US1229647A

US1229647A - Fare-recording mechanism.

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Publication number: US1229647A
Application number: US72471912A
Authority: US
Inventors: Wilfred I Ohmer; David B Whistler
Original assignee: RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES Co
Current assignee: RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES Co
Priority date: 1912-10-09
Filing date: 1912-10-09
Publication date: 1917-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1934-06-12

Description

Patented June 12, 1917.

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FARE RECORDING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1912.

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WILFRED I. OHMER AND DAVID BQWHISTLEB, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOBS TO THE RECORDING AND COMPUTING MACHINES COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORA- TION OF OHIO.

FARE-RECORDING MECHANISM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1917.

Application filed October 9, 1912. Serial No. 724,719.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VVILFRED I. OHMER and DAVID B. WHISTLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Recording Mechanism, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to fare recording mechanism and more particularly to a combined fare box'and recorder. lhe object of the invention is to provide an absolute check upon the conductor, or other collector, to insure the proper registration and classification of all cash fares. To this end it is a further object of the invention, first, to provide a mechanism which will compute the total amount of money deposited in a fare box and will produce a printed record of said amount, the computation being accomplished mechanically and being beyond 7 the control of the conductor; and second, to combine such mechanism with a fare recorder adapted to produce a printed, classified record of the fares received, including the total amount of cash received, thereby providing, for comparison, two printed records of the total amount of cash received, the computation of one of said totals being controlled by the conductor as he classifies the fares and the computation of the other total being beyond the control of the condoctor and independent of his classification of the fares. A further object of the invention is to print the two total cash records upon a single record sheet and to accomplish the printing thereof simultaneously. It is also an object of the invention to provide on said record along with the two total cash records detail records of the number of cash fares of each denomination received, thereby making it necessary for the conductor to register and properly classify each cash fare, as the total number of cash fares of each kind will appear on the record together with the total amount of cash, these items being controlled of course by the conductors classification of the fares. In addition, however, there appears on the record the fare box total which is absolutely beyond the control of the conductor and computes the amount of cash passing through the box before the conductor can have any access to it. Consequently, this count is wholly mechanical and cannot be tampered with or juggled in any way by the conductor and is, therefore, always accurate. By comparing this count with the classified count the accuracy of the latter is readily determined. Such records, Whether printed on one or more record sheets, provides an absolute check upon the operation of the conductor and makes it practically impossible for him to hold out fares or to register a fare of a larger denomination as one of a smaller denomination and hold out the difference between the two. In addition to these main features of the invention it is a further object to so construct and arrange the several parts of the mechanism that their operation will be very simple and that there will be little liability of their becoming disarranged or in any way rendered inoperative or of their being caused to register inaccurately.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fare recording mechanism embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a portion of said mechanism showing the fare box and recorder on a larger scale; Fig. '3 is a side ele vation of what is shown in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a detail view of the operating mechanism for the fare box; Fig. 5 is a detail view of the operating mechanism for the recorder; Fig.6 is a plan view of the actuating mechanism for the fare box total counter; Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 8 is a plan view of the operating mechanism for the fare box; Fig. 9 is a vertical section taken through the fare box near one of its side walls and showing the operating mechanism therefor; Fig. 10 is a vertical section taken through one end of the indicator showing the operating mechanism therefor; Fig. 11 is a facsimile of a record produced by the recording mechanism; Fig. 12 is a front elevation partly broken away of a fare box such as is embodied in the present mechanism; Fig. 13 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line m as of Fig. 12 looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken on the line y y of Fig. 13 looking in the direction of the arrows.

