US994685A - Street-car-transfer printing and delivering apparatus. - Google Patents

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STREET-CAE-TRANSFER PRINTING AND DELIVERING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 6, 1911.

Application filed September 24, 1909. Serial No. 519,351.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J MEIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glendale, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Street-Car- Transfer Printing and Delivering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein tothe accompanying drawings. I

This invention consists in mechanism to be installed on a street-car, or any other kind of car or conveyance, such as a ferry boat, train, or the like, for the printing and delivery of so-called transfers or the like, it being understood that by the term transferslis meant such slips, cards, or tickets as are customarily issued at junctions or terminal points as evidence of the right'of the bearer to further transportation on some connecting line or conveyance.

While the foregoing .is the primary. object of the mechanism hereinafterdescribed,

- it is obvious that same may be used for various useful purposes, and its use is not, therefore, limited merely to the printing of street-car transfers, but it may, also, be utilized at the box oflices of theaters, baseball grounds, and the like, and at the ticket oflices of elevated, subway, and other railways, and the like for printing and issuing tickets, etc. The mechanism is adapted, also,

whether or not a transfer be printed and issued, to operate the usual fare register.

In the drawings, like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, and Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembled machine; Fig. 2 is a View with the rear plate removed; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectio'nal View on the line 14, Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a front View of the ribbon feed; Fig. 6 is a rear View of the same; Figs. 7 and 8 are details of supports for the feed rollers; Fig.

9 is an elevation showinga feed roll and its connections; Fig. 10 is a detail of a return detent and cyclometer connection; Fig. 11 is an elevation taken within the machine showing mechanism for giving a signal that the paper or other'material on which the transfers are printed has become exhausted; Fig. 12 is a top plan viewshowingthe connection between the operating segment and the register cord; Fig. 13 is an elevation of the same; Flg. 141s a sectional view on the line I l-14, Fig. 12; Figs. 15, 16, and 17 i are detailed views of one of the dating disks; Figs. 18 and 19 are substitutionary forms of the printing hammer; Fig. 20 is a face View of a transfer; and Fig. 21 is a sectional View showing means for printing the transfer or ticket in duplicate.

In a street-car transfer or exchange check, such as referred to above, it is desirable that the following items shall appear: the name of the issuing line; the name of the line to which issued; the month, day, and year of issue; and the hour of issuance. Such information is customary in most tickets of the kind mentioned. By preference, they are, also usually serially numbered. By reason of the use of individual printing machines, one such machine being attached to each car, as hereinabove described, it becomes necessary, with the use of the machines contemplated herein, not only to identify the issuing line, but also the issuing car, i, 0., machine. Hence, a new article of manufacture is produced by the use of these machines, namely, a transfer having printed thereon the number of the particular printing machine-as well as the serial. number of the particular transfer, as shown in Fig. 20. In Fig. 20, the number in the upper lefthand corner shows that machine 542issued that particular transfer which happens to bear the number 1359, the name of the company issuing same, namely, The X Y Z Railway Company, also being printed thereon, and said transfer having been issued by the Broadway line of that company to the Olive line ofthe same company on January 11, 1909, at 1.20 a. m.

The casing 1 of the machine may be sup-- ported in any suitable manner by the car platform, floor, or body, and may conveniently be attached to the partition 52 forming part of the inclosure or vestibule in which the conductor stands in what are known as pay-as-you-enter cars. Said casing 1 incloses most of the moving parts ofthis machine, those only projecting therefrom to which access is necessary for itsnormal operation.

It will be understood that, while. the ma chine is herein illustrated and described as of a certain prearranged capacity, yet same can be constructed with either greater or lesser capacity, or two or more such machines in bank can be used, according to the needs of the use to which it is to be put. Thus, while the drawings illustrate four sectors 3, each containing twelve finger indentations 4, each indentation 4 governing the issuance of a transfer or exchange ticket to some one particular line, yet if there are not forty-eight junction points on, or cross lines for, the line carrying such machine, it will, generally speaking, be unnecessary to employ on such line machines having four sectors each containing twelve indentations, but machines may be provided containing either a greater number of sectors or a lesser number of finger indentations, or any other optional arrangement as may be desired. Likewise, the number of sectors or the number of indentations, or both, may be increased, as necessity requires. It should, furthermore, be observed that, while seven levers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are provided, each controlling its own disk-respectively,

'12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, yet, as each lever and disk controls a particular item of information appearing on the transfer, any one or more of same may be omitted if the, needs of the particular user do not require the printing of the item of information produced by such particular lever or levers. On the other, hand, if some other user requires additional information upon transfers, additional disks and levers may be added to the machine for the production of such information items upon the transfers without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention.

