US2795185A - weingart etal - Google Patents

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June 1 1, 1957 R. l. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 1953 9 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS RICHARD I. N. WElNGART GEORGE A. LOEB 8 JOSEPH G.WAGNER ATTORNEYS,

June 11, 1957 R. l. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 21, 1953 FIG. 2.

INVENTORS I. N. WEINGART, GEORGE A. LOEB 8 JOSEPH G. WAGNER BY L, -l 4 AT TOR NEYS.

June 11, 1957 R. l. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE Filed Dec. 21, 1955 9 She ets-Sheet 5 FIG. 3.

5 O O 0 O s R o T N E V m RD 1'. NNIEINGAR GEORGE A. LOEB 8 TOSEPH G. WAGNER ATTORNEYS.

June 11, 1957 R. 1. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET xssumc MACHINE Filed D80. 21., 1953 9 Sheets-Sheet 4 RICHARD I. N.- WEINGART,

GEORGEA. LOEB 8| JOSEPH O. WAGNER ATTORNEYS.

INVENTORS J 1957 R. l. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed D60. 21, 1953 INVENTORS RICHARD I. N. .WEINGART,

GEORGE A. LOEB C. WAGNER .8 JOSEPH Q, V ATTORNEYS.

June 11, 1957 R. 1. N. WEINGART ETAL KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE 9 Sheets-Sheet 6 Filed Dec.

INVENTORS FIG. 6.

m SEQ wmr w RIGHARD GEOR m m MEG Y N A E Hw N E 1 m 16 T R. l. N. WElNGART ETAL 2,795,185

KEY INTERLOCK IN TICKET ISSUING MACHINE June 11, 1957 9 She'ets-Sheet 7 Filed Dec., 21, 1953 WAGNER EYS.

FIG. 7.

J 1957 R. 1. N. WEINGART ETAL 2,795,185

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2,795,185 KEY .INTERLOCK IN ricK r ss RichardI. N. 'Weingart, -Brookville, George A. Lo eb, -Rye,

:8 "Claims. or. 101.-69)

:This invention relates to ticketissuing machines .and

'has particular reference to ticket issuing machines ,for

issuing racing tickets.

.In the application of Reuben-H. Helsel and Richard tI. N. .Weingart, Serial No. 189,516, file,d;Oct,ober l-l,

1950, there'is disclosed a machine for the issuance, i n

particular, of Daily Double tickets, i. e.,1tickets covering combinations of contestants in diiferent. racesv lihe machine therein disclosed, for example, mayissue tickets for.any combination of twelvecontestantsin eacli of .two'races, there being 144 possible combinations each involving a diiferent ticket.

.The machine described in saidapplication mayalso be used for the issue of so-called Quinella; tickets invplv- .ing: pairs of contestants in-the same race. .However, the

issuance ofQuinellatickets by the machineasdescribed "would; involve the possibility of erroneous issue at H -fro m;the standpoint of-the keeping of simple since two tickets-having the same significance mt 1;.to 12. Suppose, for example, the ticket desired rby ja patron was for the combination of thecontestants 3 and Sin the same race. ,If the key corresponding to contestant 3 was depressed in the first bankofkeys and the key corresponding to contestant 5 was depressedg inxthe .second bank of keys, a ticket would issue referring to the two desired contestants and entry of the issuance, of th e ticket would occur on a particular counter. ,I-loweyer,

if the key corresponding to contestant 5 ,wasdepressedlin the first bank ,ofkeys and the key corresponding to, contestant 3. was depressedin the second bank, aiticketshow- .ingthe desired contestants would be issued but :the ,fact

of its issuance would be .recorded,onadiiferentcou er. (It may be noted that this difference in.;counters ,riecessitated for Daily Double operation but would involve the necessity for summing the entries on two counters to determine the number of tickets issued of particular Quinella significance.)

The broad object of the present inventionis to provide .a machine capable of issuingboth Daily Double and Quinella tickets subject to selection 'of the type of gperation by the operator. In brief, this object is attai nedin the case of a Daily Double machine by providingan interlock between two banks of keys; such that, if .a particular key of one bank should be depressed, all of the keys of the other bank having numerical -significance equal to that of the key depressed in the first bank or greater or, alternatively, less, will be locked out of effective operation. -As disclosed more fully hereafter, for example, if the key numbered 5 of a first bank was .depressed, all of the keys of the second bank numbered 5 or less would be locked against effective operationso' that only those of greater number value would be operable. In other words, the operator of the machine would be required to strike a key ofthe lower number contestant in the first bank and then to strike akey of United States Patent 0 a highernumber contestantin asecondbank innorderj 2,795,185 Patented June 11, 1957 to issue the ticket. It would, of course, be obvious that the reverse arrangement could be provided in that the higher number contestant key should be depressed in the first bank whereupon only a key of a lower numerical number could be depressed in the second bank to issue the ticket. In either case, only o ne combination of keys would effect issuance-of a ticket for a particular pair of contestants and the recording of that issuancefwould be 91. a esl wun rin accordance with the invention, the machine is readily transformed between Daily Double and Quinella ticket issuance by a simple movement of a selective member 'efiectin g the aforesaid'locking in the'icase of Quinella operation but' eli'minating "the locking in the case of Daily Double operation;

' ZCerltaini'othe'r objects of the invention relate to details ,oflmec 'anical portions of the apparatus and these ob- ,well' as the broader ones, will'beco'me'fapparent from the following description read in conjunction'with the accompanying drawings, in which:

'is an elevation of the machine looking atthe I dside thereof;

QFrgure" 2 is' a vertical section through the machine takehirhmediately inside the right-hand side plate;

QIEigure'B 'is a further vertical section of the linachine taken, in particular, through various selectingand count- .ifi l v Figure 4 is a vertical section through the upper pori noffthemaehine showing, in particular various drive 1 mqmt F igu e 5 is afragmentary vertical'section through the machine showin in particular, the elements foreifecting printing and feeding of the ticketsj Figure 6is an elevation ofthe'left-hand side of the machxe with a cover removed to show 'internal operatifigtp ig. k A figure 7 is a vertical section taken on the broken nae indicated at 7' 7' in' Figure? with various :parts orn i'tted" forclarity; Figure 8 is a'fragmentary sectional view showing details of aprinting hammer and'its' mount; Figur'ef9- is an' elevation, partly in section, showing details of the locking'rnechan'ism involved in Quinella b perati on; Figure 10-i s a vertical section taken on the plane indicate'd atj1( l-10in FigureS; lfigure 11 is a fragmentary sectional view showing details of a device-for insuring proper sequence of operation upon depression of a keyj Figure 12 isa fragmentary elevationlookingfrom .the left'a't ithe subject matter of Figure 11; and

-Figure-l3-is a perspective view showing the outer casing of the machine "andindicating the "emergence of a ticket. and used carbon strip;

Theinajoi portion of the mechanism herein disclosed is identical with that shown in said Helsel and Weingart application and reference may be made thereto for variou's deta'ils which need not'be described in thepresent application. .Referencewill first bejmadeto the operating mechanism of. the machine,,'the outerhousingbeing referred to hereafter. '-The machine,- in generahcomprises a framethedetails of which need notbedescribed, it being understood that this frame generally comprises .platessecured by interconnecting rods and ot her structure'sctoprovide fixed mountings for the operating parts. .-.On.the.;shaft, of a motor 2 there is a pinion d which -:,drives'a. gear 6.with which rotates a secondpinion 8. 'lhe ...pinion'.8 is arranged to drive a clutch comprising a gear .10 having aportion of its 'peripheryremoved. .flfo the gear 10 there ispivoted at 12 *a leverltcarrying a gear segnment .16 which, when in operating position, is adaptedito -filljn the eut-out peripherjoftheigear pin 18 is adapted to be engaged by the socket 22 of a lever 24 pivoted to the frame at 26, the arrangement being such as to rock the lever 14 against the tension of a spring connected between it and a fixed pin on gear 10 in such direction as to retract the teeth of the gear segment 16 from continuity with the teeth on the gear 10 thus leaving an open space preventing mesh with pinion 8 when the machine is in rest condition.

