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June 23, 1925. 1%5431359 S. J. BELL FARE BOX APPARATUS Original Filed Oct. 4, 1921 2 shuts-Shani v i; E I 7/47 01/ Ill!" Jun 23, 1925.

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Original Filed Oct. 4, 1921 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented June 23, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. BELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGIQ'OR T0 BELL REGISTER,.

INC., 015 VJOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A. CORPORATION OF NEV YORK.

FARE-BOX APPARATUS.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. BELL, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of .Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Fare-Box App ratus, of which the following is a specificatlon.

My invention relates to improvementsin receptacles for coins or fare boxes which are used on moving vehicles, at amusemen u parks and the like, in stores, etc., and consists in general of a suitable casing containing certain peculiarly constructed, selflocizing boxes for fares and tokens, a direct i'arereceiving box in communication with one of said first-named boxes, said farereceiving b,x being mounted on said cascoin and token magazines also mounted on said casing, and certain safety applices, all combined to make up a unitary c-box apparatus, together with coinand token-actuating elements, and, such other 3:-

and members as may be necessary or i'lesirable in order to render such apparatus complete and serviceable in every respect, all as hereinafterset forth.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a change-making machine, such as that which "forms the subject of my application for United States Letters Patent, filed Jctober 4, 1921, and serially numbered 505, i33, of which application the present application is a divisional part, with safe, convenient, strong and durable, and automatic lock boxes for the reception of coins and tokens from such machine. lVith these lock boxes theft by the operator, the patrons, and other unauthorized persons is prevented.

Another object is to insure the dumping of the coins from the direct fare-receiving box into one of the lock boxes, whenever the door of the compartment, in which said lock boxes are located is opened; and furthcr objects are to cause said last-named boxes to be unlocked when they are placed in receiving position, and to be locked automatically upon their removal from such p0-- sition.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description.

A preferred embodiment of the invention. whereby I attain the objects and secure Divided and this application filed. July 12,

the advantages of the same, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and I will proceed to describe the invention with reference to said drawings, although it is to be understood that the form, construct-ion, arrangement, etc. of the parts in various aspects are not material and may be modified without departing from the spirit of my invention or exceeding the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings, in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a change-making machine which is equipped with my invention in a practical form or embodiment as aforesaid; Fig. 2, a longitudinal, vertical section through portions of said machine, looking toward the rear; Fig. 3, an enlarged detail in front elevation of the automatic dumping mechanism; Fig. i, a top plan of parts of said mechanism; Fig. 5, an enlarged detail in top plan of one of the guides and latches for the coinand token boxes; Fig. 6, a side elevation of the parts shown in the preceding View; Fig. 7, an enlarged plan of the inside of the cover of the coin box, showing the opening in the same closed; Fig. 8, a similar plan showing said opening uncovered; Fig. 9, an isometric view of said box; Fig. 10, an enlarged plan of the inside of the cover of the token box, showing the opening in the same closed; Fig. 11, a similar view showing said opening uncovered; Fig.12, an isometric view of said last.- named box, and, Fig. 13, a fragmentary detail showing the unlocking rods for the lock boxes.

In describing my invention it will be necessary to describe parts and members of the change-making machine which necessary for the housing of the lock boxes, and which cooperate to a greater or less extent therewitl'i, it being understood, of course, that inore or less similar parts and members would be required if said invention were applied to some other than the present machine.

The casing of this machine, which is indicated by the numeral 1, Figs. 1 and is divided by a horizontal member 2 into upper and under compartments or chainand l, respectively. A compartmenthere 0 I 5 is oil by suitable partitions from the chamber 4, in the left-hand end thereof, and provided with a door 6. A door 7, which has its right-hand edge hinged at 8-8 to the corresponding end wall of the chamber 4, is provided to close the entrance to said chamber in front, and is provided with a lock 9. This door is shown open in Fig. 1.

T ie chamber 4 is designed to hold coinreceiving and token-receiving, lock boxes 10 and 11, respectively. A coin chute 12 and the lower portion 13 of a token chute 14 are located in the chamber 4. There is also a coin chute 15 on the front of the casing 1 and opening at the bottom outside of said casing.

