US820277A - Ticket printing and auditing machine. - Google Patents

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No. 820,277. I PATENTED MAY 8, 1906.

F. J. WILLS. TICKET PRINTING AND AUDITING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAIL 14. 189B.

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F. J. WILLS. TICKET PRINTING AND AUDITING MACHINE.

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F. J. WILLS. TICKET PRINTING AND AUDITING MACHINE.

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TICKET PRINTING- AND'AUDITING MACHINE.

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No. 820,277. PATENTED MAY 8, 1906:

F. J. WILLS.

TICKET PRINTING AND AUDITING MACHINE.

APPLIO ATION IILED' JAN.14, 1.898.

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UNITED. STATES rarrnur OFFICE.

FRANK J. WI LS, or WINCHESTER, MASSAOHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR or ONE- HALF TO GEORGE FRANCIS .TOPLIFF, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to machines for'printing tickets for use on railways and for analogous pur poses.

The object of the invention may be briefly I stated to be the rovision of a machine of the class mentioned y means of which the ticket agent at any one station in a railway system may print and deliver a ticket bearing'on its face thename of any other station in the same system and which will automatically record upon a record-sheet the number of each ticket, the destination thereof, together with the totalamount the agent should receive for all tickets sold, whereby thc 'p1 ice of each ticket may be ascertained.

Another object of'the invention is to providea machine with means whe1 eby the record of the tickets sold may be so arranged thatthe auditor or the official whose duty it is to collect'and examine the tally or record sheets may determine at a glance the number of tickets soldto an articular station.

Still another object or t e invention is to equip the machine with certain features .0 f improvement, all 'of which will be explained in detail in the following specification, illustrated upon the drawings, and'set forth more par ticular ly in the ap ended claims.

Reference is to be ad to the accom anying drawings, and to .the letters and gures marked thereon, forming a pait'of this specification, the sarnef letters designating the same palts or featu:es,.as the case may be, wherever they occur. 1 p v Of the drawings, Figure 1 is at; ont eleva tion of the machine with the casing removed, Fig. 2 1ep1esents a plan viewof, the same. Fig.3 re resents a ve'.tical longitudinal section on t e line 3 f Fig. -2. Fi 4 represents 'a transverse section thzou themachine on, the line 4 4 of Fig: 1. ig. 5 represents an end elevation of a machine, partially in section. Fig. 6 re resents an, elevation of the opposite end.

i'g. 7represei1ts'a plan view, partially in section, the pa; ts being enlarged. Fig. 8-1epresents avert ical sectional view taken through the machinein such way Specification of Letters Patent.

Application flied January 14, 1898. Serial No. 666,661.

-TICI (ET PRINTING AND AUDITING MACHINE.

Patented May s, 190

as'to illustrate the prime power device. Fig. 9.represents in detail the checking mechanism for the power devices. Fig. 10 represents in deta1l a po;tion of the prime power devices. Fig. 1 1 represents in vertical longithe. printing mechanism. Fig. '15 represents in or spective view the tension device for the tic et-strips. Fig. 16 represents the means for temporarily connecting the key reservoir the power devices. Figs. 17 and 18 represent in detail a portion of the mechanism operated by keys for coa'cting With the typereservoir carrier. Figs, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24, 25, 2'6, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32 represent in detail the auditing mechanism. F 1g; 33 represents in -detail a gearing for the printing mechanism. Fig. 34 illustr ates inpei spective view the ower checking and releasing mechanism. igs. 35, 36 and 37 illustrate in detail por tions of the. carrier for the type-bar. Fig. 38- illustrates the stops for the ticket-strip tension and withdrawin device. Fig. 38 shows the end of one of t e type-bars. Fig. 39 shows the record-sheet. Fi sents one form of t cylinder. livered f. om the machinewith the lower line e set upon t e printingprinted by the movable type which is auto resent one em odiment of the lnvention which I have selected for the purpose of illustration, and to the details of construction, of

which it will be understood I am not limited,

vor carrier with a traveling belt actuated by 1 40 repre Fig. 41 s owe a ticket as it is dethe machine thereon shown. is rovided with I a casmg which incloses all 0 the working parts thereof, with the exception of those keys or parts which must be manipulated by the ticket agent'at the railway-office. This casingmay be, constructedof any: suitable material and may be of any conformation or shape best adapted't'o mclose and protect the various mechanlsms form a part of the entire machine, being provi ed with suitable doors, through which access maybe had to various parts of the mechanism.

