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(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. O. A. KIMPTON & J. E. CRISP;

TIGKET PUNCH AND REGISTER Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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TICKET PUNCH AND REGISTER No. 374,973. PatentedDec. 20, 1887.

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TICKET PUNCH AND REGISTER.

Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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CHARLES A. KIMPTON, OF BOSTON, AND JOSEPH F. CRISP, OF SOMERVILLE, .MASSACHUSETTS; SAID CRISP ASSIGNOR OF FOUR-TENTHS OF HIS RIGHT TO SAID KIMPTON.

TICKET PUNCH AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 374,973, dated December 20, 1887.

Application filed July 5, 1884. Serial No. 136,796. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. KIMP- TON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, and JOSEPH E. CRIsP, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex, both in the State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements inTicket Punches and Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of our device. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 8 is a side elevation from the right of the view shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is avertical section on the line y y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical section on the line mm of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line it w of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 2t is a detail view of a portion of the device hereinafter referred to. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line a e of Fig. 1. Figs. 9 to 13, inclusive, are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame-work supporting the various operative devices, and comprising a number of parts riveted, screwed, bolted, or otherwise fastened together. This frame-work,with the operative mechanism, is adapted to be inclosed by. a casing of suitable construction. (Not shown in the drawings.) In the upper plate, a, of this casing is arranged the transverse opening a. This opening is of sufficient width and length to receive one ticket or coupon. Immediately 3 5 below the opening there is arranged the punch a", (see Fig. 4,) which is preferably cylindrical in shape, and it is reciprocated in the hole a across the line-of the ticket opening or slit a into the hole a by means of the thumb or 0 sliding plate of, which is suspended from the under surface of the plate a by suitable dovetail guides, a, within which dovetail projections at upon the said sliding plate fit. The

end of the punch is fastened to said plate.

ment of this sliding plate is limited by the trolled. This escapement consists of a dog or lever, B, pivoted to a pin or stud, I), (see Figs. 4. and 6,) extending down from the plate a. The arm I) of this lever B is pressed by a spring, b against a cam-stop, b the abrupt portion or tooth of which impinges against the said arm b when the parts are in the position shown in Figs. (Sand 10. The said camstop b is formed integral with or attached to a barrel or cylinder, I), mounted on a shaft, 0. The said shaft is squared or splined to 70. the said barrel, so that while these two parts will rotate together the shaft may have a limited endwise movement in the said barrel, for a purpose which will be presently explained.

C is a volnte motor-spring attached to a 7:, shaft, 0, on which is mounted the gear-wheel c, which is connected with the said shaft by the ratchet'wheel c and pawl 0, so that the said shaft, which has a squared recess to receive a key, (see Fig. 2,) may be rotated in one direction to wind the spring without rotating the gear-wheel c. The gear-wheel c meshes with a pinion, c, on a short shaft, 0 which also carries the gear-wheel c, meshing with a pinion, 0 on the shaft 0 and thus the latter shaft may be rotated by the said spring when the cscapement dog or lever B is operated.

The slide or sliding plate a has a projection, b arranged to engage the arm I)" of the lever B when the said slide is movedinward, and the said projection will turn the said lever on its fulcrum-pin against the stress of the spring 12*, and thus release the arm I) from the cam-stop b and permitapartial revolution of the shaft 0 and the parts turning therewith under the action of the motor-spring C, the force of which is transmitted through the gearing above described to the said shaft. This. partial revolution of the shaft is checked by the contact of the cam-stop b with a lug or arm, If, on the slide a the said lug or arm moving into thepath of revolution of the said cam-stop as the said slide is forced inward by the operator, and thus the shaft 0 and the parts rotating therewith will be stationary while the ticket or coupon is being punched; but as soon as the said slide is re leased it will be forced outward by the spring a thereby releasing the arm I) from the camstop b and permitting the shaft 0 to complete its revolution, when it will be checked by the engagement of the arm I) of the lever B with the said cam-stop, the said lever assuming its original position, under the stress of the spring b as soon as the projection ZP iswithdrawn from the arm I) of the said lever. (See Figs. 10 and 13.) Should the spring b fail to act, the alarm-operating cam e on the barrel If will force the arm I) outward, and thus cause the arm I) to engage the cam-stop.

