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US1169424A
US1169424A US71143112A US1912711431A US1169424A US 1169424 A US1169424 A US 1169424A US 71143112 A US71143112 A US 71143112A US 1912711431 A US1912711431 A US 1912711431A US 1169424 A US1169424 A US 1169424A
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  • One object of the invention is to provide an indicating device which will comprise within itself an indicator, a register and a recorder and to this end we provide a device having three indicating mechanisms, one to indicate the class of the iteni received, a second to indicate the number of items of all classes received during a stated period and a third to record and indicate the number of items of each class received during one or more such periods.
  • Another object of the invention is tol provide an indicator, for use in conjunction with a register, which will be actuated to indicate a particular item only when they register is operated to register that item;
  • Another object of the invention is to provide in conjunction with a register an indicator which will be actuated upon each operation of the register to cause'it to indicate the character of the -iteni registered, and to compute the ktotal number of items registered; yand which will also be actuated to reset the computing mechanism to zero when the register is reset to zero.
  • a further object of the invention is to Specification of Letters Patent.
  • Figure 1 is a iront elevation of a mechanism embodying oui. invention, showing the register partially 1n section;
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional .view taken through the indicator;
  • Fig. 3 is a detail view of the transfer mechanism for the classified indicator;
  • Fig. 4 is a section showing in detail the resetting device for the total item indicator;
  • Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the indicator with the casing broken away to show the indicating mechanism;
  • Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken. on the line w of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows;
  • Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line y y of Fig.
  • Fig. 8 is .a detail view of the item-indicator and its operating devices
  • Fig. 9 is a detail view or: the operating rod showing its connection with the indicator
  • Fig. 10 is a detail View of the hand operated resetting device for the co-unting-indicator
  • Fig. 11 is a detail view of the locking device for the counting-indicator
  • Fig. 12 is a detail view of the arrester for the operating rod
  • Fig. 13 is a horizontal section taken through the indicator casing immediately above the classified indicating device and showing the latter and its operating mechanism in plan
  • Fig. lit is a detail view of a portion of the operating yoke for the ⁇ classiiied indicating device
  • Fig. 15 is a detail view of the cam block carried by the operating rod;
  • Fig. 16 is a transverse section taken through the classified indicating device showing one of the actuating pawls;
  • Figs. 17, 18 and 19 are detail views showing the relative positions of the actuating pawls for the classified record;
  • Fig. 20' is a perspective view of the operating mechanism for the double indicating register;
  • Fig. 21 is af detail view of the bell ringing device;
  • Fig. 22 is a top, plan view of the mechanism showing the relative positions of the operating and connecting rods.
  • This register comprises a frame 1 in which the registering mechanism is mounted.
  • This registering. mechanism is provided with suitable setting devices com- 110 a vertical settin prisinv a rotary setting shaft 2 connected bg suitable motion transmitting devices 3 wit rod 4 mounted on the car and provided with an actuating handle 5.
  • the registering mechanism Afurther comprises operating devices, 'to cause the fare to be registered, ⁇ cluding a slide bar 6 extendingbeyondfthe register and connected by suitable motion transmitting devices 7 with a vertical reciprocating operating rod 8 mounted adjacent to the setting rodfl: and provided with a suitable actuating device, such as a foot lever 9.
  • the register itself has mounted therein an indicator 10 operatively connected with the moving parts thereof and the detail registering devices are adapted to be reset to zero at the ends of certain predetermined periods as, for example,
  • register for example, is usually mounted 1n the u per part of the car, often near the top o the partition dividing the body of the car from the vestibule and it is, therefore,desirable n that indicating mechanism should be provided which will be more nearly o n the level with the eyes of the passengers 1n the car.
  • present indicating devices and have shown the same as comprising an indicator which is shown asa whole by the .reference numeral 11 which is aptplied to the casing inclosing the indicating evices.
  • the indicator is supported independently of the register, that is, it bears no xed relation thereto but may be mounted in such a position relatively to or at such a-distance from the register as' It will further be undermay be desirable.
  • the present indicator comprises three sets of indicating devices, one of which indicates the character of the item which has been registered, that is, in the case of a fare indicator,vthe class of the fare.
  • the indicator may be adapted to handle any suitable number of fares vand these may be of any desired class.
  • the present indicator is designed to take care of tickets, 8 cash fares, transfers and 5 cash fares.
  • the second indicatn device is for the purpose of registering an indicating the number of items of all classes cords the total number of items of each class received, and, in a fare indicator, shows the number of fares of each class which have been received during one or more trips. All or a part of these indicatn devices may be readable on both sides o the indicator.
  • the casing 1l has been provided with an enlarged lower portion'to receive the counting-indicators which indicate the total number of items of all kinds received and this enlarged portion is provided at each side with a sight opening 12, the two sight openings being offset -one from the other but having their inner ends overlapping for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.
  • this mechanism is such that the blade cannot be elevated until the register is actually operated when it will be automatically raised into its indicating position and it will then remain in this position until the regis# ter has ⁇ been again operated to register 4another fare of a different class, thus elimi ⁇ device permits the blade to move vertically but holds it always in a horizontal position.
  • the operating rod 8 by means of which the register is operated to register each item, is provided with means for engaging one of the links 16 and elevating the indicator blade to which that link is attached. Setting devices are provided to enable this means to be adjusted to cause the desired indicator blade to be elevated.
  • the elevating means is shown in the present instance as comprising a pin or' projection 17 carried by a plate 18 rotatablymounted on the koperating rod 8 between two collars ⁇ 19.
  • a gear 20 which meshes with an intermediate gear 21, which gear is preferably elongated, as shown in Fig. 5, to enable thel gear 20 to have vertical movement relatively thereto without moving lout of mesh therewith.
  • the intermediate gear 21 meshes with a gear 22 rigidly secured to and rotatable with the setting shaft 4.
  • This-dog is mounted on the shaft 25 and is held normally in an operative position by means of a spring 26 engaging a projection 27 secured to the hub of the dog.
  • a finger 28 projects from the opposite side of the hub and engages a xed part of the mechanisln to limit the forward movement of the nose when the particular indicator blade is in its lowermost position.
  • a suitable tripping device such as a collar 29, which will engage the projection 27 as the rod nears the upper limit of its movement and move the nose of the dog 23 out of engagement with the pin 24, thus leaving the indicator blade free to move downward.
  • the construction is such that in case the same fare is registered twice in succession the indicator blade will not move into its non-indicating position.
  • the lower links occupy such positions that they would normally interfere with the movement of the pin 17 when the latter is in its lowermost or normal position. To avoid this they have been provided with notches 30 arranged to permit the passage of the pin. Means have also been provided to prevent the movement of the pin 17 about the axis of the operating rod during the operating movement thereof.
  • This means in one form, comprises a plate 31 rigidly secured to the plate 18, and is here shown as forming an extension of that plate, and having in its periphery a series of recesses 32, one of which Will be moved into alinement with a projection yor rib 33 carried by a fixed part of the frame when the pin is in operative relation to one of the indicator blades.
  • the rod is preferably provided with an arrester which is here shown as of a Well known type comprising a rack 34, rigidly secured to the rod, and a spring-held pawl 35a adapted to ride over the rack in opposite directions during the two movements of the rod, thus making it necessary for the rod to complete its movement in one direction before it can be moved in the opposite direction.