- Themachineias a whole consists of several arts, which may be briefly described, as folowsz first, mechanism'for feeding, printing,

numbering, severing, and delivering a ticket i type-bearing rings second, mechanism for inserting in the printing-cylinder any one of a series of movable type-bars each bearing the name of a station, a symbol peculiar thereto, and, if desired, the price of the ticket to such station or destination; third, a series of manually-operated devices, such as keys, each bearing the name of a station on the road and each controlling the insertion. of one of the movable type-bars into the printing-cylinder and the auditing mechanism and each arranged to release the power devices; fourth, auditing mechanism by means of which the number of a ticket, the destination printed thereon, and the amount paid therefor, or the total of all the money paid for the tickets preceding and including the ticket may be madeupon the tallysheet within the casing of the machine; fifth, devices for furnishing power or movement to the movable portions of the mechanisms just referred to.

First, referring to the mechanism for printing, numbering, feeding, severing, and deliverlng the tickets, the strip A of paper, upon which the tickets are to be printed, is drawn from a reel (not shown) mounted below the machine at any convenient point. As the machine is usually placed upon a stand or table, the reel may be supported in a bracket underneath the table and the strip A may be drawn therefrom through an aperture in the base of the casing. The strip passes between two feeding-rolls a a, the former of which is equipped with a movable printing or indenting attachment for dating the ticket and the latter of which is shod with rubber or any other suitable frictional material to coact with the roll a in gripping the strip A and feeding it u ward. (See Fi .11.) I

T e roll a is radial y extended at (1 so that the s'tri A is gripped and fed during a portion on y of each rotation thereof. I have stated thatin the roll a is mounted-an attachment for printing the date u on the back of the ticket; but it will be un erstood, of course, that in place of the date or in addi-' tion thereto I may print or indent upon the back of the ticket any informationdesirable or necessary, such as the number of the train for which the ticket is sold or the hour of its sale. To permit the manipulation of the dating devices, the casin 1s provided with a swinging door A, throug be had to the roll a. consists of a serie of t e-bearing rings a all movable independent y of the others and all mounted 'eccentrically within the periphery of the roll (1 upon an eccentric a, keyed to the shaft Spring-latches a frictionally engage notches in the inner walls of the said for the purpose of holding them in proper position to indent u on the rear face of the ticket the date, the our, or the other suitable matter.

which access may The dating attachment I have contem- I plated mounting a small inking roller in proxsteer? imity to the radially-extended portion a, of the roll a, so as to ink the rings. The shafts for the two 'coacting feeding-rolls a a may be mounted in bearings on the casing, or a separate standard maybe used for them, as shown in Fig. 1.

Arranged above the feeding-rolls are the rinting-rolls, consisting of the printing-cyllnder a and the impression-cylinder a, the latter being shod with rubber or other suitable friction-producing material and the former being provided with the. radially-extended portion a, upon-which is formed or secured the type for printing the ordinary reading matter on the ticket, such as the name of the railroad, the conditions of the use of the ticket, &'c., as indicated in Fig. 40. The shafts for the two cylinders are 'ournaled in the brackets before referred to and are geared together to rotate in unison by means of straight spur-gears e a. The feeding-roll a is provided with a gear-wheel (1, and between the wheels a a, is placed a inion 0):, by means of which power is transmitted to the feeding-roll a.