The shaft 11 to which the gear 10 is secured carries another continuous gear 28 of the same diameter which meshes with a gear 30 secured'to a shaft 32 which extends completely across the machine, the'shaft 32 being made in connected sections for the purpose of facilitating assembly.

Referring now particularly to Figure 5, it will be noted that the shaft 11 carries a Geneva drive disc 34 provided with a driving pin 36 and a detent arc 33 to cooperate with the driven Geneva element 40 secured to' a shaft 42. As will be evident, a complete revolution of the shaft 11 will impart to the shaft 42 a rapid motion, followed by a dwell, through a distance of one-fifth of a revolution. The shaft 42 carries a pinwheel disc 44 to which are afiixed pins 46 adapted to engage central holes in the ticket strip indicated at S, a folded supply of which is located in the container 45. A guide 47 in the formof a curved plate providedwith a longitudinal groove for the passage of pins 46 surrounds a portion'of the periph- ,ery of pinwheel disc 44 and serves 'to maintain the strip S against lateral deflection. Cooperating with the'iguide' plate 47 is the cover 48. which is pivoted at 49 to the frame. A spring 51 is anchored at one end to the frame and, at its other end, to the pin 53 carried bythe cover member 48, the arrangement so as to be effective to hold the cover plate yieldingly in either of its extreme positions. Threading of the ticket strip is facilitated by the opening of the cover plate.

A slide suitably guided for longitudinal movement in the frame carries a platen 52 which is removably' secured to a support 57 carrying a pair of screws 54 which project through openings in a bracket member60 carried by the slide 50. The lower ends of the screws- 54 are headed and springs (not shown) surrounding the screws and bearing against their heads and the bracket 60 serve to draw the platen 52 downwardly to a position which may be limited andfinely adjusted by means of nuts 56 threaded on the screws 54. Inasmuch as there are four of these screw and nut combinations, it is possible to secure a fine and accurate adjustment of the platen position both in the direction of movement of the slide 50 and angularly in a universal fashion to achieve the making of good impressions by type members which will be referred to hereafter. A pair of rollers 62 are carried by the slide 50 and are adapted to be acted upon to produce printing impressions by upward movementsof the slide by cam 64 carried by the shaft 32. v

The printing members for the tickets include type 66 carried by a replaceable slug 68 received in a T-slot in the frame and type members 71) which are insertable replaceably with their carrying shanks 72 in opening in a second slug member 73 which is also mounted in a T-slot in the frame. Printing wheels 74 and 76, which will be hereafter described in greater detail, are also provided for selective printing on the tickets.

A fixed knife 78 mounted on the frame cooperates with a movable knife 80 for the purpose of severing tickets from the ticket strip. The knife 80 is guided by frame elements and is held in position by a strong spring 82 surrounding a pivoted pin member 83 which has a reduced end extending into an opening in the knife 80. A lever 86 pivoted at 88 to the frame has an extension 90 passing into an opening 91 in the knife St The lower end of the lever 86 is bifurcated to provide follower portions 92 and 94 to be acted upon by a roller 96 pivoted on the Geneva drivedisc 34, the roller 96 serving to give positive moveguideway 136.

ment to the lever 86 in both directions to effect cutting; action and retraction of the movable knife 80. The roller. 96 is also adapted to engage the end 98 of a lever 100- pivoted to the frame, this lever 169 having its upper end. 102 arranged to engage an abutment 104 carried by the: slide 50 to effect retraction of the platen from the ticket: strip after a printing operation.

' It is quite commonly necessary to issue a number of tickets to a single patron and it is desirable. to issue such tickets in a single stack so that they may be conveniently simultaneously picked up and handed to the patron. For this purpose there is secured to the frame a plate member 106 provided with a flat portion 1117 against which the tickets maybe stacked by the action of a lever 168 pivoted. at 110 to the frame and provided with a pin 112 which,

' as indicated particularly in Figure 6, extends within the:

slot 114 of a link 115, the pin 112 being connected to av pin 116 carried by the end of link by means of a short spring 118. The link 115 is pivoted to the upper end of a lever 122 at and this lever is provided with a follower" roller 124 arranged to be acted upon by a cam 126 carried by the shaft 32. A spring 128 normally urges the link 115 in a left-hand direction as indicated in Figure 6. In. order to insure proper maintenance of the tickets against: too easy removal from the machine, there is provided a. finger 130 pivoted at 132 to the frame and bearing against: the uppermost ticket under the action of gravity, the: finger 130 passing through a slot in the upper end of the: lever 108.

A roll R of carbon paper C is carried by a shaft 134 which is mounted in a vertical slot in each of the sides. of a receptacle in the frame. The carbon paper strip passes upwardly through a guide 136 wherein it is kept from dropping under the action of gravity by a roller 133 the trunnions of which are mounted in sloping slots in the The carbon strip passes over a plate: forming a continuation of the guideway 136 and thencepas'ses between the type members and the ticket strip to a carbon feeding arrangement which is particularly shown in Figure 6.

' frame and then about an idler roller 146 and between a p at 164 and 188.

' feeding roller 148 and a serrated roller 15% carried by an arm 156 which is mounted on a shaft 154 provided at one end with a crank pin 160 acted upon by a spring 162 to bring theserrated roller into position to pinch the carbon paper against the feed roller 148. The shaft of the feed roller 148 carries a helical gear 15% which is driven by a Y cooperating helical gear 152 secured to the shaft 42. The

arrangement just described advances the carbon paper intermittently through a small distance upon each advance of the shaft 42 so that new portions of the carbon paper are being continuously brought to printing position. The

carbon paper is ultimately discharged through a slot 608 in the housing, as illustrated in Figure 12, and the used portions may be from time to time torn off.

Two banks of keys are provided indicated, respectively, Consistently with a description of the operation of the machine as a Daily Double machine, the first and upper set of keys 164 will be referred to as those for thefirst race and the bank of keys at 188 will be referred to as those for the'second race.

The keys 164 are provided with stems 166 each of wh ch is provided with a tail extension 16% and a socket 170, the socket being arranged to embrace a pin 172 on .a-meniber 174 which at its upper end is provided with a pin 176 riding in. aslot 178 of the corresponding key stem. Each member 174 is provided with a pin 18% extending into a slot 182 of a corresponding lever 134,

. the lovers 184 being pivoted on a common rod 186 extending transversely of the machine. to these levers 184 will be made hereafter.

Each of the keys 183 is similarly provided with a .stem. 190 having an extended tail portion 192 and; a

socket 194 embracingiithe pin 196 i011; the gopperating member 198 which, at its upper end, is provided with a ..-.pin.200- arranged. to-.slide in. a sloe 2021-in:the; key zstem. Eachtmember '198 :is provided with. a laterally vextending pint-204 engaging within! a :sloti206 of a; corresponding .1ever 208;these. leversbeing pivoted on: atrod- 2-10 ext -.:i;ng transverselyof themachine.