  • an arrester which is here shown as of a Well known type comprising a rack 34, rigidly secured to the rod, and a spring-held pawl 35a adapted to ride over the rack in opposite directions during the two movements of the rod, thus making it necessary for the rod to complete its movement in one direction before it can be moved in the opposite direction.
  • the indicating device for indicating the total number of transactions had, or in the present instance, the total number of fares received is here shown as consisting of a double group of indicating counter wheels, that is, counter Wheels provided on their peripheries with figures or letters of is provided with the numerals 0 to 9.
  • this group of counter wheels comprises five wheels, the two counter wheels at ea'chend l being visible only through the respective ysight openingswhile the middle counter" wheel is visible through both sightcpenings.
  • the counter wheels 35 and 36 As read from one si e of the indicator the counter wheels 35 and 36 at the extreme left and tens counters for the opposite side ofthe indicator.
  • Each of these counter wheels middle counter wheel 39 which is visible through both sightA openings, constitutes the hundreds counter wheel tor both sides of the indicator, and, to this end, is provided with two series of numerals running from 0 to 4 only.
  • the several counter wheels all move in the same direction in the normal operationof the device and the corresponding counter. wheels at the opposite ends of the group are moved in unison. Conselquently, the same indication will be visible through both sight openings.
  • the mechanism for actuating the counters and transferring the count from one to the other may be oi any suitable character, and is here shown as comprising a pawl and ratchet mechanism.
  • Each counter wheel has secured to one side thereof a ratchet wheel 40 adapted to bel engaged by one of a series of pawls 46,447, 48 mounted upon a frame or yoke 41 which is journaled on the counter shaft 42, and is actuated by the operation of the operating rod 8.
  • the two ratchet wheels 40 which are secured to the units counter wheels 35 and 37, are each provided at a point immediately preceding the tooth which is engaged by the pawl to movev the zero indication of the respective counter wheels into view, with a recess 43 of a depth materially greater than the depth 'of the spaces between the other teeth of the ratchet.
  • the ratchet wheels secured to the tens counters 36 and 38 are provided with recesses similarly located and of the same depth as the spaces between the corresponding teeth of the other ratchet. wheels.
  • the ratchet wheel carried by the hundreds counter39 has the spaces between its teeth all of equal depth.
  • the supporting frame or yoke 41 has journaled therein a shaft 45 on which are rigidly mounted five pawls arranged in alinement with the respective ratchet wheels 40.
  • the two end pawls 46 which are adapted to actuate the units counters, are so positioned that they will normally engage their ratchet wheels when movement is imparted to the frame 41.
  • the pawls 47 for- A hammer 54 is pivotall tively to the pawls 46 that they will normally be held out of engagement with their respective ratchet wheels, while the pawl 48 'for the hundreds lcounter occupies such'position relativel to the pawls 47 that it will normally be hed out of engagement withits ratchet wheel.
  • the pawls 46 will be brought into a inement wlth the deep spaces 43, thus allowing the pawls 46 to move downward a greaterdistance than usual and thus permitting the pawls 47 to operatively engage the teeth ofl their ratchet wheels, whereb the next operatlon of the pawl supporting rame 41 will cause both the units counters and the tens counters to be advanced oneI space.
  • the pawl for the hundreds counter is, however,
  • a suitable signal is sounde upon each operation of the operating rod 8 and inA the present instance this signal com rises a bell 53 mounted in the lower part o the casing. mounted within the casing and connecte with a pawl 55 having its nosel held normally in engagement with the teeth of a ratchet wheel 56 on the shaft 42 by means of a spring 57.
  • the indicating counters are preferably utilized to indicate the number of ⁇ detail transactions had within a iven period, as the number of fares receiver? during a single trip of the car. They are, therefore, adapted to be reset at the end of such period and to this end the shaft 42 is a resetting shaft and is rotatably mounted.
  • the shaft 42 is provided with a longitudinal groove 59 and each counter has pivotally mounted thereon a spring-pressed dog 60 adapted to enter the groove 59 when brought into alinement therewith.
  • the nose of the dog is so shaped that when the counter is rotated forwardly it will move out of the groove but when the shaft is rotated in the direction of rotation of the counters the edge of the groove will engage the dog and cause the counter to rotate with the shaft.
  • the dog will ride over the eriphery of the shaft and d) to reset the counters to tion will pick up the counters in whatever positions they may be and move the same to zero.
  • This resettingmovement of the shaft may be secured in any manner and when the device is used in conjunction with a register it is preferably controlled by the resetting movement of the detail counters of the register.
  • the shaft 42 is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 7 of the drawings as provided ⁇ with a bevel gear 61 meshing witha similar gear 62 on the lower end of a shaft 63 which extends upward and is connected yby similar bevel gearing 64 with the resetting shaft of the detail counters of the register. Consequently, when those counters are reset to zero the resetting shaft 42 of the indicating counters will be rotated to reset these counters to zero and the devices for controlling the resetting of the register counters will also control the resetting of the indicator counters.
  • the shaft As provided with -a hand wheel 65 instead of the bevel gear 61.
  • the shaft ⁇ As having mounted thereon two cam disks 66 and 67.
  • the disk 66' is rigidly secured to thenshaft 42 and has a locking recess 68 adapted to receive the inturned nose 69 of an arm 70 pivotally mounted adjacent to the disk.
  • a 70 yoke or pawl-supporting frame 41 which is ⁇ alsomounted on the shaft 42.
  • This disk is provided with, a locking shoulder 73 and an arm 74 is secured to the arm 70 and provided with a lip 75 adapted to be moved into the path of the shoulder of the disk 67 when the nose of the arm 70 is moved out of the locking recess inthe arm 66, thereby locking the pawl-supporting frame against movement during the resetting of the/yunters.
  • the ldisk l66 is circular and [consequently the nose of the arm 70 will ride yon its periphery throughout the resetting movement of the shaft and will vthus retain the lip of the arm 74 in-locking lpositionthroughout that movement.
  • the disk 66 is cut away on one side of the recess 68, as shown at 76, to permit the nose of the arm to move inward and engage the opposite edge of the recess, thereby eiiectually preventing the overthrow of the resetting shaft.
  • the cam disk 67 is segmental in shape and during theoperation of the yoke to actuate the counters this segmental portion of the disk will lie in the path of the lip 75 of the arm 74 and will thereby prevent the manipulation of the arms to release the resetting shaft.
  • An arm 78 is rigidly connected with the arm 70 preferably by securing the same to the shaft 108 on which the arm is mounted and is provided with a hook-shaped end portionrarranged to engage a stud 7 9.mount ed on the arm 50 to lock the same against movement during the resetting movement of the shaft.
  • the indicator -for classified items which is mounted in the upper part of the casing, comprises ashaft 80 on which are mounted several groups of indicating counter Wheels,
  • the left hand group of counters, ⁇ indicated at 81, are, in the present arrangement of the machine, arrangedA to count and indicate tickets.
  • the second group, 82 indicates the 8 cash fares, the
  • third group, 83 indicates the transfers and ⁇ the fourth group, 84, indicates the 5 cash fares.
