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US3787875A
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Machine for recording visually interpretable data and machine readable information on a ticket
Assignee: Olivetti SpA
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Filing: 1971-11-18
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Granted: 1974-01-22
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Expires: 1991-11-18
Abstract
Abstract A ticket printing and recording machine prints rows of characters on a first portion of the ticket and magnetically records information corresponding to said characters on a second portion of the ticket. The printing device comprises a plurality of sets of typewheels mounted on a corresponding plurality of common shafts. The shafts are mounted on a support rotatable for causing each set of typewheels to print a corresponding row of characters. The recording device comprises a rotatable magnetic head and is operated in the interval of time comprised between the printing operations of two groups of characters, while the ticket is locked by a flange opposite to the head and by a rod entering a hole of the ticket.
Inventors
- 👤 W Gechele
- 👤 B Piazza
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-05 13:07
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41K; B41K3/00; B41K3/02; B41K3/04; B41K3/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A machine for recording visually readable data and machine readable information on a ticket, comprising: a printing unit including a rotatable support, a plurality of groups of aligned individually settable type bearing members mounted on said rotatable support for being successively brought into and through a printing position and means for rotating said support; means for individually positioning said type bearing members for setting them to print preselected information on said ticket at said printing position; a recording device adjacent said printing position; means synchronized with the passage of said successive groups of type bearing members through said printing position for incrementally transporting said ticket through the printing position for causing said successive groups of type bearing members to print on successive portions of the ticket during the incremental movements thereof; and means for controlling said recording device to record said machine readable information on said ticket during pauses between increments of movement of said ticket.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A machine for recording visually readable data and machine readable information on a ticket, comprising: a printing unit including a rotatable support, a plurality of groups of aligned individually settable type bearing members mounted on said rotatable support for being successively brought into and through a printing position and means for rotating said support; means for individually positioning said type bearing members for setting them to print preselected information on said ticket at said printing position; a recording device adjacent said printing position; means synchronized with the passage of said successive groups of type bearing members through said printing position for incrementally transporting said ticket through the printing position for causing said successive groups of type bearing members to print on successive portions of the ticket during the incremental movements thereof; and means for controlling said recording device to record said machine readable information on said ticket during pauses between increments of movement of said ticket.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
160 words
A ticket printing and recording machine for printing visually interpretable data on a first portion of the ticket and for machine readable information corresponding to said data on a second portion of said ticket, comprising: a printing unit including a plurality of individually presettable typewheels, a plurality of shafts and a rotatable support, each of said shafts carrying a group of said typewheels and being mounted on said rotatable support at a predetermined mutual angular distance, said support being continuously rotatable for bringing the various sets of typewheels sequentially to a printing station, a magnetic recording head mounted adjacent to said printing station; a cam mounted for rotation with said support; a microswitch for actuating said recording head; a cam follower cooperating with said cam for actuating said magnetic head in the interval of time between the printing operation of two subsequent groups of characters; and intermittently operable feeding means for causing said tickets to sequentially cross said printing station.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
160 words
A ticket printing and recording machine for printing visually interpretable data on a first portion of the ticket and for machine readable information corresponding to said data on a second portion of said ticket, comprising: a printing unit including a plurality of individually presettable typewheels, a plurality of shafts and a rotatable support, each of said shafts carrying a group of said typewheels and being mounted on said rotatable support at a predetermined mutual angular distance, said support being continuously rotatable for bringing the various sets of typewheels sequentially to a printing station, a magnetic recording head mounted adjacent to said printing station; a cam mounted for rotation with said support; a microswitch for actuating said recording head; a cam follower cooperating with said cam for actuating said magnetic head in the interval of time between the printing operation of two subsequent groups of characters; and intermittently operable feeding means for causing said tickets to sequentially cross said printing station.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A machine according to claim 2, further comprising of control unit comprises a storage for storing the information to be recorded on said ticket, said microswitch when so operated, causing said storage to transfer said information to said recording device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
A machine according to claim 2, comprising a locking mechanism for locking said ticket in a predetermined position, a member reciprocable for operating said locking mechanism, yieldable means for connecting said cam follower and said member so as to cause said cam follower to positively remove said member from said mechanism and to yieldably move said member to said mechanism, whereby said cam follower can be moved by said cam after said member operates said mechanism.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
103 words
A machine according to claim 4, wherein said second portion of the ticket has a circular shape around a hole, and wherein said locking mechanism comprises a rod axially movable by said member to enter said hole from the side opposite to said magnetic head, said rod being axially slidably in a sleeve, a flange secured to one end of said sleeve, and a last motion connecting means for causing said rod to displace said sleeve to bring said flange in contact with said ticket, while said rod enters said hole, whereby the ticket is locked between said flange and said magnetic head.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
126 words
A machine according to claim 2, comprising a disk secured to said support, at least a pair of pins associated with one of said printing units, the pins of said pairs being secured on said disk in a position diametrically opposite with respect to the associated printing unit, sensing means for said pins, means for mounting said sensing means diametrically opposite to said printing station, and actuating means controlled by said sensing means upon sensing a first pin of each one of said pairs for rendering said actuating means effective and controlled by said sensing means upon sensing the second pin of each pair for rendering said actuating means ineffective, whereby said ticket is fed when the associated printing unit is passing through said printing station.
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