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TICKET ISSUING MACHINES
Details of Three Promising Instruments which Indicate the Trend of Design
IN dealing with the various recent .developments which have taken place in the design of ticket-issuing machines and accounting systems we have had to confine our review to those machines the makers of which were prepared or sufficiently advanced to give us particulars. The problem of producing a satisfactory machine of the kind would appear to be a more difficult one than was at first anticipated by some who entered the field.
We notice a general trend towards simplification, some of the designers appearing to recognize that they were trying to do too much within the limited space and weight of a machine that is expected to be carried by a conductor.
In some instances the roll of tickets has been replaced by a single ticket which serves for all values, etc., a complete record being kept in the machine, -whilst in other cases the roll of tickets is retained, but all accounting is transferred to automatic or semi-automatic machines which are kept at the office.
DOG The Wood Ticket-issuing Machine and Accounting System.
The system employed in connection with this machine is to provide for a number of machines to be carried by conductors and a stationary decoding machine, which does practically the whole of the accounting work, giving a complete record of all tickets issued on each stage, their value, class and other particulars the service may require.
• In this the machine appears to differ from any other, as the record is produced without human aid, the decoding machine being exactly similar to that used in the telegraph offices of the world.
An illustration shows the conductor's machine with the covers removed, the roll of plain paper being sufficient for 1,000 tickets, which are printed and fed out by rotating rollers at each movement of the lever shown on the left. The price is set by the disc, also seen on the left, whilst two discs on the right set the stage, date and any other particular which may be required.
The perforated strip hanging down is shown in that position for clearness, but in operation it coils from one small roller to another, advancing 1 in. at the delivery of each ticket.
When the conductor hands in his machine this strip is removed and passed through the decoding machine ; this deals with it in the same way as a telegram, decoding the perforations into the amounts of fares taken on each stage, the totals being shown on a number of counters which is operated in a simple manner by means of electromagnets.
By the aid of the decoding machine, which works very rapidly, any number of the conductors' machines can be dealt with in a very short time. The weight carried by the conductor is 2 lb. 8 oz. plus the roll of 1,000 tickets weighing 4 oz. The machine measures 61 ins. by 6i ins. by 21 ins. It can be carried either in front or on the hip, and it is made by Wood, Wood and Co., Ltd., 79, Chandos House, Palmer Street, London, S.W.1. The Hall Autographic Ticketissuing Machine.
The outstanding features of the Hall machine are its ability fo deal with an unlimited number of different fares, stages, classes, etc., and its extreme simplicity.
The machine itself comprise little more than a box containing a roll of 750 pre-printed tickets, which are perforated for separation, a means for feeding out the tickets, a recording roll of thin paper which travels partly with the tickets and is then retained on a roller in the machine, and a carbon strip which lies between the ticket and the recording strip.
The machine contains no counters or other mechanism which is in any way likely to get out of order, a full record of all fares, stages and other particulars necessary for any service being kept on the recording strip.
The conductor is provided with a copying-ink pencil with which he marks takes to select a ticket, especially when a great number of stages and fares has to be dealt with.
At the end of the journey the recording strip is handed to an operator who is provided with a calculating machine, and in a few minutes a full record of all fares and other particulars that may be required is produced. The total money taken should, of course, agree with the sum handed in by the conductor, who, before his record is totalled, may not be aware how much he has taken until he counts up his money, as there are no counters on the machine.
The machine weighs—without ticket roll-3 lb., the roll weighing 8 oz. It is 51 ins. high, 7 ins. Tong and 21ias wide. It is carried on the hip.
We regret that space will not Permit us eit the moment to give a more detailed description of the functions of this 'interesting =able, which provides for almost every requirement, such as return tickets, transfers, canetc., but we hope to deal with it fully in a future issue. The machine is produced by Hall Telephone Accessories (1928), Ltd., Parliament Mansions, Orchard Street, London, SAVA, Which concern has had many years of experience in the manufacture of ticket-issuing machines of almost every kind.
The Setright Fare Register.
In this machine no roll is employed, the tickets being pre-printed with certain details, but when placed in the machine and a handle turned, the stage, trip, code numbers, calms, and fare are
printed. One ticket is used for air fares from Id. to is. Tickets bear no serial numbers, consequently no check need he kept on them.
In a case where a ticket of more than is. in value has to be issued, an overprinted ticket marked, for instance, is. 6c1., may be used; this ticket bears a serial number, and must be checked in -and out.
The dices shown on the right set the stage, class, etc., whilst the handle on the left, when rotated, prints the ticket. The printing, is done by means of a ribbon which winds from one roller to another. When a ticket is printed in the machine the fact that it has been issued is registered on a counter which is visible to the conductor, and its value is recorded on the cash-total counter.
Return and transfer-return tickets can be dealt with in this machine, and by printing both ends of the ticket almost any value can be recorded.
We were favourably impressed by the veryecompact arrangement of the Setright device, its light weight and the fact that no ratchets are used in its construction, the pinions being in constant mesh.
This machine is made by the Setright Fare Register, 87, Bishopsgate, London, hl.C.2. A more detailed description of the device appeared in our issue dated January 27th.