For the convenience of the conductor in setting his machine, an a erture, preferably closed by a transparent p ate 19, is provided in casing 1 adjacent to the above-mentioned group of lever-controlled disks. Suitable printed matter oneach of said disks appears within the range of vision of the conductor underneath said plate 19, and enables him to see what will be next printed by each disk, said printed matter on each disk being so arranged relative to the type-faces on the same disk as to synchronizethe printed matter in its appearance underneath the plate 19 and-the type-faces in the act of printing. Thus (referring to Figs. 15-17), when the part 20 on disk 12 underlies plate 19, the type-face 21 will be ready to print J an., meaning January. When the printed matter reading Feb, for February, appearing at part 22 underlies plate 19, the type-faces 23 will, upon actuation of the machine, print Feb. In like manner, each of the parts 24 on disk 12 can be made to appear under plate 19, where the printed mat- .ter appearing on each of said parts can be seen by the conductor, their movement into 18 is the a. m. and p. m. disk.

such position necessitating the simultaneous movement of the other type-faces 25 into such position as, upon actuation of the machine, to print the same matter appearing on the corresponding part 24.

The actuation of disk 12 is by movement of lever 5. Pawl 26, engaging with the succession of notches 27 in disk 12, allows said disk to be rotated forward or backward only one notch at a time, the normal setting being to rotate said disk forward throughout the segment demarked by the twelve notches in said disk 12, which is the month disk. Of course, if a particular machine had been out of use the greater part of a year, it might be desirable to rotate said disk backward to begin again at January, or in any other month, when it were again put into service.

In the last preceding paragraph, disk 12 has been used as an illustration as well as to describe its own indicating surface, typefaces, and mode of actuation and use, and substantially the same description answers for disks 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, each of which is provided with a'pawl like the pawl 26 that actuates disk 12, the pawl for disk 13- being pawl 28, and the pawls for disks 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 being, respectively, pawls 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. While disk 12 bears in succession the names of the months of the year from January to December, inclusive, both on its indicating surface and type-faces; the ordinals 1, 2, and 3 appear in like manner on disk 13; on the indicating surface and type-faces of disk 14 appear the ordinals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, an d.9 and 0; disk 15 is the year disk, and either the year 1909 or a succession of years may appear thereon; disk 16 is the hour disk, and bears numbers from 1 to 12, both inclusive; disk 17 is the minute disk, and may either bear numbers from 1 to 59 or quarter hour or half hour indicators or indicators for other fractional parts of an hour, the preferred form being to place on said disk 17 provision for printing and indicating twenty minutes after the hour, forty minutes'after the hour, and the hour; and disk Corresponding to the description just given, disk 13 will be provided with three notches 34; disk 14 will be provided with ten notches 35; disk 15 will be provided with as many notches 36 as the estimated number of yearsof'life of the machine, which, in the drawings, is indicated as four; disk 16 will be provided with twelve notches 37; disk 17 will be provided with notches 38 depending in number upon the particular division of the hour desired, and when the hour is to be divided into three parts three such notches will be used; and disk 18 will be provided with two notches 39.

AS n illustration of one mode of using this machine, it can be supposed that, before starting on a run, the car conductor will set his machine so'that disk 12 will be in position to print the month in which said run is bemg made; disk 13 will, likewise, be

set to print either 1, 2, or 3, according to the particular third of the month in which the date of that run falls; disk 14 will be set so as, with the help of disk 13, to print the exact date of the run; disk 15 will, likewise, be set correctly to print the year; disks 16 and 17 can be set to print the time at which the particular run, will end, or any intermediate time, this being governed by the rules of the conductors employer; and disk 18 will be set to indicate either a.m. or pm. The machine being thus set, it will be unnecessary for the conductor to manipulate during the run any part thereof except the sectors 3, which,

as mentioned above, govern the printing and issuance of the transfers, said transfers consisting in pieces detached from the outer end of the paper roll 40, and the mechanism for printing the matter appearing on the transfer, as depicted in Fig. 20, on the outer end of said roll of paper, feeding said paper forward, detaching the transfer, and delivering same being all actuated from the sectors 3, said sectors 3 being operated by the conductors placing one of his fingers in the indentation 4 that governs the issuance of a transfer to some particular line, the name of which is marked in the particular indentation into which the conductor thus inserts his finger. When the conductor has thus inserted his finger into a particular indentation 4, he pulls toward him the particular sector containing that identation, each sector being rotatable upon shaft 41. When the conductors finger has moved so far while inserted in such indentation 4 that the finger strikes the edge 42 forming a stop or check of easing 1, the further movement of the sector toward the conductor is stopped, and pawl 43 catches in one of the indentations 4 and thus retains the sector in its forward position against the returning tension of spring 44 until the time when the cycle of operations of the hereinafter-describec'l parts has been completed, whereupon pawl 43 rests in notches 45 formed in partitions 46. In case the conductors finger is inserted in any one of the row of indentations 4 nearest to the conductor in sectors 3, pawl 43 seats in notch 47 instead of an indentation 4 when such sector is pulled toward the conductor. Pawl 43 consists of a long strip or rod or the like and, therefore, extends past all the partition walls 46 and substantially" from casing wall 48 to casing wall 49. The sheet or strip which terminates in pawl 43 is piv oted at 50 to the walls 48 and 49, the arm 51 being normally held by spring 52 in such posit-ion as to seat pawl 43 in notch 45 and to hold the lower end of arm 51 against projection 53 onlever 54 formed of resilient metal and pivoted at 55 to the wall of casing 1. Said lever 54 is a releasing means for the return of the sector to initial position, and is normally inactive, but only actuated by lever 56 after the transfer has been prlnted, in order to enable the return of sector 3 to the starting position. From the sheet which terminates in pawl 43 another arm 57 depends, projecting to such position as to be adapted to trip movable member 58 pivoted at 59 to rocking member 60, which is mounted on the main shaft 61 of the machine and adapted to rotate same therewith. \Vhen arm 57 trips member 58, it pushes same under projection 62 on operating rod 63, preferably operated by a foot treadle (not shown). When said treadle is depressed, rod 63 descends, pulling projection 62 with it, and, as said projection is then seated in notch 64 in member 58, and as member 58 is pivoted at 59 to rocking member 60, the descent of rod 63 rocks member and with it the main shaft 61. Plate 65, pivoted at 66 to member 58, is provided with a shoulder 67, which is pulled by spring 68 into engagement with shoulder 69 when the rocking of member 58 toward rod 63 has caused plate to move -in the" opposite direction. By this means, when member 58 has been moved into engagement with projection 62 on the operating rod by arm '57, member 58 will be held in said positionby the interlocking of shoulders 67 and 69. The movement of arm 57 toward member 58 is caused by the act of the conductor in pulling sector 3 forward, as, thereby, pawl 43 is caused to ride out of notch 45 and over the rims of indentations 4. In the operation of themachine, therefore, the first act of the conductor is the pulling toward him of one of the sectors 3, and his second act is the pulling downward with his foot of operating rod 63. Assuming that the machine has been set as above described, the only acts on the part of the conductor necessary to set in motion a complete cycle of operation, terminating in the printing and delivery of a transfer and return of all parts to initial position, are those of thus pulling the appropriate sector 3 toward him and depression of the foot treadle and the release of the latter.