  • the units counters of the ⁇ respective groups are actuated each time the other indicating devices are actuated to indicate the item, or fare, which that particular group of counters is designed to indicate. To this :saV
  • each unit counter has secured thereto a ratchet wheel 85 adapted to be engaged by a .pawl 86 mounted on a pawl supporting frame 87 journaled on the shaft -80 and adapted to have operating movement imparted thereto' by the'movement of the.
  • the pawls '86 are mounted in longitudinal alinement. upon a rod 90 carried by thelframe 87, are of the same length and have their noses of such a width that theiylextend across the periphery ofboththe dis and the ratchet.
  • Operating movement may be imparted to the frame 87 and pawls'86 by means of the operating rod 8, and, to this end, the frame 8 is provided at that end adjacent the opera-ting rod lWith a pin or projection 96 adapted to enter a cam slot 97 in a block 98 rigidlyl secured to the rod 8.
  • the shape of the cam slot is such that the reciprocating movement ofthe rod 8 will rock the frame 7 and impart actuating movement to the pawls.
  • the reciprocating block 98 may be mounted in a' guideway 99 to hold the same more firmly in engagement with its pin.
  • Spring-pressed pavvls 100 engage the respective ratchet wheels to prevent their movement duringA the return movement of secured to the units counter anda -secured to that counter adjacent to t e disk, and adapted to'engage a six toothedv gear i received ideama.
  • the count may be' transferred roml 'the units counter 4to the tens counter and succeeding counters of each group in any suitable manner.
  • the Geneva transfer mechanism such as'shown in Fi 3 -of the drawings, .comprising .a recesse disk 101- in 102 103 once for each revolution ofthe counter this count being then transmitted to the tens counter through the usual gearing.
  • the fare register 1 includes recording devices, a part of which'are indicated at 104 Y and which include all the items or fares recorded by the classified indicator 14,.
  • the register further includes printing mechanismior taking a record from these recording "devices, this mechanism being here shown as comprising a platen mounted in a movable carriage comprlsing a rack 106 adaptedto be actuated by a gear l107.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted Within said casing and supported .normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, of a reciprocatory operating rod, an operating device carried by said operating rod and having reciprocatory movement therewith to move one of said indicating members into alinement with said opening, said operating device being movable about the axis of said rod to enable it to be brought into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
  • an indicator -a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, a vertically movable operating rod, an actuating device carried by said rod and having vertical movement in unison therewith, said operating device being movable relatively to said rod tol bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, an operating rod, an operating member mounted ⁇ on said operating rod and having vertical movement therewith and having movement about the axis of said rod to bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, veach ⁇ of said indicating members being movable, independently of the other indicating members, an operating rod, anl operating member mounted on said operating rod and having vertical movement therewith and having movement about the axis of said rod to bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members,land setting mechanism to vmove said operating device relatively to said operating rod.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mountedA in said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating member or members, supporting devices connecting the respective indicating members with a fixed support and arrangd ⁇ to support said'indicating members at all times inl substantial horizontal positions, and means to actuate a selected one of said indicating members to move it into alinement with said opening.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted in said casing, a plurality of pairs' of links connecting the respective indicating members with -a fixed support and arranged to support said members normally side by side and out of alinement with said opening,
  • operating means to move a selected one of/ said indicating members kinto alinement with said opening, and means toV retain said member in alinement with said opening and arranged to be actuated by the movement of another indicating member into alinement with said opening to release the irst-mentioned member.
  • a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted in said casing, a pluralityol:l pairs of links connecting the respectivevindicating members with a fixed support and arranged to support said members normally side by side a-nd out of alinement with said opening, an operating member adapted to be moved into operative relation with any one of said indicating members, means to actuate said operating member to cause it to move that indicating member with which it is in operative relation into alinement with said opening.
  • an indicator comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of indicating blades, a plurality of pairs of links connecting the respective blades with said frame to permit each blade to have movement relatively to the other an operating member rotatably mounted on said operating rod and adapted to be moved into and out of alinement with the lower links of the several blades, an operative connection between said operating member and said setting rod, said operating member having a laterally extending portion provided in its edge with a series -of recesses, and a rib carried by a fixed part of said indicator and adapted to enter one of said recesses when vertical movement is imparted to said operating member.
  • An indicator comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of indicating membersV having movement relatively to the others, a
  • a casing having a sight opening in each side thereof, a plufrality of 'indicating counter wheels mounted'within said casing, a part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through one of said sight openings, another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through another-of said sight openin and still another part of said counter whee s being arranged to be read through both of said sight openings, actuating devices for said counter wheels, and means for operating said actuating devices.
  • a casing having a sight opening in each side' thereof, a plu rality of indicating counter wheels mounted within said casing, a part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through one of said sight openings, another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through another of said sight openings and still another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through both of said sight openings, a ratchet wheel secured to each of said counter wheels, a yoke pivotally mounted on the axis of said counter wheels, a series of pawls carried by said' yoke and adapted to engage the respective ratchet wheels, means for holding a portion of said pawls normally out of operative relation with their ratchet wheels, an operating rod, and a connection between said operating rod and said yoke.
  • a plurality of indicating counterwheels rotatable about a common axis, one of Said counter wheels being readable from both sides of said indicator, the counter wheels on one side of the first-mentioned counter wheel being readable from one side only of said indicator and the counter wheels on the opposite side of said first-mentioned counter wheel being readable from the other side only of said indicator, and means for actuating said counter wheels.
  • a reciprocal operating rod therefor of an indicator comprising an uneven number of indicating counter wheels, the middlecounter wheel having two series of indications arranged in a single row about the perlphery thereof to exhibit the same indication simultaneously on both sides of said indicator, the counter wheels on one side of said n nddle counter wheel being readable onone slde of said indicator and the counter wheels on the opposite side of said middle counter Wheel being readable on the other side of sald 1ndicator, and means actuated by the reclprocation of said operating rod to add a unit to each of said indications upon each operatlon of said operating rod.
  • a operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separate from said register comprising av resetting shaft, a series of indicating counter Wheels mounted on said shaft and arranged to exhibit the same indication on both sides of said indicator, means controlled by the operating device for said register to add a unit to both indications upon each operation of said'register, means for actuating said resetting shaft, and means for locking said resetting shaft normally against movement.
  • I 29 The combination, with-a register having means to register a plurality of diierent iteins, and setting and operating devices for said register, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a plurality of groups of indicating counters arranged to rotate about a common axis, a ratchet wheel connected with the units counter of each of said grou s, a pawl-supporting frame mounted on t e axis of said counters, pawls carried by said frame to en ⁇ gage the respective ratchet wheels, a pin carr1ed by said frame, a block connected with said operating device for said register and having a cam groove to receive said pin and operate ⁇ said paWl-supporting frame,
  • an indicator separate from said register and comprislng devices to indicate the character of the item registered, other devices to indicate the number of items registered and other; devices to indicate the number of items of each class which have been registered, and mechanism for controlling all of said devices from the setting and operating devices of said register.
  • a plurality of alined counter wheels aratchet wheel secured to the units counter wheel, a pawl supporting frame mounted on the axis of said counter wheels, a pawl carried by said frame and adapted to engage said ratchet wheel, means for actuating said paWl-supporting frame, a second ratchet Wheel mounted on the axis of said counter Wheels and disconnected therefrom, a pawl connected with said DaWl-supporting frame and adapted to ⁇ engage the teeth of said second ratchet wheel, a second pawl arranged to be engaged by the teeth of said second ratchet Wheel, resilient means to hold said pawls in engagement with said second ratchet Wheel, a bell, and a hammer con ⁇ nected with said second pawl and adapted to be actuated by the movement of said second ratchet wheel.

