US1003054A - Fare-box. - Google Patents

Description

B. LBGAULT.

FARE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 19111.

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FARB BOX.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 7. 1910.

Patented Sept. 12, 1911.

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BRUNO LEGAULT, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

FARE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 12, 191.1.

Application filed May 7, 1910. Serial No. 559,886.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BRUNO LEGAULT, resident of 120 Sanguinet street, in the city and district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in fare boxes, as described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of parts, whereby the pilfering of money or tickets is guarded against by the constructive features of the box where the said moneys or tickets are inserted and removed.

The objects of the invention are to devise a fare box which will prevent the car attendant, particularly in street railways, from purloining the money 0r t-he tickets contributed by passengers in payment of their fares, to facilitate the successful operation of the various parts of the box, and generally to provide a simple and durable construction without materially adding to the cost of production.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical and longitudinal sectional view of the box. Fig. 2 is a vertical and cross sectional view on the line A-B in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the arrangement at one side of the entrance slot opening of the fare gripping teeth. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the operating parts of the flap doors leading to the main fare holding chest. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the upper portion of the box. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail of the lower portion of the box, showing the bottom doors in their open position.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is the outer casing formed of the sides 2, having the upper ends 3, and the end pieces 4, 5 and 6, said sides and ends being secured to the flaring base 7.

8 is a handle, secured to the end piece 5.

9 is a ring rigid with one of thevsides 2 intermediate of the height thereof for sup@ porting the box on a hook or nail.

10 are openings in the reduced upper portions 3 of the sides.

11 is an outwardly turned flange at the bottom of the sides and ends 2, 4 and 5 extending to the base 7.

12 are lock bolt holes intermediately arranged in the sides 2 at the bottom thereof. 13 are bolt holes through the sides at one end, said bolt holes 12 and 13 being covered by the base 7. These bolt holes may be through a separate piece also the flange 11 may be formed out of a separate piece and soldered to lthe sides.

14 are angle strips of metal secured to the sides and ends of the outer casing above the bolt holes 12 and 13 forming an abutting surface 15 and having the lock bolt holes 16 therethrough.

17 is an inner door hinged to an end portion of the angle strips 14 and closing in against the surface 15. 18 is a lock on the inside of the said inner door 17 having the spring bolts 19 extending into the bolt holes 16 when the door isclosed, said bolts being opened by the insertion of a suitable key through the key hole 20 in the door.

21 is the outer door hinged at one end to the outwardly turned flange 11 and closing onto the abutting surface formed by said flange. 22 is a lock secured to the inside of said outer door 21 and having a double set of spring bolts 23 and 24, said bolts being suitably connected so that it is necessary to insert suitable keys through the key holes 25 and 26 simultaneously in order to unlock the double set of bolts 28 and 24.

This construction in locks is not novel and therefore there is nothing particular claimed in regard to the construction of al lock, as any suitable lock of the type described'may be used, the main feature being that two keys must be'inserted, or in other words, the outer door 21 must be doubly locked in some satisfactory manner in orderthat the opening of the said door may be dependent only on the proper collusion of two individuals.

27 is a vertical partition extending upwardly from the inner door 17 and terminating at the beginning of the reduced portion 3 forming a chamber 28.

29 i`s an angle piece extending across the end 4 immediately below the reduced portion 3.

30 are flap doors having the pivot pins 31 at the end thereot1 extending into the angle piece 29 and into the partition 27.

32 are ledges extending inwardly from the reduced portion 3 of the sides 2 above th flap doors 30.

33 are guide plates extending downwardly from the end pieces land 6- and turned inwardly above the flap doors 30.

34 are toggle joints having their members 35 rigidly secured to the, pivot ins 31 extending throughrthe partition 2 and their members 36 pivotally secured to the bar 37.

38 is a plate laterally extending from the bar 37 and rigid therewith.

39 is a rod having the thumb button 40 at the upper endr andD extending through the orifice 4l into the chamber 28 and carrying the plate 38 intermediate of its length, said plate being rigid with said rod and contained within said chamber 28 together with the toggle joint 34.

42 is a plate rigidly secured to the walls of the chamber 28 intermediate of the height thereof and having a central orifice therein through which the rod 39 extends.

43 is a helical springencircling therod 39 ybetween the fixed plate 42 and the plate 38, thereby keepingthe said plate 38 constantly in its upper position and naturally the rod as the'said plate 38 is rigid therewith, so that, on the downward pressure of the rod, the toggle joints 34 are operated and with them the iiap doors 30.

44 is an -inwardly'turned flange extending inwardly from the top of the sides 2 and end pieces 4 and 6 having the screw holes 45 therethrou h.