In these drawings we have illustrated one embodiment of the invention and have shown the same as embodied in a machine of the pedestal type, the main features of which were shown and described in the application filed by us August 31st, 1912, Serial No. 718,001. As shown in that application the pedestal or supporting frame comprises a base portion conslstmg of upright posts 1 connected one to the other and having at their upper ends a supporting plate or table 2 upon which a fare box 3 is supported. A fare recorder 1 is mounted within the base 1 and is here shown as arranged horizontally as distinguished from the vertical arrangement shown in the above-mentioned application. A fare indicator 5 is supported above the fare box upon hollow standards 6, through one of which extends a shaft 8 to set and operate the in dicating mechanism. The indicating mechanism as a whole is similar to that shown and described in the above mentioned application and need not be further described herein. The shaft 8 is a rotatory shaft and rotated by means of a handle 9 mounted upon a short shaft 10 which extends through a casing 11 having-a slot Within which the handle 9 operates. The casing is provided along the slot with stops, each of which is marked to designate a particular fare. When the handle 'is in engagement with a particular stop the operating mechanism for the indicator will be so set that when actuated the indicator will indicate the fare corresponding to the indication adjacent to said stop. The short shaft 10 may be connected with the shaft 8 in any suitable manner but as here' shown it is provided at its lower end with a crank arm 12 which is connected by a link 13 with a corresponding crank 14 on the shaft 8. (See Fig. 2.) To operate the indicator, as well as certain other parts of the mechanism, vertical reciprocatory movement is imparted to the shaft 8 and to this end the shaft is connected at its lower end with an arm 15 rigidly se cured to a rock shaft 16 having at one end a foot lever 17.

The fare box which comprises a casing 3 and recorder which comprises a casing 4.- are also well known in their main features of construction and only so much of these mechanisms will be described as is necessary to an understanding of the present invention. The fare box here shown in what is known commercially as the Johnson fare box. Briefly. the fare box comprises a hopper 30 opening into an upper compartment 31, the lower end of which is closed by swinging doors 32 and the side walls of which are preferably of glass or othertra-nsparent material to permit the fare deposited in the box to be inspected before the recording or indicating mechanism is operated. Preferably, the fare passes from the hopper 30 to the compartment 31 through a tortuous conduit 33 having at its lower end a door 31 which serves to prevent the removal of the fares from the compartment 31 by devices which might be inserted through the hopper 30. \Vhen the swinging doors 32 are open the fares, which in this instance are all cash fares, or coins, drop into a lower compartment 35 in which is mounted a suitable coin lifting device. In the present instance this coin lifting device comprises an inclined disk 36 provided with suitable pockets to receive and lift the coins. This disk is rotated by means of a shaft 37 having thereon a bevel gear 38 meshing with a pinion 39 carried by a shaft 40 which extends through the wall of the casing and is provided with a crank 41 for rotating the same. The inclined disk 36 is provided on its upper face with a series of pockets, each of which is adapted to receive and lift a coin of a single denomination only. These pockets are shown as formed in the present instance by means of lugs 125, the lugs of the different pockets being spaced different distances apart. When the disk is rotated, by means of the handle 41 or otherwise, the pockets, which are arranged near the periphery of the disk, pass through the lower part of the hopper and pick up single coins and carry these coins upward to the highest point of the disk, near which is arranged a device controlled by the coins for causing the operation of a registering device 51. The operation of this counting device is brought about by means of a disk 126 rigidly secured to and rotating with the coin lifting disk 36, and having .on its periphery a plurality of toothed racks, each rack comprising one or more teeth. The number of racks corresponds with the number of pockets on the face of the disk and each rack contains a number of teeth corresponding to the denomination of the coin which its particular pocket is adapted to lift. Mounted in the rear of the two disks and on an axis arranged at approximately right angles to the planes of the disks is a pinion 127 which is carried by a shaft 128 slidably mounted in its bearings and adapted to be moved axially to carry the pinion 127 into and out of the path of the teeth on the edge of the disk 126. To accomplish this movement a lever 129 is pivotally mounted on the frame of the machine, connected between its ends with the shaft 128, and has its free end arranged in the path of a finger 130 which is pivotally mounted on a rock shaft 131 journaled on the frame of the machine and extending in front of the coin lifting disk 36. Rigidly secured to the shaft 131 and extending above the disk 36 is a rock arm 132 having at its free end a roller 133 adapted to travel over the face of the disk in the path of the pockets 125. A spring 134 holds this roller normally in engagement with the face of the disk. The several racks on the edge of the disk 126 are so arranged with relation to their respective pockets that when a coin in one of these pockets engages the roller 133 and actuates the rock arm 132 and shaft 131, the pinion 127 will be moved in front of and into the path of the particular rack corresponding to the pocket containing the coin with which the roller 133 is in engagement. Conse quently, the pinion 127 will be rotated a distance corresponding to the denomination of that particular coin. This movement is transmitted to the counter 51 by means of suitable gearing comprising a gear 135 in the hub of which the shaft 128 is slidably mounted, but which is connected thereto in such a manner as to cause the gear to rotate with the shaft. The movement is transmitted from the gear 135 through gears 136, the shaft 96 and gears 137 to the actuating shaft 95 for the counter, on which is the actuating gear 94. It Will be obvious, therefore, that the operation of the fare box causes coins to be lifted from the hopper and registered according to their value. After the coin has passed the roller 133 it is discharged into a coin chute 139 which conveys it to the coin box. Thus the coins are accessible only after they have been registered. In the present arrangement of the mechanism, however, the disk is normally rotated by the operation of the operating rod 8 which actuates the indicator and recorder and the handle 41 is used only to lift and count any coins which might be left in the lower compartment 35 after the last fare has been registered. The mechanism for rotating the disk 36 from the reciprocating rod 8 consists in the present device of two gears 42 loosely mounted on the end of the shaft 40 and having rigidly secured thereto arms 43 carrying pawls 44 arranged to engage with a ratchet wheel 45 rigidly secured to the shaft 40. Pivotally mounted on the side wall of the fare box and meshing, respectively, with the gears 42 are two