The chamber 3 is shorter than the chamher 4, and a direct tare-receiving box 16 is mounted on top of said second-named chamber at the right-h and end of said first-named chamber. This fare-box 16 is not materially different from other tare-boxes for a similar purpose, and the same has a cap 17 which opens through the top thereof. A coin and ticket chute 18 depends from the cap 17, and opens at the bottom through the front side thereof into a chute 19 below. The chute 19 has a wide mouth at the top, and is made smaller at the bottom to fit and register with an opening 20 in the member 2. Within the chute 12 and hinged thereto at 21 is a flapper 22, and a spring 23 is ar ranged normally to retain said flapper in a horizontal position across the bottom of the opening 20.

Coins or tickets, dropped into the top of the cap 17, pass downwardly through said cap and the chute 18 into the chute 19 and onto the flapper 22, which later is normally maintained in closed position by the spring 23, as previously noted. The chute 18 is provided with the usual battle-plates to prevent the introduction of an instrument from above into said chute for the purpose of removing coins or tickets from the tare-box 16, the chute 19, or the opening 20.

Secured to the forward terminal of the pivot, rod, or shaft 21, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, is a disc 24 which is provided with a radial pin or handle The handle 25 is located above the top of the compartment 4 and in front of the fare-box 16, in convenient position to be grasped tor the purpose of rocking the shaft 21, through the medium of the disc 2-l, in the direction to move the flapper 22 from its full-line position to its dotted-line position in Fig. 2, and thus dump the objects supported by said flapper into the chute 12. This operation is against the resiliency of the spring 23, consequently when the handle is released said spring acts to restore the parts to their former and normal positions and close the opening 20 with the flapper 22. The objects discharged into the chute 12 pass by gravity into the coin box 10, as will presently be more clearly explained, said objects having already passed by gravity into said chute. The handle 25 normally occupies the position indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 8.

In order to insure the discharge of the contents of the fare-box 16 into the box 10, and thus prevent such contents from being (flischarged into the hand of the person having charge of the machine while the same is being operated for collecting fares (or admission charges) and making change, provision is made whereby the flapper 22 is opened each time that the door 7 is opened, and said door must be opened in order to take out the boxes 10 and 11 for the purpose of carrying them to the cashiers oilice. To this end I provide the door 7 with a horizontal, curved arm 26, on the inside and above the general location of the upper hinge 8, and arrange within th chamber 1 spring-pressed, pivotal means which is engaged by said arm when said door is closed. The aforesaid means comprises an approximately upright, operating lever 27, which is pivotally attached at 28 to a lug 29 on the inside of the adjacent end wall of the casing 1, an approximately horizontal link 30 which has one end pivotally connected with the upper terminal of said lever, and the other end provided with a pin 31 that passes through an arcuate slot 32 in the disc 2%, and a'spring 33. The lever 27 is somewhat angular in shape and divided as it were by a pivot 28 into. a short arm below and a long arm above, and at the bottom of said lever is bearing piece to receive the free end of the arm The spring 33 is arranged between the short arm of the lever 27' and the adjacent wall of the easing, and so normally retains the long arm of said lever in contact with a stop 35, and the pin 31 at the right-hand end of its travel. The stop 35 extends inwardly from the right-hand end wall of the chamber 4 to which said stop is attached.

lit will now be seen that, when the door 7 is closed, the arm contacts with the hearing and actuates the lever 27, against the resiliency oi the spring 33, in the direction to carry the link 30 to the left, and with it the disc 24, which latter is retained with the right-hand end of the slot in contact or engagement with the pin 31 by the action of the spring 23. The parts are now positioned as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, and the disc 2 1 is free to be operated by hand through the medium of the handle to dump the contents of the fare-box 16 from time to time as may be desired. Upon opening the door 7, however, the arm 26 is carried ay from the bearing 34-, and the spring acts on the lever 27 in such a manner as to cause the same to actuate the disc 24 in'the direction to cause the flapper 22 to assume its open position, said spring being stronger than the spring 23. The parts are now disposed as shown in full lines in Figs. 3 and 4. The proportion and arrangements of parts are such that the shifting or rocking of the lever 27 occurs during the last part of the closing movement and the first part ofthe opening movement of the door 7, and, when said door is opened wide or to its full extent, the arm 26 is taken out of contact and carried entirely away from the bearing 34.. Inasmuch as this automatic dumping mechanism is so proportioned and arranged that the desired operation is brought about as soon as the door 7 commences to open, the contents of the fare-box 16 is discharged into the coin box 10 before said door can be opened wide enough to remove said coin box.