The-.members' 174;:and d98wex-tendthrough slots in, the

wedges of a plate 212 which; extends. across pthexmachine rand-.eachbf the members; 17 4: and; l-98is provided. with;

1. aypair: of shallow notches ;-.engageable with the bottoms of the slots in the plate 212. The lowen ends;of ;the .members 174 andfi198 are in pairs connected." by springs .1 214-which :tendrto holdrzthe notches. embracingtthe:bot-

.-tor-ns of theislots sorras .toprov-ide. a yielding arrangement a-iadapted to: maintaineach: of -.the-mem.bers. 1743:213d 198 .atemporarily in eitheran. upper. "or lower: position.

The key-stems 166 .and 190-.are provided. atj'their. vllpl 'er 2 ends with: inwardly. directed extensions; 2 16. which underlie a fiat plate. 218. extending "transversely; acrossnthe -.;machine.,-and provided with: notches forlclearancerof the ;:projections.2-16. :Asshown-mostwclearlynin Figure 7, Eithfi plate. 218 is mounted 'fior longitudinal lsliding movement :and is: .connected atzits Tight-hand end to arpin; 220

.carriedby the. arm 2220f whole- 224. Under; operating:

conditions, the plate 218 is locked so that itsredgmport-ionsoverlie the projections 216:fi thedteys :of both hanks i-topreventt-hese keys frombeing raisedeabove. the posin-tions illustrated in Figure 2. 5 When; however, Lit; isrde- :sired to lock. keys out .of; operation because zthey..cor-

wrespond; for-example; towscratched; contestants:..-or =;bear :-.nun1bers-.which.do, not .correspond to contestants in. the -races,;the plate 218:is unlocked; and'moved to a position :;in :which .its. notches .are lined -upvxwithrt-he; projections ..216 of; .the key .stems. rout of operation may then be. liftedto freetheir. notches I 170 .or. :194 sfrornxthe correspondingpins; '1.72:-on-196 and :may be then dropped :to =lowered positions :so "that I their projections 216;. are again below the level ifof the; plate .1 218 which isrelocked ifllitS originalposition. jTherresult.

.is thatwnotonly'are the removed keys loweredbelowrthe others sothat their inoperative-condition is:readily-:apparent; but they;,are rendered completely. inoperable. to --actuatei the :rnembersi 174' and: 198 -;which,. asuwill -be described-t hereafter; must be moved;;tozreffect.:operation. Whcn keys .are so disengaged-the ends -:of:their.key:stems are. located inwardly and will.rest:uponrthenplatei 2:12.so 2 that-:the keys cannot .be. depressed.

rPivotallytarranged between thelevers-1184 areurocking members; i226smost clearly illustrated. in Figure 7.. which are of conventional type arranged in cooperation with :-.-eachother and =by'reason of limitedoverall rocking move- =.-ment to prevent ethe. depression ofrmore'than. one .ofathe .a-leversr '1-84.. at a ,time. This -action,.-ofcourse,; carries nthrough to :the keys 1-64 gso-ithatgno; more thanonevmay .be depressed: in .;an-operation.

:1 Extending bclow all ofthe. levers z184 there is a plate .1.228-.carried by; aish'afti230 which; as indicateddn- Fig- .=:UI6,4, is'provided withsan; arm 292: to. which .further .'-reference willvbeymade hereafter.

A spring 232, illustrated in Figure 2, urges-theplate 7.228-upwardlybut with insufficient force to. overcome the raction. of thesprings: 214 so that. it will normallyvnotsbe meffective, tozreturn'aupwardly a 'keywhich has'been" dcpressed. Therplate .228 is providedwith. adownwardly extending portion 234 provided with aislot '236 embrac- --ingzthe. pin; 233 on awbellwcrank .'240 which .is pivoted non-the rod 210 ,previouslyureferredto. The-forwardly -aextendingnrm of this. bell crankj=240-=undcrlies a plate 257= which. is .secured. for vertical, adjustment to; a .elever 253-pivoted at.-255. to. a. plate ;257: err-.which :are, pivoted members. 246- of a. series .corresponding' to *266 :and' similarly. adapted. to. prevent the depression lot more. thanone bfkeys 188 at atimeby preventingdownward.movernent ofthe.fiorwardendsoftlevers=208.

The; keys which;arezj-totbe taken;

6 The .gightehand .member. 246',of thergroup, 2,46 is provided-with allug-249whichisengageable by the dependent .portion. 251-: of lever:253 -whenthe latter is in-its lower positionpnderqtheaction of;spring 259. with theplate 5 e257 engaging :the;-bell crank 240. This results -,from the action: of spring=232wwhich lifts plate 228-when'none of. .the,'ke.ys .164 is, depressed. Under these conditions, the members 246 are held against swinging so that none of ,theg;levers, 208 inlay. bedepressed. j=However, ;if key 10 164; is depressed, the bell crank; 240 will be-rocked clockwise as viewed; in EigureZ, lifting its forward arm and lever 253:so,that.the,lever; portion.251.is moved out of .,the path of.the.mernbersa 246.so that one of the levers-208 mayz-bedepressed. but no more. -The arrangement,..ac- "15. -cordingly;-;is .such. thatkey-188 of the second racetbank :.m ay.only-.be depressed: after a key 164 of thefirst race ..-:bank has been depressed. The arrangement, accordingly, is-.-such',that errorsaare avoided in the nature of'de- ;.,pre ssing first.a key of thelower bank corlfispondingto .20 Y a. number of acontestant in the first race.

' ."1 he-.bellcrank:-240 has a .further function of .permit- .ztipglcorrection sofian erroneousdepression of a key; 164 ..-of:theqfirst bank. For thispurpose, it is pivotedatits for ward endrto, the'stem 244 of a reset key 245. If, by

g5 depressionmfi akey .164, the bell crank 240 is rocked and .,theerroneous,depression-is noted-the key 245 mam-be .pushed downwardlyeto .elfect counterclockwise rocking ,of:-the.hell. ,crank.240,7 as viewed in- Figure. 2,-with the -\resultingppwardmovement of.plate 228;to restore the go depressed-key, 164.to its original position. It maybe .-no.ted -that-sirnilar correction for the keys of the bank .forthe-secondraceis not possible since, as will be hereafitcr;.-p.ointed out, the actuation of a key 188. initiates .pperation of- ,thecmachine.

