US2571268A

US2571268A - Ticket pad

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Publication number: US2571268A
Application number: US180863A
Authority: US
Inventors: Milton H London
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1950-08-22
Filing date: 1950-08-22
Publication date: 1951-10-16
Anticipated expiration: 1968-10-16

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Oct. 16, 1951 M H LQNDON 2,571,268

TICKET PAD Filed Aug. 22, 1950 (2a/25 3 (2li/22 i .Za/2.7 2o/z3 523/22 Sras/22 lig- 4' za zei zo l l: I el es I l l IN V EN TOR. (l/o fl Mafia/on 'Womad /@eew Patented Oct. 16, 1951 UNITED STATE s APATENT OFFICE:

4 Claims.

This application relates to ticket pads and more particularly to pads of tickets such as are used in motion picture theaters. Such pads are generally of rectangular, zig-zag, folded form having one or more, but generally ve, tickets to the fold, with the ticket edges forming the face of the pad.

Each ticket is marked on each of the opposite ends of the face side of the ticket with a serial number, and the left end of the ticket, except for such a number, is not identical with the right end. It is the practice to sever each ticket on its center line, either end being retained as a stub for checking purpose. Such severing may be done in a machine which receives the ticket, severs it centrally, retains the leading end of the entered ticket as a stub, and ejects the trailing end.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pattern of marking on the faces of a pad of such tickets of such a nature that when halves or stubs are consecutively stacked and superimposed vertically with their edges aligned, the sides of the stack of stubs thus formed will show a double line or intersecting line pattern. Interruptions of that pattern on the stack will reveal whether or not the interruption of the double line pattern on the stack is due to an interruption of orderly sequence of stacking or due to imperfections in the stubs being stacked.

In a prior Patent No. 2,525,918 of October 1'7, 1950, I have disclosed a ticket pad having a crisscross pattern marking onk its faces to reveal the order of stacking of stubs of tickets severed from that pad. That pattern may be characterized as a single line pattern because the stubs when stacked will show a single line pattern on the stack. In this application I disclose a double line pattern, named such because, when stubs :from a pad thus marked are stacked, av pattern of two intersecting lines will appear on the stack of stubs. y

The single line pattern is such that an interruption of the single line pattern of the stack of stubs cannot be interpreted in a manner to discriminate among the two types of factors which cause an interruption of the pattern, whereas, the double line pattern is such that an interruption of the double line pattern oi' the stack of stubs can be interpreted readily to discriminate between the two types of factors causing interruption of stack pattern.

There are two types of factors which cause interruption of stack pattern. The first type is the interruption of sequence of stacking. The sec- 2 ond type is imperfection of manufacture or of stacking of the stubs. In the second type there are these several factors:

(a) The stacking of the stubs in the stack receiver might not be in truly vertical alignment, with the result that the stack pattern may be interrupted.

(b) 'I'he tickets may not be severed accurately y in the machine which issues single tickets from a pad of tickets, and it may be that some tickets are longer or shorter than normal, and, in either case, stubs of ticekts out of normal length, when stacked, will show an interruption of the stack pattern. y

(c) The stubs may not be severed accurately from the tickets and it maybe that some stubs are longer or shorter than normal, and these, when stacked, will show an interruption `oi stack pattern.

The single line pattern cannot be interpreted f or read to enable the reader to discriminate between the two types of factors above mentioned, but the double line pattern of thisapplication can be interpreted to discriminate between interruptions of stack pattern due to interruptions of sequence, or interruptions of stack pattern due to imperfections of stacking or cutting or shaping of stubs to be stacked.v

Now, where a single line pattern is used, an interruption in the single line stack pattern will indicate that the stacking was not in the order in which the tickets were removed from the pad, indicating missing or out-of-order tickets, or will indicate imperfect stacking or severance of stubs.

However, if a double line pattern is used, as disclosed in this application, a major interruption in the double .line stack pattern may be interpreted readily to indicate either that the stacking was not in the order in which the tickets were removed from the pad or thatthe stacking was in order but that the stubs were not stacked in perfect vertical alignment or were not severed perfectly, Obviously since the person charged One embodiment of the invention is shown in the appended drawing.