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WILFRED I. OHMER AND JOHN E. MCALLISTER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, F DAYTON, OHIO, A. CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.
INDICATOR.
To all whom t may concern:
Be it known that we, lViLFimn I. OHMER and JOHN E. l\:[cALLis'r|-:u, citizens of the f United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Imj provements in Indicators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates to indicators and is designed more particularly for use as a fare indicator on street cars and the like.
One object of the invention is to provide an indicating device which will comprise within itself an indicator, a register and a recorder and to this end we provide a device having three indicating mechanisms, one to indicate the class of the iteni received, a second to indicate the number of items of all classes received during a stated period and a third to record and indicate the number of items of each class received during one or more such periods.
Another object of the invention is tol provide an indicator, for use in conjunction with a register, which will be actuated to indicate a particular item only when they register is operated to register that item;
which will remain in a position to indicate the item last registered until another and different item has been registered; and which will exhibit the same indication on both sides thereof.
Another object of the inventionris to pro-- vention to provide a double counting-indi-- cator which will exhibit the same item on both sides thereof.
Another object of the invention is to provide in conjunction with a register an indicator which will be actuated upon each operation of the register to cause'it to indicate the character of the -iteni registered, and to compute the ktotal number of items registered; yand which will also be actuated to reset the computing mechanism to zero when the register is reset to zero.
A further object of the invention is to Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented J an. 25, 1916.
- Application led July 25, 1912. Serial No. 711,431. l
provide an indicator which will exhibit a classified record of the items received. In tlie accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a iront elevation of a mechanism embodying oui. invention, showing the register partially 1n section; Fig. 2 is a vertical, sectional .view taken through the indicator; Fig. 3 is a detail view of the transfer mechanism for the classified indicator; Fig. 4 is a section showing in detail the resetting device for the total item indicator; Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the indicator with the casing broken away to show the indicating mechanism; Fig. 6 is a horizontal section taken. on the line w of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line y y of Fig. 5 and looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 8 is .a detail view of the item-indicator and its operating devices; Fig. 9 is a detail view or: the operating rod showing its connection with the indicator; Fig. 10 is a detail View of the hand operated resetting device for the co-unting-indicator; Fig. 11 is a detail view of the locking device for the counting-indicator; Fig. 12 is a detail view of the arrester for the operating rod; Fig. 13 is a horizontal section taken through the indicator casing immediately above the classified indicating device and showing the latter and its operating mechanism in plan; Fig. lit is a detail view of a portion of the operating yoke for the `classiiied indicating device; Fig. 15 is a detail view of the cam block carried by the operating rod; Fig. 16 is a transverse section taken through the classified indicating device showing one of the actuating pawls; Figs. 17, 18 and 19 are detail views showing the relative positions of the actuating pawls for the classified record; Fig. 20' is a perspective view of the operating mechanism for the double indicating register; Fig. 21 is af detail view of the bell ringing device; and Fig. 22 is a top, plan view of the mechanism showing the relative positions of the operating and connecting rods.
In these drawings we have illustrated one embodiment of our invention and have f shown the same in conjunction with a fare register, or recorder, of a well known construction. This register comprises a frame 1 in which the registering mechanism is mounted. This registering. mechanism is provided with suitable setting devices com- 110 a vertical settin prisinv a rotary setting shaft 2 connected bg suitable motion transmitting devices 3 wit rod 4 mounted on the car and provided with an actuating handle 5. The registering mechanism Afurther comprises operating devices, 'to cause the fare to be registered, `cluding a slide bar 6 extendingbeyondfthe register and connected by suitable motion transmitting devices 7 with a vertical reciprocating operating rod 8 mounted adjacent to the setting rodfl: and provided with a suitable actuating device, such as a foot lever 9. The register itself has mounted therein an indicator 10 operatively connected with the moving parts thereof and the detail registering devices are adapted to be reset to zero at the ends of certain predetermined periods as, for example,
the end of a tri in .the case of a street car fare register. his register is. lshovgn and described in Patent No.-990,666, granted to Ohmer, Whistler and McAllister and the setting and operating rods and the devices for connectingthe same with the register are shown in the Patent No. 1000,542, ranted to Ohmer, Whistler and McAllister or registerl o erating mechanism, and need not be here s own or described indetail.. Such a register, when used for a fare. register, for example, is usually mounted 1n the u per part of the car, often near the top o the partition dividing the body of the car from the vestibule and it is, therefore,desirable n that indicating mechanism should be provided which will be more nearly o n the level with the eyes of the passengers 1n the car. For this reason we have provided the present indicating devices and have shown the same as comprising an indicator which is shown asa whole by the .reference numeral 11 which is aptplied to the casing inclosing the indicating evices. The indicatoris supported independently of the register, that is, it bears no xed relation thereto but may be mounted in such a position relatively to or at such a-distance from the register as' It will further be undermay be desirable.
stood, however, that while we have shown and will now proceed to describe the indi- .cator as used in conjunction with a register,
many of its features may be utilized in 'an indicator alone without combining them with a register.
The present indicator comprises three sets of indicating devices, one of which indicates the character of the item which has been registered, that is, in the case of a fare indicator,vthe class of the fare. The indicator may be adapted to handle any suitable number of fares vand these may be of any desired class. The present indicator is designed to take care of tickets, 8 cash fares, transfers and 5 cash fares. The second indicatn device is for the purpose of registering an indicating the number of items of all classes cords the total number of items of each class received, and, in a fare indicator, shows the number of fares of each class which have been received during one or more trips. All or a part of these indicatn devices may be readable on both sides o the indicator. Thus, by mounting the indicator near the dividing line between the car and the vestibule or between any other two parts of the car the indications will be visible on the latform. To take care of these three indicating devices the casing 1l has been provided with an enlarged lower portion'to receive the counting-indicators which indicate the total number of items of all kinds received and this enlarged portion is provided at each side with a sight opening 12, the two sight openings being offset -one from the other but having their inner ends overlapping for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. yThe upper portion of the casin 11 is contracted and that portion immediately above the enlarged portion which is adapted to contain the indicating devices to indicate the class of the itemregistered also has two sight or symbol of some particular item, theser items being shown, in the present machlne, as the several classes of fares above enumerated. These indicator blades are so mounted that they rest normally in substantially parallel positionsbelow the level of the sight openings and when all of them are in this position no indication will be visible through either open` ing. Means are provided for selecting and elevating into alinement with the si ht opemngs that blade bearing the indication corresponding to the item or fare which the register is operated to register. Further, this mechanism is such that the blade cannot be elevated until the register is actually operated when it will be automatically raised into its indicating position and it will then remain in this position until the regis# ter has `been again operated to register 4another fare of a different class, thus elimi` device permits the blade to move vertically but holds it always in a horizontal position. The operating rod 8, by means of which the register is operated to register each item, is provided with means for engaging one of the links 16 and elevating the indicator blade to which that link is attached. Setting devices are provided to enable this means to be adjusted to cause the desired indicator blade to be elevated. To this end the elevating means is shown in the present instance as comprising a pin or' projection 17 carried by a plate 18 rotatablymounted on the koperating rod 8 between two collars` 19. Rigidly secured to the plate 18 and rotatable therewith is a gear 20 which meshes with an intermediate gear 21, which gear is preferably elongated, as shown in Fig. 5, to enable thel gear 20 to have vertical movement relatively thereto without moving lout of mesh therewith. The intermediate gear 21 meshes with a gear 22 rigidly secured to and rotatable with the setting shaft 4. Consequently, when the shaft 4 is rotated to set the register for a particular fare the plate l 18 carrying the pin 17 will also be rotated and the pin 17 brought into alinement with the lower link of that particular indicating blade which bears the indication corresponding to the fare for which the register has been set. The operation of the operating rod 8, to cause the operation of the register to register the particular fare for which it is Set, causes the pin to' engage the link of this blade and elevate the blade into its visible position. A suitable detent is provided to retain the indicator blade in its elevated position and this detent is here shown as a spring-pressed dog 23 having a nose adapted to engage a pin 24 carried by the upper link. This-dog is mounted on the shaft 25 and is held normally in an operative position by means of a spring 26 engaging a projection 27 secured to the hub of the dog. A finger 28 projects from the opposite side of the hub and engages a xed part of the mechanisln to limit the forward movement of the nose when the particular indicator blade is in its lowermost position. Connected with the operating rod 8 is a suitable tripping device, such as a collar 29, which will engage the projection 27 as the rod nears the upper limit of its movement and move the nose of the dog 23 out of engagement with the pin 24, thus leaving the indicator blade free to move downward. The construction is such that in case the same fare is registered twice in succession the indicator blade will not move into its non-indicating position. Thisis accomplished by so arran ing the parts that when the operating rod 1s at the upper limit of its movement the pin 24 of the link will be some distance above the nose on the dog 23 and as the rod moves downward to permit the indicator blade to move downward the dog will be released and will move into its operative position and thus again engage the pin 24 and retain the blade in its indicating position.