In case the conductordeslres to issue several transfers of the same kind, it would be a waste of efiort to repeat the operation of pulling the appropriate sector 3 toward him, and, accordingly, under such circumstances, he is enabled, by means of handle 70, to hold the sector 3 in the position to which he has first pulled it by merely pressing upward on said handle, it being possible to hold the sector 3 in its advanced position either by means of said handle or by keeping the finger in the indentation 4 in which it has been inserted. As before stated, lever 54 is formed of resilient metal, and, as is evident from Figs. 3 and 4, when arm is held in upper position, shaft 50 is prevented from being rotated by the arm 56. Said arm 56, therefore, bearing against lever 54, and overcoming the resilience thereof, rides along said leverwithout causing the rotation of said shaft 50. But, when the arm 70 is released, and the shaft 50 is free to rotate, lever 54 rotates with shaft 55 insteadof bending, and arm 56 will cause said shaft 50 to rotate. Auxiliary to said seetorretaining device is the pawl 71 governed by the pin 72 that projects through slot 73 in casing 1, which pinthe conductor can depress with his free hand. Said pawl 71 normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 14, in which the upward pull of spring 74 on arm 75 causes pawl 71 to occupy a position in which the beveled point 76 of plate 65 rides past pawl 71 while said beveled point 76 is descending, but to catch thereon while ascending, said plate 65 being caused to travel downward when member 60 rotatcs in one direction, and to travel upward when said member makes its return rotation, the object of pawl 71 in its coaction with plate 65 being to throw member 58 back to its initial position by releasing same from the lock of shoulders 67 and 69. When, however, pin 72 is moved downwardly, nothing interferes with the rise of plate 65, and member 58, accordingly, remains in engagement with projection 62 on rod 63, enabling the conductor, by simply pressing down with his foot on the foot treadle connected with rod 63, to print and deliver as many of the same kind of transfers as he desires, their particular character being determined by the nature of the typeface 77 on the particular sector originally depressed.

The loose end 78 extending from the paper roll 40 passes underneath the ink ribbon 79, said paper and said ribbon being fed, preferably, transversely to each other. The transfers are printed upon the end of said loose part 78 of the paper. The ribbon 79 and part of the paper 78 underlie the typefaces 77 of the various sectors 3 and, also, the various disks 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18. The reading-matter indicated and adapted to be printed by each of said disks has already been described. The type-face on each sector 3 is adapted to print the names of the lines to which the transfers are to be issued, which names are indicated by the matter printed in each indentation 4. In addition, a fixed or set-type printingsurface 80 is provided, which is, also, located above the ribbon 79 and paper 78 and which is adapted to print the matter that is identical in each transfer issued by the particular machine in which it is founde. 9., the number fastened to rocking member 60.

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of the issuing machine, the name of the issuthe travel of said plate 87 being limited by pin 90, which is fixed to the wall ofcasing 1 and which enters slot 91. ith the hammer 81 normally in the position just stated, same is tripped by the arm 92 pivoted at 93 to rocking member 60 and normally held against stop 94 by spring 95 The free end of arm 92 normally engages the lip 96 on the end of arm 97 of the arm 82. lVhen rocking member 60 rocks toward the lip 96, arm 92 pushes against same until arm 82 has been rotated on its pivotal point 83 to such an extent as to allow arm 92 to ride off lip 96. The hammer 81, which has been thus depressed from its normal position, be ing suddenly released by the disengagement of arm 92 and lip 96, is, by means of spring 8 1, caused suddenly to spring upward and to make a sharp impact against the paper 78 underneath ribbon 7 9, and thus to print through ribbon 79 upon paper 78 from all the various printing surfaces hereinbefore mentioned. Rocking member 60 is caused to rotate toward lip 96 by the downward pull of rod 63 when resting in notch 641 in member 58 attached to said rocking When pressure of the foot treadle that pulls rod 63 downwardly has been removed, spring 98 immediately returns rocking member 60 to its initial position, thus causing arm 92 to re'elngage lip 96.