The shaft 0 carries a pinion, 0 which meshes with two gears, c and 0 on the shaft o The gear 0. is connected, by a pin, 0", with a rotary dial-disk, c, said disk and gear being mounted loosely on the said shaft 0, and the gear 0 is fixed to the said shaft, as is also the index-hand 0, so that the movements of the latter gear are imparted to the said hand. The gear 0 has a greater number of teeth than the gear c and as the said gears are both of the same diameter, and are both rotated by the pinion 0 it follows that the gear 0 will gain somewhat on the gear 0", and thus at each revolution of the pinion c the index-hand will be moved relatively to the dial-disk a distance equal to one of the short spaces of the dial, so as to register one thereon, this operation being due to the difierential gears cf 0".

Itwill be obvious from theabove that eventually the indicator will be moved the length of the table-that is, make the full circumference of the dial-and would then begin again at 1, and this method of operating the register will be of some value for certain purposes. For railway use it is desirable not to continue the enumeration over the number of passengers carried one trip, and it is therefore essential to set the indicator at zero after the end of such trip and before starting on another, and at the same time have a continuous registration going on which shall not be in view of the condoctor or ticket-taker.

To set the dial-disk at zero, it is only necessary to move the shaft 0 endwise by its button c far enough to disengage the pinion c from the gear 0", and the said disk and gear, which rotate loosely on the shaft 0, will then be free, so that the dial may be turned to bring the index to zero without disturbing the said index and the continuous registering mechanism connected therewith.

Upon the shaft 0 is the pinion (Z. This pinion is adapted to engage with the gear-wheels (1 d upon the block d, which is made removable from the machine, being provided with bearings d, which fit the dovetailed guides 61'' in the frame-work of the machine. These gearwheels at d are similar in principle to the gearwheels 0 c in the respect that gear (1 has fewer teeth than the gear d, and being driven by the same pinion moves at a greater speed than the gear d These gear-wheels, in connection with the indicators d d form the register of the machine, and their faces are divided by lines into sections to enumerate the number of impulses of the sliding plate a, or the number of tickets punched. The wheel d which travels faster, indicates units, the other gear-wheel, d, multiples of the number indicated by the first wheel. By cutting the hole d in the gear (1 and the block (1" and arranging a table on the back of the gear (1 the register of both gears can be read from the same side when the block and gears have been removed from the casing. The casing of the register is not shown; but to enable the block d to be removed there is formed upon the side of the casing immediately in front of said block an aperture through which it may be removed. There may be also used with the register an alarm of any suitable character, and we have shown a bell, e, and a hammer, c, operated by the wiper-cam c on the barrel 1).

Below the punch, and arranged to project in line with the mouth or opening a, are two rolls, f, and the two rollsf. The rolls f are supported by the barrel b, and are revolved therewith. The rollsf are not positively operated, and are supported by the shaft f (See Fig. 4..) The rollsf preferably have a roughened or serrated edge, excepting upon the portionf (see Fig. 4,) which is cut away to present, when the rolls are in position, as shown in Fig. 4, a surface parallel with the slit forming the mouth a. This is to enable the ticket or coupon to be inserted between the rolls before the rolls are set in operation to draw the ticket down through the mouth; and we would call attention to the fact that the punch a is operated to punch the ticket or coupon and withdrawn before the rolls are revolved sufficiently to grasp and feed or draw the ticket. Before the register is operated the spring is wound by means of a key or in any other desirable way.

The punched ticket falls from the roll into the bag or receptacle G,which is'attached in any convenient way to the frame-work of the machine, and it or a receptacle of a similar character receives the coins which are dropped through the hole or aperture a in the sliding plate a The bag or receptacle G is fastened at its upper edge to the upper edge of the sliding block 9. (Shown in Figs. 3 and t.) This sliding block 5 has a dovetail projection, g, which enters the dovetail recess 9 in the bet- ICC tom of the plate 9 so that the receptacle or bag can be slid horizontally into and out of place.