.Thelink244 formingthe stem ofkey:245 has another nfunctionbyreason of-the provision of a'laterally extend- ,ing pin 248 .carried; thereby. It is desirable to provide for the locking and unlocking of a set of these machines from. some...central station; to limit the period of time 49. during which tickets may be sold therefrom. For this ;;purpose,:-there are provided a pair of solenoids 250 and -252-whichuhave plungers 254 and- 256 connected by.- a link 258. .Energization of the solenoid 250 effects locking of the-mach-ines of the Daily Double group while the .energ-ization of solenoid 252 effects unlocking thereof,

v boththelocking and unlocking being under positive con- ..t-rol-through corresponding circuits running to a central ..;oflice. 1 Thelink' 258 is connected to an arm 260 carried bya rock shaft 262 which is provided with an arm 264 to.which;-is; pivoted al-ink 266. This link 266 has a pin to whic-his anch-oredone end of a spring 268,-the other end of which is connected to a pin 270 moyable int-he slotted forward end of link 266 and carried by alever 2.74,-pivotedto the-frame at 276, the link'274 being arranged. to move in'the way of upwardm-ovement of the pin. .248. As .will become more evident hereafter,--the upward movement of pin 248 is necessary for the opera- .tion of themachinesince, unless it is free to move upwardly, no one of the keys 164 may be depressed. due to 60. the restraining action of plate 228 which will. be held upwardly unlessv the pin 248 is permitted to move upwardly. As has already been described, the pin 248 will also be obliged to move upwardly before the bell crank 240 can rock clockwise, as viewed in Figure 2, to permit depression of any key 188. Accordingly, the energization of solenoid= 250 by causing lever 274 to move into the path of 248 effectively results in locking of the machine. The reason for the connection of yielding nature provided by the;spring.268 is to permit corrective action to occur with 70. respect to an improperly depressed key: 164 if,-before I correction has been effected, the solenoid 250 is energized. Under such conditions, as soon as the corrective action iseffected-and the pin 248 moves below; the'lowerend of .lever. 274,-. the; spring 268. will move-the lever-274 into: its

75,..locking-position. ;In order, to insure} the yielding retention frame.

provided. with a slot 299 embracing a pin 291 carried of the solenoid plungers in their properpositions, there is provided a pivoted latch 278 urged upwardly byspring 280 and provided with a projection 282 having sloping "ers 366enga geable by cams" 370 and 372 carried by the Underlying the forward ends of levers 208 there is a plate 286 mounted on the shaft 288. A spring 290, il lustrated in Figure 2, normally urges the plate 286 upwardly but with insufficient force to move it if one of the levers 208 has been depressed by a key 188. Re-

' ferring now particularly to Figure 4, the arm 292 carried by shaft 230 is provided with a pin 294 engaging within a slot 295 in the forward end of a link 296 which is pivoted at 297 to a lever 300 pivoted at 302 to the Another link 298 also pivoted to lever 300 is by an arm 289 mounted on the shaft 288. As a result of the arrangements just described, the counterclockwise rotation of either of shafts 230 and 288 will result in swinging the lever 300 counterclockwise. This lever 300 is arranged to be acted upon by a roller 304 carried by the gear 28 so that, at a proper time during rotation of shaft 11, the lever 300 will be rocked clockwise and will forcibly rotate clockwise both of shafts 230 and 288 to return depressed keys to their uppermost positions.

A 'link 308 joins a pin 301 carried by a second arm 306 secured to shaft 288 to the depending arm of a bell crank 310, the horizontal arm 312 of which is arranged to engage the lever 24 referred to previously. The engagement is on a portion 313 of this lever above which there is a notch 314 into which the arm 312 may drop. The upper arm 316 of lever 24 is arranged to be acted upon by a pin 31'8 carried by a disc 320 secured to the shaft 32, the pin 318 serving to rock the lever 24 counterclockwise, as viewed in Figure 4.

Lever 24 is provided with a pin 322 which extends behind a pivoted switch member 324 carrying a contact 326 adapted by engagement with a contact 328 to close the circuit of motor 2. A spring 330 normally tends to open the switch. As will appear from the description of the operation, the action of pin 322 in closing the switch is temporary and does not maintain until the end of the cycle of operation. Accordingly, there is provided a lever 332 pivoted to the frame which is also adapted to engage the movable switch element 324 to effect closure of the switch, there being at the lower end of lever 332 a cam following roller engageable with the periphery of a cam 336 carried by the shaft 11. A spring 334 maintains the follower in engagement with the cam.

Extending transversely across the machine there are a pair of shafts 338 and 340. The former is provided with a series of stepped lugs 342, as indicated particularly in Figure 3. There are twelve of these lugs 342 provided in twelve of thirteen equiangularly spaced locations about the periphery of shaft 338, the position indicated at 344 being without a lug 342. Hooks 346 at the rear ends of levers 184 are adapted to be engaged by the lugs selectively as hereafter described. The shaft 340 is similarly provided with twelve lugs 348, a thirteenth position indicated at 350 being without a lug. Hooks 352 corresponding to 346 are provided at the rear ends of the levers 208.

Shaft 338 is provided with a pinion 339 at its end and shaft 348 is similarly provided with a pinion 341. These pinions are, respectively, in mesh with gear segments 354 and 356 respectively carried by arms 358 and 360. Springs 362 and 364 respectively urge the arms 358 and 360 counterclockwise about a common pivot pin 361 as indicated in Figure 2. Below the pivot pin 361 the arms are respectively provided with cam following roll- 1 shaft 32. The shafts 376 which are engageable by detents 378 and 380 under 338 and 340 also carry ratchets 374 and the action of springs 379 and381. The hubs of the detents are provided with slots within which there engage pins 382 and 384 carried by the concentrically arranged hub of a lever 386 provided with a follower roller 3'88 engaging a cam 390 secured to the shaft 32. By the action of this cam 390 the detents are released from the ratchets against the tensions of their respective springs at proper times. 4

At their left-hand ends the shafts 338 and 340 are provided with bevel gears 392 and 394 which mesh, re-

spectively, with bevel gears 396 and 398 secured to the printing wheels 74 and 76, previously mentioned, which are freely journalled upon a fixed shaft 399. Also secured to the printing wheels 74 and 76 are star members 400 and 402. Within the notches in these members there is engageable for angular alignment purposes the end of a lever 404 which is pivoted to the frame and provided --with an arm 406 on which bears a spring 408 carried by a rod 410 which is linked to a lever 412 pivoted to the frame at 414 and having its depending portion engageable by a roller 416 carried by the disc 320 secured to shaft 32;

A shaft 418 extending across the machine is provided with a knob 420 by which it may be manually rocked, the? knob being hereinafter referred to as the test knob since, as will appear hereafter, its partial rotation effects the issuance of a ticket to test the operation of the machine. To the shaft 418 there is secured an arm 422 which is connected at 424 to an upright link 426 which, in turn, is connected to a link 428 the forward end of which is guided 'in a slot 429 in the machine frame. The forward end of this link 428 is provided with a notch 430 which, when the link 428 is raised, embraces a pin 432 carried by the operating arm of a counter 434 which registers the number of test tickets which may be issued. The rear end of link 428 is pivoted at 435 to a depending lever 436 pivoted at 438 to, the frame and provided at its lower end with a slot 440 within which there engages a pin 442 carried by a second lever 444 pivoted at 446 to the frame and arranged to be rocked by the action of a roller 448 carried by the gear 28. A spring 449 normally urges the lever 444 in a counterclockwise direction opposing the action of roller 448.

Also secured to the shaft 418 is an arm 450 which is connected by link 452 to the pin 301 carried by the arm 306 mentioned previously, a slot 453 in the link embracing the pin 301.

A frame, indicated at 454, is mounted for forward and rearward motion by pivotal connection to the upper ends of bell cranks 456, 458, 460 and '462 which are mounted in the machine frame, the bell cranks 460 and 462 being joined by a shaft 468, while the bell cranks 456 and 460 are joined by a vertical link 464, the bell cranks 458 and 462 being similarly joined by a vertical link 466. The bell crank 450 is connected by a link 470 to an eccentric strap 472 which embraces an eccentric 474 on the shaft 32.

