US1252527A - Fare-box. - Google Patents

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B. H. WUEBBEN.

FARE BOX, APPLICATION FILED Dc.30.1916.

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B. H. WUEBBEN.

FARE BOX. 'FPLICATON FILED DEC. 30. 1916.

Patented Jan. 8,1918.

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FARE BOX. APPLICATION FILED DEC. so. 1915.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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Application filed December 307 1916.

T 0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, BERNARD H. lVUEBBnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in vthe county of Montgomerv and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

rlhis invention relates to fare boxes.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction which will separate the coins and tickets as they are deposited within the box. in particular the object of the invention to provide a construction and arrangement of parts which will separate the coins from the tickets, directing the coins to a position to be registered or to a proper receptacle for holding the same, and directing` the tickets to be canceled and deposited;

It is a further object, of the invention to prevent the tickets frein escaping through the coin openingsand to sift all the coins from the separator before a canceling operation on the tickets, or a similar disposal of them, takes place. The construction is also such that if a ticket should escape with the coins it would be greatly mutilated. and could not be used again.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a construction which will allow the coins to escape easily while preventing the escape of the tickets therewith, the latter being' retained in a position to be canceled, the canceling operation taking place after the coins have been separated so that the coins will not interfere with the canceling operation or injure the canceling inechanism.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the separator is located above the coin receptacle from which the fares are lifted to a position to be registered and to provide common operating means for separating the coins from the tickets and for the lifting device.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for retaining` the fare in view for inspection, which incans is to be operated by the mechanism operating the parts of the separator so that the fares will fall within the separator only when the parts thereof are in proper position toreceive'thein.

Anotherobject of the" inventionis to pre1 Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented'J an. 8, serial'naisaeia the inspection plates until the preceding` fare or group of fares has been siftedv and the tickets canceled, thus preventing congestion of the mechanism, providingtime for proper inspection, and coinplete disposal in o derly manner of each batchof fares.

lu the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a section of one ernbodiinent of theinvention, with parts ornit-A ted for the sake of clearness; Fig.' 2 is' a rear elevation of a section thereof with parts omitted; ig. 3 is a front elevationvof the separator; Fig. e is a plan view thereof;l F 5 is a rear elevationv thereof; Fig. 6 is -a sectional elevation of the separator showing Athe position. of the parts during the canoeling operation and looking toward the front Fig. is a similar sectional'view showing the position of the parts as the tickets and coins fall into the saine; Fig. 8 is a sectional `view showing the inspection plates closed; and Figs. 9 and lO are detail viewshillus'f vtrating the construction of camsy used for actuating the several parts.

The enibodiinent of the invention herein shown is applied to a machine of therchar? acter shown and described in Letters Patent ilo. l,l90,936, granted `July l1, 1916,v although the invention is applicable tomachines of other types.

Referring to Fig. l the box comprises the usual casing or support l on which is mounted an inclined rotatable dick 2 adapted to lift coins from the hopper 3 into position to bev registered, as was fully described in the patent above mentioned. As shown in' Figs. l and 2 the rear of the disk is #provided with a crown gel Adjacentthe gear 4L is a vertical shaft 5 provided with a pinion 6 meshing with thecrowngear, and

