US1316176A

US1316176A - John f

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Publication number: US1316176A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1919-09-16
Anticipated expiration: 1936-09-16

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Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. F. OHMER. ZONE RECORDING FARE REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, I919. I 1

' J. F. OHMER. ZONE RECORDING FA'RE REGISTER.

A PucAriou FILED mm. 26, I919.

Patented M- 16, 1919.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

JOHN F. OHMER, on DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR r0 onivxnnrann nners'rnn COMPANY, or DAYTON, onro, A oonronn'rron on NEW YonK.

ZONE-RECORDING FARE-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed March 26, 1919. Serial No. 285,263.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. OHMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Zone-Recording Fare-Registers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fare registering and recording mechanism or mechanism for registering recording and indicating fares collected on street cars, interurban cars and other conveyances. An important object of the invention is to provide means by which fares may be collected, indicated and recorded throughout a system of zones into which the car line is divided.

Another object of the said invention is to provide means by. which the printing and zone-indicating mechanisms are locked when the printing mechanism is moved from a normal position. And other objects contributing to useful results insuch type of mechanism will appear in the description to follow and in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings i in general terms, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine with the casing thereof shown in section. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the left side of the machine with the casing shown in section. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the right side of the impression mechanism. Fig. 4 .is a detail view of the key which is used for actuating the printing mechanism, and Fig. 5 is a view of a printed record taken from the machine. I

In a more particular description of the 'invention similar reference characters willdenote corresponding parts as they appear in' the drawings. 7

1 designates a suitable frame mounted upon which is a counter supporting frame 2 which is instrumental in supporting among other instrumentalities, a series or plurality of counters 3. These counters in the present case are six in number and they are adapted to record four individual cash fares, passes and the total number of passengers carried.

The said counters 3, their actuating mechanism (not shown) and their printing mechanism are substantially the same as shown in the patent granted to Ohmer et al. February 25th, 1902, and numbered 694,322. The said counters 3 are not of the gist of the inven;

tion'now being described therefore they will not be described in detail.

The frame 2 before referred to also supports a printing identification key or device 4, date printing wheels 5 which are set by drums 6, a machine number printing type 7, line number printing wheel 8, direction printing wheel 9, trip number printing wheel 10 and a printing zone indicator consisting of a printing wheel 11. The

wheels

8 and 9 are set by drums .12 through suitable gears and telescopic shafts 13. Attached to the outer of these telescopic shafts 13 is a visual zone indicator consisting of a drum 14 having on its periphery an even number of series of numbers. In the present case there are two series of four designations, each in an ascending and descending order and reading as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1. An even number of series of zone numbers is provided to agree with the two directions of travel on a car line. The designations in the present case are numbers and represent the zones into which the car line on which the machine operates is divided.

The drum l4-is so located that the numbers thereon are individually exposed through a sight opening 15 in a casing 16, and the said drum 14 is actuated to expose the: next successive zone number by the printing mechanism whenever the car reaches the end of each zone. Mounted on the side of the drum 14 is an intermittent gear 17 which is in operative relation with an intermittent pinion 18. The said pinion 18 is mounted on the impression mechanism actuating shaft 19 which is journaled in the side plates 20 pivoted at 21 to the frame 1. The relation of the

gears

17 and 18 is such that the pinion 18 makes as many revolutions to each revolution of the drum as there are numbers on the periphery of the said drum, which in the present case is eight. The zone printing wheel 11 is actuated concurrently with the zone indicatingdrum 14 by gears 46. The end of the shaft 19 opposite the pinion 18 is adapted to receive. a key 22 shown in Fig. 4, and by means of which the impression mechanism is actuated as described in the hereinbefore mentioned patent.

Located in the frame 1 is a shaft 23 upon whichis mounted a visual indicating drum 24 which has on its periphery alternate desigations indicating the direction of travel of the car which indications in the present case are In and Out. The direction drum 24 is actuated from the zone drum 14 through

intermittent gears

25 and 26, the arrangement being such that the direction drum 24 is moved one indication on each half revolution of the zone drum 14. The direction indicating drum 24 is vlsible through a sight opening 27 in the casing and said drum moves concurrently with the direction printing indicator 9 through the train of gearing 28, 29, 30 and 31.

