Untitled record

Application filed September 20,1890. Serial No, 365,583. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: .

Be it known that I, Milton Everett, a citizen of the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of 5 Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain novel improvements in ticket-reels, or in spools for to containing a long strip of tickets, separated from each other by transverse perforations, to enable the tickets to be removed quickly and readily.

It is my purpose to provide a simple a,nd inexpensive device of this character in which the reel, which is filled with the ticket-strip, is mounted upon an angular shaft moving with the reel,' said shaft being provided with a journal at or near one end, said journal 2o having bearing in a standard or bracket rigid upon a base piece or plate adapted to be bolted or screwed to a table or desk.

It is my purpose, also, to mount upon the end of the shaft immediately outside the 25 bracket or standard a ratchet-wheel, and to pivot upon the bracket a spring-pressed pawl engaging said ratchet, and to combine with the ticket-reel a suitable friction - spring, whereby the movement of the reel or spool 30 after each advance is arrested and the wound strip held closely upon the reel. _

It is my purpose, also, to provide a ticketreel which shall have intermittent movement, being arrested after each fractional move35 ment in advance, thereby preventing the accidental pay-off of the strip by the momentum of the reel.

It is my further purpose to simplify and improve the construction and operation of 40 devices of this character and effect a material reduction in the cost of manufacture.

To these ends my invention consists in the several novel features of construction and new combinations of parts, hereinafter fully 45 set forth, and then definitely pointed out in the claims following this specification.

To enable others to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe the same in detail, reference being had to the drawings 50 accompanying this specification, in which—

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the machine.shown in Fig/ 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the angular shaft removed from the machine. Fig. 4 55 is a view of the reel or spool removed from its shaft.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates a base-plate of any suitable form and dimensions, provided with openings 2, 60 whereby it may be screwed or bolted to a table, desk, or other suitable support. Rising from this base-plate and preferably at or near the central point is a standard or bracket 3, having a height in excess of the semi-diame- 65 ter of the reel, to provide the necessary clearance, and in the upper end of said bracket, which is expanded and thickened, is formed a seat for a journal 4, formed upon the end of an angular shaft 5. This journal-bearing 70 is of such length that when placed in its bearing its end will project beyond the outer face of the bracket.

Upon the angular portion of the shaft 5 is slipped a reel or spool consisting of a central 75 core 6, upon the outer faces of which are fastened disks 7, the distance between the inner faces of said disks being such as to admit the ticket-strip 8. The core 0 is provided with a central angular opening 9 of sufficient 80 size to permit the reel to be placed upon and removed from the angular shaft, upon which it is held by a cross-pin 10.

Upon that end of the journal which projects beyond the outer face Of the bracket 3 85 is keyed or otherwise rigidly mounted a ratchet - wheel 12, a short sleeve 13 being slipped upon the end outside the ratchet and fastened by a set-screw. Upon the outer face of the bracket or standard is pivotally 90 mounted or fulcrumed a pawl or dog having its nose engaging with the teeth of the ratchet, against which it is held by a spring 15, bearing at one end against the lower extremity of the pawl, and at the other end against a lug 95 16 upon the face of the bracket. Riveted or otherwise fastened upon the base-plate 1 is a flat leaf-spring 17, which, as shown, extends beneath the reel and curved upward, its free end being caused to bear against the periph- ico ery of the wound strip at the back of the reel.

The operation of the device is as follows: The ticket-seller by exerting a moderate tension upon the free end of the strip causes the

444,342 reel to revolve; but its motion is instantly checked by the nose of the pawl snapping into the recess behind the next succeeding tooth upon the ratchet. Even if the strain upon 5 the strip be continuous, the reel will have an intermittent motion, even though the period of arrest maybe exceedingly short. The flat leaf-spring 17 bearing against the strip keeps it in place upon the reel and also tends to io check the continuance of the revolution after the strain is relaxed. Thus a sunden pull or . jerk upon the strip will only unreel a very short length, instead of setting the reel in swift motion and paying off a large number 15 of tickets, most of which must be again wound thereon.

By inaking the shaft angular and causing it (0 fit in the central aperture of the reel, both reel find shaft are compelled to rotate in 20 unison, and an exceedingly cheap and efficient device is provided.

It should be noted that the bracket in which the reel-shaft is journaled may be an i ntegral portion of the base-plate l,or it maybe sepa25 rately formed and riveted or otherwise attached. I may also substitute for the spring operating the pawl any other form of spring suitable for the purpose.