segments

46 and 47. These segments are connected by means of links 48 with the opposite ends of a rock arm 49 pivotally mounted between its ends on the wall of the fare box. Consequently, when the rock arm is moved in one direction one gear will be moved in one direction and the other in the opposite direction. Thus, one pawl will be caused to engage and actuate the ratchet wheel and the other will ride over the ratchet wheel and when the rock arm is moved in the opposite direction the operation will be reversed. The rock arm is preferably actuated by means of a lever 50 connected at one end with the rock arm and connected at its other end with the shaft 8. Mounted in the front wall, of the fare box is the visual cash counter 51 adapted to compute the value of the coins lifted by the lifting device in the fare box.

The fare recorder may be of any suitable character and the main features of construction of the one here shown are well known and need not be described. In order that the present invention may be understood it will be noted that the recorder comprises end frame members 60 having mounted therein a shaft 61 on which are rotatably mounted a series of counters each comprising a plurality of printing counting wheels. The shaft 61 is what is known as a resetting shaft and when rotated will return all the counting wheels to their zero positions. The construction by which this is accomplished is well known. While the number and character of the counters mounted on the shaft 61 may, of course, be varied to adapt the same to various circumstances we have, in the present instance, shown four counters each of which is adapted to count the num ber of fares registered of one kind. The counter 62 records the five cent fares, the counter 63 records the transfers, the counter 64 records the three cent fares and the counter 65 records the passes. The units wheel of each of these counters has a gear 66 adapted to be engaged by a rotatory actuator 67 slidably mounted upon and rotatable with an actuator shaft 68 which is mounted in the frame member 60. The actuator 67 is moved along the shaft 68, to bring the same into operative relation with any one of the group of specific fare counters by means of a yoke 69 carried by a nut 70 mounted upon a screw setting shaft 71 to which rotatory movement is imparted by the -movement of the setting handle 9. While this movement may be transmitted from the handle to the setting shaft in any suitable manner we prefer to utilize the shaft 8 for this purpose and to this end the setting shaft 71 is extended beyond the end of the frame and has rigidly secured thereto a pinion 72 and also has loosely mounted thereon a segment 73. This segment meshes with a gear 74 rotatably mounted on the frame and rigidly secured to a second gear 75 which meshes back into the gear 72 on the setting shaft. The segment 73 has an arm 76 which is connected by a link 77 with a crank arm 7 S secured to the shaft 8. Thus, the rocking movement which is imparted to the shaft 8 by the handle 9 will be transmitted through the segment 73 and the train of gearing to the setting shaft, the ratio of the several gears being such that the desired amount of movement will be imparted to the setting shaft.

The actuator shaft 68 may be rotated to cause the actuator 67, which rotates therewith, to engage and operate the counter, with which it is in operative relation, by any suitable mechanism. In the present machine this is accomplished by the reciprocatory movement of the rod 8. To this end we have mounted loosely on the end of the setting shaft 71 a second segment which is here indicated at 52 and which meshes with a rack. 53 slidably mounted on the frame member of the recorder and having two sets of teeth, one at its upper edge which mesh with the pinion 52 and another set at its lower edge which mesh with a pinion 54 loosely mounted on the actuator shaft 68 and having its hub extending through the frame member 60 and provided on its outer end with a plate 55, carryin pawls 56 arranged to engage a ratchet w eel 57 rigidly secured to the actuator shaft, thus causing the shaft to'be rotated forwardly, in one direction only, by the operation of the segment 52. This segment has an arm 58 which is connected by a link or connecting rod 59 with one arm of a bell crank lever 25 mounted upon a fixed support and having its other arm connected with the vertical reciprocating rod 8, preferably by means of a pin 26 engaging a slotted collar 27 rigidly secured to the shaft.