' 46V are wint ow frames, rigidly secured to the reduced portions 3 of the sides 2 over the openings 10, said frames being each separated into three divisions containing the glass panes 47, 48 and 49.

450`is the topY pieceor cap closing in the top of the casing and in cross section of arc-shape or seinicircularform having the closed ends 51 and flanges 52 and 53 extending inward from theends and sides respectively. v

54 are threaded holes through the flanges 52.

55 and 56 denote two pairs of slots cut in the sides of the flanges 53 on opposite sides of the box. 1

57 is a fare slot through the center of the cap 50 and situated between lthe pairs of slots 55 and 56.

58 are screws inserted through the screw holes 45 .into the threaded holes 54 and adapted to retain the cap `50 in position on the flange 44 forming the reception chamber 59 for the tickets, inserted through the fareslot 57, which leads through the flap doors 30 into the main chest portion 60.

n 6l are plates substantially semi-circular in shape and conforming to the interior wall of the cap 50, each of said plates having the longitudinal slot 62 forming parallel walls 63 and 64, said walls 63 and 64 having vertical cross slots 65 cut thereinto for a portion of the depth of said plate, both the longitudinal slot and the cross slots extending inwardly from the curved edge of the plate 61. 66 are teeth, one end of which terminates in the points 67, the other forms the tail 68 bent at an angle to the point` 69 is a wire threaded through the teeth 66 between said point sections and tail sections and inserted in the longitudinal slot 62 in each of said plates 6l, one of said teeth being in each of said cross slots (i5, the points 67 extending beyond the plate and the kends of the wire being suitably secured at the ends of said plates. The said plates 61 are inserted in the slots 55 and 56 respectively, the teeth from one plate are alternate with the teeth of the other plate, so that anything inserted in said fare slot must come in contact with said teeth and push thepoints downwardly. 7 0 are platesA of metal rigidly secured by the screws 7l or any suitable way to the straight backs of the plates 6l and extending laterally therefrom, said plates 70 being doubled back forming the upper sides 72, said upper sides having the longitudinal slots 73 therein arranged forming the spring bars 74, each of said spring bars having the heads 75 engaging the tails 68 of the teeth 66 and holding the point sections 67 of said teeth in a substantially horizontal position. 76 are screws securing said plates 61 in place in the slots 55 and 56.

ln the operation of this device, the fare, either in the form of a ticket or a small coin, is inserted in the :tare slot 57 and comes in contact with the teeth 66, the points of these teeth are pushed downwardly by the ticket or coin against the downward pressure of the spring bars 74, so that immediately the teeth are released from contact with the coin or ticket, they resume a horizontal position, the ticket or coin,` its passage being accelerated as usual by the next ticket or coin, drops into the reception chamber 59 and on to the top of the flap doors 39. The rod 39 is then operated, which opens the flap doors 30 and drops the ticket or coin, or several of them, into the main chest 60.

It will be seen that the ticket or coin must be inserted directly into the fare slot 57, otherwise it will roll olf to one side on account of the curved top to the cap 50, so that no Ymoney can be left lodging on the top of the fare box, as is so common with the lat topped boxes, where passengers are in a hurry and simply leave their money for the conductor of the ,car tofput in, thereby eliminating one source of loss to the car company.

The teeth 66 in alternate arrangement from the opposite side, prevent the withdraWal of the fare, as on any upward pull of the ticket or coin the teeth Will grip into said ticket or coin and hold it iirmly. These teeth for gripping purposes have, ofcourse, been known in several different forms, and the present invention is not intended to cover more forms than the one shown, With reasonable modiications.

The side openings in the upper portion of the box are protected by a plurality of small Windovv panes, leaving a comparatively small space for entrance to the reception chamber, if a glass happens to be broken.

TWhat I claim as my invention is:

A fare boX, a casing, a cap secured to and closing in the top of said casing of arc* shaped form in cross section and having a central cross fare slot therethrough, a pair of arc-shaped plates introduced Within said cap, one on each side of said fare slot, said plates being longitudinally slotted forming parallel Walls having vertical .slots extending thereinto from the curved edge of said plates, a plurality of teeth pivotally secured in said vertical slots having their points eX- tend beyond the plates in alternate arrangement With respect thereto and their tail sections eXtend to the rear of said plates, plates secured to the straight side of said tooth plates and extending laterally therefrom and doubled over and terminating in a plurality of spring bars having suitable heads engaging the tail sections of said teeth, and means for securing said tooth plates and said cap.

Signed at the city and district of Montreal; Quebec, Canada, this 12th day of April, 1910.

BRUNO LEGAULT.

Witnesses:

G. H. TRESIDDER, P. SHEE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

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