US476378A

US476378A - Harry m

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Publication number: US476378A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1892-06-07
Anticipated expiration: 1909-06-07

Description

(No Model.)

E. M. GRANTHAM. TIUKET PUNCH.

No. 476,378. Patented June 7, 1892.

wh/mous itsTran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY M. GRANTHAM, OF l@VIL MINGr'lObL OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO ADAM SCOTT, OF SAME PLACE.

TICKET-PUNCH..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,378, dated J une '7, 1892. Application filed March 25, 1892. Serial No. 426.447. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. GRANTHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVilmington, in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Punches; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which 1t appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists in a ticket-punch for the use of railroad-ticket agents in punching coupon-tickets, and possesses certain novel and valuable features which give it great practical advantage; and my invention will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top perspective view of my new and improved coupon-ticket punch. Fig. 2 is a side elevation,partlyin section,of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the two halves of the punch separated.

The same numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Referring to the several parts by their designating-numerals, l indicates the upper half of the punch, having the

integral handle

2, and 3 indicates the lower half of the punch, having the integral handle et, 5 indicating an ordinary steel spring for holding the punch open and ready for use.

In the body of the upper half of the punch l is formed a longitudinal opening 6, extending horizontally through the body for the insertion of the ticket-coupon which is to be punched.

The lower part of the body l is recessed to adapt it to fit over the lower half 3, to which it is pivoted or hinged at its outer end at 7.

To each side of its center the body l is formed with three perforations, both on t-he lower and the upper side of the horizontal opening G, making twelve (l2) perforations in all, the lower perforations ln registering with the upper perforations lb.

The upper half of the body l-that part of it extending above the horizontal opening G- is divided or forkedv by the formation through its center of a longitudinal opening S, which divides the top part of the body, which may be denominated lx, into two parallel arms, through which the upper perforations lb extend.

In the lower half 3 of the punch are mounted the punches or dies 9, which move with the upward movement of the lower half 3 and pass up through the lower perforation l, 6o through the ticket which has been inserted in the horizontal opening G and through the upper perforations lb, when the punch is closed, thus by the peculiar arrangement of the dies and perforations punching out the stations on both sides of the station, which is visible through the top opening 8, all at one movement. The punches or dies 9, as shown iu the drawings, are formed of different lengths, increasing in length from the outer to the in- 7c ner end of the punch-body as they extend back from the front of the horizontal opening 6, the object of this construction being to have all of the dies-six in number-come through the apertures and in contact with the 7 5 ticket in the opening G evenly and at the same instant, thereby avoiding all danger of crimping or drawing the ticket, as will be readily understood.

The object of dividing the upper half of the 8o punch-body lX by the sight-opening S is to enable the name of the station to be readily seen through this open space, so that a ticketagent can punch coupon-tickets accurately and at precisely the desired point.

This punch has the great. advantage over the large stationary punches which are generally used by ticket-agents and which are bolted to a table or shelf, in that it is small, light, and compact, and is designed to be car- 9o ried in the hand so that the punch and a ticket can be carried to the light in a ticketoflice and the ticket then accnratelypunched, the name of the station being clearly visible through the division-opening 8, or the ticket 95 can be as readily punched while stepping from the case to the window of the office.

The advantages of my new and improved coupon-ticket punch will be readily seen over the stationary punch, which requires both the Io i ticket and the light to be carried to the punch, my invention being much more simple and cheaper in construction and convenient in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

1. A portable coupon-ticket punch comprising the body 3, formed with a handle and having` the dies or punches mounted inV it, andV the body l, hinged to the part 3, provided with a handle and formed with the ticketopening 6, the series of registering apertures, and having formed in the upper part lX of its body the longitudinal Vertical observationopening 8, substantially at right angles to the ticket-slot, and an opening-spring, as 5, substantially as set forth.

A HARRY M. GRANTHAM. XVitnesses:

F. M. CAsTo, XV. I. STEWART.