Mounted on the top of the chamber 3, which top is indicated by the numeral 36, and let into and opening through the same are series of coin and token reservoirs, there being here live of the former and four of the latter, and the token reservoirs being behind the coin reservoirs. The coin reservoirs are represented at 37 in Fig. 1, and portions of the token reservoirs are represented at 38 in Fig. 2. The coins with which change is made are placed in the front reservoirs 37, and the tokens, which are provided for the purpose of keeping an exact record of the number of fares (or admission charges) forwhich change is made, are placed in the rear reservoirs 38. A. delivery slide 39 is provided for each reservoir 37 and the reservoir 38 behind the same, and also for the left-hand reservoir 37 behind which there is no reservoir 38. There is a support 40 beneath each reservoir, and the slides 39 operate between said supports and said reservoirs. hen any slide 39 is drawn forward it carries with it from the reservoir 37 above a coin or coins and deposits the same in the chute 15, and at the same time such slide, unless the same be the left-hand slide, carries with it a token or tokens from the reservoir 38 above and deposits the same in the chute 1 1. The chute 14 flares sufficiently at the top to receive the tokens from any of the slides 39 with the exception of the left-hand slide 39, as does the chute 15 to receive coins from any of said slides. The sides of the chute 1 1 converge and join the extension 13 below.

The coin box 10 has a circular opening a1, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in the top thereof, and the token box 11 has a rectangular opening %2. Figs. 10, 11, and 12, in the top thereof. The lower, open end of the chute 12 is directly over the opening ll in the box 10, when said box is in place, and the lower. open en d of the chute extension 13 is directly over the opening 42 in the box 11, when the latter box is in place. The opening ll is automatically closed by means of semi-circu lar, sliding plates 43, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, and the opening 42 1S automatically closed by means of a rectangular, sliding plate 4%.

As an auxiliary to the operating mechanism for the plates 43 and ll rods a5 and 4:6, respectively, are provided. The rods 15 and 16, Figs. 2, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13, are secured to the back side of the casing 1 and project horizontally forward into the chamber 4, in. positions, respectively, to enter an opening 47,-Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in the rear end of the box 10, and an opening 18, Figs. 10, 11, and 12. in the rear end of the box 11.

There are three ribs or guides a9 on the floor of the chamber 4, which guides are parallel with the end walls of said chamber, and spaced apart to receive between them the boxes 10 and 11. These guides are clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, 5, and 6, and there are also shown in these views latch rods 50, one for each box'lO and 11. The rods 50, Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 6, are mounted in lugs 51 on top of the left-hand andrintel-mediate guides 49, and are adapted to rotate therein. The rearend of each rod is headed over, and at the front end of such rod is an angular extension The rods 50 are rocked in their lugs or bearings 51 so as to cause their extensions 52 to project vertically or approximately so, except when the boxes 10 and 11 are in place. After the boxes are pushed into the chamber 4 on the floor thereof between the guides 4-9 and back as far as the rear wall of the chamber permits, the rods 50 are rocked so as to locate their extensions 52 in front of adjacent portions of said boxes, thus holding the latter against forward movement-s c F 1.

As the boxes 10 and 11 are pushed into place the rods 45 and 46, Figs. 2, 8, 9, 11., 12, and 13, enter the same and act on tic mechanisms therein, which mechanisms wil presently be described.

The box 10 has a cover 53, Figs. 7, S and 9 which is hinged thereto at 54 54 and closes into the body of the box so that the top of said cover is flush with the upper edges of said body, and said box is provided at the rear end with a lock for said cover, which look is represented at in Fig. 9. The key to this lock is in the hands of the proper otticial of the company or other authorized person. The box 11, Figs. 10, 11 and 12. has

.a cover 56 which is hinged thereto at 57.

This cover also fits into the body of the box flush with the top edges thereof, and is provided at the rear end with a hasp 53 which cooperates with a staple 59 at the rear end of the body of said box, and a padlock (not shown) by means of which said cover loclted in its closed position. The key for ui'ilocking the aforesaid padlock to enable the cover 56 to be opened is also retained bv a specially selected oflicial of the company or other authorized person, usually the same one who has possession of the other he The mechanisms just previously referred to include spring-pressed members which are contacted with by the rods 45 and 46, so that there would be a tendency to thrust the boxes 10 and it forward were it not for the restraint placed thereon by the rods to.