Mounted above the printin -cylinders is the device for severing the tic et after it is printed, consisting of a stationary blade (1 and a movable blade a, mounted upon the end of a rock-shaft a, A guide having a converging throat is placed between the severing mechanism and the rinting-rolls, so as to guide the end of the strip accurately to the cuttingblades,-as is indicated at a". The shaft a is provided with an arm a, en aged and oscillated by a cam (Z on a shaft to be afterward described, the arts being so timed that themovable blade 1s not actuated until the ticket has been-printed and carried upward to a predetermined point. w

The print1ngcylinder is provided with numbering devices, as shown 1n Figs. 13, 14, and 15, the said devices consistin of a series of numeral-bearing disks a, each earing numer'als from .-O to 9, inclusive, and each rotating the next succeeding one one step for each entire rotation. The first'disk is provided with a ratchet-wheel a, to which is given a step-by-step movement by a pawl a, mounted upon the end of a spring-heldlever a, 'ournaled on the shaft of the cylinder 07, as shown in Figs. 14 and 15, this awl-bearing lever being actuated automatica ly by the insertion of a movable type-bar into the printing-cylinder. The printin -cylinder is also provided with alongitudi-na slot (1 as shown in Figs. 7, 11, bars, and the said lever is cam projection normally extending into the slot or aperture, so that when the type-bar is inserted, as shown in Fig. 15, thelever is swung upon its axis and the units-dis is moved forward one step. b

The mechanism for inking the type upon the printing-cylinder may consist 0 an mkand 13, to receive the said typeprovided with a in -ribbon c, wound uppn the s 001 c and ta on up by a roll 0, w 'ch may e actuated in any desired way by mechanism (not shown) driven by any convenient part of the machine The ribbon passes over an idler c in proximity to the printing-cylinder and around other suitable idlers or uides to hold it out of contact with the'fee 'n -roll a. A tension device suspended in a 00p in the ribbon is indicated at c. If found desirable, I have contemplated dis ensing with the inkingribbon and shoe the idler 0 with a covering of felt charged with ink, or, again, if circumstances warrant it, I have contemplated using both the ribbon-and the ink-charged idler, as they may be desirable in printing certain kinds of stock employed for the ticketstrip. Now it will be seen that if means were not provided for partially withdrawing the strip after a ticket has been severed there would be a lar e amount of waste material on the end-of eac ticket, and bowel provide a tension device which withdraws the strip a sufficient distance to ermit the "extremity thereoffto be engaged by'the ed e of the raised portion a, of the feeding-re l awhen the next ticket is to be printe'd. A weight I),

having an aperture throu h which the strip A may ass, is provided wit inwardlyrojecting aps or lips I) of resilient materia which yieldingly and frictionally engage the ticket between them. The welght normally rests upon stops 11?, projecting out from brackets 6 supported upon the base of the casing and is limited in its upward movement by sto s b, pro'ecting from the ends of the said brac ets. ee Fig. 38.) When the feeding-cylin ders engage the strip and carry it upward, the weight 1s carried upward with the stri until it strikes a ainst the stops b, after which the strip will e. drawn between the resilient clamps or lips I) the required'distance but as soon as the lend of-the strip is released from the grip of-the' feeding-rolls, the weight will immediately drop, and consequently draw downward with. itthe strip a distance equal to the distance traversed by the weight in its upwardomovement, thus bringing the end of the strip down to a point suflicient to prevent a blank space-u on the end of the next ticket. In addition'lto t e weight acting as a'tension and retracting device for the strip of paperit also performs the very important functionof maintaining the strip of paper in .alinement, since it returns always to its original position;

upon the stops 1) after having beenadjusted properly with relation to the paper b the engagement of its ends with the stops The ower stops are provided with inwardly-pro- 'jecting fingers 6 which aid inguiding the strip-properly to the feeding-rolls. e

Xt,.referring to the carrier for the movable type-bars and the mechanism forselecting any one of the said bars and inserting it in the printing-cylinder, attention is directed to 'is lank, as i lustrated.