In this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a half scale side view of a pad of tickets showing its exposed face composed of edges of tickets marked with a predetermined geometric pattern.

Figs. 2-5 are half scale views showing folds of ve tickets of the pad of Fig. 1, as ifonulines 2 2, 3-3, 4---4,` 5 5. of Fig. l, and' indicating the marking on their edges.

Fig. 6 is a view showing a fragment of a stacky I of stubs of Fig. 1 with the double line pattern indicated, with the stubs being shown twieeas) long as the ticket halves of Figs. 1-5,-thoughof the same relative number per inch of stack height A motion picture theaterticket"lllmaybe severed from a pad of them and then. severed on its own center line, asis presently the practice,

toY form a stub. Stubs may then be stacked. 'There are 'four possibilities for-`stacking stubs. VThe left' end-of the ticket may be' its-leading end as the ticket is insertedin a machine which "severs the" ticketv and'uses the leading'v end to form astubland't'form afstack of stubs andthe stub may be stacked W'itlrits vface upvo'r'vvith its: face down. The right end may be the leadingor stub end andthestub `Vmaybe stackedv with its face up 'or-with its face down.

-A pad-l2 of suchA tickets consists of a large number of'ticket's 'joined end to end, with the individuali tickets separated by'sc'ore l'inesl I4.

A- conventional pad' is formed as shovvnY in Fig. l where 2,000 tickets are folded over-400 times? inf-fa Zigi-Zag Sor accordion pleated-pattern 'with ticketsfto the' Iold. .In one embodiment, shcwnfinhalrscalezm.Fig. 1, the :ticketsare' 2" that the pad of 2,000 tickets, 400 folds, so' folded, is- "r.h'i'gh, as well asbeir'igV 1'0 longfan'd 1 wide. 1 Figjfsh'ows avstack' of` stubs, each.l` 1" ilong.

v400 tickets, vin the example shown; have a thick- 4Each ticket includes pointsof'eight lines,V four to each edge, arrangedsymmetrically.

Lines'lB and`4 2l are those of' the' single line rpattern,'-

bntlines

22 and 23,' form with l'ines20 "and: 2 l' the double' line pattern.

Where lines'iinterse'ct, the point of intersection mayfbefviewed' as' twovpcints of separate lines 'superlmpcsedon one another, which is, in fact, theease, as Where the lines are'ruled" on a formed' pad.

'1'.1're=niarkingsu on the tickets' are' genera-lly'simiflarbut'diifer'slightly vfromiold -to fold in order tl-nat-tlie double line pattern may be formed when .the-stubs are stacked. No matter whichend of .the ticketf-:leads and forms the :stub that stacked, andno matter which waythe stubs are disposed inthe stack,A face up or face down, because of the particular pattern disclosed, the stack of stubs will show a perfect double lin'e pattern provided the stubs are arranged in the stack inthe order in which the tickets are removed from -the padv and also provided the stubs are lstacked in perfectl vertical alignment and are 'of perfectlength,

However, if stubs are placed in the stack in a 4 seriously interrupted order from which the tickets were severed from the pad, or if the stubs are not perfectly severed or stacked, the pattern will be interrupted.

5 Fig. 6 exemplies interruptions of pattern and indicates how the causes of interruption may be analyzed as follows:

Stub A, out of pattern, is so because it is either .imperfectly stacked, i.e.,. not stacked in perfect vvertical.aliginnent with its adjacent stubs, or because it or the ticket from which it came is imperfectly severed, being shorter than its adja- `-cent stubs, but not because of any interruption @of sequence. This may easily be ascertained fromthefact that if stub A is moved slightly to the r1ght,"to be stacked perfectly, its markings vfwil1fit intothepattern and there will be no interruption.

' lSimilarly, 'the interruption at stub B may be seen at once to be duenot to an interruption of sequence ofstacking'butto theifactthatstub B is' either not in vertical alignment with its adjacen'tstubs'for' is shorter than' its .adjacent stubs.