Each of the levers 184 is connected by an individual link 476 to an arm 478 which is respectively carried by a shaft 480, there being carried by each of the shafts 480 a plate 482, the shafts 480 being mounted in the frame 454. Besides the twelve plates 482 which are thus individually associated with levers 184 there is an upper plate 484 which is held in fixed position by a screw and nut arrangement indicated at 486. A pair of flatwise related plates 489 and 491 form part of the frame 454 and are provided with aligned slots 490 arranged vertically. Extending through these slots are links 488 which, as will presently be described, serve for the operation of numbering heads. These links 488 are provided with turned rear ends and it is for the ready assem- ,nbly. oftthese..that, .the two: plates A89;- and..:491-i-are pro- ,Yided,;these plates beingfiprovidedz. withhbrizonta-lly melongat dflslots for. the, passage of the turned ends ,ofthe links, the plates being them-movedin assembly sothat, the overlapping portions. 'offtheirlslots provide, laterallythin guidings-lots for/the, passage ofrthelinks. The links: 488 jalso; pass. through vertically elongated-slotsin twelve upright members'fl492. The slotsinithese members, are .of'a height corresponding to the height of, the links with islightslidingtclearance. whereasthe -slots at: 4.90. are of substantially.greater height so asto permit upward and .downwa'rd movements "of the links. Individual springs "496 tend to move upwardly the. members'492 whichare guided for vertical movements in the frame. At its upper end,- each ofthe members 492 is provided with an opening 498 through which there projects one end of an =--individual lever'*500 connectedthrough a. link assembly 5024- a'corresponding one of levers 208.

Eachf-link-assembly; generally designated at. 502, com

prises a member 503 pivoted atits'lower end to the cor respondingi'lever '500; there being adjustably securedito the member 503 a'member'SOS "which-isslotted at"509 -toreceive'clampi'ngscrews 507* threaded into' member 503. The mem'ber- 505 isprovided at its upper end with aslot 513 receiving a'ipin '11 carriedbythe forward end -ofthe-.c0rre-sponding lever 208. Pivoted to themember 505 at 515 is a latching member'517 which is; provided w-ith an -upwardly-projecting arm 519 and "with a reca ztaug'ular slot"521--which-is adapted to embrace thetu-rned medge i523bf the plate 212. The levers" 500 are journalledfor freerockingmovementon the shaft 418 being ;:anaintainedwproperly located byz-meansmf spacers surroundingitheshaffl The objecttrof the arrangement just-described is to intzsure anadequate rocking of each-lever 500 upon-the rockting-(50f aeleverfi208 before the-lever 208starts'the machine as-zhereafter described. :Asthe lever 208 is first xpdepressed, i -thewpin 51]. engages the i-projection '519- of the -.latch1;and .moves' iti-downwardly. In effect; the pin ;-5,11 ;is"thenpractically directly connected to the -lever 1.500. As movement .PIOCBBdSythfi tlatch 517 is rocked by the plate 212 causing the projection'519 to rock from 3 -below thewpin, .511 and the ;rectangular.. slot 521. to embrace the downturned "edge .523 of the. plate 212. -When --this rocking motion-is completedgthe lever-1500 is in its-='proper; position. Theipin' '511 thentmoves further downwardly ;to the-right of; projection 519, ".thesslot -.5:13 -,permitting-rsuchfurther downward movement with .r-outqfur-ther movementnofthe-lever-500. A definite. positioningaof-the leveri500is: thus attained. Furthermore,

the lever 500 cannot return to its-:initial position because ...the link assembly cannot rise,;until?the=,-pin' 51=1Jclears wgtht} upper endofprojection 5-19. Onlynafter this .oca: curswanthepin. 5.11 by engagementtwjth the upper-end of. slot 513-raise =the member- 503 and with iti@the:.lever. .,..500.

aAt the-extreme right-hand end of the' -machine there is another member 492' generally similarto, t-hemembers -492 -exeept for1 the:factrthat it is-urged:upwardly by a "i'spri-ng 553. oonnectednto one end .of a 'lever- 551--which is=secured 'to zthe'shaft' 418. The rear end of'lever'551 extends through an opening in member- 492. Theelever 6.551 is provided with a pin. 557 which is engageable aln-ternativelyabove or=below a projection on a spring-controlleddetent lever-555.

The forward ends of the links *488are pivoted to. bell cranks 504 which are provided with;rounded end portions arranged for engagement in corresponding slots in the ends of operating levers 508w for numbering head-s. These numbering heads are of generally conventional type and need not be described hereinsince'. they are described in detailin said Helsel and Weingart application and form no part of the present invention excepti for their existonce for the securing of records of the tickets issued.

t .fliheyaarei resettabie as 3861 forth in .said-iHelsei and iweingart application.

-'There,.are;\in .therarray of numbering; heads a. total of second trace. .Those numberin gheads which-correspond to, the horizontal alignment sofnthe aplateu484 :and zthe topmost links. 488. which: extend through members 492 serve: for the counting of. the tQta1S',0f'rthOSe* tickets which are issued to include .-the.. severa1 contestants in" the second .race, there being ,twelve. of such.numberingeheads. 15

her 492' and whichiare actuated. bythe links 488 extending throughuthistmember by cooperation-of the links with The numbering heads which are in :frontof theamem- .plates482..serve fortheregistering ofthe total number .-,of tickets issuedninvolving thevarious vcontestants :innthe firstrace. .There arextwelve of these heads.

.Thezremaining numberinghead whichis at the exalignmentof .tthes plate .484v with theauppermost link 488 extending through. member-492f and. ,serves: for registering .the ..total.number.;of allaticketsgissued by thewmaohine .sundercontrol of theikeyshl64 -and r188. Theparticular ".fashionsin which these various.registrations are secured willibecomerclean hereafter in I considerationaof :the operation; ofttheamachine.

A frame 540 is pivoted at-542 to the frame ofL-the machineand,,isadapted to be latched in .positionbya rotatable semicirculardatching element indicated .at .544, the arrangement being such-that, wheneverdesired, the frame 5f40,.mayi.be .swung outwardly, to .anextentpermitted by engagement of a pin 584 with a-tguidevmember .586. carried ,bythe machine frame,the. pin *584Ab6i11g car- ;ried by a link. 582. pivoted to theframe 540. --H0rizon- .tally extending shafts 546-; are provided with arms 558 which are pivoted to a commonlink-560owhich is urged ,upwardly by. a ipowerful spring 562. The shafts- 546 carry angle members. :548; .in rearwardly elongated openwings .549 in the generally horizontal portions-of which there. .fit alooselytgheaded,. pins-,552-;secured; to -,hammer members .554 which i are faced with suitableirnpact. material. 555 to .hammer. an "assemblywof record sheets, and carbon 'papers against the, printing numeral'facesofwthe numberingheads. Pins.556'-extend!across the machine ..'in jsuch fashion as=tolimittherearward movement of the members 548 with'the result that :the hammeiwelements 554 may overrun and produce an impression. TO'PIO" vide for. operation, a1link-.564istpivotedwtoathe lower wendtof link .560 and'torthe end of a levern566i which-.is

pivoted at.,5f68' and provided with: a camvfollower 570 .engageable by a cam 572. a provide a sharpdrop vof the 1 The cam "572. is arranged to roller- 570 from its high point and to .thisend. ittis'journalled onitheshaft of; a gear 576:and is :provided with a slot- 574-receiving a pin 575 carried bythe. gear. The arrangement is suchthat, asthe gear is rotated in a.counterclockwise direction byreason of the manual drive of the meshing pinion 578 by a hand crank 580,- friction. of thelroller 570;:on the: surface of .cam 572 causes the; cam to vslag :the advance/of gear I 5,76.;-Howe.v.er, assoon as-the cam passes the high point .of the roller 570;':the:roller-, --due to the action-of spring 62, will: rotate the cam ment of gear 5'76 sothat the roller will 'very quickly itself in the direction of moveclear thehigh point of "the cam and-drop to its low point. Thus; a rapid snap action is effected. In order to-insure a definite rest position of the cam there is provided in its periphery a. notch 573 receiving theroller 570 thus providing a yielding detent.

