US1067156A - Actuating device for fare-registers. - Google Patents

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J. H. TOWLE.

AGTUATING DEVICE FOR. FARE REGISTERS. APPLICATION FILED M1127, 1911.

1,067,156. Patented July 8,1913.

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J. H. TOWLE. AOTUATING DEVICE FOR FARE REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1911.

1,067,156. Patented July 8,1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. TOWLE, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OI-IMER FARE REGISTER-COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

ACTUATING DEVICE FOR FARE-REGISTERS.

To all whom 2'75 may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. TowLn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Actuating Devices for Fare-Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in means for actuating the setting and operating devices of a. multiple fare register such as are described and lllllS- trated in many of the prior patents controlled by the Ohmer Fare Register Company, one of which is No. 718,867 granted January 20, 1898.

The object of the invention is to provide a single manually operated member with individual connections between it and the setting and operating mechanisms of amultiple fare register, whereby the registers may be selected or set and operated by a single primary member more or less remote from the machine.

A more particular description of the said improvements will be given in connection with the accompanying drawings,of which- Figure 1 is a transverse sectional elevation of a car showing a fare register supported on the interior of the front of the car with my improvements installed in connection therewith. Fig. 9 is an enlarged vertical section on the line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 7) b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view on the line 0 c of Fig. 2.

In the particular description of the invention, and in the annexed drawings, the same reference characters indicate corresponding parts.

The mechanism located in the casing 1 is that peculiar to the multiple fare registers hereinbefore mentioned. Briefly stated it consists of a series of registers otherwise termed counters, upon which the fares of different values are registered, a setting device 2 shown briefly in broken lines in Fig. 1, individual indicators 3 cooperating with said Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27, 1911.

Patented July 8, 1913.

Serial No. 623,679.

registers, and total trip indicating counters 4. All of the foregoing devices are located within the casing. Extending out of the casing from a connection with the setting device, is an endless chain or member 5 by means of which the setting device is shifted in proximity to any register which is to be actuated to count the.successivefares. Also extending out of the rear of the casing and connected with the operating mechanism. of the machine, is a connecting member or rod 6 attached to a bell crank lever 7.

Extending vertically from the floor of the car and at any desirable point from which it may be required to perform the operations, is a tubular standard 8 which reaches to a point in the car approximately in line with the bottom of the casing. The height of the said tubular member is not, however, of vital importance, provided the device lying therein is sutliciently inclosed. The ends of said tubular member are secured by a base socket member 9 and a suitable clamp 10. At an intermediate point thereof is placed a housing 11 to which the adjacent ends of saidv tubular member are connected. The top 12 of the said housing is of larger segmental area in. order to provide suitable space in which to place various indications 13 which denote the specific fare values of each of the registers within the machine. On the inner side of this row of fare indications is a segmental slot 14 of suitable width and length. The front wall of the housing is provided with a slot 15 of substantially the same length. A lever 16 is located within said housing and extending through said slot 15 and provided with a hand grip 17. This lever has a horizontal movement in an arc corresponding to the length of the slots 14 and 15, and a vertical movement on the pivot 18. The pivot 18 forms the connection between the lower end of a shaft 19, which is inclosed within the upper portion of the tubular member 8. The body of said lever is connected with a rod or pitman 20, such connection being effected through the slot 1 1 in the top of the housing. 1

From the above description it will be apparent that an oscillating movement may be imparted to the shaft 19. During this movement no appreciable resistance is offered by the rod 20, owing to the latter being carried by the lever through the slot 14:.

The front wall. of the housing is in the form of a grid, with various guide spaces 23 in alinement with the fare indications on the top of said housing. The lever 16 may be lowered upon its pivot 18 into any of these spaces, as shown by the broken lines in Fig. 2, and thus impart a longitudinal movement to the rod 20.

Describing the operating lever 16 more particularly, it, consists of two parts, one of which supports the handle 17. This part is provided with a stem 16, which is inserted into a corresponding socket in the inner portion of the lever. Extended downwardly from the lower side of the said. inner portion is a piece 21 having a recess in which is contained a spring-pressed plunger or bolt 22. The upper end of said bolt is tapered on opposite sides, and enters a corresponding recess in the lower side of the stem 16. In order to remove the handle portion of the lever from one point of the car to another, it may be pulled out and thus be disengaged from the lever proper. The connection between the two sections of the lever is suflicient to keep them together under the usual or normal operations, which, as we have seen, is that of imparting an oscillating movement to the shaft 19 and a longitudinal movement to the connecting rod 20. The former movement, to wit, that of the shaft 19, is a setting movement; and the latter, to wit, that of the rod 20 is an operating movement.

The upper end of the shaft 19 carries a miter gear 23 which is in mesh with a simi lar gear 24: on a short shaft 25. On the latter shaft is a chain wheel 26, around which the endless connection 5 passes. As before stated, this connection 5 is attached to the setting device 2 within the machine, which determines, through the movement of the lever and the indicator 12, what particular register shall be operated. The register being thus selected, is operated by the depression of saidlever, which in turn operates: the rod 20. The latter member is connected at its upper end to one arm of the bell-crank lever 7.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In an operating and setting mechanism for fare registers, an oscillating member, a reciprocating member, and an actuating member having two pivotal movements in different directions for operating said members, of a tubular member inclosing said oscillating member, and ahousing connected to said tubular member receiving said ac tuating member and provided with an in dicator adapted to cooperate with said actuating member.

2. In an operating and setting mechanism for fare registers, an oscillating member, a reciprocating member, and an actuating member having two pivotal movements in different directions for operating said members, of a tubular member inclosing said oscillating member, and a housing connected to said tubular member receiving said actuating member and provided with guides and an indicator which cooperate with said actuating member.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. TOVVLE.

Witnesses MATTHEW SmBLnn, R. J. MOCARTY.

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

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