Both of the covers 53 and 56, Figs. 7, 8, 1tand 11, are of box formation in order to afford the best means for installing the operating mechanisms for the plates 4 and t-ji, and the under plates which assist in converting the covers into chambers or compart ments are broken away in Figs. 7, S, 10., and 11, so as clearly to disclose said mechanisms. in the rear ends of the covers must also be provided openings to align with the openings 47 and 4-8 when said covers closed. for the entrance of the rods as and Slidingly arranged in the cover 53, Figs. 7 and 8, between the sides of the con'ipartment therein and lixed guide rods 60-6O in said compartment and parallel with said sides, are two bars 61 and 62. Each of these bars has a cross-piece 63 to which one of the plates 48 is securely attached. The rear end of the bar 61 is adapted to be contasted with by the rod ll"), and there is a compression spring 6-l between the front end of said bar and the rear end of the cover. Pivotally attached at 65 intermediate of its ends to the cover 58, a short distance from the rear end thereof, is a lever 66. One end of the lever 66 is pivotally attached at 67 to the bar 61 near the rear end thereof, and the other end of said lever is pivotally attached at 68 to the bar 60 near the rear end thereof. The pivots 67 and 68 pass through longitudinal slots 6969 in the lever 66 to afford the necessary lost motion when said lever is actuated. When the plates 43 are closed, as best shownv in Fig. 7, the lever 66 is disposed obliquely in one direction, and when said plates are open, as best shown in Fig. 3, said lever is disposed obliquely in the 0pposite direction. An expansion spring TO has one end attached to the forward end of the bar 62 and the other end attached to the front end of the cover.

When the box 10 is pushed into place, the rod 4:) enters the openings provided for the same and contacts with the adjacent end of the bar 61, as shown in Fig. 8, forces said bar forwardly against the direct resiliency of the spring 6% and the indirect resiliency of the spring 70, and, acting through the lever 66, forces the bar 6:2 rearwardly, against the direct resiliency of said spring 70. These actions produced by the rod 4-5 cause the cross-pieces 63 to move away from each other and carry with them the plates 43, with the result that the opening 41-1 isuncovered, so that whatever coins and tickets are dumped into the chute 12 can pass into the box 10. The opening in the cover 53 for the rod 45 is represented at 71 in Fig. 8.

Upon the withdrawal of the box 10, the rod 45 releases the bars 61 and 62, Figs. 7 and 8, to their springs, with the result that the plates 43 come together in the central diameter of the opening ll transversely of the cover 53, and so tightly close said open- In order to prevent the plates 43 from being pried apart, when the box 10 is out of the chamber at, suitable locking means is provided, and such means comprises a lock "9, Figs. 7 and 8, an oscillatory bolt 73 which forms a part of said lock and is adapted to be actuated in one direction by means of the lock mechanism and in the other direction by means of a spring 7 a releasing plunger 75, and a pin 76. The plunger 75 also is a part of the lock T2 and is in the path of the pin 76, which latter projects downwardly from the plate 43 that is adjacent to said lock. Said plate is also irovided with a lug 77 with which the free end of the bolt 73 engages when said bolt is in locking position. One terminal of the spring 7 is fastened to the rear wall of the cover 53, and from such wall said spring extends into contact with one longitudinal edge of the bolt 73.

When the plates 43 are in their closed position, as shown in Fig. 7, the bolt 73, under the influence of its spring 74, is in engagemei'it with the lug 77, and in approximate alignment with the longitudinal center of the cover 53, so that the plate 43 engaged by said bolt can not be thrust towards the lock 72, and neither can the other plate 43 be forced away from the first because of the presence of the intervening mechanism. Upon operating the lock 72 with the key thereof, which key is in the possession of the proper ofiicial or other person, the bolt 73 is actuated, against the resiliency of the spring 741, out of engagement with the lug 77 and out of restraining position relative to the adjacent plate As soon, however, as the box 10 is inserted again in the chamber l, and the plates l3 are opened through the medium of the rod 4-5 and the intervening mechanism. the pin 76 encounters the plunger 75 and forces the same inwardly to release the bolt '4" The bolt *3 now under the influence of the spring 7% bears against the curved edge of the contiguous plate 43, in readiness to slide down on such edge and assume its locking posi tion, as soon as said plate with its companion is again closed as the result of the withdrawal of the box 10 from the chamber 4, and the consequent withdrawal of the red slide 39 is operated.

45 from the cover 53 and said box-see Fig. 8. The plunger 75 is necessarily an outwardly, spring-pressed member.