The recorder also has a total cash counter 79 adapted to compute and record the value of the fares recorded by the

specific counters

62 and 64 which, in the present instance, count the five and three cent fares respectively. As shown in the present instance the total cashcounter is mounted on the resetting shaft 61 and is reset when the specific fare counters are reset. The value of the fares may be added to the counters in any suitable manner but in the present device the units counter wheel of the total cash counter has two

gears

80 and 81 con-' nected one to the other. Slidably mounted upon the actuator shaft 68 are two actuating gears 82 and 83 adapted to mesh respectively with the

gears

80 and 81. One of these actuators is provided with three teeth and the other with five and, consequently, when moved into mesh with the respective gears and operated the units counter will be actuated to register a number of units equal to the number of teeth in the actuating gear. The gear 80 issomewhat smaller than the gear 81 and the gear 83 is smaller than the gear 82 and the gears 82 and 83 are spaced apart such a distance that when the actuating gear 83 is in mesh with the counter gear 81 the actuator gear 82 will be out of alinement with the counter gear 80. Therefore, the rotation of the actuator shaft will only impart movement to one of the counter gears. Likewise, when the gears are in their extreme right hand position with the actuator gear 83 in alinement with the counter gear the rotation of the actuator shaft will not affect either of the counter gears 80 or 81. In this manner the actuator gears for the total cash counter can be shifteither of the counter gears, or either of the.

actuating gears can be moved into operative relation with its counter gear. The setting movement of the gears 82 and 83 is controlled from the nut 70 which shifts the actuator 67, and, in the present a ment, the actuator gears 82 and 83 are rigidly connected and are provided with a grooved collar 84 to which is connected the shorter arm of a bell crank lever 85 pivotally mounted on a bracket 86 carried by the frame of the machine. The longer arm of the bell crank lever extends in a substantially horizontal position and is provided'with a cam slot 87 through which extends a pin 88 carried by the nut 70. The shape of this cam slot is such that as the nut travels the bell crank lever will be actuated to an extent suflicient to shift the actuator gears 82 and 83 into a position correspondin with the position of the actuator 67. If t e actuator 67 is in operative relation with a counter for paper fares the actuator gears 82 and 83 will lie in a neutral position and if the actuator 67 is in operative relation with either of the cash fares then the corresponding actuator gear 82 or 83 will be moved into operative relation with its gear. Printed records may be taken from these counters, which, as above stated, are composed of printing counter wheels, and to this end a platen 89 is mounted at its opposite ends in carriages or sliding racks 90 mounted in the respective frame members and provided at their lower edges with teeth which mesh with gears 91 mounted on a printing shaft 92 and projecting beyond the frame member into a position in which its end may be engaged by a wrench to operate the shaft and rotate the platen. The movement of the platen relatively to the type wheels is controlled in a well known man- .ner and need not be here described.

In addition to the specific cash fare counters and the total cash fare counters already described the recording mechanism is rovided with a second total cash counter w ich is mechanically controlled and is preferably actuated in unison with the visual counters 51 of the fare box, its operation being controlled by the coin-controlled devices within the fare box. This second total cash counter may be of any suitable kind and may be arranged in any suitable position. We prefer, however, that it should be com osed of printing counter wheels similar to t e counter wheels comprising the counters heretofore described and that it should be located upon the resetting shaft 68 in alinement with the other counters, thereby enabling a single printed record to be simultaneously taken from all the counters. We have, in the present instance, shown the second total cash counter, so arranged, at 93. The operative connection between this counter and the fare box mechanism may be of any suitable description and may be operated either in COIIjUIIL'tiOIl with the visual counter 51 or independently thereof, it being understood that the visual counter may be entirely dispensed with if it is so desired.