The impression mechanism having the side plates 20. is held in an elevated position or printing position by hooks 32' which are. mounted on a. shaft 47 in the counter supporting frame 2, and engaging pins 48 on the plates 20. As is described in the beforementioned patent the impression mechanism is released from thev hooks 32 and permltted to drop whenever it is desired to replenish the, paper from which the. records are printed. Then this operation takes place in the. present instance the

gears

17 and 18 are placed out of mesh, and to prevent the said gears becoming displaced, which would prevent their. proper timing, the following locking meansare provided. Mounted on the. frame 1 adjacent to the zone drum 14, is a lever 33- pivoted at 34 and partially under the control of a spring 35. This lever 33 is adapted to engage. the zone indicator to lock the same. The. said lever 33 is provided with a projection 36 which is adapted to enter between two of the teeth of the gear 17. The end of said lever 33 opposite the projection 36 is adapted to be engaged by the impression mechanism which, in the present instance is a pin 37 on one of the side plates 20. hen the impression mechanism is up and in printing position the pin 37; engages the lever 33 and holds the projection 36 away. from the gear 17, but when the said impression mechanism is lowered the pin 37 releases the lever and allows the spring. to place the projection 36 in engagement with the said gear and thus prevent the displacement of the drum 14. The end of the impression mechanism shaft 19 which receives the key 22 is provided with a disk 38 havinga recess 39 therein. WVhen the said key 22 is out of operative position, the recess 39 receives the end. of a lat-ch 40 mounted in a housing 41 and partially under the control. of a spring 42. The latch 40 prevents the shaft 19 turning when the key is out of position, and is forced out of the recess when it is desired to operate the impression mechanism, by a cam 43 on the shank of the saidkey. In order to prevent the latch 40 being maliciously forced out of the recess 39 thereby permitting the displacement of the pinion 18 when the im pression mechanism is out of a normal position, the end. of said latch opposite the recess 39 is extended out of the housing 41 to engage a disk 44 mounted on the adjacent side frame 1. \Vhen the impression mechanism is in a normal position and the latch is forced out of the said recess by the cam 43, the end of the said latch adjacent to the disk rides into a recess 45 of the disk. In Fig. 3 the key 43 is in position and the bolt 40 is in the outer position. When the impression mechanism there shown is lowered on the pivots 21, the said key is extracted and the bolt lies within the recess 39. During the downward movement of said impression mechanism the outer end of the bolt 40 will. ride along the lower periphery of the disk 44, and said disk will thus lie in the path of the bolt, and lock the same in the recess 39 so that the shaft 19 may not be rotated. This condition remains until the impression mechanism is elevated.

In Fig. 5 is shown a printed statement taken from the machine after the car has made a complete round trip. The first column to the left is the zone column in which appears the designating number of the zones in their consecutive order. Opposite each zone designating number is the various data considered necessary for the proper collection of fares. The arrangement and the information there contained may vary to suit conditions under which the car op crates. The various numbers appearing under the cash fare designations are those representing the. number of the fares collected of the particular denominations, it being assumed in the present instance that the fare will be three cents for each zone.

While in the. drawings I have illustrated a register adapted to operate a car line havmg four zones, it is to be understood that the machine can bemade to serve any number of zones without in the least departing from the scope of the invention.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of impression mechanism, locking means adapted to prevent said impression mechanism being operated when said locking mechanism is uncontrolled, an insertible member controlling said. locking means and by which said impression mechanism may be operated to take impressions, and means for preventing the insertion of said member when the said impression mechanism is in the lowered or inoperative posi tion.

2. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of impression mechanism including a shaft, a. latch adapted to lock said shaft and therewith the said impression mechanism against printing operation, an element controlling said latch to release it from the locking position. and thereby permit of the said shaft and the impression mechanism being operated, and means controlling said latch-controlling element when the said shaft and the impression mechanism are in their lower or inoperative positions and whereby said latch cannot be released at such time.

3. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of impression mechanism, including a rotary shaft, a latch adapted to lock said shaft, and a stop engaging said latch when the impression mechanism i lowered from its normal or operative position.

4:. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of impression mechanism including a shaft, a latch adapted to lock said shaft, and a disk provided with a recess adapted to look said latch when the impression mechanism and therewith the shaft is lowered from a normal or operative position.

5. In a machine of the character specified, the combination with an impression device, of a zone indicator actuated by said impression device, and a lock for said indicator controlled by said impression device, Whereby said indicator is locked when the impression device is moved from a normal or operative position.

Genie! of this patent may be obtained for 6. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of an impression device, a zone indicator actuated by said impression device, and a lever adapted to engage said zone indicator to lock the same, said lever being under the control of the said impression device and adapted to be released thereby to lock the zone indicator when the impression device is moved from an operative position.

7. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of an impression device, a zone indicator actuated by said impression device, a gear connected to said indicator, a lever in operative relation to said gear and said impression device and whereby said indicator is locked whenever the impression device is moved from an operative position.

8. In a machine of the character specified, the combination of an impression device, a zone indicator actuated by said impression device, a gear connected to said indicator,

a lever, a spring adapted to place said lever in engagement wlth said gear to lock said indicator, said lever being in operative relation to the printing mechanism whereby said indicator is locked whenever said impression device is moved from an operative position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN F. OHMER.

Washington, D. G.