 depresses the guillotine lever 29 and opens the guillotine blade until the guillotine lever 29 is latched by the tooth 3i attached to it engaging the pawl 32, thus holding the guillotine blade in open position.

When the solenoid operates, rotating the shaft 6, the link I97 actuates the shaft I08 and the segment I09 rotates the pinion H0 which carries with it the arm III and the pawl H2. The pawl I I2 passes over the shroud II3 which has already been positioned b the operation of one of the stake keys and engages the ratchet wheel H4 which rotates the shaft II5, thereby registering the value of the ticket issued on both the total counter and on the forecast, or the win or place counter, depending on the keys depressed. Simultaneously the toe of the plate I20 passes the trip pawl I2I of the rocker I22 and the set up pawl I23 is lifted to re-engageone of the pins 5 on the contacto rotor. The boss I24 engages the nuts I25 on the rod I24 and lifts the spring IZBoff the contacts 2, breaking the circuits and allowing the plunger Ia to be returned by the spring I. The spring I26 when lifted up is latched on the pawl 3, holding open the contacts 2.

The return movement of the plunger I a rotates the shaft 6 and the eccentric 6' in the reverse direction, allowing the platen 8 to b raised by the spring 31 acting through the rocker 36.

When the plunger Ia completes its return stroke, the pin 21 engages the pawl 26 and releases the arm 25 on the shaft I4. Th shaft I4 now rotates under the influence of the sprin 35, causing the arm I5 to feed the paper strip forward, pushing the printed ticket out of the machine.

At the end of the swing of the arm I5, the lever 34 strikes the bell-crank 32 which disengages the pawl 32 from the tooth 3| on the lever 29. The spring 33 now rotates the lever 29 and pushes down the blade 30 to cut off the ticket.

The spring 35 in rotating the shaft $4 in clockwise direction, as seen in Fig. 2, moves the link ill! to the left whereby to rotate the shaft I08 in the reverse direction, i. e. counter-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 6. This restores the pawl I I2 to its original position by the reverse movement of the sector I519. The toe of the plate I29 also engages the trip pawl I2! and actuates the rocker I22, the link I2] and the shaft I9, thereb withdrawing the locking bars 13, M and 15 by engagement of the pins 19 with slots in the locking bars, releasing the depressed keys which then returned by their springs.

The set up pawl I23 which had engaged one of the pins 5 on the contactor rotor now rotates the contactor rotor 4 until the roller 9| passes over the peak of the cam 92. The contactor rotor is then retained on the tooth 89 in readiness for another cycle of operations.

To test the mechanism, the test key T is depressed. This key operates the machine in the same way as when a normal betting ticket is being issued, except that th bars 59, 60 and 6| are not moved so that the type wheels and sectors remain in their central position to print the word Test. Also the tWo change-over contacts I 31 disconnect the check signal wires from the remote control apparatus and energise directly the check relay I00, whereby to cause a test ticket to be issued without the usual check signal from the control apparatus. The shroud H3 in the test position prevents the pawl II2 from giving any rotational movement to the counter, thereby leaving them in the same position as beforethe issue of the test ticket.

, What is claimed is:

1. A register mechanism including a counter having a drive gear, a counter drive shaft having a gear thereon adapted to engage the counter drive gear, a ratchet wheel fixed to the counter drive shaft, a pawl for engaging the ratchet wheel for rotating it and the counter drive shaft, means for rotating the pawl about the axis of the drive are shaft from a starting position through a given are and back to starting position, a shroud adjacent to the ratchet wheel and rotatable on the drive shaft, the shroud including a portion overlying a portion of the periphery of the ratchet wheel, a pinion fixed to the shroud and rotatable on the drive shaft, a toothed sector meshing with said pinion for positioning the shroud, a cam means having elements representing different values to be registered, and means for moving said cam means into engagement with said sector to thereby position the shroud and control the extent of rotation of the counter drive shaft when the pawl is operated.

2. A register mechanism for a ticket printing and issuing machine having keys representing a plurality of different values and keys for selecting a plurality of different classes of transactions,

the register mechanism including a counter for separately registerin the values for each class of transaction, a drive gear on each counter, a counter drive shaft, a gear on said shaft for each counter rotatable therewith and adapted to be selectively moved into engagement with the counter drive gear therefor, a plate for each gear on the drive shaft for moving it into engagement with its counter drive gear, slidable bars interconnecting the plates respectively with keys of the ticket printing and issuing machine for selecting the classes of transactions whereby actuation of one of said transaction class keys connects up a counter for operation, a ratchet wheel fixed to the counter drive shaft for effecting its rotation, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet wheel for in turn rotating said counter drive shaft, a shroud covering a portion of the circumference of said ratchet wheel and movable around the circumference thereof for limiting the engagement of said pawl, a sector for positioning said shroud, and a cam plate engaged by said sector for positioning said sector in response to the actuation of one of the value keys of the.

ticket printing and issuing machine.

the register mechanism including a counter for separately registering the values for each class of transaction, a drive gear on each counter, a counter drive shaft, a gear on said shaft for each counter rotatable therewith and adapted to be selectively moved into engagement with the coun ter drive gear therefor, a plate for each gear on the drive shaft for moving it into engagement with its counter drive gear, slidable bars interconnecting the plates respectively With keys of the ticket printing and issuing machine for selecting the classes of transactions whereby actuation of one of said transaction class keys connects up a counter for operation, a ratchet wheel mounted fixed to the counter drive shaft, a pawl for engaging and rotating said ratchet wheel, a

shroud covering a part of the circumference of said ratchet wheel to limit the engagement of the ratchet wheel by the pawl, a sector for positioning said shroud, a rotatable cam member having lobes of predetermined radial heights representing multiple values and adapted to be engaged by said sector and thereby set the sector for predetermining the rotation of the ratchet wheel and counter drive shaft, means for rotating said cam member, and means for moving said cam member into a position to be engaged by said sector.

5. A register mechanism including a counter having a drive gear, a counter drive shaft having a gear thereon adapted to engage the counter drive gear, a ratchet wheel fixed to the counter drive shaft, a pawl for engagin the ratchet wheel for rotating it and the counter drive shaft, means for controlling the position at which the pawl engages the ratchet wheel, and a cam member having lobes of predetermined radial heights for varying the position of the controlling means and thereby predetermining the rotation of the ratchet wheel and counter drive shaft.

6. A register mechanism including a counter having a drive gear, a counter drive shaft having a gear thereon adapted to engage the counter drive gear, a ratchet wheel fixed to the counter drive shaft, a pawl for engaging the ratchet wheel for rotating it and the counter drive shaft, means for controlling the position at which the pawl engages the ratchet wheel, a rotary cam member for varying the position of the controlling means, said rotary cam member having positions corresponding to different values to be registered, means for rotating said cam member, and means for moving said cam member axially into and out of position for varying the position of the controlling means.

7. A register mechanism including a counter having a drive gear, a counter drive shaft having a gear thereon adapted to engage the counter drive gear, a ratchet wheel fixed to the counter drive shaft, a pawl for engaging the ratchet wheel for rotating it and the counter drive shaft, means for controlling the position at which the pawl engages the ratchet wheel, a cam plate having elements corresponding to different values, a rotary cam member connected with said plate for bodily movement therewith, said member having positions corresponding to different values to be registered, means for selectively moving the cam plate and cam member into a position to vary the position of the controlling means, and a separate means for rotating the rotary cam member for determining the value to be registered when the rotary cam member is used to position the controllin means.

JOHN HANDLEY.

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