In the present arrangement of parts the lower links occupy such positions that they would normally interfere with the movement of the pin 17 when the latter is in its lowermost or normal position. To avoid this they have been provided with notches 30 arranged to permit the passage of the pin. Means have also been provided to prevent the movement of the pin 17 about the axis of the operating rod during the operating movement thereof. This means, in one form, comprises a plate 31 rigidly secured to the plate 18, and is here shown as forming an extension of that plate, and having in its periphery a series of recesses 32, one of which Will be moved into alinement with a projection yor rib 33 carried by a fixed part of the frame when the pin is in operative relation to one of the indicator blades. When the operating shaft is moved upward the rib will enter the corresponding notchvor recess in the plate 31 and will remain therein until the operating rod has practically completed its reciprocation, thus retaining the operating rod 8 against rotary movement during its reciprocatory movement.
To prevent the operator from giving a short stroke to the operating rod and permitting it to return to its normal position without moving upward a distance sufficient to shift the indicating blades the rod is preferably provided with an arrester which is here shown as of a Well known type comprising a rack 34, rigidly secured to the rod, and a spring-held pawl 35a adapted to ride over the rack in opposite directions during the two movements of the rod, thus making it necessary for the rod to complete its movement in one direction before it can be moved in the opposite direction.
The indicating device for indicating the total number of transactions had, or in the present instance, the total number of fares received, is here shown as consisting of a double group of indicating counter wheels, that is, counter Wheels provided on their peripheries with figures or letters of is provided with the numerals 0 to 9. The
the proper size to enable them to be read at the desired distance. As here shown this group of counter wheels comprises five wheels, the two counter wheels at ea'chend l being visible only through the respective ysight openingswhile the middle counter" wheel is visible through both sightcpenings. As read from one si e of the indicator the counter wheels 35 and 36 at the extreme left and tens counters for the opposite side ofthe indicator. Each of these counter wheels middle counter wheel 39, which is visible through both sightA openings, constitutes the hundreds counter wheel tor both sides of the indicator, and, to this end, is provided with two series of numerals running from 0 to 4 only. The several counter wheels all move in the same direction in the normal operationof the device and the corresponding counter. wheels at the opposite ends of the group are moved in unison. Conselquently, the same indication will be visible through both sight openings.
The mechanism for actuating the counters and transferring the count from one to the other may be oi any suitable character, and is here shown as comprising a pawl and ratchet mechanism. Each counter wheel has secured to one side thereof a ratchet wheel 40 adapted to bel engaged by one of a series of pawls 46,447, 48 mounted upon a frame or yoke 41 which is journaled on the counter shaft 42, and is actuated by the operation of the operating rod 8. The two ratchet wheels 40, which are secured to the units counter wheels 35 and 37, are each provided at a point immediately preceding the tooth which is engaged by the pawl to movev the zero indication of the respective counter wheels into view, with a recess 43 of a depth materially greater than the depth 'of the spaces between the other teeth of the ratchet. The ratchet wheels secured to the tens counters 36 and 38 are provided with recesses similarly located and of the same depth as the spaces between the corresponding teeth of the other ratchet. wheels. The ratchet wheel carried by the hundreds counter39 has the spaces between its teeth all of equal depth. The supporting frame or yoke 41 has journaled therein a shaft 45 on which are rigidly mounted five pawls arranged in alinement with the respective ratchet wheels 40. The two end pawls 46, which are adapted to actuate the units counters, are so positioned that they will normally engage their ratchet wheels when movement is imparted to the frame 41. y The pawls 47 for- A hammer 54 is pivotall tively to the pawls 46 that they will normally be held out of engagement with their respective ratchet wheels, while the pawl 48 'for the hundreds lcounter occupies such'position relativel to the pawls 47 that it will normally be hed out of engagement withits ratchet wheel.
In the operation of the indicator when the units counters have been advanced nine s a'ces the pawls 46 will be brought into a inement wlth the deep spaces 43, thus allowing the pawls 46 to move downward a greaterdistance than usual and thus permitting the pawls 47 to operatively engage the teeth ofl their ratchet wheels, whereb the next operatlon of the pawl supporting rame 41 will cause both the units counters and the tens counters to be advanced oneI space. The pawl for the hundreds counter is, however,
still held in an inoperative osition because 1t 1s spaced farther away rom its ratchet -wheel than arethe pawls for the tens counters., When the counters have been actuated to indicate 99 the pawls 46 and 47 will all enter their respective recesses 43 and 44, thus permitting the pawl 48 for the hun- `dreds counter to engage' its ratchet wheel,
whereby the further operation of the pawl A will cause all the counter wheels to be advanced one unit. A sprin 49 tends to rotate the shaft 45 forwar ly to move the pawls into engagement with the respective ratchet wheels. Operating movement may be imparted to the pawl sup orting frame 41 in any suitable manner. referably, as above stated, this frame is actuated from the operatin rod 8 and to this end the frame is provi ed with an arm 50 having a in 51 extending laterally therefrom into a s otted arm 52 whichis rigidly secured to the operating rod 8. Thus, the reciprocation of the rod 8 will im artl a rocking movement to the frame 41 whlch will actuate those counters, the pawls of which are in o erative relation thereto. Spring-pressed etent pawls 77 prevent the backward movement of the ratchet wheels during the return portion of the movement of the actuating awls.