At 99 rocking member 60 is pivoted to rod 100, which is pivoted to plate 101, which is fixed to the main shaft 61 and rotates with said shaft 61. lVhen shaft 61 is rotated by the depression of rod 63, plate 101 and member 60 cause rod 100 to swing up into engagement with notch 102 in the pendent 103, said pendent being pivoted at 101t0 arm 105. Arm 105 is fixed to knife 106 so that when arm 105 is raised by the push of rod 100 on pendent 103 knife 106 is simultaneously raised, said knife and said arm 105 being pivoted on pin 107 to cross-piece 108 which extends from one side wall to the other of easing 1, which cross-piece 108 is located so nearly adjacent to knife 106 as to act as the shear against which knife 106 presses paper 78 to sever sections thereof from the roll. As knife 106 is pivoted at 107, it rotates counterclockwise when being raised by the pressure on pendent 103. WVhen such pressure has "been removed, 106 descends to the position shown'infFig.-2 under the scribed, it is desirable that sameshou'ldbe locked in raised position until thetransfer' hasbeeii fed out of the machine. The knife is thus locked in its 'raised'position' by the following means: hen. plate '101 is rotated by shaft 61 so as to cause rod 100 to engage pendent 103, the V-shaped projection 111 on plate 112,'-which' is pivoted at 113 to cross piece'108, is pulled by spring 114, fastened to','cross'-piece '115, underneath said plate "101', so 'as to, pre'ventitsretu'rn to its original position. When plate 101; continues to rotate, lug 116 on'arm 105 is raised so as to ride over and be caught by projection 117 from plate 112. The knife 106' is thus effectually held in its elevated position until, by the release of the rod 63, rocking member 60 has been allowed to return to its initialposition, carrying with "it, through intermediate parts, plate 101 to its initial 'position,"tlie descent of plate 101 pressing against'project'ion 111 'so as to push; plate 112 fromt-he perpendicular to the position shown'in'Fig. 2, thus withdrawing projection' 117 from' detaining engagement with lug 116, whereupon arm 105 and knife 106 arefreeto fall. Knife 106 thus falls upon the paper 78, and indent's same and cuts same from the paper roll 40, leaving, however, a small uncut part 118, this slight uncut part being left for the purpose of holding the transfer until removed by the hand of the passenger, so. as to prevent the transfer from dropping on the floor or being blown away by the wind. Before this cutting operation takes place, the paper 78 has been so fed forward as to have projected the printed transfer 119 through the mouth 120' of the macliine. Said delivery of the transfer 119 and feed of the paper 78 forward,so as to present it in proper position for the severance therefrom of ;tian'sfer 119 by the descent of knife 106, is accomplished by the following mechanism. The paper -roll 40 is mounted on shaft 121, journaled in bothsides .of eas- 'ing 1, said shaft 121- being aif aaa r122;

so that turning'of the button 123 in one direction will'fasten said shaftfirmly in place, while .turning .said button in the opposite direction v'vill disengage threads 122 from cooperating threads in theside of casing 1,.

making it possible topull out theshaft, in order to mount thereon a fresh roll of a er, the bottom part 124 ofcasingl (inc u ing both the bottom'proper and the lower side walls attached to same) being pivoted at'125 to the back of easing 1 and normally-fastened' in position by being fsprung .over lip 126on the front wall of easing .1. When thebottom has been dropped, access is afforded side wall to the other of easing 1.

into the interior of the casing 1 for the purpose either of changing the paper roll or any other desired purpose. The loose end of the paper 78 is led away from the roll 40 between the rolls .127 and 128 and over paper guide 129 and between the retaining flanges 130 of said paper guide, said paper guide being supported by cross-piece 108.

An opening, or openings, 131 in paper guide 129 allows hammer 81 to impact the paper for the printing operation, hereinbefore described. The rolls 127 and 128 are adjusted so close to each other as to apply a reasonable amount of pressure to the paper 78 therebetween, so that, when roll 128 is rotated, it will pull the paper 78 and feed same forward toward the knife 106, which is located adjacent to the termination of the paper guide 129. Roll 127 is driven only by the frictional contact between it and the paper and roll 128 butroll 128 is positively driven by pinion 132, which is loosely mounted on the shaft 133 of said roll128. Plate -134'is attached to pinion 132, anditself bears a dog 135,,which is normally pressed by spring 136 into the notch 137 in plate 138, which is fixed to shaft 133. When dog 135 is seated in said notch 137 and segmental rack" 139 on roc king member 60 is moving toward the right in Fig. 3, pinion 132 is rotated and thus drives roll 128, which causes the paper 78 to feed between rolls 127 and 128and forward toward knife106, and the feed f a P p i eentil edre 't knife 106 by reason of the small remaining point of attachment of the severed transfer tothe paper 7 8, and thus the transfer 119 is deliv A cred out of mouth 120. The operation of the foot treadle that causes the descent of operating rod 63 causes segmental rack 139 to assume the position that will later, as just described, produce the desired paper feed, but in moving to said operative position segmental rack 139 causes pinion 132 to rotate onlv loosely upon shaft 138, duetq the fact that dog 135,-held byspring 136 in notch 137 in plate 138, is thus caused to ride out of notch 137 and upon the periphery of plate 138 until a complete loose rotation of pinion 132 has been effected, whereupon spring l36' reseats dog 135 in'notch137, ready for the return operative movement of segmental rack 139, whereby the paper is'fed, as has been described.