It will be observed that in case a ticket or coupon is presented in payment of a fare it is inserted into the machine through the mouthtaken for more than one trip.

piece a, and that the push-plate a is then pushed inward. This inward movement of the plate destroys the ticket by punching, and at the same time releases the registering mechanism and actuates the alarm, so that the hand 0 is advanced one upon the dial a, and the impulse is registered upon the unit-registering gear.

In case a cash fare is taken it is dropped through the hole or receptacle a in the sliding plate 0. and the sliding plate, operated as before. registers its receipt.

When the register is used upon railways, the outer dial and hand are employed for the purpose of indicating the number of fares and tickets taken for one trip; but the register within continues to register from one onward 'nntil it has reached the limit of registration,

so that while the dial and indicator show the number of fares taken for one trip there is nothing in sight that indicates the number If, however, it is desired to ascertain how many impulses have been given the push-plate a for any given period of time, the registers are removed from the machine and examined, and will indicate the exact number.

It is our intention to lock the removable block d carrying the gears d (1 within the machine, so that it cannot be removed by the user, and we have shown the bolt h, which extends through the hole in the support h, its upper end entering a notch, h, in the block d, (see Fig. 7,) and this bolt we have represented as locked in place bya pin, h; but we propose to employ a loci: of a suitable character for this purpose instead of a pin.

The gear-wheels d d are provided with index-marks, so that they serve as registeringdials reading with each other, and they may therefore properly be designated registering gear-wheels, and this term, when used in the claims, will be understood to mean two differentially-rotating gear-wheels provided with index-marks, and thus adapted to serve as an indicating-register.

Of course the registering mechanism may be used withoutt-he punch and without the ticketfeeding rolls, and without the interior registering-gear or total register, if desired. It may also be used without the alarm.

It will be observed that the arm I) is positively moved out, so that it shall engage with the stop, by the alarm-operating wiper-cam 6 upon the barrel I), the cam being the re verse in shape of the stop-cam b as is wellshown in Fig. 11. This stop and cam,in connection with lever B and the arm I) of the slide a form the escapement.

Of course any degree of movement may be given the indicator-hand, and in some instances, in order that it may be observed at a distance, it is well to give the same a considerable amount of travel, so that, for'instance, it may travel one-quarter or one-third of a revolution, while the dial will travel very nearly as far.

In order that the cash fare shall be registered, we provide beneath the passage a. a projection, 0, which extends under the said passage from the side portion of the casing of the machine, (see Fig. 12,) and holds the coin until the sliding plate has been pushed in sufficiently to clear the end of the said projection, when the coin will drop into the receptacle. This ofcourse cannot take place until the start motion of the registering mechanism has been moved by the sliding plate a To adjust the hand or indicator 0 and dial a so that the hand may start from zero, it is necessary to withdraw the adjusting-plate 01 and the dial can then be turned upon its axis backward for nearly a complete revolution until the stop 0" comes in contact with the indicator-hand c. The plate d" is then returned toits place, and the train ofregistering devices is again complete.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim and desire tosecu re by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, in a register, of a slide, a punch operated thereby, a plate having an opening through which a ticket may be inserted into the path of the said punch, feed-wheels for drawing in the ticket after it has been punched, a shaft rotating with said wheels, a motorspring, a shaft operated by the latter, a train of gearing between the motor-shaft and thefeedwheel shaft, an escapement mechanism operated by the said slide, and a registering mechanism, whereby when the said slide is operated to punch a ticket the escapement mechanism will be actuated to permit the mo tor-spring to operate the feedwheels and the registering i'nechanism, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a register, of a slide, a punch operated thereby, a plate having an opening through which a ticket may beinserted into the path of said punch, feed-wheels for drawing in theticket after ithas been punched, a shaft rotating with said wheels, a motorspring, a shaft operated by the latter, a train of gearing between themotor-shaft and feedwheel shaft, an escapement mechanism operated by the said slide, a registering mechanism, and an alarm mechanism, whereby when the IIO said slide is operated to punch a ticket the spring, a shaft operated by said spring, an escapement mechanism operated by the said slide, and a train of gearing between the motor-spring shaft and the escapement mechan- "ism, whereby when a coin has been deposited in its receptacle or aperture and the said slide is moved the coin will be discharged to fall into a receiving-receptacle, and the registering mechanism will be operated, substantially as set forth.