'The interruption' Vatr stubtQhowever,A can-be se'enl atloncetobe'due to interruption ofsequenc'e rather thanffdue' to stub C. being shorter thanv its adjacent stubs or being out of verticalalignment witlifitsf'adjacent stubs,and1this maybe established fromA thefactthat iflstubC is moved left or rightits lmarkingslwillnott into vthepattern I and completethe fpa-ttemiat stiibC.

f Simi1arly,.stub D maybe' seento be out :of sequence. v v

Stub'fE, on the other-hand, may be seen to be rin sequence, or'obviousl'ynotf out of sequence, but rather either imperfectly stacked or imperfectly cut to bei -lsomewhat shorter than theV adjacent stubs, andthi's is demonstrated from theact that if 'st ubflllfviferefpushedtslightlyy tothe left,

,m the pattern would be complete'at'stib E.

Inthe examples'g'i'ven, stubs'A,1B,fand'E have 'both-markings to the same one side-of the pattern, stubsA" and B to thefleft, stub' E to the right, whereas stubs- C and'D each haveboth 4.5 markings on vopposite or diilerent sides of the `r'i'at'tern.- This'difference gives the-clue for interpretationto 'the'1v Areader who is not interested in stubs imperfectly stackedbut only in stubs stacked out of sequence. "Such reader can ignore '50 stubs which have both markings to one side of thejpattern,` andcan focus his attention on stubs Vwhichha've both markings on' opposite sides of the pattern', or, phrasing this differently, he can focus on stubswhose both markings are outside the pattern orwhose both'm'arkings are inside the pattern. This latter isY not shown, but imagine Vstub C Amoved down not merely two or threeplaces where fit will be' in `sequence and thus fall' into'pattern','-but six or seven places 'Where itvvill be out 'of sequence'and thus fall out fof patternwitli both its :"narkin'gs inside the pattern.

:"I-hed'ouble line' Apatte'rr'r enables the 'reader to classify the out of pattern stubsand ignore one class of-ut of patternstubs (-h'aving both markings onone-side lof the pattern)v and` focus on aidifferentfclas's of outof'pattern stubs (having both markings" onoppos'itefsldes of the pattern), but the sing'llinepatternrequires the reader' to examine all out'of pattern stubs since heis 'furnished with no visible cluewhile the stubs are still stacked'to enablefhim' to determine. into which' class a particular outof 'pattern stubA may be classiiied.`

THe'padpattern may be'dCSCribed as follows:

First, the tickets are of identical length, folded in zig-zag form to form a strippad of, rectangular form having front and back faces, each bounded by horizontal and vertical sides which are formed by the edges of thetickets.

Secondly, the pad pattern includes two crisscrossing or intersecting sets of parallel oblique lines. One set includes lines 2U and 22, the other lines 2| and 23. The horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the first set (20, 22) are equal to one-half the length of a ticket. Likewise, the horizontally measured vdistances between the parallel oblique lines of the second set (2|, 23) are also equal to one-half the length of a ticket.

Third, each of the two halves vof each of the two ticket edges is at least twice marked so that each quarter edge is at least twice marked, each half four times, each edge four times, each ticket eight times marked. n

Fourth, the corresponding marked points of each ticket half are in alignment across the ticket; i. e., they are the same distance from the center line of the ticket of which that half forms a part. This simply means that the markings on the opposed faces of the pad are identical and in alignment across the pad.

Fifth, the intersecting oblique lines are symmetrically arranged with respect to imaginary vertical and horizontal lines passing through the intersections, and the oblique lines bisect the angles at the intersections.

Finally, there are several tickets to a fold, but al1 the tickets of a fold are substantially identically marked.

In the l0" X 5 x l pad exemplified, the marking lines are at 45 angles from horizonta1 and vertical, and intersect as illustrated to form squares whose diagonals are 1" long.

It is apparent that if stubs are stacked more or less in the sequence in which the tickets are removed from the pad, a double line pattern will form in the stack. The -degree of sharpness or fuzziness of the formed pattern reflects how closely the stubs were stacked with reference to their sequence. If the stubs are stacked absolutely consecutively, the pattern will be clear and sharp, except for imperfections due to imperfect stacking out of vertical alignment or imperfect severing resulting in some stubs being shorter than others. Otherwise, the pattern will be sharp. On the other hand, if the stubs are stacked without reference to their natural sequence, the pattern will disappear or at least be interrupted to show interruptions of sequence.