a bevel Gear 7 at one end below the pinion 6 which is driven by means of a corresponding bevel 8 upon the shaft 9 which is pro# vided with a suitable actuating handle lo, Mounted upon the upper portion of the shaft 5 is a rotatable cylinder 1l. provided with racks of `different lengths with which the slidable gear l2 isv adapted to engage ac?" ccrding tothe distance which it is'r'rnoved by the differential mechanism lcontroll'ed by the coins upon the' 1lifting disk, the con! struction being similar to' tlgiat.rli sclosed il! the' patent' above mentioned: Tlrerotatn of the cylinder by means of the handle 10 rotates this gear 12 which is suitably connected with the counters 1l to actuate the same. The coins after being registered are discharged through the chute 15 (Figs. 1 and 2) into a suitable drawer 1G. Mounted above the hopper 3 of the coin lifting mechanism is a separator provided with a suitable casing 17. The separator is open at the bottom and communicates with the hopper 3,-as indicated at 18, whereby the coins as they are separated will fall into the hopper and are then ready to be lifted into registering position. 'l` he upper portion of the separator is provided with a suitable chute or hopper 19 into which the tickets and coins are deposited by the passengers. lotatably mounted within the separator is a drum 2O provided with radial spokes 20. r)This drum is provided with two series of openings 21 which are of suticient size to allow coins to drop through should they fall upon the drum. Extending around the drum are three grooves 22. The drum isalso provided ,with transversely extending teeth or serraytions Q3 and prongsQ-l arranged substantially as shown and adapted to engage the tickets for lifting the same. This drum 1s vadapted to rotate in the direction of the arrow and is driven from the handle 10. For this purpose a transversely extending shaft 25 is journaled immediately above the vertical shaftr and is provided with a bevel gear 26 meshing ,with a gear 2G on the end of the vertical shaft. The shaft 525 is provided at one end with a bevel gear 27 meshing with a bevel gear 28 on a shaft 29 extending forwardly. A gear 30 is suitably journaled upon a pin 31 mounted upon the rear of the casing .17, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 5. This gear has an interlocking engagement with the forward end 32 of the shaft 29. Movement is transmitted from the gear 30 to the idle gear 32 and from the idle gear 32 to a gear 33 ixed to the shaft upon which the drum is fixed.

1n order to separate the coins and tickets I have provided a sifting plate or sieve 3l having a shaft 35 journaled within the cas-I ing 17 immediately below and to one side of the drum. The sifting plate is curved and when in 'a raised position is adapted toclosely engage the drum, the curvature oiY the drum being substantially the same as the curvature of the adjacent portion of the sifting plate. Frein an inspection of the drawings it will be seen that the plate is adapted to occupy lower positions. as shown in Figs. 2, 7 and 8, and to closely engage the drum, as shown in Figs. 3 and G. Mounted upon the fixed part of the casing is a suitable stop 36 which coperates with the corresponding stop 37 upon the sifting plate to limit the downward movement thereof. r.this plate is provided with holes 3S of such size asto allow the coins to freely drop therethrough and yet arranged to pre- "vent the passage of the tickets therethrough.

For preventing these tickets from passing through the holes and escaping with the coins and to insure that the drum will pick up the same and carry them around to canceling position, immediately below each hole there is provided a downwardly extending semiannular flange 39, substantially as shown. This flange is arranged on the farther side of the hole in the direction in which the drum is rotating. Furthermore, the inner surface of this flange is inclined, substantially as indicated at at). By referring to Figs. 3, 6, T and 8 the exact arrangement and inclination of this portion of the sifting de ice with relation to the direction of the rotation of the wheel may be noticed. ll/leunted below each of the holes within the sifting plate is a semiannular guard L1 arranged to prevent the tickets from falling through the openings but to allow the coins to freely escape. rlhe sifting plate is also provided with flat portions between the respective holes above mentioned and for purpose of preventing any coin from lying upon these fiat portions l have provided holes l2 therein through which vthe pins 43 are adapted to project during the downward movement of the sifting plate to dislodge any surplus coins. Pins 113 are mounted upon a curved member 44: attached at one end 45 to the casing and at its opposite end Li6 to a guard plate or deiiector 47. The arrangement above described has been found to be very efiicient in allowing the coins to escape but preventing the escape of the tickets therewith and it is also eilicient in retaining the tickets in position to be caught up by the drum for canceling the same.

Mounted immediately below the hoppel` 19 there has been provided a pair of inspection plates 43 and dfi fixed to shafts ll and 16 which are journaled in the upper portion of the casing 17. The shaft 35 upon which the sifting plate is mounted, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3, is provided with an arm l-T. located atthe front of the casing. ln a like manner the shaft 45 is provided with an arm L18 centrally fixed thereto and a spring 19 connects one end of this arm and the arm a7. The spring is arranged so that itperforms the dual. function of normally tending to keep the inspection plates closed and the sifting plate in raised position. The shaft 46 is also provided with an arm 50 and to this arm is pivoted a link 51 and to the unattached end of the cross arm 4S is a second link 52. T he links 51 and 52 are pivoted trgether at their lower ends, as indicated at 53 and these ends are in turn pivoted to an arm 54; provided with an upwardly projecting lug 541-. The arm 54 is pivoted at its end opposite the attachment 4above describedthespring t9 controls both vplates through'they connectingwlinks Y52 i and 5l.