A sen'es,of hooks 588 receivable in. openings in record sheets and interposed, carbomsheets. serve. for: the supportof' these; sheets. in a stack in front .of. the numbering "means her 540 is in its closed and latched position.

In order to indicate the approa hing exhaustion of the ticket supply, there is provided a switch 590 having an arm 592 which bears against the last ticket of the supply pinching it against a plate 594 having an opening into which the feeler roller of the switch may drop. Various alternatives may be used: the switch 590 may be arranged to operate a signal, or may be in seriesvin .the motor circuit sothat, when opened by exhaustion of the supply, it will prevent operation of the motor. Alternatively, it may lock the machine by serving to energize the solenoid 250 when the supply is exhausted.

Referring to Figure 13, there is indicated therein the cover housing for the mechanism which has been described. This may include a side plate 596 locked in position by a suitable lock 598 so that when removed it will afford access to the interior of the machine particularly for the purpose of threading the ticket strip and the carbon paper. Removal of this cover also exposes the test knob 420 and permits access to the shafts 536 for the resetting of the counters. The crank 580 has access to the shaft of the pinion 578 through an opening in the other side of the machine which is not specially illustrated. A cover 600 may be raised to give access to the recording apparatus consisting of the numbering heads and the hammer arrangement. The frame previously designated 540 may be connected to a front plate 602 which provides a front cover. A removable top plate 604 provides access to the upper portions of the machine. The tickets T are issued through an opening provided with a conventional hinged cover 606. The opening 608 in the side cover plate 596 serves for the egress f the carbon paper strip which may be torn off as it accumulates.

The foregoing description has considered primarily those aspects of the present machine rendering it capable of issuing Daily Double tickets, and it would be found that the structural matters so far described are quite similar to those involved in said Helsel and Weingart application except for the matters involving lever. 253 and its associated parts and the link 502 and its associated parts which primarily have to do with the insurance of fully reliable operation under conditions of careless manipulation. As indicated in the introduction, the present machine is also adapted for the issuance of Quinella tickets and reference may now be made particularly to Figures 3, 6, 9 and 10 for the mechanisms involved in the transformation between Daily Double and Quinella operations.

A plate 750 is pivoted by studs 752 in the side frame plates of the machine and is provided with a lower pair of studs 754 capable of rocking to a limited extent in slots in the side plates. A slide 756 is slotted at its upper end at 758 to embrace a projecting end of the left-hand stud 752 and is also slotted at 760 to embrace a. projection of the left-hand stud 754. A spring 762 reacts between this last named projection and a post secured to the slide to urge the slide downwardly to bring notches 766 and 768 in the slide selectively in positions to embrace a fixed pin 764 secured to the side plate of the machine. The slide 756 has a turned end 770 which may be manipulated, as will be evident from Figures 6 and 9, to raise the slide against the'action of spring 762 and engageit selectively with the pin 764, the latter entering either of the notches 766 or 768 which are respectively marked D for Daily Double and Q for Quinella operation. The angular position of the plate 750 is fixed by this operation for the two alternative uses of the ma chine. Y

Corresponding to each of the levers 184 except the one on the extreme right there is mounted onthe plate 750 for vertical sliding movement a slide 772 held by a plate 772 there is time 778 which is arranged to cooperj ate with acorresponding lug 780 on a rocker 246. These rockers are the ones previously referred to between which the levers 208 must be lowered during operation of the front bank of keys. Each of the slides 772 is provided With an car 782 projecting rearwardly through a clearance slot in the plate 750 and provided with a slot 784 embracing an extension of the pin 176 which is secured to the key slide 174 and serves for the mounting of the key stems 166. To avoid confusion in Figure 9, the elements associated with the keys, including levers 184, are shown in their assembly only in association with the left-hand slide 772, though it will be understood that the other slides have similar connections with their respective key assemblies.

A lug 786 is secured to, and projects rearwardly-from, the plate 750 so as to underlie the most right-hand lever 184 when the machine is arranged for Quinella operation but to clear this lever when the machine is in Daily Double operation. The Quinella operations will be discussed in greater detail hereafter, but it may, at this point, be noted that when Daily Double operation is involved the lower end of plate 750 is rocked forwardly and, under such circumstances, the noses 778 of slides 772 are arranged to move in front of the lugs 780 so as not to engage them.

Considering first the operation of the machine as a Daily Double machine, it will, when ready for the issuance of tickets, have its parts in the positions illustrated in the various figures which, except for Figures 9 and 10, show the parts in their initial positions, Figures 9 and 10, however, showing the parts in positions for Quinella operation with which they are more directly concerned. The solenoid 252 will be energized so that the pin 248 will lie to the left of the latching projection 282 with the result that the locking lever 274 will be clear of the path of the pin 248. If, on the other hand, the solenoid 250 had been last energized, the lever 274 would overlie pin 248 with the result, which will become more apparent hereafter, that depression of any of the keys would be prevented.

The initial step in operation involves the depression of one of the keys 164 corresponding to the number of the chosen contestant in the first race. Depression of a key 188 would, at this time, be prevented in view of the fact that there would be no free space for the swinging of any of the rockers 246 inasmuch as lever 240 i would be in its counterclockwise position with the extension 251 of lever 253 engaging the lug right-hand rocker 246.

The key 164 which is depressed. is latched in its lowered position by engagement of the upper notch of its corresponding element 174 with the edge of plate 212 under the action of spring 214. The depression of a key rocks its corresponding lever 184 which by filling up the free space of normal movement of rockers 266 prevents the depression of another key 164. The nose 346 of lever 184 is positioned in the path of a corresponding lug-342 on shaft 338. The rocking of lever 184 also rocks the plate 288 and shaft 230 and through this shaft 249 on the arm 292 is rocked so that pin 294 moves rearwardly the link 296 to correspondingly rock the lever 300. Link 298 is at this time pulled rearwardly but without action on the lever 289 because of the forward extension of slot 299 beyond the pin 291.

The rocking of shaft 230 additionally rocks the lever 240 clockwise, as viewed in Figure 2, causing it to clear the .path of the rockers 246 so asto make possible the depression of a key 188. The reset button 245 is raised. It may be noted that, if, after the occurrences just mentioned, the reset'button 245 is depressed, all of the parts 774 and the studs at 776. At the lower end of each would be restored to their initial positions so that a correction of an improper depression of a key 164 may be made.

. The counterclockwise rocking ofa lever 184 referred to above causes, through thevcorresponding link 476, the "downward movement of one of the-plates "482 which "corresponds tofthe row of numbering'heads representing thechosen contestant in the first race.

Following the above preliminary setting up ofparts bydep'ression of a key 164' there is'then depressed a key 188 corresponding in number to the second race contestant chosen for the combination. ITheYdepressed key I188 is latched down by engagement ofthe upper notch :of its -elementil98 with"the'plate"212 under the action of a spring 214. The key depression rocks lever208 counterclockwise and this" fills up the space forfree movement of rockers 246 so as to prevent the depression ingtocontestant columns and plates'482 corresponding to contestant rows there will-be brought into" horizontal alignment only one of the links 488 and only one of the plates"'482,"this alignmentbeing representative of the "combination of the chosen contestantsin the two. races.