The reservoir or carrier for the type-bars is indicated as a whole by d, and it consists of two traveling belts, tapes, or ribbons d, of thin steel, passing around wheels dal upon the shaft (1 and loose Wheels d d on the shaft Each belt is perforated at regular intervals to receive the heads of spring-pins d, as shown in Figs. 35, 36, and 37 each pin being assed through ablock d and secured in lace by folding the edges or li s d on the b ocks inward to clas the be t. Projecting in' wardly from eac block is alug d, to enter between two of the teeth of the said wheels, each wheel being grooved to receive abelt and the blocks thereon, as shown more particularly in walls thereof with a spring-pressure, whereby they hold the said bars firmly in place unless the latter are engaged and moved positively, therefrom. There is secured upon each air of pins one of the said type-bars, of w 'ch there may be as many as there are stations on the road. Upon each type-bar is placed type indicating its particular station by name,

the especial symbol employed "to desi nate such a station or the number thereof, an any other words or symbols that ma be necessary, as shown in the lower line 0 the ticket, Fig. 41, said type being placed on the inner ed e of the t pe-bar,'so that the outer edge By mechanism which I shall now describe the carrier is moved to present a type-barat a point .opposite the a erture in the printingcylinder, and the sai bar is grasped at its ends and carried into the said printing-cylinder, which is provided with plus a, in aline-. ment with thepins (Z in the blocks carrying I said bar. .The transferring mechanism consists of two slides (2 (1, each notched to receive a type-bar and each sliding upon guidebars d, supported by stationary brackets (1 and each connected to anarm d secured upon a rock-shaft d, mounted in bearings upon the base of the casing, one of the said arms being provided with a roll extending into a camoove d. in a cam-disk d on the said shaft as shown in Fig. 4. Power is imparted to said shaft (2" by a bevel-wheel d thereon,'iri mesh with a bevel-wheel afterward referred to on one of the power-transmittin shafts, to be fully described. This shaft d is the one carrying the cam-disk d, which oscillates the arm a, by means of which the movable blade of the severing mechanism is actuated, and it is from this shaft that poweris transferred to the printing-cylinder through the medium of intermeshing gears (1 d d (1 the last-men'- tioned gear being mounted u on the shaft of the printing-gylmder a. V hese gears are illustrated in detail in Fig. 33, as well as in Fig. 4. The gears (1 and (Z are provided with blanks d and (1 respectively, to provide for the printing-cylinder being held sta-' tionary momentarily for the insertion of the type-bar thereinto and its withdrawal therefrom, the normal position of the said gears ghen the machine, is at rest being shown in I It beingessential that the type-bar which is to be inserted in the cylinder should be in exact alinement with the aperturein the cylinder, so that it will slide properly upon pins 0 I provide mechanism for properly positioning or centering the wheels d (1 both of which are fast upon their shaft (13. Secured within the outer rim of one of the wheels d is a ring (1, having inwardly and radially projecting teeth, forming notches to receive a finger d projecting axially inward from the sli e (1 The teeth are tapering, so that the notches converge, and hence when the slides start upon their movement to transfer the type-bar from the carrier into the printingcylinder the pin (1 enters a notch, and if the wheel is not in the exact required position the pin will shift it slightly to bring the pins (1'' into alinement with the pins 0. before the said type-bar d has a chance to encounter the latter.

The transferring-slides d d are so arranged that they have inwardly-projecting fingers or arts between which the t e-bars are move as shown particularl in Flg. 7.