A suitable signal is sounde upon each operation of the operating rod 8 and inA the present instance this signal com rises a bell 53 mounted in the lower part o the casing. mounted within the casing and connecte with a pawl 55 having its nosel held normally in engagement with the teeth of a ratchet wheel 56 on the shaft 42 by means of a spring 57. This ratchet wheel 1s loosely mounted on the shaft and is actuated by means of a pawl 58 carried by the pawl sup orting frame 41 and having a hook-shaped) nose which enga es over the teeth of the ratchet wheel. y means of this construction the return'portion of each operating movement of the frame 41 will cause the ratchet wheel 56 to be moved when it is desire 'zero thel shaft is rotated and during its rotaone space, thus moving the pawl 55 outward against the tension of the spring 57 and permitting its quick return as it passes the end of the tooth, thus causingthe hammer v54 to engage and ring the bell 53. It will be noted lthat the spring 57 serves to hold both the pawl 55 and the pawlr58 in engagement with ,the ratchet wheel 56. By means of this arrangement we not only utilize a single spring for both pawls but the arrangement is suchthat the greatest tension will be upon the bell ringing pawl immediately prior to its release, thus utilizing the .greatest strength of the spring to ring the bell.
-The indicating counters are preferably utilized to indicate the number of` detail transactions had within a iven period, as the number of fares receiver? during a single trip of the car. They are, therefore, adapted to be reset at the end of such period and to this end the shaft 42 is a resetting shaft and is rotatably mounted. The shaft 42 is provided with a longitudinal groove 59 and each counter has pivotally mounted thereon a spring-pressed dog 60 adapted to enter the groove 59 when brought into alinement therewith. The nose of the dog is so shaped that when the counter is rotated forwardly it will move out of the groove but when the shaft is rotated in the direction of rotation of the counters the edge of the groove will engage the dog and cause the counter to rotate with the shaft. Consequently, during the normal operation of the counters the dog will ride over the eriphery of the shaft and d) to reset the counters to tion will pick up the counters in whatever positions they may be and move the same to zero. This resettingmovement of the shaft may be secured in any manner and when the device is used in conjunction with a register it is preferably controlled by the resetting movement of the detail counters of the register. To this end the shaft 42 is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 7 of the drawings as provided` with a bevel gear 61 meshing witha similar gear 62 on the lower end of a shaft 63 which extends upward and is connected yby similar bevel gearing 64 with the resetting shaft of the detail counters of the register. Consequently, when those counters are reset to zero the resetting shaft 42 of the indicating counters will be rotated to reset these counters to zero and the devices for controlling the resetting of the register counters will also control the resetting of the indicator counters.
When the indicator is used Without a reg-y ister it may be provided with any suitable means for enabling the indicating counters to be reset to zero and in Figs'. l() and 11 I have shown the shaft as provided with -a hand wheel 65 instead of the bevel gear 61. We have also shown the shaft` as having mounted thereon two cam disks 66 and 67. The disk 66'is rigidly secured to thenshaft 42 and has a locking recess 68 adapted to receive the inturned nose 69 of an arm 70 pivotally mounted adjacent to the disk. A 70 yoke or pawl-supporting frame 41, which is` alsomounted on the shaft 42. This disk is provided with, a locking shoulder 73 and an arm 74 is secured to the arm 70 and provided with a lip 75 adapted to be moved into the path of the shoulder of the disk 67 when the nose of the arm 70 is moved out of the locking recess inthe arm 66, thereby locking the pawl-supporting frame against movement during the resetting of the/yunters. The ldisk l66 is circular and [consequently the nose of the arm 70 will ride yon its periphery throughout the resetting movement of the shaft and will vthus retain the lip of the arm 74 in-locking lpositionthroughout that movement. Preferably, the disk 66 is cut away on one side of the recess 68, as shown at 76, to permit the nose of the arm to move inward and engage the opposite edge of the recess, thereby eiiectually preventing the overthrow of the resetting shaft. The cam disk 67 is segmental in shape and during theoperation of the yoke to actuate the counters this segmental portion of the disk will lie in the path of the lip 75 of the arm 74 and will thereby prevent the manipulation of the arms to release the resetting shaft. An arm 78 is rigidly connected with the arm 70 preferably by securing the same to the shaft 108 on which the arm is mounted and is provided with a hook-shaped end portionrarranged to engage a stud 7 9.mount ed on the arm 50 to lock the same against movement during the resetting movement of the shaft.
The indicator -for classified items, which is mounted in the upper part of the casing, comprises ashaft 80 on which are mounted several groups of indicating counter Wheels,
ythere being a group ofithese Wheels for each class of transactions which the device is adapted to indicate. The left hand group of counters, `indicated at 81, are, in the present arrangement of the machine, arrangedA to count and indicate tickets. The second group, 82, indicates the 8 cash fares, the
third group, 83, indicates the transfers and` the fourth group, 84, indicates the 5 cash fares. The units counters of the `respective groups are actuated each time the other indicating devices are actuated to indicate the item, or fare, which that particular group of counters is designed to indicate. To this :saV
f end suitable selector mechanism is provided. andjcontrolled from the setting' rod 4 ,to
causathe operation of the'units counter for the proper group. In'the present form of the device 'each units counter has secured thereto a ratchet wheel 85 adapted to be engaged by a .pawl 86 mounted on a pawl supporting frame 87 journaled on the shaft -80 and adapted to have operating movement imparted thereto' by the'movement of the.
operating rod 8. Mounted upon. the shaft 80 adjacent to each of the ratchet wheels 85 vishaft 80 has mounted on one end vthereof a is'.` a disk 88 of a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of the ratchet wheel and having a cut-away portion or recess 89. The several disks are secured to the shaft 80 in such positions that the recesses 89 of the respectlve disks occupy relative to the sha t.
different positions l The pawls '86 are mounted in longitudinal alinement. upon a rod 90 carried by thelframe 87, are of the same length and have their noses of such a width that theiylextend across the periphery ofboththe dis and the ratchet. Obviously, solong as one of the awls is in engagement with the periphery o itsdisk the movement of theframe 87 will not affect the ratchet wheel,vand, inasmuch as the recesses ofthe several disks occupy different relative positions on the shaft only one pawl at a time can be in operativerelat'ion with its ratchet wheel and therefore thef operation 'of the pawl supporting frame will impart move- 'ment to but one counter.' The selection ofv this counter, `as above-stated, is controlled bythe setting rodl 4. Eor this purpose the gear 91 meshing with one face ofadoublefaced rack 92, the other face of which-meshes with an'intermediate gear 93 which isrigidly secured to a` second gear. 94 which, 1n
. turn,'meshes with a gear 95 secured to and i rotating with the setting shaft 4.' The ratio of the gears is such that the rack will be moved a distance suilicient to bring the recess of the disk 88 of the proper counter into such a position as to permit the operating pawl to engage said counter.
