US11148A

US11148A - mallory

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Publication number: US11148A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1854-06-20
Anticipated expiration: 1871-06-20

Description

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'Unirse Simfree PATENT rricn.

' MPRVEMENT iN MN'IBUSMREGVSTEFIS.

Specification forming part of Letters PetentNo. 11,1415, dated June 20, 1854.

bell whom it may'cancern.- Be it known that 1, LEVI W. MALLORY, of the' city and. 4county of Philadelphia, .and

State of' Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Machine for Registering the Fares received. Yby Drivers of Omnibuses or other Vehicles', called An Omnibus-Register; and I do hereby declare that the following is zt fulhcleer, and exact description of the'construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drewings of the same, making a part ofv this specification, in which* Figure l is au elevation of the interior of the register. Fig. 2 represents the dial as seen by the passengers in the coach; Fig. 3, the private Orrecording dials accessible to the vp roprietor.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the seine part of the machine.

In the drawings, A is the main 0r driving Wheel acted upon by click. C in connection with rod E,'lever G, end rod or handle H.

This handle H is usedl by thedriver when pulling the handle H, when'e motion is given to the Whole machine. .The ,lever G 'and rod E and4 click C are raised, so that Wheel A is turned one ratchet forward, and the same yis l registered on the dials. Figsfl and 'Wheel A: has' fifty ratchets. i

B isaJ Wheel of thirty ratchets' moved by pin'Yon Wheel'A. Thus et one revolution offA.- the Wh'eel'B is moved one ratchet or notch foi-Weird, signifying that fifty fares have been registered. (Seedig. 3.)

C is e click held to its position by spring D for the purpose of moving Wheel A, as described,

E is e rod attached to lever G, to which ere riveted click C and spring D. v

F is a slide or rest for rod E; G, the main lever, to which is tiinched rod J. Thuus when H is pulleddr isrnised and. the bell-heminerK isv raised also until it leaves the notch in rod J, when it is forced beck to its position by spring Vr", causing it (K) to strike the bell L, thus assuring the passengers that the 'fare has been registered'.

M, 557,0, P, Q, and Uconipose'what l term 'e trigger or catch, and-'is en important part of the Whole, as it prevents the possibility ofA He records the fereby `the index-hands. vion of wheel A is also attached. the large ringing the bell Without registering the faire.' Thus it will be seen when the hammer K has been drawn up by rod J the rodl M, working through slide or rest Q, is also forced up by springUWorking under the lever N, to which is 'attached the coupling 0, connecting said lever and the trigger P. -Thus if the driver pulls the handle H the trigger P iies up around the screw in its lower extremity, so as to bringits notches vunder the rod J and prevent it '(Jlfrom coming back until, the fare has been Aregistered and the bell struck.

li/ithout this triggerror cetchthe bell could bestruck Without ,registering the fare by simply drawing the handle part up and lettingv it fly vsuddenly back, thus entirely defeeting the object ofthe machine; but with this trigger the farcis registered before the bell is struck, thus preventing fraud on the part of the drivers. TWhen the hammer l( leaves ythe notohinrodJ, it strikes upon rod Mend forces thetrigger back to its position, as Iset forth inFig. 1.. .y 1

T TIT are spring;`sserving to hold the Wheels in their position; 55, spiral spring to' draw the rod .I to its -position underthe bell-L hammer; Z, bediplnte for the Whole; R, e spring serving to-hold the rod J to the herrn mer until the Wheel-A hes been moved forward one notch or ratchet; X X, the pinions or axles of the wheels, to which nre ette-shed (See Fig. 3.)

hand seen on diei, FigfZ.

The Whole is firmly attached to bed-plete Z, the front of which is suitably lettered, viz.: lessenger-iegister, "Pessengers will.

please observe that the driver rings the bell y .upon receipt of each faire. l

What claim as my invention, sind desire to v .secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of Ythe rod M, guide Q, lever N, spring U, Acoupling (Lend eecen trie ratchet or trigger l?, opera-ting substantially es set forth, to prevent the ringingoi the bell until the fare is registered.

.in testimony whereof l have herei to signed my neme before two. subscribing nesses.

LEVI W. JLQRY.

"Witnesses:

"rl-on. GANE, .i Winni-Neon,

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