The rocked lever 208' acts on plate 286.and its shaft 288' effecting rocking of the arms289 and 306. 'The rocking of the former is without action atthistime' inasmuch as the" piri'291 will have already been. cleared by the right-hand end of slot299due' tothej previous rearward motion of link298. The pin 301 will ride .toward the rear of the slot'453 in'link'45j2' without moving the link. The pin 301, however, will through the. link 308 rockthe le'ver 310' to initiate power operation.

As lever 310 rocks counterclockwise,'its end 312 will clea'rthe' surface 313 of'lever 24 and willmove into align- 'rnent with the notch 314 so that'the'ilever 24 is. free to "move clockwise as viewed in Figure 4. Such .action occurs because of 'spring20 acting on lever'14 which carries pin '18 engaging lever 24. Under thisJsp'ring action, the pin 322 engages'jthe' movable switch member 324 closing the switch to energizethem'otorl. Atthe same time, the gear segment 16 is .rocked outwardly to a position to mesh with pinion 8. The result, accordingly, is'to initiate counterclockwise rotation of shaft 11 and "clockwise rotation of shaft 32 asiviewed in Figure 4.

Reference will first bemadeto the operations involved in the printing, issuing and severance of a'ticket' during the'cycle of operation which encompasses. one complete revolution of each of shafts 11 and 32.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be noted thatin a previous cycle the cams 3'70 and 372 will have rocked the ' gear segments 354 and 356 against the actions of springs 362 and 364 to their extreme positions. During this action the detents 378 and 38d will'have been in operative positions but the teethof ratchets 374 and 376 will have clicked passed them during thesetting operation. It may 'be remarked that these detents are provided only to :avoid possible noisy impacts of parts at a later stage of the operation.

The first portion of the motion'of shaft 32 from its "initial'position effects release of the detents 378 and 380 by the action of cam 390 on roller 388. Though the detents are then released, there will occur no-mo- 'tion of the gear segments 354 and 356 inasmuch as they still follow high portions of the driving cams. As rotation proceeds, the gear segments 354 and 356 are gradually released with the result that their actuating springs cause rotation of shafts 338 and 340 in clockwise direction untillugs 342 and 348, which correspond to the depressed keys, are arrested by the projections 346 and 352 of the respective levers 184 and 208. The rotations of shafts 338 and 340 set up the printing wheels '74 and 76 to bringinto printing position the numbers corre sponding to the selected contestants. Following such rotation of shaft32 as will permit, if necessary, .com-

, plete movements of shafts" 338 and 3.40, roller 416 will "platen to eifectpn'nting by thewheels'74 and 76. andiby "80 from the fixed blade78 so as to open a path for the projection offithe'ticket.

engage lever 412 to cause the'detent 404 under the action of spring 408' to .engagethe star wheels 400 and 402 to insure proper alignment of the selected number printing faces in the printing position.

Immediately following this, the cam'64 on shaft 32 engages roller 62 to provide a printing impact by 'the the slug faces 66. and70. It should be remarked that, actually, a complete revolution of shaft 32 and a .com-

"plete cycle of operation takes place in. a veryshort time The spring 82 and its mounting will, in-this.operation, move across a dead center position so that the movableblade80 will be held definitely but yiel'din'gly in openposition after that position is attained. 'Shortly after. withdrawal of. the knife, the -.roller96.will engage the end 98 of lever 100 to eflFect positive withdrawal of the .platen so'that it will not interferewith free movement of 'the ticket strip.

'The cam 126 on shaft 32 will act on lever' 122 ,to effect throughlthe action of :spring'118 a release and lifting of the ticket clamping member 108. If a ticket remain-sin projected position from a previous cycle, it

willbe helduundenlight pressure by the meinberi 130 against'the portion 107 'of the fixed member 106. .While friction-ally held by memberj130 it may, nevertheless,

be-readily lifted bythe advancing end of the ticket strip while,uat the-"same time, the friction. between member i 130 andthe previous ticket will prevent that ticket from being ejected.

The feeding ofthe'ticket stripflthen occurs bythe action' of, pin 36 on.thedriven element 40 of the Geneva mechanism. A quick advance. is imparted to the ticket "strip by the pinwheel causing its leading end to. ride along thesurfiace ofjelement 106 moving it upwardly between a previous ticket, if present, and theisurface of At practically the end of rotation of shaft 11, roller 96 engages arm 92 of'lever 86 to advancethemovable knife to effect cutting bit of the issued ticket.

"It-may behere noted-that at the'tirne of advance-of "the ticket strip by the pinwheel, the carbon-strip is given a smalladvancing movement.

Reference may now be made to the operations involved 'in-recording the-number of tickets of each combination issued. Ithas already been pointed out that of the links 488 and plates 482 there will have been achieved a horibination of contestants chosen.

zontal alignment of one-pair corresponding to the com- It may now befurther pointed out that, in the column corresponding to the second race contestant,-the uppermost link 488 will be naised into horizontal alignment with thepermanently depressed plate 484. Consequently,there will-be-operated in'theuppermost row of numbering heads'that one which is in the column of the second race contestant. It may also .be noted'that'the links 488 in the extreme right-hand column will nowibe in raised position by reason of the raised position of the, guiding member 492' (Figure '2). Consequently, of the right-hand column of numbering heads that one Will be actuated which is in a row corresponding to-the first race contestant.

Infshort, the uppermost row of numbering heads and the right-hand column of numbering heads are operated to accumulate, respectively,'the total numbersflof tickets issued involvingeachsecond race contestant in the form of sub-totals. The exception to this is the counter at the extreme upper right-hand corner of the array. It will be evident that this counter is operated upon the issuance of all tickets except test tickets by reason of the horizontal alignment of the permanently lowered plate 484 with the permanently naised uppermost link 488 in the right-hand column.

Referring to Figure 2 it will be noted that the eccentric 474 is in approximately dead center position at the beginning of the cycle with the result that during the first half of the cycle the link 470 will rock the frame 454 forwardly producing advance of the several counters,

as just described, which involve horizontal alignment between plates 482 and 484 and links 488. Through the remaining half of the cycle withdrawal of the frame occurs so as to clear the parts from each other for reselection in the next cycle.

There may now be considered the termination of the cycle of operation. In the latter part of the cycle the pin 318 will engage the arm 316 of lever 24 rocking this lever counterclockwise so as to bring surface 313 clear of the end 312 of lever 310. Roller 304 engages lever 300 rocking it to the left, as viewed in Figure 4, and

causing plates 228 and 286 to be rocked upwardly to raise levers 184 and 208 and the depressed keys. At this time, detents 378 and 380 will have been released to operative position with the result that, if cams 370 and 372 have not yet picked up their respective gear numbering head when a test ticket is issued.

segments 354 and 356, the shafts 338 and 340 will, nevertheless, be restrained against reverse movement under the action of springs 362 and 364. Thus, hammering impacts under the action of these powerful springs are avoided.

The rocking of plate 286 and shaft 288, as just indicated, will result in clockwise movement of lever 310, as viewed in Figure 4, to effect locking of lever 24 in position to be engaged by the pin 18 of the gear segment 16 with the result that at the end of rotation of shaft 11 the segment will be withdrawn from mesh with pinion 8 and the shafts 11 and 32 will be brought to rest.