Operating movement may be imparted to the frame 87 and pawls'86 by means of the operating rod 8, and, to this end, the frame 8 is provided at that end adjacent the opera-ting rod lWith a pin or projection 96 adapted to enter a cam slot 97 in a block 98 rigidlyl secured to the rod 8. The shape of the cam slot is such that the reciprocating movement ofthe rod 8 will rock the frame 7 and impart actuating movement to the pawls. If desired, the reciprocating block 98 may be mounted in a' guideway 99 to hold the same more firmly in engagement with its pin. Spring-pressed pavvls 100 engage the respective ratchet wheels to prevent their movement duringA the return movement of secured to the units counter anda -secured to that counter adjacent to t e disk, and adapted to'engage a six toothedv gear i received ideama. d
the actuatin pawls. The count may be' transferred roml 'the units counter 4to the tens counter and succeeding counters of each group in any suitable manner. Inv the vpresent instancewe employ the Geneva transfer mechanism, such as'shown in Fi 3 -of the drawings, .comprising .a recesse disk 101- in 102 103 once for each revolution ofthe counter this count being then transmitted to the tens counter through the usual gearing.
wheel, thus advancing the gear 103 one step,
This mechanism is Well-.known and 1t is -not thought necessary to describe the same in detai.
vThe fare register 1 includes recording devices, a part of which'are indicated at 104 Y and which include all the items or fares recorded by the classified indicator 14,. The register further includes printing mechanismior taking a record from these recording "devices, this mechanism being here shown as comprising a platen mounted in a movable carriage comprlsing a rack 106 adaptedto be actuated by a gear l107.
This mechanism is not shownzor described in'detail in the present application as it forms 'no part thereof and. is fully shown and described in Patent No. 990,666, above mentioned. In this manner' it will be noted that we have not only provided in an indicating device means for indicating the class of the fares received, other means for indicating the number of fares'of all classesV during a given period, as during a'trip of vthe street car, and a third means ino for recording and indicating the total numV ber of 'items of each class received during a plurality of such periods or trips, but we have provided in connection with this device means for printing a 'removable record of the record indicatedbv the. last-men tioned indicating means. While `this printL z either alone or in conjunction-with a register or other device employed in a similar, relation; that this indicator will be actuated to indicate the character of the item which has been received only after the register has been operated to register that item, when the device is used in conjunction with a register, and will be locked in this position until another and different item has been received and registered, thus preventing the manipulation of the device to indicate one fare and register another. further, it will be apparent that we have provided means for indicating the total number of transactions had and that these indications are visible from both sides of the indicator. Fl'lrther, we have provided a classified indication of the different transactions had; and that the whole device is simple in construction, positive in its operation and of such a character that it will not readily be disarranged or broken.
While we have shown and described one embodiment of our invention, in which it is coupled with a fare register, it will be understood that this has been chosenfor the purpose of illustration-only and that we do not desire to be limited either to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will` occur to one skilled in the art, or to the use of the invention in conjunction with a register or recorder, for it is obvious that it can be used alone or in conjunction with various other devices, such, for example, asa fare box.
Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
1. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted Within said casing and supported .normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, of a reciprocatory operating rod, an operating device carried by said operating rod and having reciprocatory movement therewith to move one of said indicating members into alinement with said opening, said operating device being movable about the axis of said rod to enable it to be brought into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
2. In an indicator, -a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, a vertically movable operating rod, an actuating device carried by said rod and having vertical movement in unison therewith, said operating device being movable relatively to said rod tol bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
' 3. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating members, an operating rod, an operating member mounted `on said operating rod and having vertical movement therewith and having movement about the axis of said rod to bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members.
4. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted within said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, veach `of said indicating members being movable, independently of the other indicating members, an operating rod, anl operating member mounted on said operating rod and having vertical movement therewith and having movement about the axis of said rod to bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members,land setting mechanism to vmove said operating device relatively to said operating rod.
5. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mountedA in said casing and supported normally out of alinement with said opening, each of said indicating members being movable independently of the other indicating member or members, supporting devices connecting the respective indicating members with a fixed support and arrangd` to support said'indicating members at all times inl substantial horizontal positions, and means to actuate a selected one of said indicating members to move it into alinement with said opening.
6. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted in said casing, a plurality of pairs' of links connecting the respective indicating members with -a fixed support and arranged to support said members normally side by side and out of alinement with said opening,
operating means to move a selected one of/ said indicating members kinto alinement with said opening, and means toV retain said member in alinement with said opening and arranged to be actuated by the movement of another indicating member into alinement with said opening to release the irst-mentioned member.
7'. In an indicator, a casing having an opening, a plurality of indicating members mounted in said casing, a pluralityol:l pairs of links connecting the respectivevindicating members with a fixed support and arranged to support said members normally side by side a-nd out of alinement with said opening, an operating member adapted to be moved into operative relation with any one of said indicating members, means to actuate said operating member to cause it to move that indicating member with which it is in operative relation into alinement with said opening.
8. The combination. with a register, a rotatable setting rod therefor, and a reciprocable operating rod therefor, of an indicator separate fromA said .register and com-4 prising a pluralityV of indicating blades each capable of vertical movement independently ofthe other blades, an actuating member rotatably mounted on said operating rod and tatable setting rod therefor, and a recip rocable operating rod therefor, of an indicator comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of indicating'blades, a plurality of pairs of links connecting the respective blades with said frame to permit each blade to have 'movement relatively to the other blades, van operating member rotatably mounted on said operating rod and adapted to be moved into and out of alinement with blades,
the lower links of any one of the several pair of links, and an operative connection between said operating member and.l said setting rod.
10. The combination, with a register, a Vrotatable setting rod therefor, and a reciprocable operating rod therefor, of an indicator comprising a supportingframe, a plurality of indicating blades, a plurality of` pairs of links connecting the respective blades with said frame to permit each blade lto have movement relatively to the other blades, an operating member rotatably mounted' on said operating rod and adapted to be moved into and out of alinement with the lower links of the several blades, a gear connecting said operating member, an elongated intermediate gear meshing with the first-mentioned gear, and a gear mounted on and rotatable with said setting rod and meshing with said intermediate ear. g 11. The combination, with a register, a rotatable setting rod therefor, and a reciprocable operating rod therefor, of an indicator comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of indicating blades, a plurality of pairs of links connecting the respective blades with said frame to permit each blade to have movement relatively to the other an operating member rotatably mounted on said operating rod and adapted to be moved into and out of alinement with the lower links of the several blades, an operative connection between said operating member and said setting rod, said operating member having a laterally extending portion provided in its edge with a series -of recesses, and a rib carried by a fixed part of said indicator and adapted to enter one of said recesses when vertical movement is imparted to said operating member.
12. An indicator comprising a supporting frame, a plurality of indicating membersV having movement relatively to the others, a
.longitudinally movable operating rod, an op- -eratin member mounted on said rod and movab e relatively thereto to bring the same into operative relation with any one of said indicating members, a plate connected to and movable with said operating member and having a vseries of notches therein, and
a fixed part arranged to enter one of said recesses when longitudinal movement` is imparted to said operating rod.
13. In an indicator, a casing having a sight opening in each side thereof, a plufrality of 'indicating counter wheels mounted'within said casing, a part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through one of said sight openings, another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through another-of said sight openin and still another part of said counter whee s being arranged to be read through both of said sight openings, actuating devices for said counter wheels, and means for operating said actuating devices.
14. In an indicator, a casing having a sight opening in each side' thereof, a plu rality of indicating counter wheels mounted within said casing, a part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through one of said sight openings, another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through another of said sight openings and still another part of said counter wheels being arranged to be read through both of said sight openings, a ratchet wheel secured to each of said counter wheels, a yoke pivotally mounted on the axis of said counter wheels, a series of pawls carried by said' yoke and adapted to engage the respective ratchet wheels, means for holding a portion of said pawls normally out of operative relation with their ratchet wheels, an operating rod, and a connection between said operating rod and said yoke.