Roll 127 is journaled in notches 140 in plates 141, which are, in turn, fixed to shaft 41 and, also, to rod 142 that runs from Tople e journals 143 of roll 127 are first inserted in said notches 140. Thereupon, plates 144, each containing a slot 145,- are slipped over theouter ends of journals 143, so that said journals re'st'in said'slots145, said plates 144 being held together by connecting rod 146, and being, in addition, pivoted at 147 to the shaft 133 of the upper roll 128, which shaft is journaled in both sides of easing 1. \Vhen the journals 143 of roll 127 have been inserted in slots 1455, same are efi'ectually locked in notches 140. Plate 144 at one end of roll 127 is provided with the additional slot 149, in which pin 150, extending from plate 141, fits so as to hold plates 141 and 144 in fixed relation to each other except for the movement allowed by the len th of slot 149 relative to the thickness of pin 150. \Vhen arm 151 is moved in one direction, slot 149 travels with relation to pin 150, and vice versa. Arm 151 extends from plate 144 through slot 152 in casing 1. Arm 151 controls the spacing apart and bringing together of rolls 127 and 128 when a new roll of paper 40 is supplied to the machine. \Vhen such new roll of paper 40 is placed on shaft 121, it is necessary to start paper 78 through the space between rolls 127 and 128, but this can not be conveniently accomplished without first separating them slightly by moving arm 151 toward the operator. After the paper has been passed between rolls 127 and 128, arm 151 is then pushed away from the operator. Thus, the separation and restored connection of rolls 127 and 128 are eflected. When arm 151 is moved toward the operator, it rotates loosely upon shaft 133. Slots 145 and 149, being non-concentric to each other, act as cam slots riding, respectively, on journal 143 and pin 150 to spread apart rolls 127 and 128. If plate 144 were connected to arm 151 by merely a pin, like 150, and slot 149 were omitted, said movement of arm 151 would, nevertheless, cause roll 127 to separate from roll 128, due to the leverlike force upon journals 143 that would thus be exercised by arm 151, same being fulcrumed on the shaft 133.

As the supply of paper decreases from the continuous printing and issuing of transfers,

it is desirable for the conductor to be warned before the inner end of paper roll 40 passes off shaft 121. Member 153, which is pivoted at 154 to a side wall of casing 1, is provided with a projection 155, which extends partly across roll 40 and is held thereagainst by spring 156. Arm 157 is pivoted-at 158 to member 153, and is held against stop 159 by spring 160. Spring 156 holds projection 1 155 constantly against roll 40, and, as said is provided with a roll diminishes in size, member 153 travels toward shaft 121 and carries with itIarm 157. Fixed to shaft 61 is member 161, which rojection 1'62 and is adapted to rotate w1t-h said shaft. When roll 40 diminishes to a few winds on shaft 121, member 153 and arm 157 travel to the position depicted in dotted lines in Fig. 11, and as member 161 rocks with shaft 61 projection 162 engages said arm during the return stroke of member 161, thereby causing said arm to strike the alarm bell 163, which is fastened to casing 1.

The arm 164, so mounted on shaft 61 as to rotate therewith, initially actuates the ribbon feed. Said arm 164, when rocked upwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4, impacts projection 165 on plate 166, and raises said plate. The forked member 167 is pivoted on projection 168 borne by plate 166 and is adapted to rock thereon. Said plate 166 is located adjacent to the horizontal part of frame 169, which is fastened by thumb-screws 170 to brackets 171 and thus supported by easing 1. Studs 172 project from frame 169 through slots 173 in plate 166 and limit its travel u wardly and downwardly. As forked memher 167 is attached by projection 168 to plate 166, the rise or fall of the latter raises or lowers forked member 167. Between the arms of said forkis located a pawl-173 which is adapted alternately to engage ratchets 174 and 175 when member 167 is rocked on projection 168 in either one direction or the other. The main body of member 167 contains two notches 176 and 177, in which alternately seats pawl 178 borne by arm 179 pivoted at 180 to plate 166. Spring 181 pulls pawl 178 into engagement with the notched lower part of member 167, so as to seat pawl 17 8 in notches 176 and 177.