lIn ordertoprevent the movement of the inspection plates above a horizontal plane I have provided, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 5, an arm fixed to ythe shaft e5 adapted to engage the stop 5l. 1n order to actuate the inspection plates and to raise and lower the sifting plate the shaft upon which the drum is mounted is provided with a suitable gear 56 at one end which meshes with an idle gear 57, the latter gear meshing in turn with the gear 58 suitably journaled on the front of the separator. The gear 58 has fixed to it an inner cam 59 and an outercam 60 of peculiar' construction, as shown particularly in Figs. 9 .and V10. The cam 59 ,is adapted to engage periodically the lug 54 upon the p.i.votedarm 541 while the cam 60 is adapted to engage the pivoted arm -17 to (ctuate the same. lt is thought that the peculiar construction of the cam 60 will'be apparent from a description of theY operation of this part of .the mechanism.

Assuming that the parts of the separator are in the position shown in Fig. 6, as the drum rotates the portion 61 of the cam .60 will engage the pivoted arm 47 and lower the sifting plate to its lowest position. Immediately after the sifting plate is lowered `and while it is retained in this position by means of its cam the cam 59 engages the lug 5l on the pivoted arm 5% and opens the inspection plates and allows the coins and tickets to fall therefrom. The inspection plates are then immediately closed and after the closure of the inspection plates they por tion 62 of the camo() allows the sifting plate to move upwardly a portion of its distance quickly and with a distinct jar. It should be. noticed that the portion 62 prevents the sifting plate from moving to its uppermost position against the drum. After being raised to this position, however', the cani portion 63 immediately lowers the sifting plate again and the cam portion 6st allows the same to slowly rise so that any coins remaining thereon will either slide oft' or be jarred ofl'. As the drum continues to rotate the straight portion 65 of thc cam 60 allows the sifting plate to more up Quickly into engagei'ncnt with the drum. The drum thus rotates drawing the tickets up into position to becanceled and the operation is repeated. It will, therefore, be seen that the movement of the sifting plate back and forth tends to cause the coins to be jar-red through the openings thereof into the hopper of the coin lifting portion of the mechanism. The general arrangement of sifting plate is such as to prevent the escape of tickets through the openings .and t@ .insure the einer support .sensatie are .sill naar@ .tiene .will

A. therefor sopthat the drum in its .final operation -will draw the 4tickets up into canceling position. i W

4.ylliocatedat the topof the. separator I have provided suitable inking and marking mechanismfo'r canceling'the tickets as they nare drawn upY by the drum. Fonthis purpose the upper portion ofthe casing is provided with `downwardly extending slots 67. The marker or roller 68 having a shaft 69 Vis rotatably mountedl at the lower ends of the' slots in engagement with the drum. his marker is provided with transversely extending serrations and with grooves 70 which allow the free passage of the prongs 2l. Mounted upon a shaft 7l also located in the slots 67 is a suitable inlring roller 72. Means have been provided for retaining the marker vand inlring roller within their slots and for this purpose each side of the casing is provided with a detent 73 having a portion 7st hooked over the end of the shaft of the inlting roller. These detents are held in engagement with, the shaft by means of springs 7 rlhe tickets after being marked by their passage between the marker 69 and roller 20 are directed into a suitable chute .leading to a receptacle for receiving the tickets. As is lclearly illustrated in Figs. 1 to E, 5to 8. the chute comprises an upper guard or directing plate 76 and a lower plate 77 which acts as a stripping device to strip the ticltetsoff of the drum. The plates 76 and 77 and the sides of the casing con-V stitutes the chute which is connected with a receptacle 77 indicated in Fig. 2. The stripping device 77 is provided with projections 78 riding within the grooves of the drnm20, whereby better stripping action is insured. -lecesses 79 are also provided upon the strip-V ping device 77 to allow the free passage of the prongs 24 past the stripper. Mounted within the casing immediately below the inspection plates and opposite the drum is an inclined guiding and directing plate 80 provided with a slot 8l at its lower end to allow the passage of the stop 37 upon the sifting plate.

