US2828687A - Machine for severing, printing and stacking ticket strips - Google Patents

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April 1, 1958 E. H. MUDE MACHINE FOR SEVERING, PRINTING ANDSTACKING TICKET STRIPS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 15, 1953 ATTORNEYS April 1, 1958' E. H. MUDE MACHINE FOR SEVERING, PRINTING ANDSTACKING TICKET STRIPS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 15, 1953 INVENTOR.

' ERNEST HENRY MUDE FIG. 3.

MACHlNE non sEvninNG, PRINTING AND STACKING rreknr srnrrs Ernest Henry Mude, Kingsbury, London, England, as-

sign'or to GeneralRegister Corporation, Long Island vCity, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 15', 1953, Serial No. 349,034

.7 Claims. (Cl. 101-66) More specifically, it is an object of the invention to provide a ticket issuing machine which comprises in combination means for feeding a ticket strip through a machine in predetermined successive lengths, means for severing each of the successive lengths from the strip,

means for receiving the leading end of each of the lengths of the strip as it is severed and thereafter printing requisite data thereupon, means for receiving the leading end of the printed lengths of the strip during the printing operation and for feeding them to a stacker after the printing operation has been completed, and means for presenting the stacked pile of tickets to a purchaser after a predetermined number of tickets have been printed and stacked.

The invention will be more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 illustrates in side elevation a machine constructed in accordance with the present invention with the side plate thereof removed;

.Figure 2 illustrates in detail the mechanism'for controlling the number of tickets fed to the stacking mechanism; and

Figure 3 illustrates in detail the mechanism for feeding the individual tickets to the stacking device.

Referring to Figure l of the drawings, there is provided a ticket issuing machine which comprises incombination rollers 1 and 2 for feeding a predetermined length of paper from a strip 3 thereof, a knife 4 and a block 5 for severing the said length of paper from the strip, roller 7 and printingdies 6 for receiving the leading end of the said length as it is severed and printing requisite data thereon, androllers 9 and 10 for receiving the leading end of said printed length of paper and, after the printing operation on the paper has been completed, feeding'the same to astacker member 11 and pressure plate 12.

The structure and general operation of the machine are as follows:

Apinion 32 is driven by anelectric motor 32. The motor is energized upon the actuation ofkey 13. Depression of thekey 13 depresses thelever 51 and moves thearm 52 in a clockwise direction closing contacts 52' energizing the motor circuit in a conventional manner. Thepinion 32 is arranged in mesh with apinion 14 adapted to drive a pinion operatively connected to and positioned behind a printing drum 15 as viewed in Figure 1 which carriesdies 6, 6' and 8, 8' so disposed upon the printing drum so as to print an impression upon a length severed from the strip 3 when the said length passes between thedies 6, 6 and S, 8 and the impression roller 7. Mounted so as to rotate with the printing drum is aplate 16 which carries apin 17 arranged to engage once in every revolution of the printing drum with 2. Geneva i States Patent "11 and 12.

mechanism 13 so as to rotate a pinion 19 through one quarter of its periphery, which is equivalent to a complete rotation of a gripping roller 9. Thus, the gripping roller 9 is maintained in the position illustrated in Figure 1 for the remainder of the rotation of the printing drum and particularly while thedies 6, 6' and 8, 8 are printing upon the severed length of the strip 3. The disposition of thefiat 21 on the gripping roller is such that it facilitates the feeding of the leading end of the length into thestacker 11 and 12 and insures that when the printing operation is completed the trailing edge 22 of the flat 21 grips the length between it and theroller 10 and feeds the length, which is now The stacking mechanism comprises an open-ended trough 11 of rectangular cross-section and a yieldingly mounted pressure plate 12 pivotally mounted upon a spindle 23 fixed totrough 11 and arranged so as to bear in response to the urging of a spring 12' coiled around the spindle 23 and acting between the plate 12 and a spindle 23 fixed to thetrough 11 against any ticket issued by the gripping roller 9 and theroller 10 and so retain the ticket in the stacker as shown in Figure 3. The stacker is carried upon anarm 24 pivoted uponspindle 25 in abracket 26 mounted upon the machine. Thearm 24 is provided with a downwardly extendingplate 27 which carries at the free end thereof aroller 28 which bears against the surface of acam 29 so designed that when the desired number of tickets have been printed and ejected into the stacker thecam 29 permits theplate 27 to move in a clockwise direction under the influence of aspring 30 and so raise the stacker upwardly in ashield 31 so that the severed tickets extend from the free end of said shield to permit the purchaser to remove them from the stacker. It will be appreciated that while the stacker is in its lowermost position a purchaser cannot take hold of the tickets.