W'henever shaft 61 is rotated by the pulling down of operating rod 63, arm 164 is raised, and causes plate 166 to raise member 167. \Vhile member 167 is rising, pawl 17 3 slides over the teeth of the particular ratchet (174 or 175) with which it is at that time engaged, but on its downward travel bites the teeth on said ratchet, and causes said ratchet to rotate on its shaft 182, and thus intermittently to feed the ribbon. From member 167 stud 183 projects to attach spring 184, which is at its other end attached to stud 185. Said stud 185 is borne by plate 186, and projects in both directions therefrom. That part of said stud that projects from the side of plate 186 opposite to 184 passes through slot 187 in frame 169 and through slot 188 in plate 166 and through slot 189 in forked member 167. Pawls 190 and 191 engage, respectively, ratchets 174 and 175, said ratchets being mounted on the ribbon spools 192' and 193, mounted on shafts 182. When pawl 190 is in engagement with ratchet 174, pawl 191 is disengaged from ratchet 175, and vice versa. Pawl 190 is in engagement with ratchet 174 at the same time that pawl 17 3 engages that ratchet and'holds said ratchet from retrogression while awl 17 3 is rising; but, while pawl 173 is escending, pulllng with it ratchet 174, pawl 190 rides freely over the teeth of ratchet 17 4. The operation of pawl 191 in connection with ratchet 175 is similar. pawls 190 and 191 with their respective ratchets is produced by stud 185, which moves plate 186 to cause studs 194 and 195 to actuate pawls 190 and 191 either to en gage or disengage the ratchets 174 and 175. When plate 186 is moved'to the left (Fig.

6), stud 194 rides on the beveled foot 196 of through slots 200 in pawl 190 in such manner as to throw pawl 190 out of engagement ,with ratchet 174, while simultaneously stud 195 so rides on the beveled foot 197 of pawl 191 in such manner as to allow same, under the influence 1 of spring 198, to engage ratchet 175. \Vhen plate 186 is moved in the opposite direction, stud 195 throws pawl 191 out of engagement with ratchet 175 and, by removal of stud 194 from proximity to foot 196, allows spring 199 to throw pawl 190 into engagement with ratchet 174. Studs 172 pass plate 186 and support same on frame 169. 'lhe movement of stud 185 tothe rightor left, which causes simultaneous and similar movement of plate 186, is produced bythe rocking of forked member 167; and thus, when forked member 167 has rocked so as to cause pawl 173 to engage ratchet 174, pawl 190 will also be caused to engage the same ratchet. When, on the other hand, pawl 17 3 engages ratchet 175, pawl 191 will simultaneously be thrown into engagement therewith. To prevent loose motion of plate 186, its edge is notched as at 201 202, which notches receive the bent portion 203 of spring 204. Slots 188 and 189 allow the vertical movement of the forked member 1.67 and of plate 166. Slot 187 allows horizontal movement of plate 186.

The ribbon 79 passes from the ribbon spools over ribbon guides 205 at the ends of the forked arms of member 167 and thence around idlers 206 supported by the branched arms 207 of frame 169. Then, for instance, the ribbon is feeding from spool 193 to spool 192 and has been nearly all unwound from spool 193 (as shown in Figs.

5 and 6), the amount of ribbon on spool 193 is so small that the angle at which same feeds 'to the ribbon guide 205 adjacent thereto issueh as to put a tension on ribbon 79 between spool 193 and the nearest idler, the resultant of the pressure exerted by the ribbon on the guide which causes the sharpest angular pull being greater than that exerted by the substantially straight away pull exerted by the opposite stretch of said ribbon. Such tension results in rocking forked member 167'until pawl 173 engages the ratchet on spool 193, whereuponthe ribbon 79 obviously begins to feed in the opposite direction and so continues until spool 192 is nearly emptied, which produces such tension of the ribbon thereupon that the member 167 rocks in the opposite direction,

.lever being provided with a nose I jection 62.

The alternate engagement of i saidrocking movement of said forked member 167 producing not only the necessary engagement-of pawl 173 with the appropriate ratchet 174 or 17 5 but also the engagement of the appropriate pawl 190 or 191 with the appropriate ratchet 174 or 175, as hereinbefore explained.

In order to produce a gentle stoppage of the sectors 3 when they return, under the impulsion of spring 44, to their initial positions, each arm 208 is provided with a dashpot 209 which is not attached thereto but borne by piston 210 supported by bracket 211 attached to side walls 48 and 49 of casing 1, said dash-pot 209 being impacted by hammer 212 on arm 208. Each of said arms is pivoted on shaft 41. Bracket 211 consists of a plate which runs from wall 48 to wall 49 of the top part of easing 1 and bears a plurality of pistons 210 and each of said pistons supporting its dash-pot in line with its arm 208. To prevent too great resiliency of the air in the dash-pots, each is provided with an escape vent 213. Said dash-pots provide a cushioned seat for the return of the arms 208, said return being more or less rapid by reason of the pull of spring 44. The first stoppage of the return of arms 208 is, therefore, gentle and non-jarring, but after said arms have been thus resiliently received, a final stop is provided for each sector in the shape of a block 214 furnished with a felt or other suitable similar pad 215 in cup 216 in block 214, hammer 217 on arm 208 impacting said felt or'like material.