The operation ofthe mechanism so far described is substantially as follows. The tickets and coins being deposited upon the inspection plates, as indicated in Fig. 6, the handle l0 is rotated which. causes the sifting plate to assume its lowered position. Vhile thev sifting plate is in its lowered position theinspection plates are opened through the instrumentality of the mechanism described upon a continued rotation of thehandle.l These inspection plates are then closed and the sifting plate is raised to an intermediate point with a jar in order to dislodge any coins mounted thereon. lt is immediately returned to lowered position and again raised gradually at lirst so that Vtend to slide oil without causing the tickets are located upon the sifting device within Vso the holes or supported by the curved semiannular members below the holes. The tickets thus engaged will be raised and canceled by a passage through the drum and marker 68, after which they are stripped `trom the drum and are deposited in a suitable receptacle. Should, by chance, any ot' the tickets become lodged Within the openings or escape, the same .vill be jammed by reason oi the rotation ot the drum and will be mutilated to such an extent that they cannot be again used. Continued rotation of the handle 10 will then cause the coins to be lifted into engagement with the differential mechanism above mentioned and to be regis tered upon the counters 14, the single handle 10 serving' to cause the operations ot' all the parts of the mechanism above described.

In order to provide a conductor controlled device for checking up the number ujf-tickets Which Will be 'found in the several drawers or receptacles therefor and the coins registered upon the counters 14 l have provided a suitable conciuctor-controlled counter and means tor actuating the same. rl`his counter and accompanying actuating' mechanism is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A suitable support 85 is provided therefor at the upper end ot' the fare boX in alinement with the counters 14C and adiacent thereto. Upon this support are mounted the counters 86 which are provided with suitable transmission gears mounted upon the sliat't 8T for transmitting the movement from the units 'ivheel to the tenths Wheel, etc. Fixed to the units coun ter of the series ot' counters 8G is a gear SS which is held in position by means ot a spring-controlled detent 89 mounted upon the shaft 87. The gear SS meshes with a suitable gear 90 fixed to a shaft 91 suitably `iournaled in the support. Fixed to the gear 90 is also a suitable ratchet 91. Rotatably mounted upon the shaft 91 is a sector operating handle 92 vchich is held in raised position by means ot a spring 93 attached, as indicated at 94, to the sector operating handle above the pivot thereof and also having one endv attached to the shaft S?, whereby the handle is always held in or tends to assume a position at the extreme lett. as shown in Fig. 1. Pivoted to the sector handle is a suitable paivl 95 which is held in ei'igagement, with the ratchet 91 by means of a spring 96 connecting the same with the seof tor handle. lt will be seen that as the hanh dle is pulled to the right in Fig. 1 the paivl will engage tie ratchet, locking the gear 90 therewith and rotating the gear 8S, which gear transmits motion to the counters. The arrangement of the parts is such that a single movement ot the operating handle to the right is sullicient to advance the counters, say three points, before it is necessary to release the same to allow the paivl to engage the teeth ot the ratchet at a point farther up or at a point farther to the lett, as shown in Fig', 1. 1 have also provided a suitable audible signal to be used in connection with this counter' mechanism so that the advance of the counter oneunit ivill ring' the bell. For this purpose l have pivoted a hammer 97 at a point 9S adjacent the gear 88. rlfhe'hammer is held in one position by means ot a spring' 99 and is provided With av projection 100 lying` in the path of the teeth upon the gear 8S. 1t Will be noticed that as the gear advances one point the same will engage the projection 100 swinging the hammer 97 on its pivot, the spring returning the same to normal position. As the hammer swings upon its pivot it engages and rings the bell v101 mounted upon a suitable bracket 102. lt will therefore be seen that as a ticket or coin is deposited within the fare box the conductor must'pull the sector handle ot' the last described counting mechanism and that the paivl remains in engagement with one of the teeth or" the ratchet and causes the rotation of the gearing. T he handle normally tends to move to the lett, as shown in Fig. 1, so that the paivl can engage the teeth ot the ratchet successively. At the same time that the mechanism .is operated to advance the counter one point the teeth upon the gear SS ivill engage the hammer 97 and cause the same to ring the bell, making the registration apparent to any one present in the car or thereabout.

