US1016949A - Pay-as-you-enter car. - Google Patents

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D. A. L. MGDONALD.'

PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER GAR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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sriirns arnn'r ori :DUNCAN A. L. MCDONALD, 0F MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR 'ICQ THE PAY- .ASYOU-ENTER-GAR CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPOEATIGN 0F NEW causer. A

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 11112.

Application filed September 27, 1910. Serial No. 583,986.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, DUNCAN A. L. Mo- DONALD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, (and Whose post-ollice address is care of Montreal Street Railway Company, Montreal, Canada) have invented a new and useful lmpri'iveinent in Pay-as-You-Enter Cars, of which the following is a specification.

The object of niy invention is to provide a ear ot' this class which Will register automatically the number oi passengers entering' the saine, so that an automatic account will be kept or' all parties entering the car. This object is accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had to the aocoinpaiiying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view, partially in section, of a portion of a car provided with iny improven'ient, the section being' taken on the line 1--1 of Fig. 2 looking in tbe direction of the arrows. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

1 is a car of the pay-as-you-enter-typc with `the ordinary large platform 9., a rail 3 which separates the incoming from the outgoing passengers, an entrance door designated by the numeral 4 and shown in dotted lines, and an exit door indicated by the numeral 5.

The end partition 6 is cut away to receive a spindle 7 en which is mounted a hub 8 from which extends the vertically disposed 9 which act as gear teeth for a. purbigm i pose that will be described below, as Well a revolving door to prevent air drafts When the ear is used in cold Weather. The vertically iosed blades 9 have their outer ends near suitable guards 1G and 11 placed on the exterior and interior of the car, respectively, and secured to the par tion The spindle is extended upivar liy and is connected with a suitaoie 'register the conventional t ype and in the usual manner, so that. a fare is recorded for each :l of a revolution of the spindle 7.

Near each spindle 7 and parallel therewith is a second spindle 12 mounted in a suitable fixed support 13 to which is faxed a helical cam 14C, which is arranged and shaped substantially 'as shown and terminates abruptly, as indicated in Fig. 3. The top or" the spindle 1 2 is provided with a hub 15 in which are pivotally mounted a number of spokes 16 by means of pins 17, the ends of the spokes 16 resting in suitable recesses in the hub The spokes .16, hub 15, spindle 12, support 13, and cam la are so arranged and disposed. that as the spindle 12 is revolved, each spoke 16 is held in a horizontal position for about one quarter ot the rotation of the spindle, so that these spokes and the parts connected therewith form a turnstile which can be revolved in one direction only, and with the horizontally disposed spokes across the path of a passenger and the vertically disposed spokes adapted to engage the varies 9 and drive the same and at the saine time torni a substantially air-tight-joint to prevent' drafts entering the ear in winter around the vanos 9 or near to them.

lt is obvious that, il" desired, the support` ll may be provided with suitable projections 18 which will not interfere With the cam 11i or With the movement of the movable parts and ivill prevent air litroni eiitering the car, to any material extent, adjacent to the turnstile.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved device will be readily understood.

assengers enter in the conventional manner and after paying their fares, enter the car, each passenger pushing against a spoke 16 and moving the same through an angle of substantially 90 degrees. Vihen the poke against which he pushes reaches the end oli' the cam 14:, it falls under the intlucnce of gravity, toa vertical position when it is out of therpassengers Way, and is then available at the proper time, to shii't the vane 9' with which it impinges. During this shifting operation, the spoke 16 and the vane 9 forni a substantially air tight joint. The door 4 passenger by Nw oor, Swings bach' m'rf comes in soac with th next mfm at a paint new; ihe. @am E4., and hem ik@ .001? rests until the nex passngjesr vshi'f' it, as uhm/'Q escrba.

Whie hrw@ Shown m51 ascybed 035e enfl'raodimen of my nvenog ist obvious# 'hzuh 'it is not z'esticte ,'heeto, but bmad imo-ugh to 9mm' .QM sruslules @at some within the scopa of tha annexed. claims.

What Chim vis: l, a, :levies the c imnstle '51m/ing pvffted spokes: and means fm? Causing" said 590k@ @is "ha sh'a. im@ a. hoyzonal posion Bring a, pouion Qi' che revouton MME gerl'aiiug @aid sp-@kas to fall into a vertical pasgan duf'fw a, poitiom of the evolu-on, a spindle, hub @n sid spindle, 'vans/s caed by said hub m adapted to be moved by saisi spokes.

2, Zin a device. 01C" 'the dass esfeb., a 'turns'ile -Wh p'mte Spokes and a support naar which sa spokes me adafpe t@ move .dm-ing i pfrrton 0f hef moyennant, a spindle nar said mnst, a hub im said spinde :and ffmne exmgdng lom said hub :md adapted to engage isai Spokes; during 'pm-tion of their msvemenij ,So as t@ m'm a,

substantially alktgh goin?, thmawth and' gua'ds adjacut 'to miles., so that when th@ turnstle is. um, in me and the, adjacent dom islosed., ai? cumnts Wl not he per mzted to adjacent theem Signed ai 'he @ity day 01.15 August5 l.

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