When the pin 322 is withdrawn from the movable member 324 of the switch, the arm 332 will, by the action of cam 336, be in position to maintain closure of the switch. At the end of the cycle of operation, the follower roller on lever 332 drops into the hollow portion of cam 336 whereupon the switch opens under the action of spring 330. It may also be noted that the lever 332 by dropping into the hollow in cam 336 prevents retrograde of various numbering heads.

movement of the shaft 11 when the parts are in rest position so that the spring 20 cannot rotate shaft 11 to bring I gear segment 16 into chattering engagement with pinion 8 during overrun of the motor after it has been deenergized.

The operation of the machine so far described has been i that normally involved in the issuance of tickets by means of combinations of keys 164 and 188. Since it is desirable to test the machine by the issuance of test tickets to make sure that its parts are operating properly, provision is made for accomplishing this result by the turning of shaft 418 through the use of knob 420, shaft 418 being rocked in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 4, in effecting issue of test tickets.

Referring particularly to Figure 4, it will be noted that through arm 450 and link 452 the arm 306 will be rocked and through it link 308 which will trip the machine into operation as described above by the rocking of bell crank 310. The power operation of the machine will then, in general, take place as fully described above to effect printing and issuing of a test ticket and these power operations will not be here repeated.

In the case of this test operation, however, there will be no lever end 346 or 352 to limit the rotations of shafts 338 and 340 and, consequently, during the operation these shafts will rotate to the positions determined by the lowermost portions of cams 370 and 372. When in these positions the shafts will result in location of the printing wheels 74 and 76 so that there will be in printing position on each a printing surface carrying the word test or some other notation indicating that the ticket issued is not valid. 7

It is desirable to count the test tickets issued inasmuch as a further check on the operation of the machine'is afforded if the number of realtickets issued plus the number of test tickets issued is equal to the difference between the serial numbers of opening and closing tickets. To efiect counting of the test tickets there is provided the counter 434 which is operated as follows:

When the shaft 418 is rocked, as described above, to issue a test ticket the link 426 raises the link 428 to cause notch 430 to embrace pin 432 on the operating arm of the counter. During the cycle of operationthe roller 448 rocks the lever 444 and through it lever 436 to imparta lengthwise movement to link 428 to actuate the counter. Return is effected by spring 449. At the end of the cycle of operation, when the rocking of lever 380 restores plate 286 to its upper position, pin 301 engaging the left-hand end of slot 453 restores shaft 418 to its original position and, consequently, disengages the counter 434 from the operating linkage. a i

Not only should the test tickets be counted but there should be no accumulation on the uppermost right-hand In order to secure this result, the rocking of shaft 418 moves downwardly the link guide 492 of the extreme right-hand column bringing the uppermost link 488 of this column out of alignment with the plate 484. Temporary latching through the continuance of the test ticket cycle is afforded by the yielding detent 555.

It may be noted that the record sheets are placed in inverted position in the machine for making of the records In order to make a record as, for example, at the opening and closing of the machine, the crank 580 is turned to secure an impact by the hammers 554 under the action of spring 562 when the roller 570 is released by the cam 572. By reason of the independent mountings of the various hammers 554, clear individual impressions of the serial numbers are secured despite the large area over which the complete printing takes place.

The characteristics of the tickets issued and of the records made from the counters need not be described herein in detail since they will be as described fully in said Helsel and Weingart application. It will here sufiice to point out that the contestants represented by the two banks of keys will be, respectively, printed on the tickets by the printing wheels 74 and 76 which in the case of Daily Double operation will correspond to contestants in two different races.

In the case of Quinella operation, there are requirements, such as those discussed in the introduction, of

avoidance of separate records due to reversal of the order of the numbers of the contestants in the same race. The

. to the Quinella position in which the lower ends of the levers 772 are located rearwardly forcooperation with the rocker lugs 780. When a key 164 in the upper bank is'depressed, its corresponding slide is moved downwardly, causing its nose 7'78 to engage the corresponding lug 780 and rock toward the left the corresponding rocker 246. All of the rockers to the left of -this rocker are also moved to the left and, as will be evident from Figure 9, this will result in-preventing the depression of all levers 298 corresponding to keys 183 of a value equal to, or

less than, the value of the key 164 which has been depressed. To provide a rigid closing action of the rockers, the nose 778 moves between its corresponding lug 780 and the lever 208 corresponding to the key 188 of a value one greater than the key 164 which was depressed. The depressed slide 772 is thus backed up by a lever 208 to prevent any springing of the parts which might permit the undesired lowering of a lever 208. I

From the foregoing, it will be evident that the desired result is accomplished of leaving free for operation only those keys 188 which have numerical values exceeding that of the depressed key 164.

In Quinella operation, it will be evident that the most right-hand key 164 of the highest numerical value should never be operated and this key not only lacks a corresponding slide 772 but is also prevented from being depressed during Quinella operation by the presence of lug 786 on plate 750 which is interposed in the path of depression of its lever 184. Actually, a race will usually have less than the number of contestants represented by the full bank of keys and the keys of missing contestants may be scratched as described above.

The actual operation of the machine for the issuance of Quinella tickets need not be described in detail since, except for the locking out of keys as just described, it is identical with the operation involved in the issuance of Daily Double tickets. The printings efiected by the printing drums 74 and 76 will, of course, correspond to numbers of contestants in the same race.

It will be evident that due to the locking arrangement described the counters which will be operated will only be those corresponding to values of keys 164 less than the values of depressed keys 188 with the result that only a single counter will be operated to record the issuance of any ticket corresponding to a given pair of contestants in the race for which Quinella bets are accepted.

What is claimed is:

1. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, and means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank to prevent depression of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank.

2. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means preventing the simultaneous depression of more than one key of said second bank, and means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank and controlling the last mentioned means to prevent depression of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank.

3. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, and means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank to prevent setting operation of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank.

4. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means preventing said setting operations by more than one key of said second bank at a time, and means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank and controlling the last mentioned means to prevent setting operation of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank.

5. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means controlled by depression of a key of the first bank to prevent depression of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank, and means for rendering the last mentioned means inoperative.

6. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means preventing the simultaneous depression of more than one key of said second bank, means controlled by depression of a key of the first bank and controlling the last mentioned means to prevent depression of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank, and means for rendering the last mentioned means inoperative.

7. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank to prevent setting operation of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key of the first bank, and means for rendering the last mentioned means inoperative.

8. A ticket issuing machine comprising a pair of printing devices each settable to a plurality of alternative printing positions, a first bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said first bank for selectively setting one of said printing devices, a second bank of keys having numerical values, means operated by the keys of said second bank for selectively setting the other of said printing devices, means preventing said setting operations by more than one key of said second bank at a time, means controlled by a depression of a key of the first bank and controlling the last mentioned means to prevent setting operation of any key of the second bank having a numerical value equal to or on one numerical side of the numerical value of the depressed key v 7 i9 o f the first bank, and means for rendering the last mn- 2,479,681

tidngd vmeans inoperative. 1 2,650,025 I 7 References Cited in the file of this patent n h UNITED STATES PATENTS 1 1,886,626 Black Nov. 8, 1932 1 2,020,594 Webb NOV. 12, 1935 Handley Aug. 2,3 1949 Hgindlpy Aug. 25, 1953 Hahdly June :8, 1954 FOREIGN PATENTS Great'Britain Nov. 27, 1933 Great Britain May 17, 1934

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