I'shall now proceed to descri e the mech-' anism for actuating the reservoir or carrier to present the proper type-bar to the transferring mechanism by means of which it is placed in the printing-cylinder. Upon the shaft d are placed two sprocket-wheelse e, the former of which is loose upon the shaft and the latter of which is ri idly secured thereto. An endless belt or ri bon e having perforations to receive the teeth on the said w-heel e, passes fromthe'said wheel around an idler e? ne'arthe right-hand end of the machine, a large ositively-driven sprocket-wheel e and anot .er idler-wheel e back'to the wheel e. Another endless belt 6 asses around the wheel 0 and around an ,1dler by the side of the wheel or idler e The two idlers e e are both mounted upon a stud-shaft projecting out from a bracket .2 mounted upon the partition e, the idler 6 being likewise journaled on a stud projecting out from a bracket e. A longitudinallygrooved shaft 7, secured at its ends in the casing and in a frame-bar f, is arranged par allel to the lower stretch of the two endless belts, and keyed to slide upon the said bar is a carriage havin a projection f apertured to permit the be t e to pass loosely therethrough and rigidly secured to the belt e", which, as before stated, passes about the sprocket-wheel e, fast upon the shaft 0: of the type-bar reservoir or carrier. The said carriage is movable from end to end of the bar f, being moved back and forth by the belt e to convey movement to the belt 6 and the type-bar reservoir or carrier. By mechanism which I shall subsequently explain the belt a is driven first in one direction for a predetermined distance and then in the opposite direction through the same distance, and for the purpose of presenting the proper type-bar to the printing-cylinder I provide devices for temporarily connecting the carriagp to the belt (2 to cause it to travel therewit far enough to bring the said type-bar into alinement with the aperture in the said cylinder, The mechanism for connecting the carriage with the said belt e is illustrated more particularly in Figs. 16, 17, and 18, to which reference may now be had. Pivoted in a lug f projecting. downward from the carriage f is a rock-shaft f having on one end an arm f and on the other end an arm The arm f is provided with an upward yprojecting gripper f projecting through an aperture in the projection f of the carriage and adapted to coact with a suitable gripping-jaw arranged oppositely thereto and secure in an aperture in the said projection f These two jaws f 8 f may be constructed of rubber or other suitable material and are small enough in crossdiameter to project into the apertures in the belt f as shown in Fig. 16, to temporarily connect the carriage and belt to ether. spring f is secured to the said ug f and tends to normally force the movable jaw or clamp f against the jaw or clam f The said clamp f however, is normally held out of engagement with its coacting jaw by a cam f secured upon the end of the-arm said cam engaging a finger g, projecting outward from a slide-bar g,n1ovab1e in guides g g on the side of the frame f, before referred to. When the said carriage is at the lefthand end of the guide-bar and the machine is at rest, the 'camf on t e arm f 7 is in engagement with the said finger g, and the arm f is held downward, whereby the belt f is free to travel relatively to the carriage. To disengage the finger g from the said cam and permit the carriage to travel with the beltjl to any predetermined oint, I employ the following mechanism: *ulcrumed on a crossbar h (shown best in Fig. 4) are manually-operated levers h, projecting out through the casing and each one provided with a key h bearing the name of a station on the road. The keys are banked, as in a cash-register or type-writer, and the names of the stations may be arranged in alphabetical order or according to their numbers, as may be desired. The levers h are normally held upward side, they occupy a space equal inlen th to against-across-bar 71, springs 70?, bearing uponja cross-bar h, which is provided with a mentions .figure. Each key is likewise pro.-

g. vided with a downwardly-projecting portion h upon its' end, as at h, passing between two pins h, extendingbetween cross-bars h h immediately in front of the' 'guide rod or bar f. When the said keys are placed side by the distance traveled by the carriage and when oneof the keys is de ressed 1ts end h projects into the path of a u'g f "on the car,- riage and into the path of the said cam f 11 to i5 depress the same and se aratethe-clamp- 2o ing-cylinder.

'aws f j. There is one ey for each .typeat inlthe reservoir or carrier, and each one .stops the carrier atthe proper point to have its corresponding bar delivered to the rint- Arranged below the sai horizontal cross-bar h is a slotted rotary tube i, mounted in bearings in suitable frame-bars in the casing. Each key-lever h is provided with a depending projection orffoot h,

" adapted tov en age the edge of the slot in the said tube an partially rotate the same, whereby each lever when depressed will cause a partial rotation ofthe said tube. The latter is. provided with a camwt, as

shown in Figs. 4, 17, and 18, to engage the carriage to the belt f holds the slide in position to cause the en-" upwardly-extendedend of the slide 9 and thrust the said slide forward for the purpose of releasing the cam fv and lever f 7 and per:

mitting the clamping-jaws to connect the gagement of the'finger g with the said cam. A slide 9 is placed below that at g and is provided with an upturned end g to engage 40, the edge of the cam 41' after it has been par- I from the slide, anda pivoted dog 9", fulcrumed on one of the type bantransferring. arms d, before referred to.