Cord 218 runs to the ordinaryfare register, and is fastened to pin' 219 projecting from the upright arm 220 of a bell-crank lever pivoted at 221 to the side wall of, casing 1, the other arm 222 of saidbell-crank 223 against which arm 224 normally rests, said arm being pivoted at 225 to the lower part of nose 223. The opposite end of projection 62 from that which rocks arm 60 normally is seated in a notch 226 in the top of pivoted arm 224, and when thus arranged, whenever the foot treadle pulls down operating rod 63,

said projection 62 pushes on arm 224 so as to rock the bell-crank leverto which bell cord 218 is attached, thus registering a fare. If, however, for any reason, it be undesirable to register a fare at the time when the other operations of the machine are necessary, the

key 227 can be depressed, same being mounted on bell-crank lever 228 pivoted at 229 to the side wall of easing 1, said bell-crank having a hooked end 230 which normally engages and overlaps a pin 231 projecting from arm 224. Spring 232 normally pulls key 227 to the position in which hook 230 holds arm 224 against nose 223 and underneath pro- When, however, key 227 is depressed, bell-crank 228 is rocked on pivot 229, which causes hook 230 to move forward and to pull against pin 231, thus rocking arm 224 on pivot 225 from engagement with projection 62, thus leaving the equivalent of a long groove in which projection 62 can descend when operating rod 63 is pulled downward. The waste motion of projection 62, when arm 224 has thus been moved out of the way, prevents the rocking of the bellcrank having arms 220 and 222, the former of which is connected to cord 218 and thus prevents the registering of a fare bythe depression of the operating rod 63.

To prevent getting the paper feed out of order or possible other detriment to the mechanism, it is desirable to provide means necessitating the completion of the operation of the foot treadle for depression of the operating rod 63 after same has once been started, and for this purpose the detent 233 is fixed to shaft 61. Pawl 234 engages the segmental rack 235 on detent 233, said pawl being pivoted at 236 to one of the side walls of the casing 1. The pawl 234 is made of such length that the distance from its pivotal center to the end of its tooth or point is greater than from said pivotal center to the bottom of one of the depressions in segmental rack 235, which construction results in said pawl being constantly in a position slightly off center, by which means it is possible for segmental rack 235 to travel .in only one direction relative to said pawl, as said pawl can not ride backward over any tooth in rack 235 until the end of said rack has been reached, whereupon said pawl has room enough for play so as to be off center in the opposite direction and to ride backward on said teeth. As detent 233 is fixed to shaft 61, it is obvious that the cycle of operations of themachine must be com leted when once started. Spring 237 hol s the pawl 234 against the teeth of rack 235. Pin 238 is arranged to strike arm 239 or other suitable part of a numbering m'achine 240 (of any ordinary form of construction) to cause said numbering machine to print a consecutive number on each transfer issued.

In the modification of the hammer shown in Figs. 18 and 19, a plurality of arms 241 are provided each of which bears a hammer 242. Each of said arms 241 is loosely mounted on rod 243 extending between arms 82, and is separated from the one adjacent thereto by a spacing collar 244 on said rod. Rods 245 and 246, also, extending between arms 82 hold end 247 on each arm 241 in place and obviate the necessity of plate 87. In this form of hammer springs 84 and 85 hold hammers 242 adjacent to the paper 78, rod 245 holds said hammers out of engagement with 'said paper and rod 246 limits the rotation of each arm but allows said arm 241 to rotate and cause said hammers to impact said paper.

The operation of the machine is as follows: On starting each trip, the conductor will set the disks 12 to 18, inclusive, in posi tion to print the month, date, year, and time of the dayhe is due at an intermediate or terminal point on that trip in accordance with the rules of his employer as hereinabove described. The said disks having thus been set, the conductor, upon desiring to issue a transfer to a line intersecting or c0nnecting the one on which he is running, will place his finger into the particular indentation'4 of a sector 3, which bears the name of the line to which the transfer is to be issued and then pull that sector toward himself until his said finger strikes the edge 42 of casing 1 whereupon the conductor will remove his finger and the said sector will be held in place by the pawl 43. The pulling of the said sector in this manner causes the type faces 77 to rotate on shaft 41 and the particular type face bearing the same name of the line as borne by the said finger indentation, to occupy a print-ing position. The pulling forwardly of the said sector causes the pawl 43 to ride over notch 47 and an indentation or indentations 4, and the arm 57 to move inwardly against member 58, which is rotated thereby on pivot 59 on rocking member-60. Normally, shoulder 67 on plate 65 is out of engagement with shoulder 69 on rocking member 60, but when said member 58 is rotated inwardly by arm 57, said shoulder 67 is moved over said shoulder 69 and pulled into engagement therewith by sprin 68. Notch 64 in said member 58 is move to a position underlying projection 62 which is seated therein when rod 63 is depressed by ressure on the foot lever. The depression 0 the foot lever on the lower end of rod 63 causes said rod to move downwardly and projection 62 to seat in notch 64, whereby member 60 is rocked and with it shaft 61 and all parts rigidly secured thereto. As member 60 nears the end of its downward movement the beveled point 76 of plate 65 rides past awl 71. During the first portion of the roe g of member 60, arm 92 pushes on lip 96 of arm 97 causing arms 82 and rod 83 to rotate and lower the hammer 81 from proximity with aper 78. As said member 60 is continued to be rocked by the depression of the foot lever, the pushing of arm 92 on Ii 96 increases the tension of springs 84 and 85 which cause the hammer 81 to return suddenly and impact the paper 78 when said arm 92 passes out of engagement with saidlip 96. This impactof hammer 81 on paper 78 causes the set type 80 and the said types set as above described to print throu h ribbon 79. As detent 233 rocks with sai shaft,