Now having described the ticket pad and pattern here disclosed, reference should be had to the claims which follow for a determination of the invention hereof.

I claim:

1. A patterned ticket padcomprising a, continuous strip of end to end connected identical length tickets folded in zig-zag form and thus forming a strip pad of rectangular form having front and back faces each bounded by horizontal and vertical sides and formed by the edges of the tickets, said faces having on each a marking in the form of a predetermined geometric pattern, including two criss-crossing or intersecting sets of parallel oblique lines, with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the first set being equal to one-half the length of a ticket, and with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the second set also being equal to onehalf the length of a ticket, each of the two halves of each of the two ticket edges being at least twice marked, the corresponding marked points of each ticket half beingaligned, i. e., the same distance from the center line of the ticket of which that half forms apart, the intersecting oblique lines being symmetrically arranged with respect to imaginary vertical and horizontal lines passing through such intersections, with such lines bisectirig the angles at such intersections.

2. A patterned ticket pad comprising a continuous strip of end to end connected identical length tickets folded in zig-zag form and thusjforming a strip pad of rectangularV form having front and back faces, each face being bounded by horizontal and Vertical sides, these two faces being formed by the edges of the tickets, each face having a marking in the form of a predetermined geometric pattern, including two criss-crossing or intersecting sets of parallel oblique lines, with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the rst set being equal to onehalf the length of a ticket, and with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the second set also being equal to one-half the length of a ticket, each of the two halves of each of the two ticket edges being at least twice marked, the corresponding marked points of each ticket half being aligned, i. e., the same distance from the center line of the ticket of which that half forms a part, the intersecting oblique lines being symmetrically arranged with respect to imaginary vertical and horizontal lines passing through such intersections, with such lines bisecting the angles at such intersections, there being several tickets to each fold, with all the tickets of a fold being substantially identically marked.

- 3. A patterned ticket pad comprising a continuous strip of end to end connected identical length tickets folded in zig-zag form and thus forming a strip pad of rectangular form having front and back faces each bounded by horizontal and vertical sides and formed by the edges of the tickets, said faces having on each 9, marking in the form of a predetermined geometric pattern, including two criss-crossing or intersecting sets of parallel oblique lines, with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the first set being equal to one-half the length of a ticket, and with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the second set also being equal to one-half the length of a ticket, each of the two halves of each of the two ticket edges being at least twice marked, the corresponding marked points of each ticket half being aligned, i. e., the same distance from the center line of the ticket of which that half forms a part, the intersecting oblique lines being symmetrically arranged with respect to imaginary vertical and horizontal lines passing through such intersections, with such lines bisecting the angles at such intersections, the patterns being in the form of lines ruled on a formed pad.

4. A patterned ticket pad comprising a continuous strip of end to end connected identical length tickets folded in a zig-zag form and thus forming a strip pad of rectangular form having front and back faces each bounded by horizontal and vertical sides and formed by the edges of the tickets, said faces having on each a marking in the form of a predetermined geometric pattern, including two criss-crossing or intersecting sets of parallel oblique lines, with the horizontally measured distances between the parallel oblique lines of the xstnsetifbeing equal to one-half the length ofcJ ticket-fand.- with the horizontally measured distancesbetween theY lparallel oblique lines o f the second set also beingequal to one-half the length oa ticket, each of the two halves of each of the two ticket edges being at least twice marked, the corresponding marked points of each ticket half being aligned, i. e., the same distance from the center line of the ticket of which that half forms a part, the intersecting oblique lines being symmetrically arranged with respect to imaginary vertical and horizontal lines passing through such intersections, with such lines bisecting the angles at such intersections, there being several 8 tickets to each to1d,with, allV the tickets of a, fold being. substantially; identically marked, the pat` terns being in the formo! lines ruled on a, formed Dad.

MILTON H. LONDON.

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