lVhile l have shoivn and described one embodiment oi2 the invention it will be understood that thc same has been chosen for the purposes ot illustration and that l do not desire to be limited to the details of construction shoivn and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention, .vhat l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:-

1. ln a mechanism ot' 'the character described, a pivo'ted sifting device, pivoted inspection plates, means tending to keep said sitting device in raised position and said inspection plates closed, a cam for operating said inspection plates to open the same When the sifting device is in lowered position, and a cam for operating said sifting device. Y Y

2.. ln a mechanism oit the character described, a rotatable drum, a curved sifting device adapted to tit around said drum and pivoted therebelow, inspection plates, and means for successively operating said sifting device and said inspection plates, said means being controlled by the operation of the drum.

3. In a device of the character described, a sitting plate, a pair of inspection plates pivoted at their outer ends, arms ixed to the pivots of said plates, a link pivoted at one end to each of said arms, a pivoted lever to which the opposite ends of said links are connected, a spring connecting the inspection plates and the sitting plate for normally keeping the inspection plates in closed position and the sifting plate in raised position, and means for actuating said inspection plates and sifting plate.

1l. In a mechanism of the character described, a rotatable drum, a curved sifting plate pivoted below said drum and adapted to be moved up into engagement therewith, a spring tending normally to so move said sitting plate into position against the drum, and a rotatable cam for lowering said sifting plate and allowing the'same to rise to jar the coins and to move into engagement with the drum.

5. In a mechanism of the character described, sitting plate provided with openings to allow the coins to fall therethrough, flat portions provided with holes, and pins adapted to engage said holes to dislodge coins from the tlat portions oit' said plate.

6. In a mechanism ot the character described, a pivoted sitting plate, and a cam provided w'th a portion to move the sifting plate in the one direction and to retain the same in that position while the coins and tickets fall thereon, a portion to allow a quick upward movement to jar the coins, a portion to return the sifting plate to the rst-mentioned position, and a portion to allow the movement again in the opposite direction.

7. In a mechanism ot' the character described, a pivoted sifting plate, a cam provic ed with a portion to move the sitting plate in one direction and to retain the same in that position while the coins and tickets fall thereon, a portion to allow a quick upward movement to jar the coins, portion to return the sifting plate to the iirstanentioned position, a portion to ailow movement in the opposite direction near to the drum, a portion to permit close engagement of the sifting plate and drum and a portion to allow the movement again in the direction opposite from the first-mentioned direction.

8.'In a mechanism of the character described, a pivoted sifting plate with holes therein, a cam provided with a portion to move the sifting plate in one direction and to retain the same in that position while the coins and tickets fall thereon, a portion to allow a quick upward movement to jar the coins, a portion to return the sitting plate to the first-mentioned position, and a portion to allow the movement again in the opposite direction.

9. In a mechanism oi' the character described, a pivoted sifting plate with holes therein and bridges spanning said holes, a cam provided with a portion to move the sitting plate in one direction and to retain the same in that position while the coins and tickets tall thereon, a Vportion to allow a quick upward movement to jar the coins, a portion to return the sifting plate to the lirst-mentioned position, and a portion to allow the movement again in the opposite direction.

10. In a mechanism of the character described, a casing, a perforated drum rotatably mounted in said casing, devices on the periphery of said drum to catch up tickets, a marking device coperating with said drum, a chute for stripping the tickets from the drum after being canceled, a curved sifting plate pivoted below and adjacent the periphery of said drum and pro" vided with openings therein, a plurality of flanges arranged completely below the plate and partially surrounding the openings, guards extending below the openings for preventing the escape of' tickets therethrough, means ixed to the casing for dislodging coins from {iat portions ot said plate, a pair of inspection plates at theV upper end of the casing, a spring connecting said inspection plates and sitting plate for retaining the first in closed position and the second in raised position against the drum, a cam for actuating said inspection plates to open the same when the sifting plate is in lowered position, a cam provided with a portion to lower the sitting plate and to retain the same in such position while the inspection plates are open, a portion to allow a quick partial upward movement or" the sifting plate to j ar the coins, a portion to return the sifting plate to lowered position, and a portion to allow a gradual upward movement of the sifting plate to a position adjacent the drum, and means for rotating the drum and cams.

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BERNARD n. wUEBBEN.

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