To drive the total cash printing counter we have provided a vertical shaft 97 which is connected by means of bevel gearing 98 with the shaft 95 and has at its lower end a second bevel gear 99 meshing with a bevel gear 100 having secured thereto a gear 101 111 a bracket 102 and meshing with an intermediate gear 103 which, in turn, meshes with a gear 101 on a shaft 105. A gear 106 is also mounted on the shaft 105 and meshes with a gear 107 on a shaft 108 which, in the present instance, is the transfer shaft upon which are mounted transfer gears for transferring the count from the units wheel to the tens wheel and so on. The gear 107 meshes with a gear 109 on the countershaft 61, which gear, in turn, meshes with a gear 110 on the actuator shaft 68. This latter gear is of a width sufficient to mesh simultaneously with the gear 109 and with the driving gear 66 for the units counter wheel of the fare box total cash counter. The machine in which the invention is embodied comprises two sets of classified counters, see to the right of the shaft 68, Figs. 6 and 7 one for printing a trip record and one for printing a total record for several trips. Both records preferably carry the total cash record and the units counter of both fare box total cash counters will be actuated by the actuating gear 110 in the same manner that the other counters are actuated from the actuator on the shaft 68. For some reasons it is preferable that the fare box cash record should be a continuous record, that is, it should not be reset at the end of given periods but should run on continuously, and in Fig. 11 the record is so shown. When desired, however the fare box total cash counters may be reset to zero at the same time the other counters on the counter shafts are reset to zero. To permit these fare box counters to be reset without affecting the train of gearing by means of which they are driven the actuator gear 110 is slidably mounted on the shaft 68 and means is provided for shifting this gear to move it out of mesh with the gears on the counter wheels, thus leaving the latter free to move with the resetting shafts. This is preferably accomplished by mounting a frame 111 on the two resetting shafts and providing the same with a yoke 112 to engage a grooved collar on the gear 110. The frame 111 is provided on each side of the actuator shaft with a pin 113 adapted to enter a cam groove in the collar 114 carried by the respective counter shafts. This cam groove is so shaped that at the beginning of the resetting movement of the shaft the pin will be forced out of the groove and the frame 111 moved longitudinally of the shaft 08 against the tension of a spring 115, thus carrying the actuator gear 110 out of mesh wit-h the counter gear. Assoon as the counter shafts are returned to their normal positions the spring 115 will return the frame and the actuator gears to their normal positions.

The operation of the mechanism will be fully understood from the foregoing description of the several parts thereof and it will be apparent that we have provided a combination of parts by means of which records are produced which provide a positive check upon the operations of the conductor, one of these records being entirely beyond his control so that he cannot in any way tamper with or manipulate the recording devices to cause them to make a false registration. The importance of this is apparent when it is considered that with the fare register alone the conductor can set the actuator for the specific fare counters, and consequently for one of the total cash counters, to cause either a three cent or a five cent fare to be recorded upon the total cash counter. Consequently, there is nothing about the mechanism which will prevent him from recording a three cent fare when he receives a fiWB cent fare, and the-only thing to deter him from such action, if he was so inclined, would be the indicator, and after the passenger has passed into the car the danger of detection from this source is not so great. The second total cash counter of the present mechanism cannot be so manipulated. This second counter records the value of the coins that pass through the fare box and this recordation is controlled strictly by the coins themselves asthey are fed through the fare box, and is entirely beyond the control of the conductor. Of course, the conductor operates both actuating devices but the character of the record made in the one case is absolutely beyond his control. It is, therefore, incumbent upon him to so record and classify his fares that the other record, which is under his control, will correspond accurately with the first-mentioned record. Otherwise, it will be apparent by a comparison of the records that he has inaccurately recorded the fares received. We believe that this invention produces the most complete and most satisfactory check on the operation of the conductor ever provided and we believe further that we are the first to provide any means whereby two such records can be produced, one bythe conductor and the other by means beyond the control of the conductor, and further that we are the first to print such records on a single record sheet.

While we have shown and described one embodiment of our invention it will be understood that this has been chosen for the purpose of illustration only and that we do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fare recording mechanism, a cash counter, means controlled by the conductor for adding to said cash counter the value of the cash fares received, a fare box in which the fares are deposited by the passengers, a second cash counter and devices beyond the control of the conductor to add to said second cash counter the value of each cash fare deposited in said fare box, whereby said recording mechanism preserves two records of the cash received, said records being derived from different sources, and means to make a record from each of said total cash counters.