Thepinion 32 in addition to meshing with thepinion 14 carries a further pinion 33 which meshes with a pinion 34 which carries the gripping member 1 in such a manner that for once in every revolution of the printing drum the gripping member 1 and theinterengaging roller 2 grip the strip 3 and feed the same through a channel 35 and a severing device by a length equivalent to one ticket. During one complete revolution of the pinion 32 aroller 101 attached thereto moves the pivoted shoe 102 in a counterclockwise direction. The upper end of the shoe 102 is forked to engage the circular end 103 of a bellcrank lever pivotally mounted on a spindle 66. The bell crank lever 65 carries a pillar 67, the upper end of which supports and moves the knife 4 so that when a strip equivalent to the length of a ticket has been fed by thefeeding mechanism 1 and 2, the knife member 4 of the guillotine is operated to sever the leading end of the strip from the strip 3. Further rotation of thepinion 32 causes theroller 101 to engage the arm 104 of the lever 65 which rocks the said lever about its pivot 66 in a counter clockwise direction, moving the knife 4 clear of the paper strip.

It will be appreciated from the general description set out above that when the machine is operated the gripping member 1 together with theroller 2 feeds the strip 3 forwardly by an extent equivalent to the length of one ticket. The leading end of the web 3 is then gripped between the printing dies 6, 6' and 8, 8 and the impression roller 7 and at the same time the guillotine 4 and 5 is operated so as to sever the length of material from the strip equivalent to one ticket. The ticket is fed by the printing dies 6, 6' and 8, 3' and the impression roller 7 upwardly through thechannel 38. Due to the fact that the flat 21 on the gripping roller 9 is disposed in the Patented Apr. 1,

a printed ticket, into the stacker position illustrated in Figure l the leading end of the tickets is unimpeded and passes freely between therollers 9 and 10. When the ticket has been fully printed the Genevamechanism 18 comes into operation so as to cause the trailing edge 22 of the flat 21 to grip the ticket which is released by the printing die 8' and the impression roller 7, and feed it between the wall of thestacker 11 and the yieldably mounted pressure plate 12.

The printing drum upon which the printing dies 6, 6' and 8, 8 are mounted carries, as is clearly illustrated in Figure 2, anarm 39 at the free end of which are formed twoteeth 40 adapted to engage with the teeth of apinion wheel 41 so as to rotate the same a distance equivalent to one tooth for each complete rotation of the printing drum. The printing dies 6, 6 and 8, 8' are omitted from the showing in Figure 2 for the purpose of clarity. Thepinion 41 carries asecond pinion 42 arranged to engage with apinion 43 which in turn meshes with apinion 44 operable to engage with apinion 45 which engages with apinion 46 upon which is mounted twolobes 47 disposed l80 apart.

With the arrangement hereinbefore described, it is such that foreach rotation of the printing drum thepinion 46 rotates through 36, thus insuring that at each fifth revolution of the printing drum thelobe 47 is brought into a position in which it engages with a pin 48 of adisc 49 adapted to carry aplate 50.

When akey 13 of the ticket issuing machine is depressed onearm 51 is lowered and theother arm 52 is moved in a clockwise direction to move arod 53 to the left, as viewed in Figure l. Therod 53 carries at one end thereof apin 54 arranged to bear against onearm 55 of a bell crank lever pivotally mounted at 56 and thereby move theother arm 57 of the bell crank lever in a counterclockwise direction so as to move apin 58 out of engagement with the lower end of theplate 50 which under the influence of aspring 59 is moved in a counterclockwise direction until theprojection 60 bears against the pin 61. In such a position apin 62 on abar 63 is free to move in the longitudinal direction of the said bar in view of the fact that anabutment 64 on the free end of thearm 57 of the bell crank lever has been moved out of the path of thepin 62. Such being the case thebar 63 pivotally connected at 107 to thelever 106 is free to be moved in a longitudinal direction by thetorsion spring 105 rotating thelever 106 in a: clockwise direction around a pivot 105'. Rotation of thelever 106 in a clockwise direction brings the roller 37 mounted on the lower end of thelever 106 into engagement with cam 36. Thebar 63 is now free to be moved to the left as viewed in Figure 1 by the rise of the cam 36 and to be moved to the right as viewed in Figure 1 by the action of the spring 195 when the roller 37 passes over the fall of the cam 36.

When the machine has issued five tickets one of thelobes 47 engages with the pin 4-8 and moves thedisc 49 in a clockwise direction to permit thepin 58 to rise behind the lower end of theplate 56 and thereby bring theabutment 64 up into the path of thepin 62 on the end of thebar 63 when thebar 63 is moved to the right by the action of cam 36. Movement of the machine is then arrested by the lower end of the bar 68 carried by thelever 106 engaging with a shoulder 69 formed on a plate 70 mounted on thepinion 32 and preventing further rotation of thepinion 32.

