US136118A - Improvement in fare-boxes - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES JAMES E. wincHEL'L, 0E SPRINGFIELD, onto, Assienon To ELiJAH c.

- MIDDLETON, 0E SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,118, dated February 18, 1873.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. WINGHELL, of.

` lever by which the lock-chamber is opened and apron moved to drop the ticket or fare into the lock-chamber.

Myinvention consists in interposin g between the inspectionchamber and the safe-chamber or place of nal deposit in a fare-box a chambered lock, oscillating beneath or within a segmental partition, and adapted by its construction and operation to receive the fare from the inspection-chamber, and, after cutting off communication with the said chamber, to deposit it in the safe.' My invention further consists in so combining the aforesaid oscillating chambered lock with a hinged apron formingthe bottom of the receiving-chamber, that the movement of said apron to drop the fare into the chambered lock .will be made after the said lock has cut off communication with the safe, and the reverse movement of the apron to rev close the bottom of the receiving-chamber will be made before communication is re-opened between the chambered lock and thesafe.

Tha-t others may f'ully understand this invention, I will particularly describe it.

A is the fare-box, constructed of any suitable material and provided with an opening, B, in front, through which the farev may be inspected by the driver or other oficer, after being deposited by the payer. ct is the orifice through which the payer deposits the money orfare in the receiving-chamber C. When so deposited the ticket or money falls to the bottom'- of said chamber and rests upon the receiving-apron D, which I prefer to place in an inclined position, as shown, and restingat its lower edgeagainst the bottom of the Window B, because in that way it not only requires a less movement of said apron to precipitate said ticket, &c., into the safe than would otherwise` be the case, but the said ticket, 85e., is also thereby cast against the said window and the more easily and clearly seen by the inspecting officer. 1

The apron D may, of course, be caused to serve the purposes herein set forth if placed in a horizontal position, but, as I think, less readily and perfectly than` when arranged as above described. The apron D may be made of metal or other suitable material, but I prefer to make it of glass, whereby the use of a reflector below said apron will enable the driver to inspect both sides of the ticket deposited, as is more fully set forth in connection with another invention of a fare-box for which I have heretofore made application for Letters Patent.

The' apron D is hinged at lits upper edge at d, and the lower edge has a limited motion to and from the window B, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and et, to permit the ticket, Ste., to pass into the chamber E, of a pivoted lock, which prevents access to the safe chamber Gr. This movement ot' the apron D is effected by the opening and closing of the said lock-chamber,

the connections being so constructed and ar-e chamber E is again thrown into communication with the safe. The chambered lock is composed, asv I prefer Ito make it, of a rigid wall, e, forming a segment of a cylinder, and a partition, F, swinging upon an axis coincident with the axis of the segment e. At that portion of the shell e immediately beneath the moving end of the apron D there is an orice, f, through which the ticket, &c., may pass when said apron is depressed, and the segment e includes a portion of the cylinder sufcient to enable the partition F to stretch entirely across it when in such position as will uncover the opening f, and thereby prevent the passage of anything directly through the opening j' past-the partition F into the safe-chamber Gr, but when the partition F is moved so that one of its ends will be clear of the segment e, then its other end must have closed the orifice f; and the respective opening and closing of the ways into and out of the lock-chamber E must be so timed by arrangement of the moving partition F that both openings cannot be uncovered at the same time. In order to aocomplish the desired economy of space, I prefer to construct the partition F with a segmental extension, i, at its upper end. This segmental extension is in curvature concentric to the segment c, but of diameter` a little less than the diameter of the inner surface of said segment c, so that it will move in such close proximity to the inner surface of e that no instrument can pass between them. The segment 'i extends laterally sufficiently far to con tinue to close the orifice f during the movement of the partition until the opposite or lower end g ot' said partition shall have closed upon the lower end of said segment e, and cut oir communication between chambers E G. The movements above described are fully shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 of the drawing. The lower end g of-the partition F is weighted, as shown, to cause it to come into proper position automatically. A stop, H, is placed upon the side of the ease A, behind the end g, to arrest the partition at the proper point. One end of the axis of the partition F is prolonged through the case A, and the cam-lever J is mounted upon said projecting end, and vsaid lever serves to enable the driver or other officer to operate the lock when a ticket is dex posited. The lever J has a cam-groove, 7i, out in its upper edge, and located so that the pin m, which projects from the edge of the apron D through a curved slot in the side of the case A, may, at the proper point of' the movement of the ehambered lock', viz., when the orifice j' is about to be uncovered, enter the groove k, and the apron be thereby depressed.

The apron may be held in position against the window by the pin m and cam J, or by a spring, L, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

In the drawing the lock-chamber is represented much larger, proportionately, than will in practice, be necessary.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination and arrangement of the inspection-chamber C, safe-chamber Gr, segmental partition c, and ehambered lock E Ff, said lock being interposed between the chambers C and G, and being constructed and operated as herein described to prevent direct communication between the said chambers while the fare is passed from one to the other.

2. In combination with the cam-lever J, partition F, and hinged apronD, the said lever actd ing directly ou the partition F and opening and closing the apron D at or near the respective ends of the oscillating movements of the partition, substantially as described.

JAMES F. WINCHELL.

Witnesses:

E. C. MIDDLETON, H. P. J'oNns.

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