4. In aregister, the combination,with aslide, of a coin-receptacle, as aperture a, a stop, as projection 0, to retain the coin in said receptacle until the said slide is moved, a motorspring, a shaft operated by said spring, an eseapement mechanism operated by the said slide, a train of gearing between the motorspring shaft and the escapement mechanism. and an alarm mechanism operated by said gearing, whereby when a coin has been deposited in its receptacle or aperture and the said slideis moved the coin will be discharged to fall into a rceeiving'receptaele, and the registering and alarm mechanisms will be operated, substantially as set forth.

5. In a register, the combination, with an exposed rotary dial and a rotary index-hand for the same, of two differentially-rotating gears forimparting variable rotary movements to said dial and index-hand, two registering gear-wheels, as (2 d arranged within the register and having a different number of teeth, and a pinion, as d, meshing with both of said registering gear-wheels, and the latter being adapted to be disengaged from the said pinion, substantially as set forth.

6. In a register, the combination, with an exposed indicating device, as a dial and an index for the same, for keeping a temporary or trip register, of two ditferentially-rotating registering gear-wheels within the register for indicating a continuous or total register, an operating-pinion for the said gear-wheels, a train of gearing connecting the said pinion with thesaid exposed indicating device, and a movable device, as block d, on which the said wheels are mounted, whereby when the exposed indicating device is to be set the said gear-wheels may be disengaged from the said pinion, substantially as set forth.

7. In a register, the combination, with the registering gear-wheels dd, having a different number of teeth, a removable block on which the said wheels are mounted, a locking device for the said block, and a pinion with which the said gear-wheels normally mesh, of an eX- posed indicating device and a train of gearing connecting the latter with the said pinion substantially as set forth.

8. In a register, the combination, with a rotary dial-disk and a rotaryindeX-hand for the same, of two gear-wheels having a different number of teeth, one of the said gear-wheels being operatively connected with the said disk and the other with the said index-hand, a pinion normally meshing with both of said gearwhecls, but movable so that it may be disengaged from one of them to permit the dial to be set at zero, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination of the motor-spring G, its shaft 0, the gear-wheel c, the pinion c, shaft 0", gear-wheel 0, shaft 0, pinions c c thereon, gear-wheels 0 0 shaft 0, dial-disk 0 and index-hand c, substantially as set forth.

10. In a register, the combination, with the escapement-lever B, ofthe slide at", having the projection If to engage one arm of the said lever, means for moving said lever in opposition to the movement imparted thereto by the said projection, the rotary barrel I), having the cainstop I), a device, as arm I), movable with the said slide to arrest the movement of the said cam-stop when it has made a partial revolution, a motor-spring, and a train of gearing to connect the latter with the said barrel, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination,with the slide a having a projection, b", and arm I), of the escapement-lever B, having arms I) If, the spring I)", the barrel 1)", having the cam-stop b" and the alarm-operating cam e, the alarm-hammer, the gong, a motor-spring, and a train of gearing to connect the latter with the said barrel,

substantially as set forth.

punch and its operating-slide, of feeding-- wheels for drawing in the punched ticket, a motor-spring, a train of gearing from the latter to the said feeding-wheels, and an escapement which is released by the said slide to permit the said wheels to rotate when a ticket has been punched, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES A. KIMPTON. JOS. E. CRISP.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, FRED. B. DOLAN.

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