15.. In an indicator, a plurality of indicating counterwheels rotatable about a common axis, one of Said counter wheels being readable from both sides of said indicator, the counter wheels on one side of the first-mentioned counter wheel being readable from one side only of said indicator and the counter wheels on the opposite side of said first-mentioned counter wheel being readable from the other side only of said indicator, and means for actuating said counter wheels.
16. The combination, with a register, and an operating device' therefor, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a series of indicating counter wheels arranged to exhibit the count on both sides of said indicator, and a connection between said indicating wheels and said operating device to cause a unit to be added to the indicating wheels upon ca ch operation of the operating device for sa1d register,
17. The combinatlon, Wlth a reglster, and
a reciprocal operating rod therefor, of an indicator comprising an uneven number of indicating counter wheels, the middlecounter wheel having two series of indications arranged in a single row about the perlphery thereof to exhibit the same indication simultaneously on both sides of said indicator, the counter wheels on one side of said n nddle counter wheel being readable onone slde of said indicator and the counter wheels on the opposite side of said middle counter Wheel being readable on the other side of sald 1ndicator, and means actuated by the reclprocation of said operating rod to add a unit to each of said indications upon each operatlon of said operating rod.
18. The combination, with a register, and setting and operatinvr devices therefor, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a device to indicate the character of the item registered, a second device to compute the number of items registered, and means controlled in unison with said operating device for said register to actuate both of said indicating devices.
19. The combination, with a, register, and setting and operating devices therefor, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a plurality of indicating members each movable relatively to the other, means controlled by said setting and/operating devices for said register to select one of said indicating members and move the same into indicating position, said indicator also comprising a series of indicating counter Wheels, and means actuated by said operating device for'said register to yactuate the units counter Wheel upon` eachoperation of said operating device.
20. The combination, with la register, an operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a series of indicating counter Wheels, means controlled by the operating device for said register to actuate said indicatingdevice upon each operation of said register, and means actuated by the resetting of said register to reset said counter wheels to zero.
21. The combination, with a register, an operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separate from said .register compris-- ing a resetting shaft, a series of indicating counter Wheels mounted on saidshaft and arranged to exhibit the same indication on both sides ofsaid indicator, means controlled by the operating device for said register to add a unit to both indications upon each operation of said register, and a conf nection between said resetting shaft and the resetting mechanism of said register.
22. The combination, with a register, an
A operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separate from said register comprising av resetting shaft, a series of indicating counter Wheels mounted on said shaft and arranged to exhibit the same indication on both sides of said indicator, means controlled by the operating device for said register to add a unit to both indications upon each operation of said'register, means for actuating said resetting shaft, and means for locking said resetting shaft normally against movement.
23. The combination, with a register, an operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separatefrom said register comprising a resetting shaft, a series of indicating counterwheels mounted on saidshaft and arranged to exhibit the sameA indication on both sides of said indicator, means controlled by the operating device for said register to add a unit to both indications upon each operation of said register, means for actuating said resetting shaft, means for locking said resetting shaft normally against movement, and. means for locking the operating mechanism for said counter Wheels against movement while said resetting shaft is being actuated.
24. The combination, With a register, an operating device for said register, and means for resetting said register to zero, of an indicator separate from said register comprising a resetting shaft, a series of indicatin counter Wheels mounted on said shaft an arranged to exhibit the same indication on both sides of said indicator, means controlled by the operating device for said register to add a unit to both indications upon each operation of said register, a locking plate secured to said resetting shaft, a secing means to reglster a plurality of different items, and setting and operating devices for said register, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a plurality of groups of indicating counters, selective operating mechanism controlled by the setting and operating mechanism for said register to actuate the units counter of that group of counters corresponding to the item which said register` is set to register.
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26. The combination, with a lregister having means to register a plurality of diferarranged adjacent to each of said ratchet Wheels, means controlled by the operating device for said register for operating said paWls in unison, and means controlled by the setting device for said register to render a part of said pawls inoperative.
27. The combination, with a register having means to register a plurality of diierent items, and setting and operating devices for said register, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a shaft, a plurality of groups of indicatin counters rotatably mounted on said sha and a ratchet Wheel connected with the units counter of each of said groups, disks secured to said shaft adjacent to the respective ratchet Wheels and each having a recess in the periphery thereof, the recesses of the respective disks being arranged in different positions with relation to said shaft, pavvls mounted adjacent to the respective ratchet wheels and extending across said disks, means controlled by the operating device for said register for moving said pavvls in unison, and means controlled by the setting device for said register to actuate said disks to move the recess of one of them into a position adjacent to the nose of its pawl, whereby the pawl ispermitted to engage the ratchet wheel.
28. The combination, with a register having means to register a plurality of different items, and setting and operating devices for said register, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a shaft, a plurality of groups of indicatin counters rotatably mounted on said sha and a ratchet wheel connected with the units counter of each of said groups, disks secured to said shaft adjacent to the respective ratchet wheels and each having a recess in theI periphery thereof, the recesses of the respective disks being arranged in diierent positions with relation to said shaft, pawls mounted adjacent to the 'respective ratchet wheels and extending across said disks, means controlled by the operating device for said register for moving said pavvls in unison, a pinion secured to the end of said shaft, a double faced rack having one face meshing with said pinion, and gearing connecting said setting shaft with the other face of s aid rack, whereby the movement of said setting shaft will shift the positions of the disks on said counter shaft.
I 29. The combination, with-a register having means to register a plurality of diierent iteins, and setting and operating devices for said register, of an indicator separate from said register and comprising a plurality of groups of indicating counters arranged to rotate about a common axis, a ratchet wheel connected with the units counter of each of said grou s, a pawl-supporting frame mounted on t e axis of said counters, pawls carried by said frame to en` gage the respective ratchet wheels, a pin carr1ed by said frame, a block connected with said operating device for said register and having a cam groove to receive said pin and operate `said paWl-supporting frame,
and means controlled by the setting device for said register to render -a part of said paWls inoperative.
30. The combination, with a register, and
setting and operating devices therefor, of an indicator separate from said register and comprislng devices to indicate the character of the item registered, other devices to indicate the number of items registered and other; devices to indicate the number of items of each class which have been registered, and mechanism for controlling all of said devices from the setting and operating devices of said register.
31. In a device of the character described, a plurality of alined counter wheels, aratchet wheel secured to the units counter wheel, a pawl supporting frame mounted on the axis of said counter wheels, a pawl carried by said frame and adapted to engage said ratchet wheel, means for actuating said paWl-supporting frame, a second ratchet Wheel mounted on the axis of said counter Wheels and disconnected therefrom, a pawl connected with said DaWl-supporting frame and adapted to `engage the teeth of said second ratchet wheel, a second pawl arranged to be engaged by the teeth of said second ratchet Wheel, resilient means to hold said pawls in engagement with said second ratchet Wheel, a bell, and a hammer con` nected with said second pawl and adapted to be actuated by the movement of said second ratchet wheel.
In testimony whereof, we aix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.
- WILFRED I. OHMER.
JOHN E. MCALLISTER,
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