US1495285A - Turnstile - Google Patents

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May 27 1924.

' J.AA. VVILJ IN I TURNsTI-LE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 -Filed May 23, 1922 La j /y 27 INVENToR May 2 7 1924.

J. A. WILKIN ,.TURNSTILE Filed May 23, 1922 2 Shees-.Sheet 2` ATTORNEY Patented May 27, 1924i.

JOSEPH A. WILKI'N, or MATAivronAs, rENNsYLvANrA.

- TURNST'IL.

Application fried May 23, 1922. Aserial No. 563,024.

T all whom t may concern.' l Y Be it known that I, .losnrn A. VILKIN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the town of Matamoras, county of Pike, State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Turn stiles, of which the following is the specilication.

The device, the subject of this invention is a turn stile, particularly adapted for use at amusement parks, railway 1stations or else where where passenger or passage trailic is to be collected and has for its particular objects the construction of a turn stile that will be positive in its operation and yet particularly silent as the continuous use of a noisy turn stile is exceedingly irritating.

Another object of the invention is to produce a turn stile so constructed that continuous operation is practically assured, the parts being so formed as to withstand continued and excessive wear. I have, however, so constructed my turn stile that if wear does occur, the worn parts or the parts subject to wear may be readily removed and replaced and while my turn stile may op crate with a coin controlled electrical releasing means, I will show and describe such means only briefly as they are not intended to form an important part of this invention.

In the specification which follows, the details of construction and other objects will be fully set forth and the accompanying drawings should be referred to for a complete understanding of the lspeciiication which follows In the drawings Fig. l, is a plan view, the casing being fractured to show the enclosed mechanism.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view through the casing and track, the other mechanisms being shown in elevation.

Fig. 3, is a perspective View of the turn stile element.

Fig. 4, an enlarged sectional View, at about mid-center the controlling mechanism.

Fig. 5, is an enlarged sectional view through the controlling roller and its support.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

The turn stile consists of a cross shaped member having arms 6, 7, 8, and 9 and between which the passenger or operator will step to operate the turn stile.

The arms 6 to 9 inclusive are supported upon a standard or column lO and as the arms should be formed of wood, I will pro vide supporting plates 11 and 12 upon the standard 10, one at each side of the arms and between each the arms are receiver and secured by bolts or rivets 13.l

The standard may be continuous throughout its entire length, the lower end should, however, be reduced as shown at 14 to be received into the bearing block 15 an'dto overcome undue friction, the lower end of the standard 10 may be tapered to produce a cone bearing 16.

The controlling mechanism for the turn stile is received in the casing, preferably formed in two parts 17 and 13, secured together by. bolts 19 and= in securing these parts together, Iv include and retain by the m bolts 19, a track guide member 20.

Upon the standard 10 and within the casing, I arrange a collar 21, securing thereto a pair of guide rails as shown at 22 and 23 and spaced therefrom, I 4arrange another pair of guide rails 24 and 25. In each pair of guide rails, I arrange T-shaped guides 26 1 and 27 secured together by a bolt 28 and upon this bolt and between the guides 26 and 27 is a grooved pulley 29. It will be noted that at the opposite side of the standard 10, another pair of guides 30 and a grooved pulley 31 are arranged and that these guides and their supported pulleys are urged out ward by springs 32 and 33. i

The springs 32 and 33 arranged parallel, are received in cup members 34. 35, 36, and 37, which cup members are secured to bars 38 and 39, the barsyhaving projections 40 and 4l, which bear against the innermost edges of the guide members 26, 27, and respectively.

The lower guide rails 24 and 25 may be secured to a collar 42 and adjacent this collar, I arrange a plate 43 having a plurality of indents 44, into which the core 45 of a solenoid 46 may be inserted. This core member 45 has a spring pressed latch and may be cut at an angle in one direction, so that operating with the angular indents 44 in the plate 43, the turn stile may operate freely in one direction, but may operate in the other direction only when the core member 45 is electrically withdrawn.

One of the most important parts of my device is the track member 20 upon which the rollers 29 and 31 operate. This member is shown in plan in Fig. l and its operation will be understood. The rollers as shown in Fig. l are in the stop position.

lVhen the turn stile is advanced until the roller 3l reaches the point 47 and the opposite roller reaches the point 48 and passes just beyond that point, the operation of the springs 32 and 33 will cause the turn stile to continue in movement until the rollers meet the depressions 49 and 5t), at which time the motion of the turn stile will be arrested until the next application of pressure causes the rollers to advance beyond the projection 51 and the projection directly opposite, whereupon the rollers will move into the position shown.

liilhile modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims, I prefer the whole as shown and described; it will, however, be understood that the rollers 29 and 3l, the guide bars 22 to 25 inclusive and the track member 2() may be 'formed ot' wood if preferred, the other parts, with the exception of the arms lo 9 should be oli metal.

Having carefully and lully described my invention what l. claim and desire to obtain is as 'ollows:

1. A turn stile having; a casing, an irregu- Lacasse lar track secured to said casing, a standard ope able through said casing, rollers supported by and movable with said standard and in engagement with said track and means il'or urging` said rollers toward said track, said means comprisingsprings, one arranged at each side of said standard.

2. A turn stile comprising` a standard and an irregular track in fixed relation, guide bars secured to said standard and eXtendine,` at each side thereof, carriages operable in said guide bars, one said carriage being arranged at each side @t said standard, a roller in each said carriage and operable upon said track and a plurality of springs between said carriages for urging` said rollers toward said track.

3. In a turn stile, a means for controlling the operation thereof, said means comprise ing two sets of parallel guide bars, carriages between pairs of bars, rollers upon said guides and means for urging` said rollers and guides outward and a track having a plurality of depressions of liil'erent depths, into which said rollers are 'free to pass to control the movement of said turn stile.

Signed at the city, county and State nl' New York, this 19th day of May, 1.922.

JOSEPH A. WlLKIN.

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