US2544337A

US2544337A - Ticket holder

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Publication number: US2544337A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1951-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1968-03-06

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Mafch 6, 1951 E. M. MACDONALD ,54

TICKET HOLDER Filed March 22, 1947 lllll "w 31 2 -21 INVENTOR.

EUGENE M. MACDONALD ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 6, 1951 assi'gnor to The MacDonald Manufacturing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a,- corporation of Ohio , Application March 22, 1947,"SerialNo. 736,464

51 Claims.

1 The present invention relates to certain novel improvements in ticket holders and particularly to the ty e of ticket holder described in Patent No. 1,751, 744', granted to Murdock Macdonald on March 2 5, 1930.

V the line 4-4 ofFig. 2.

The ticket holder may be briefly described as a box-like casing having a hinged openin whereby a pad of tickets can be carried so as to project from one side of the casing. The printed surface of the pad is disposed adjacent a cutting edge on the casing, which cutting edge is in-' tercepted by V=shaped fingers adjustably mounted on the casing. The holder is thus adapted to notch the ticket at pro-selected points, when the ticket is torn along the cutting edge of the casing.

Heretofore, the notching fingers were mounted so as to suspend from asingle horizontally disposed shaft or track and were movable longitudinally thereof. Due to the necessary tolerances involved in the manufacture and assembly of the ticket holder, it was noted that there was a tendency for the notching fingers to incline in one direction or the other in deviation from a perpendicular position to the shaft. This deviation resulted in inaccuracies in the notches produced by the fingers and,- further,v had the undesirable effect of causing a binding action between the fingers and the shaft which hindered ra'pid adjiistment of the fingers to various ticket notching positions.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide improved mounting means for the notching fingers whereby to overcome the aforementioned tendency of such fingers to wobble.

Another object of the invention is to provide such mountin means as will be of simple and durable construction.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for maintaining the ticket stubs firmly within the casing.

Other objects and advantages of the inven ion will become apoarent during the course of the following description with reference to the annexed drawing, wherein like numerals denote like parts throughout the same.

In the annexed drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a ticket holder embodying m invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 4, with a ticket pad-inserted shown in phantom lines.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental cross-sectional view similar to Fig. 2 showing the mounting of the fingers in greater detail.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal View of the ticket holder,

Now referring more particularly to the drawing, the ticket holder comprises a casing I, having an open bottom side, and a plate 2 hinged to the back wall 3 of the casing as at 4. A stubi'etain'i ng plate 5 is also hingedl mounted on the back wall 3, as at 4, and, through the action of the coil springs 5, resiliently maintains the ticket pad 1 in engagement with the positioning pins 8. One end of the spring 6 bears against the stub-retaining plate 5, and the other end of the spring 5 bears against the inner surface of the wall 3, thus, the springs '6 also serve to urge the by ears 20 on the casing l. The lower extremities of the fingers l5 are in the form of V-shaped prongs 2| which extend laterally from the face l4 immediately adjacent the cutting edge 43, and serve to notch the tickets as they are torn on.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the distance between the axial centers of the openings l6 and I1 is slightly less than the distance between the axial centers of the tracks I8 and [9. This construction causes the smaller track It to bow in slightly and thereby the openings l6 and I! bear firmly against the tracks [8 and [9, as at 22 and 23, respectively, thus serving to maintain the fingers 15 in perpendicular alignment to the tracks I8 and I9. It will be understood that a similar effect may also be obtained by making the distance between the axial centers of openings I 6 and. I! slightly greater than the distance between the axial centers of the tracks [8 and I9, thus causing the smaller track l8 to bow out slightly.

As will be noted in Figs. 2 and 4, the retaining plate 5 is so constructed as to oifer a relatively large surface area for frictional engagement with the ticket pad I as contrasted to the wire-form arrangement heretofore employed. This greater area of engagement serves to prevent shifting movement of the ticket pad 1 relatively to the pins 8 and the cutting edge l3, and thereby prevents inaccurate notching of the tickets caused by improper registration of the ticket pad with the cutting edge.

The ticket holder is prepared for use by mounting the ticket pad I on the plate 2, the pad being positioned properly by the pins 8. The spring pressed retaining plate 5 serves to firmly hold the ticket pad against shifting movement. When the ticket pad is thus properly positioned, the plate 2 which carries the pad is rotated to the closed position, shown in Fig. 2, and the springpressed latch fingers 9 engage the casing I to maintain the plate 2 in the aforesaid position.

Inasmuch as the ends of the coil spring 6 bear against both, the back wall 3 and the stub-retaining plate 5, the spring 6 is compressed by rotation of the plate 2, which compression serves to increase the pressure of the stub-retaining plate 5 against the surface of the pad 7.

The tickets now project laterally of the casing and are resiliently held against the cuttng edge I3 by the action of the spring pressed plate Ill.

Suitable indicia are printed on the tickets, such as fare, date and stations. When preparing the ticket for issue, the conductor moves the slidably mounted fingers l5 along the tracks l8-and [9 to positions which Will indicate the pertinent data concerning the transportation involved. The ticket is then torn from the pad I along the cutting edge I3. The prongs 2| on the fingers 15, which intercept the cutting edge, will form V-like notches on the torn edge of the ticket. V-like projections, corresponding to the notches, will re- ;;main on the ticket stub, which may also have suitable indicia printed thereon.

The conductor completes the operation by pressing the plate 2 inwardly, thereby drawing the torn ticket stub into the casing so that it will not interfere with the issuance of the next succeeding ticket.

Having now -fully disclosed the objects of my invention and the particular construction and employment of parts necessary to the attainment of the aforesaid objects, it is understood :'that the form of my invention, herein shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of a box-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding means hingedly mounted on one edge of said opening, parallel tracks mounted on saidcasing in spaced relationshipthereto, and a plurality of notching fingers therein carried by said tracks, said notching fingers having spaced openings therein adapted to slidably engage said tracks, the distance between said openings being other than the distance between said tracks whereby to tension said tracks.

2. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of a box-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding means hingedly secured to one edge of said openin whereby a ticket pad is urged into proximity to the opposite edge of said openings, parallel tracks of, circular cross-section mounted on said casing in spaced relation thereto, and a plurality of notching fingers having spaced circular openings therein slidably engaging said tracks, the distance between said openings being other than the normal distance between said tracks, whereby to tension said tracks.

3. In a ticket holder of the character described, the combination of a box-like casing having an opening on one side thereof, pad holding means hingedly secured to one edge of said opening whereby a pad of tickets is urged into proximity to the opposite edge of said opening, parallel spaced tracks of circular cross-section-mounted on said casing in spaced relationship thereto, one of said track being of smaller cross-sectional area than the other, and plurality of notching fingers having spaced openings therein slidably engaging said tracks, the distance between said openings being other than the distance between said tracks whereby to laterally tension and bow said track of smaller cross-sectional area.

.4. A combination, as defined in claim 3, wherein' the distance between said spaced openings in said notching fingers is greater than the distance between said tracks.

5. A combination, as defined in claim 3, wherein the distance between said tracks is greater than the distance between said spaced openings in said notching fingers. 1

EUGENE M. MACDONALD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 353,953 Lang Dec. 7, 1886 1,751,744 Macdonald Mar. 25, 1930 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 1,548 Great Britain 1895 16,364 Great Britain 1905