The operating mechanism for the plate 44, Figs. 10 and 11, in the cover 56 of the box 11, comprises merely a bell-crank-lever 78 and a spring 79. The bell-crank-lever 78 is pivoted at 80 to the cover, and consists of a long arm to which the plate 44 is securely attached, and a short arm that extends into the path of the rod 46. The spring 79 has one end attached to one side edge of the cover and the other end attached to the long arm of the bell-cranklever, and has a constant tendency to actuate said lever in such. a manner as to carry the plate 44 over, or in reality under, the opening 42, and to retain it in such position, as best shown in Fig. 10.

hen the box 11 is pushed into the chamber 4, the rod 46 enters the openings provided for the same in the box and its cover and encounters the short arm of the bell-crank-lever 78, and actuates said lever on the pivot 80, against the resiliency of the spring 79, in such a manner that the plate 44 is carried away from the opening 42 into the position shown in Fig. 11.

Upon the withdrawal of the box 11, the

bell-crank-lever 78 is released by the rod 46 to the spring 79, and said spring immediately acts to rock said lever on its pivot in the direction to carry the plate 44 beneath the opening 42 and to close the same. The opening in the cover 56 for the rod 46 is represented at 81 in Fig. 11.

In practice, all fares (or entrance charges) deposited in the fare-box 16 find their way into the lock boxlO, Fig. 1, being deposited therein whenever the conductor opens the flapper 22, and when said flapper is opened simultaneously with the opening of the door 7. At stated intervals the box 10 is taken into the oflice, where it is unlocked and the contents dumped out. After heing emptied the box is relocked, the lock 72- is operated to remove the bolt 78 from looking position relative to the adjacent plate 43, and said box is handed back to the person having .charge of the machine to be replaced in the chamber 4. I

Whatever is deposited in the fare-box 16 passes into the lock box 10 and is not handled at all by the person in charge ofthe machine, but when change has to be made it is necessary for such person to manipulate the proper delivery slide 39 to obtain the required amount that is to be returned to the patron. At the'same time the change is obtained a token or tokens, according to the number of fares (or'entrance charges) for which change is made, are deposited in the lock box 11, except when the left-hand At certain intervals .the box 11 is also taken into the. ofiice,

opened, and the tokens therein dumped out and counted, after which said box is relocked and returned to place in the chamber 4.

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desue to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a fare-box apparatus, a casing having a movable member, as a door, a farebo'x mounted on said casing, and provided with a discharging member, operating means for said discharging member, and means, interposed between said first-named member and said first-named means, automatically to open said discharging member when said first-named member is moved in arranged normally to retain said flapper in closed position, and intervening mechanism between said door and said flapper whereby the latter is opened by said door when the door is opened, said mechanism including releasing means for said flapper whereby the same is permitted to be operated when said door is closed. 7

- 4. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a door provided with an arm, of a fare-box mounted on said casing and opening through the bottom thereof, a spring-pressed flapper adapted to close such opening, said flapper being mounted on a spindle, a disc secured to said spindle, a spring-pressed lever pivotally mounted inside of said casing, and' having one end in the path of said arm, and a link connecting said disc with said lever, said disc being slotted for the connection between the same and said link, and the spring for said flapper being stronger than the spring for said lever, the construction and arrangement of parts being such that said flapper is opened when said door is opened, and can be operated to open and close the same when said door is closed.

5. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing, a fare-box mounted on said casing, and provided with'a discharge member, a chute below said discharge member, and an operating member in said casing, of a lock box receivable in said casing below said chute, said lock box when in position opening through the top beneath said chute, and being provided with closing means for such opening, said 'toward and away from each other, and

means comprising plates arranged to slide rur- (hor provided with locking means for said closing means, with means actuated by said operating mom or to actuate said closing means into open position, after said locking means is unlocked, and when the lock box is placed in position beneath said chute, and with means to actuate said closing means into closed position, and cause the same to be locked by said locking means, when the lock box is removed from position beneath said chute.

6. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with casing having a fixed rod therein, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein beneath said chute when the box is in position, and being provided with means normally to close said opening, and with means normally to lock such closing means, the construction and arrangement of parts being such that said closing means is ctuated into open position by said rod, after such locking means is unlocked.

7. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod therein, and provided with guides for a box, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing between said guides and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein beneath said chute when the box is in position, and being provided with. means normally to close said opening, and with means normally to lock such closing means, the construction and angemeit of parts being such that said e, sing means is actuated into open position by said rod, after such locking means is unlocked. i

F3. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing provided with a fixed rod, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein beneath said chute when the box is in place, and being provided with springpressed means normally to close such opening, and with locking means for such closing n'ieans, the latter being actuated into open position by said rod when said box is placed in operative position, but only after being released by said locking means, and means to retain said box in operative position.

9. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod therein, and provided with guides for a box, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable between said guides and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein which is beneath said chute when said box. is in place between said guides, and being provided with spring pressed. means normally to close such opening, and with locking means for such closing means, the latter being actuated. into open position by said rod when said box is placed in operative position, but only after being released by said locking means, and positionlocking members for said box.

10. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod, and provided with guides for a box, and a chute in said casing,- of a box receivable between said guides, and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein which is beneath said chute when the box is in place, andbeing provided with springi'icu'ated means normally to close such. opening, and with locking means for such closing means, the latter being actuated into open position by said rod when said box is placed in operative position, but only after being released by said locking means, and a bent latch rod mounted on one of said guides and adapted to be turned to engagethe front end of said box to hold the same in place against the force of the springs therein.

11. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having therein a fixed rod, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening in the top thereof, springpress'ed slides in said box, one of'said slides being in the path of said rod, plates carried by said slides to open and close said opening, a lever pivotally connected with said box and also pivotally connected with said slides. said lever being slotted toreceive the pivotal connections between the same aid the slides, and means to hold the slides against movement and to release them to the action imparted thereto by said rod.

152. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod therein, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein, spring-pressed slides in said box. one of said slides being in the path of said fixed member and adapted to be actuated thereby, when said box is inserted in said casing and the slide is free, plates carried by said slides and adapted to open and close said opening, a lever pivotally connected with said box and also pivotally connected with said slides, said lever being slotted for the pivotal connections between the same and slides, and means to lock said plates in closed position and prevent movement of the slides, and tounlock the plates and release the slides to the action imparted thereto by said rod.

13. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed member, of a box receivable in said casing, and perforated to receive said member, said box having an opening therein, spring-pressed slides in said box, one of said slides being in the path of said fixed. member and adapted to be actuated thereby, when said box is inserted in said casing and the slide is free, a lever pivotally connected with said'box and also pivotally connected with said slides, said lever being slotted to receive the pivotal connections between the same and the slides, plates carried by said slides and adapted to open and close said opening, a spring-pressed bolt in said box, which-bolt is adapted to lock said plates in closed position and prevent movement of the slides, a lock in said box for said bolt, said lock being adapted to actuate the bolt out of locking position and retain the same out of such position, in order to enable the slides to be actuated by said fixed member, and means to release said bolt from said lock when said slides are actuated into open position.

let. The combination, in afare-box apparatus, with a casing provided with a fixed member, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said member, said box having an opening therein, a bell-cranklever pivotally mounted in said box, and having one arm in the path of said fixed member and a plate secured to the other arm, and a spring arranged to actuate said lever to close said opening with said plate when the lever is out of contact with the fixed member.

15. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing, a chute in said casing, means to deliver objects to said chute, and an ormrating member in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing below said chute, said box when in position opening through the top beneath said chute, and provided with closing means for such opening, which closing means comprises plates arranged to slide toward and away from each other, and adapted to be actuated by said operating member .into open position, when the box is placed in position beneath said chute, and said box being further provided with means to actuate said closing means into closed position, when said box is removed from position beneath said chute.

1G. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod therein, and achute in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein beneath said chute when the box is in position, and being provded with closing means for such opening, which closing means comprises plates arranged to slide toward and away from each other, and has a part in the path of said rod.

17. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing provided with a fixed rod, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable in said casing and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein beneath said chute when the box is in place, and being provided with closing means for such opening, which closing means comprises plates arranged to slide to ward and away from each other, and has a part in the path of said rod, and means to retain said box in operative position.

18. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod therein, and provided with guides for a box, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivablebetween said guides and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein which is beneath said chute when said box is in place between said guides, and being provided with spring-pressed means normally to close such opening, which closing means is in the path of said rod, and position-locking members for said box.

19. The combination, in a fare-box apparatus, with a casing having a fixed rod, and provided with guides for a box, and a chute in said casing, of a box receivable between aid guides, and perforated to receive said rod, said box having an opening therein which is beneath said chute when the box is in place, and being provided with springactuated means normally to close such opening, which closing means is in the path of said rod, and a bent latch rod mounted on one of said guides and adapted to be turned to engage the front end of said box to hold the same in place against the force of the spring therein.

SAMUEL J. BELL. \Vitnesses CLIFTON C. WEs'r, RUTH E. ALLBEE.

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