periphery of said plate the transfer, member 56, which is secured to and rocked by shaft 61,engages lever 54 andcauses-same to rotate on plvot 55. Projection 53 on said lever is pushed inwardly against arm 51 of pawl 43 whereby the sector 3 is released and allowed to return to its initial position under the tension of spring 44. When the sector, that has been pulled forward by the conductor, has been released as hereinabove described, hammer 212 on arm 208 impacts the dash pot 209, which works over piston 210, and the sudden return of said sector is thereby decreased to a slow easy motion until hammer 217 reaches the final stop 215. During the entire rocking of member 60 by the depression of the foot lever, segmental rack 139 rotates pinion 132 and with it plate 134 and dog 135 attached thereto (clockwise in Figs. 3 and 8) loosely on shaft 133. Dog 135is normally seated in notch 137 in plate 138, which is rigidly fastened to said shaft 133, but when said pinion is rotated in the manner as just described, said dog travels upon the 138 until it is reseated in said notch by spring 136. Simultaneous with the rocking of member 60 and with it shaft 61 by the downward movement of rod 63, plate 101moves out of engagement with the V-shaped projection on plate 112 which is immediately drawn to a vertical position by spring 114. Rod 100, borne by plate 101 and said member 60, enters notch 102 in pendent 103, which is pivoted to arm 105, and raises same, causing lug 116 to ride over projection 117 on plate 112. Said lug rests upon said projection and knife 106, being fixed to arm 105, is held thereby in a raised position which allows the end 78 of roll 40 to be fed out of the machine beneath said knife. Member 164 engages projection 165 on plate 166 and raises said plate and forked member 167, which causes pawl 173 to ride over one or more teeth of the ratchet 174 (Fig.6) with by spring which it is in engagement. The tension of spring 184 is increased b the upward movement of said member 16 and the pawl 190 prevents the backward movement of said ratchet. At the completion of the downward movement of rod 63 and with it member 60, the pressure on the foot lever is released and" said member is returned to its normal position by spring 98. During the return of said member 60, beveled point 76 on plate 65 is caught by pawl 71 which draws shoulder 7 out of engagement with shoulder 69 and member 58 is then moved 68 to its normal position. Arm 92 then rides past lip 96 and spring 95 seats said arm behind said lip in the position to again trip hammer 81. The return of segmental rack 139 rotates pinion 132 in the opposite, direction and by reason of dog 135 having been seated in notch 137 in plate 138,

said plate and with it roll 128 are rotated with said pinion and end 78 of paper roll 40 is fed out of the machine through mouth 120. Member 164, returning to its normal position, disengages projection 165 on plate 166, which is returned to its normal position by spring 184. Assaid plate 166 descends, forked member 167 and pawl 17 3 travel therewith and said pawl rotates ratchet ,174 and with it spool 192, whereby ribbon 79 is caused to be wound on said spool and unwound from spool 193. Ribbon 79 will continue to be fed intermittently from spool 193 to spool 192 during the successive operations of the machine until the feeding mechanism has been reversed as hereinabgve described, which will cause said ribbon to befed in the opposite direction. At the end of the return stroke of member 60 plate 101 striking projection 111 on plate 112 pushes projection 117 from beneath lug 116' and spring 109 then causes knife 106 to drop suddenly on end 78 which is severed thereby and transfer 119 held by the uncut ortion 118 to said end is-ready to be torn off by the passenger.

In some places where the machine can be used it is desirable to print thetransfer, ticket, or the like, in duplicate and to store the duplicate form within the machine, and this is accomplished as follows: The paper roll 40 comprises two pieces of paper which are fed between the roller 127 and the roller 128 toward the type faces. The piece 78 receives the printed matter and is fed in the usual way out of the machine through the mouth 120. The piece 241, is preferably transparent, passes across the type faces, then over the guide 249 and: is wound on the roll or spool 250 which is inclosed within the machine and is adapted to be removed when desired. Ribbon 79 passes between piece 78 andpiece 248, and, when the hammer 81 is tripped and caused to impact paper 78, the printed matter is imprinted thereon and, also, on the piece 248. Obviously the. same printed matter would appear backwardly on one side of piece 248, but said piece being transparent allows the printed matter to be readily read from the opposite side of the paper. Spring 251 is adapted to maintain a tension on the piece of paper 248 and, also, to cause said paper to wind on roll 250 when said paper is fed forwardly by roller 128. In the preferred form (shown in the drawings) the ribbon 79 is used to 'print the duplicate, but it should be understood that apiece of carbon paper can be advantageously used for the

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