tially rotated and hold the tube against b'ackward movement. A spring g normally holds the slide 9 in position to engage the cam 11; but it is moved-forward temporarily to re- 45 lease the tube 11 b a bell crank lever 9 fulcrumed u on a racket extending out ame-bar f and connected to the A spring g holds the dog against a pin 9 so. that the bell-crank lever is operated {positively when the type-bar is transferred om the printing-cylinder to the reservoir'or carrier and the dog slides freely 5 5 under the bell-crank. lever when a type-bar h to engage the cam-tube and partially ro-' is being transferred from the carrier to the printing-cylinder.

-Now then from the description thus far iven it will be seen that if the :belt a be 60 riven positively and. one 'ofthe keys k be depressed the end h of. the key-lever will be throwninto the path'of the lug or stop on the carriage and into the path of the cam ff The depression of the lever will cause the oot cylinder to the reservoir or carrier.

A spring 9 normally latter of which is shod with rubber.

tate the same, whereupon the cam -i"will enigrage the slide g and,thrust the finger g away cushioning-strip h, as 'shown in said last om the cam f Then the clamping-jaws close upon the tape or belt f and the carnage is drawn along with the said tape or belt until the cam ,.and the lug f". engage the the t -bar carrier or reservoir, and the.

typear is' now ready to be carried by the transferring device into the printin -cylinder. As soon as the printing-cylin er has rotated the transferring device carries the type-bar back to the reservoir, and in so doing the dog 9 engages the bell-crank lever g and the slotted tube i is allowed to return to its normal position and .releases the foot of the keyslever h Thus the slotted tube not only 'des the trip mechanismfor releasing the 0' am ing device ,on the carriage, but it also hol s the key-lever depressed and-prevents the depression of another lever until the type-bar is returned from the printi lr ilge springs h on the key-levers are sufficient to raise the said levers and return the slotted tube to its original position. Thus it will be seen that each key controls the insertion of its particular type bar into the printing mechanism and also controls the operation of the clamping device for temporarily conmeeting the carriage with the traveling belt or ta e.

fteferring now-to the auditing mechanism, the second sheet B is drawn fromthe roll j, mounted in the standards y", projecting upward from the base of the casing, and passes over a shaft 7c, extendin longitudinally of the machineKto which re erence will be subsequently had) and between rollers l l, the From thence the sheet asses over a stationary shelf or ledge m and beneath a movable blade m, held upward from the led e by a spring m and .ada ted to be thrown own against it by ahand e 'm on the shaft m of the said movable blade. By de ressing the handle m downward to press t e edge of the movable plate or blade m against the shelf 'm the projecting edge B of the strip may be torn ofi from the body thereof. Mounted upon the said shelf is is a dog k, engaging the periphery of a cam k on a longitudinally-arranged shaft n. The hub of the dog is provided with an 'arm'k connected by a link k with an arm k loose on the shaft of the roll band carrying a pawl k to engage'aratchet onthe said roll and impart a step-by-step movement thereto. Likewise mounted upon the said shaft is is anotherarm or dog is", precisely similar to that at k, but having secured thereto an arm 7c, extending to the front. The dog k" is rigidly secured to the shaft 7c, while the dog 7c is loose relatively thereto. The dog 7c likewise rests upon a cam k having its depression slightly in the rear of that in the cam so that the dog 7c is actuated a few seconds after the dog is" has been moved. An-

other arm projects out from the shaft k at its right-hand end, (this not being shown,) and between the two arms is extended the movable platen k", a spring k tending to raise the platen, being connected to the arm k in a stationary portion of the -machine. This platen k may be formed of any suitable material, and, as shown, it is provided with a trough or groove is, which may be filled with coloring-matter. Secured 'to the carria e and projecting downwardly and forward y therefrom is an arm 0, having upon the end thereof the stylus or pointer 0 directly above the groove is in the platen 7c". The arm 0 slides below a shaft p, extending loIi itudinally of the machine, whereby it is raced against upward pressure when the platen is thrust-upwardly. The auditing-sheet being ruled to have as many spaces as there are sta tions and keys and eachspace being equal to the distance between the ends h of the keys,