2. In a fare recording mechanism, a cash counter, means controlled by the conductor for adding to said counter the value of the cash fares received, a fare box in which the fares are deposited by the passengers, a second cash counter, mechanically controlled devices to add to said second counter the value of each cash fare deposited in said fare box, whereby there are preserved two records of the cash received, said records being derived from different sources, and means to simultaneously take a record from each of said cash counters.

3. In a fare recording mechanism, two

printing counters, a fare box, means controlled by the conductor for addin to one of said printing counters the value 0 each cash fare received, mechanically controlled devices to add to the second printing counter the value of each cash fare deposited in said fare box, said printing counters having their type arranged, when in printing position, in substantially the same plane, and a printing device to print from both of said counters on a single record sheet.

4. The combination, with a recording mechanism having two total cash counters,

a fare box having coin controlled counter actuating devices of said fare box and the ed to count the number of cash fares of one denomination, and two total cash counters also mounted on said shaft, and a fare box having mechanically controlled devices to compute the value of the coins deposited therein, of means for causing one of said total cash counters to compute the value of the coins counted by said plurality of cash fare counters and an operative connection between the computing devices of said fare box and the second total cash counter on said shaft to cause said second counter to register the computation of said computing devices.

7. The combination, with a recorder having a counter shaft, a pluralit of cash fare counters mounted on said sha t, each adaptedto count the number of cash fares of one denomination, and two total cash counters also mounted on said shaft, and a fare box having mechanically controlled devices to compute the value of the coins deposited therein, of means for causing one of said total cash counters to compute the value of the coins counted by said plurality of cash fare counters, an operative connection between the computing devices of said fare box and the second total cash counter on said shaft to cause said second counter to register the computation of said computin devices and printing devices to print from a l of said counters on a single record sheet.

8. The combination, with a recorder comprising a resetting shaft, a total cash counter mounted on said resetting shaft, an actuating gear for said total cash counter, said actuating gear having bodily movement rela' tively to said counter, a fare box having computing devices, and an operative connection between said computing devices and said actuating gear, of means controlled by the movement of said resetting shaft to impart bodily movement to said actuating gear and thus interrupt the connection between the same and mid computing devices.

9. The combination, with a recorder comprising a resetting shaft, 8. total cash counter mounted on said resetting shaft, an actuating gear for said total cash counter, said actuating gear having bodily movement relatively to said counter, a fare box having computing devices, and an operative connection between said com uting devices and said actuating gear, 0 a frame movably mounted adjacent to said resetting shaft and connected with said actuating gear, a pin carried by said frame, a collar mounted on and rotatable with said resetting shaft and having a cam groove to receive said pin when said resetting shaft is in its normal position and adapted to force said pin out of said groove when said shaft is rotated, thus imparting movement to said frame and said actuating gear.

10. The combination, with a fare box having a coin lifting device, a printing-counter, means controlled by a coin on said lifting device to actuate said printing-counter to add thereto the value of said coin, a second printing counter, and conductor actuated devices to add thereto the value of cash fares received, of printing mechanism to take a record from both of said printing-counters.

11. In a fare recording mechanism, a counter mounted on an axis, setting means under the control of the conductor for setting said counter to register a specified fare, a second counter mounted on said axis and adapted to check the first-mentioned counter, means beyond the control of the conductor for operating said last-mentioned counter, and means for actuating said first-mentioned counter and the means beyond the control of the conductor to cause said counters to register the fares.

12. In a fare recording mechanism, a counter shaft, a pair of counters mounted on said shaft and adaptedto check each other, an actuator shaft, an actuator mounted on said actuator shaft, means under the control of the conductor for setting said actuator to actuate one of said counters, means beyond the control of the conductor for actuating said other counter, and means for operating said actuator and said last-mentioned means to register the fare on the counters.

13. In a fare recording mechanism, a counter shaft, specific fare counters mounted on said shaft, manually controlled means for setting said specific fare counters to register a specific fare, a total counter also mounted on said shaft and adapted to check said specific 'fare counters, automatic registering means operatively connected to said total counter, and actuating means for said counters.

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses.

WILFRED I. OHMER. DAVID B. WHISTLER. Witnesses:

HARRIET L. HAMMAKER, F. W. SCI-IAEFER.