US508046A - Ticket-case - Google Patents

Description

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G. O. PARTRIDGE.

TICKET CASE.

Patented Nov. '7; 1893.

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CHARLES o. PARTRIDGE, OF HYDEYPARK, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,046, dated November '7, 1893.

Application filed llltarch 11,1893.

To all whom it may concern/.- Be it known that I, CHARLES 0. PART- RIDGE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hyde Park, Norfolk county, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Gases; and my preferred manner of carrying out the invention is set forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims particularly specifying the novelty.

This invention relates to stationery, and more especially to that class thereof known as ticket cases which are adapted generally to be secured to the back of a railway car seat for the use of the occupant of the seat next in rear; and the object of the same is to produce an improved device of this character adapted to receive tickets of various sizes and wherein the spring is removable and is provided with a notch for the insertion of the finger when it is desired to Withdraw the ticket.

To this end the invention consists in a ticket holder constructed substantially as hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a portion of the back of a railway car seat, showing one form of my improved ticket holder in position thereon and containing a ticket. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of this form of ticket holder with the spring thereof and the fastening screws slightly removed. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of this form of ticket holder with the parts in place. Fig. 4: is an enlarged front elevation of another form of my improved ticket holder. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section through Fig. 4:.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B or B designates a base plate or back which is preferably rectangular in shape, and E E are the raised edges and bottom secured to the face of said back plate as by welding or brazing, or these edges could be the edges of the plate itself raised as by stamping or otherwise.

In Figs. 2 and 3 it will be seen thatI sometimes cant the upper edge of the base plate a little forward at which time a narrow strip N may be inserted between such upper edge and the back of the railway car seat R or Serial No. 465,496- (No model.)

other upright support to which the device is secured. In this event the upper ends 6 of the raised edges E will preferably be a little less deep than the lower ends thereof so that the faces of the edges and bottom shall stand in a single plane. In Figs. 4 and 5 however the raised edges are of the same thickness,

and the back or body B is simply a flat piece of' metal. Said back and edges thus form a rectangular receptacle open at its front and top, and its size is sufficient to receive the largest railway ticket which is generally in common use.

The spring S'or S may be of any of agreat variety of shapes so long as it embodies the following characteristics. I have shown one shape in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and another shape in Figs. 4 and 5. In both instances the ends of the spring are secured by fastening screws F which pass through the raised edges E or E near their upper ends, through the backB or B, and into the seat back, and thereby hold the parts together and fasten the device to the seat back. If desired, the raised edges need not be fastened to the back except by these screws, and in that casea third screw f might be passed through the center of the raised bottom (as seen in dotted lines in Fig. 4) and might extend either into the back B only, or completely through it and into the seat back R to further assist in securing the device in place. In Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the spring S bends down between its ends so as to leave an opening or thumb notch T above its center and of some considerable size as shown, and from the center of the spring depend preferably two small lips Z whose tips almost or quite touch the upper face of the raised lower edge and are borne by the spring normally against the face of the back B. In Figs. 4 and 5 the spring S is a straight horizontal strip secured at its ends by the fastening screws F and having a thumb notchtcut out of its upper edge at its center, while the lip L is here of some considerable size, preferably rectangular in contour, and depends from the lower edge of the center of the spring with its bodybent to the rear so that its lower extremity shall bear normally against the front face of the back B.

In use the device is secured as above 'described to the back of a railway seat R or other suitable support and in convenient position for ready access by the user. The railway ticket or other similar device which is to be temporarily supported by this case may then be passed into the open upper end of the case, down behind the spring until it strikes the raised lower edge-such passage of the ticket bearing the free end or ends of the lip or lips slightly forward and out of contact with the back, and by their own resilience these lips then press the ticket against the back and hold it against displacement from the case. The device is of such size as to readily receive the ordinary railway ticket whether of card or paper and whether of a single thickness or folded, and even it only one section of a long ticket is inserted in the case and the remainder of the ticket hang down outside of it, the operation will be the same. Then it is desired to remove the ticket, the thumb is passed into the thumb notch and bears the ticket against the back, after which a slight upward movement will raise the ticket from behind the lip and it can be removed with case. If the back B is inclined toward the user as seen in Fig. 3, the ticket will also be inclined considerably toward him and away from the seat back R above the case, and it will then be possible to grasp the upper edge of the ticket to draw it from the case. When the back is flat the ticket will obviously stand close to or in contact with the seat back.

The whole can be of any suitable material, and finished in paint, japan, bronze, or nickel to suit the fancy of the manufacturer; and considerable change in and additions to the specific details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What is claimed as new is l. A ticket case comprising a rectangular back with raised edges and bottom and open top, a spring secured at its ends to the face of said raised edges at their upper extremities extending across the case and having a thumb notch in its upper edge at the center of its length, and a lip depending from said spring and borne thereby normally backward against the face of the back, substantially as described.

2. A ticket case comprising a rectangular back, raised edges and bottom, a spring having a lip at its center normally bearing against the face of said back, and screws passing through the ends of said spring, the raised edges, and the back, and into the support, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A ticket case comprising a rectangular back, a narrow strip in rear thereof at its upper edge, a raised bottom at the lower edge of the back, raised edges extending upward from the ends of said bottom and narrower in depth at their upper ends so that the faces of the edges and bottom shall standin a single plane, screws passing through the edges, back, and narrow strip into a support, and a, spring connected at its ends with said raised edges and with its center bearing normally against the face of the back, as and for the purpose set forth.

at. The herein described ticket case, the same comprising a back whose face inclines to the front, raised bottom and edges whose faces stand in a single plane converging upward toward that of the face of the back,

screws passing through the upper ends of bends down at its center so as to form a thumb notch, and two lips depending fromthe center of said spring to about the upper face of said bottom and bearing normally against the front face of the back, as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my signature on this the 4th day of March, A. D. 1893.

CHARLES C. PARTRIDGE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. J ENNEY, EDWIN C. J ENNEY.

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