In view of the fact that thecam 29 on the printing drum rotates once for every ticket printed and further in view of the fact that it is desired that thestacker trough 11 should be held at the lower end of theshield 31 means are provided whereby theroller 28 is held so that the stacker is in its lowermost position during the period that live tickets are issuing into the stacker.

The mechanism which permits this operation comprises a link 71 pivotally mounted at one end to the plate 5t: and at the other end to anarm 72 of a bell crank lever, the

other arm 73 of which is provided with atooth 74 arranged to engage with atooth 75 mounted on theplate 27 so that when thecam 29 moves theroller 28 into its extreme right hand position as viewed in Figure 1 thetooth 74 engages with theteeth 75 to lock thestacker trough 11 in its depressed position and is only released therefrom when the plate Sit is released by one of thelobes 47. When the stacker is released it moves together with the five tickets upwardly in theshield 31 and the free ends of the five tickets are presented to the vendor above the upper end of thebar 31 in a position which is believed will be evident by viewing the positions of the stacker through 11 in Figures 1 and 3.

Although the machine hereinbcfore described specifically relates to a machine which delivers five tickets at a time it will be appreciated that other numbers of tickets may be issued at a time, for example, if only onelobe 47 instead of two diametrically disposed lobes is provided the machine will then automatically deliver ten tickets at a time.

Thus, it will be seen that according to the present invention there is provided a machine which is simple in its construction, efficient in its operation which automatically insures that a predetermined number of severed tickets are delivered to a stacker for each operation of the machine.

What is claimed is:

1. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding successive predetermined lengths of a ticket strip through the machine, means for successively severing the predetermined lengths of the strip, means for stacking successive severed lengths of the strip in superimposed relation, means for feeding the severed lengths of the strip into the stacker, locking means for blocking further operation of the strip feeding means after the predetermined number of severed lengths of strip have been fed to the stacker, manually operated means for holding the locking means in an inoperative position and initiating the operation of the machine, and means including a lobe carried by a pinion rotatable through an angle dependent upon the number of lengths of strip delivered 7 for releasing the locking means after a predetermined number of lengths of the strip have been fed through the machine.

2. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for receiving and stacking successive severed printed lengths of ticket strip, an open ended enclosure, an open ended member positioned within said enclosure for receiving said successive severed lengths of ticket strip, a yielding pressure plate for holding said lengths of ticket strip in superimposed relation against said member and means for dis placing said member within said enclosure for exposing the leading ends of a stack of lengths of strip in superimposed relation after the stack has been accumulated.

3. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for stacking tickets and means for feeding successive severed printed lengths of ticket strip to said stacking means, said stacking means including shielding means, an open ended member for receiving said successive severed lengths of ticket strip, a yielding pressure plate for holding said lengths of ticket strip in superimposed relation against said member and means for positioning said member in a stationary position located to receive severed lengths of ticket strip from said feeding means during the feeding of a plurality of lengths of ticket strip and to thereafter position said member with respect to said shielding means to expose the leading ends of the stack of said accumulated lengths of strip.

4. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding a predetermined number of successive predetermined lengths of ticket strip through the machine, means for successively severing the predetermined number of lengths of the strip, means for receiving the leading ends of the i successive lengths as they are severed and printing requisite data on the severed lengths, means for stacking the successive printed severed lengths of the strip, means for receiving the leading ends of the successive lengths as they are printed and feeding the successive lengths to the stacker, and means operating after the predetermined number of lengths have been stacked, for presenting the stacked predetermined number of lengths for removal from the machine.

5. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding a predetermined number of successive predetermined lengths of ticket strip through the machine in response to a single actuation of a single machine operation initiating means, means for successively severing the predetermined number of lengths of the strip, means for receiving the leading ends of the successive lengths as they are severed and printing requisite data on the severed lengths, means for stacking the successive printed severed lengths of the strip, means for receiving the leading ends of the successive lengths as they are printed and feeding the successive lengths to the stacker, and means operating after the predetermined number of lengths have been stacked, for presenting the stacked predetermined number of lengths for removal from the machine.

6. A ticket issuing machine comprising means for feeding a predetermined number of successive predetermined lengths of a ticket strip through the machine, means for successively severing the predetermined number of lengths of the strip, control means including a printing roller for successively receiving the leading end of each of the severed lengths of the strip and successively printing requisite data on the predetermined number of lengths received, means for stacking successive printed severed lengths of the strip in superimposed relation, means for successively feeding the printed severed lengths of the strip into the stacker, locking means responsive to rotation of the printing roller for blocking further operation of the strip feeding means, severing means and printing roller after the predetermined number of lengths of strip have been fed to the stacker, and manually operated means for moving the locking means to an inoperative position and initiating the operation of the machine.

7. Apparatus in accordance withclaim 6 wherein the manual means includes means for releasing the locking means after the predetermined number of lengths of the strip have been fed through the machine.

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