it will be seenthatwhen theratchetis stopped in its movement by any one of the said keys and the platen is raised it will strike the au diting-strip B against the stylus 0, which will perforate the strip in the space devoted to a particular station. The auditing-strip is shown in detail in Fig. 39. In addition to the paper being perforated the coloring-matter enters the aperture therein and discolors it or stains it in such Way that the attention of the auditor of the road is directed to the perforation, and there is no chance to erase it without betraying such fact. On one edge of the auditing-strip isprinted the number of the ticket .sold, and on the other edge is printed the amount of the sales,including the price of that ticket, so that the price of each ticket can be ascertained by subtracting the total of the sales of the preceding ticket from the total of sales opposite thereto.

The numbering devices are illustrated in Figs. '20 to 24, inclusive. Projecting upwardlyfrom the shaft is is an arm q, connected to an arm g on the shaft 1, before referred to. The said arm g carries a pawl g, which is adapted to engage and impart a step-by-step -movement to a ratchet-wheel g connected to a numeral-disk 9 said disk being that of theunits. The said disk is provided with a series of projections bearing the numerals 0 to 9, inclusive, and the lowermost numeral is substantially in the same horizontalplane as the end of the stylus 0, so that when the platen is moved upwardly it strikes the paper not only against the stylus, against the numeral on the disk g by the side of the numeralrdisk are other ,disks 9 q, q, and bearing numerals designating tens, hundreds, thousands, and tens but also.

Placedof thousands. Each succeeding disk is actuated one step at each complete rotation of the preceding disk by means of a springpawl g", rotating with the (preceding disk and engaging teeth g on the a jacent disk. Each awl is thrust outward once in its revolution y a cam g, keyed upon the shaft p, being prov ded with a projecting side portion to engage the cam. The disks are centered by spring-dogs q", formed on the hub of the cams q. (See Fig. 20'.) It will be seen that each time the platen is actuated and returns to normal position the units-disk will be rotated one step to indicate the number of the next ticket to be printed.

In Figs. 1, 6, 7, and 25 to 32, inclusive, is shown more particularly the mechanism for printing upon the auditing-sheet the total of sales opposite and including each ticket.

The shaft n, which was hereinbefore referred to as carrying the cams 7c and k, is provided on its end with a beveled wheel n, (see F-i 6,) meshing with and drivin a beveled w eel n on a shaft n arranged transversely of the machine and mounted in brackets n, as shown in said last-mentioned figure. Upon the shaft n are placed three cams a n, and n each rocking a hub a, n,

and a, respectively, on a shaft placed be--" low the shaft a by on a ing an arm roj ectingupwardlyfrom the Mounte loosely on the shaft 19 at the end opposite to that carrying the numbering-disk are placed disks 1", 'r, 1"", r 1' and 1' indicating cents, dimes, dollars, tens of dollars, hundreds of dollars, and thousands of dollars, each disk bearing the numerals 0 to 9, inclusive. The disks 1", r, and r are advanced step by step, each taking its motion'from the preceding disk, and the disk r being driven from the disk r but the disks 1', r, and r are each provided with a pinion r, 1", and 1", connected with and driven by gear-Wheels, the said gear-wheels being indicated by 1', 1' and 1", respectively. Each disk is centered by a dog 1*", engaging with notches in a disk 1*, carried by each of the nu meral-bearing disks 1*, r, and T and each disk is provided with a ratchet-wheel 1', with which a dog 1', carried by the preceding disk, may engage. course the disk 1" is not provided with a ratchet-wheel, as it is driven directly by its gear 1"; but it is provided with a pawl r which engages the ratchet-wheel on the next succeeding disk 1''. The said dog or pawl T is drawn into engagement with the ratchetwheel 1" once during each rotation of the disk which carries it by an arm 1-, which is held upward by a spring 1", strong enough to overcome the spring r by which the said

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