US154550A - Improvement in fare-boxes - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

THOMAS HOSTETTER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. I

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,550, dated September 1, 1874; application filed May 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, THOMAS HOSTETTER, of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improved Fare-Box, of which the following is a specification:

, This invention consists in a new and peculiar arrangement and combination of devices, hereinafter to be more particularly set forth, whereby the opening action of the door operates a dividingplate in position to receive the fare, and the closing action of the door operates the same plate to drop said fare and signal a bell.

Of the drawings, Figure l is a sectional elevation. Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. 3, a rear elevation.

A isthe fare-box, having glass A A front and rear, to enable the driver and passenger to look in box. B is the hinged push-door, having at its top a striker, b, which strikes the bell 12 secured in corner of box, when the door closes. To automatically close the door the same hasa weight, o The striker b being part of puslrdoor, hence the usual complicated mechanism to give the required bell-signal is here avo ded. A connecting-rod, O, has

I one end thereof hinged to the bottom edge of the push-door B. The other end of said rod is hinged to the rear edge of the dividingplate 1). The dividing-platel) is in inclined position, and turns byits pivotal bearings in the side framesof the box A, froinits original inclined position to ahorizontal position, and vice versa, according to the open and closing motions of the push-door; therefore (see Fig. 1) when the push-door B is open (dotted lines) the dividing-plate D is closed, (dotted lines,) and when the push-door is closed (full lines) the dividing-plate is in the original position, (full lines.) To facilitate the return movement to original position of the dividing-plate D, the same has a weight, 01. p i

'It will benoticed that by the combined operation of the push-door and dividing-plate, as aforesaid-that is, when the former is open and the latter dividing the interior of the box by its horizontal closure-there is at same time, by said horizontally-positioned dividing-plate, prevented the possibility of extracting fares that have passed below said plate, or which have been finally deposited in money-chamber. In the movement of the dividing-plate l) to its original position, the fare drops from said plate below on the inspection-plate E, where it can be inspected. The inspectingplate E slides horizontally in the box A. It is operated by its rod 0, which is drawn outward, and in so doing said inspection-plate is drawn with it and opens the money-chamber. By its coil-spring c said inspection-plate is returned to again close the money-chamber. In order, however, to insure a certain deposit in money-chamber of each and all fares, no

anatter in what position they may be on top of the inspection-plate, I have provided a reflector-scraper, F. The scraper F I arrange in'in'clined position Within the box, and so that its lower edge comes directly in contact with the top surface of the inspection-plate E. (See Fig. 1.)

By the combined arrangement of scraper and sliding inspection-plate, as aforesaid, the former acts to scrape oii' fares on the top of the latter when same is operated to deposit said fares, and thus no fare is left undeposited in money-chamber.

G is my money-chamber. This is virtually the bottomof the box A, its bottom g proper being, for this purpose, made a hinged bottom. (See figures.) The use of an independent money-drawer is thus obviated.

-H is a tube, shown in dotted lines, chiefly. Said tube I arrange in the interior of box A, so as nearly to reach the reflector-scraper F. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) The tube H passes out of top of box A, and is further made to connect with the lamp-box ordinarily used in one corner of cars.

The surface of the scraper F is a reflector; also, the interior surface of the tube H is silvered, or made to act as a reflector, so that the rays of light from lamp in car aforesaid shall be directed to pass down said tube and be radiated by the surface reflector of the scraper F.

Thus the illumination for the inside of the fare-box is done without smoke or grease; the use of a lamp-box side of fare-boxes, and 0th erwise the inconveniences. of the ordinary method of achieving illumination for the farebox, are thus avoided.

I hereby disclaim the devices shown and describedin the patent of H. Baranger, No.- 122,549, dated January 9, 1872 3 but What I (10 claim is- The combination of the push-door B with weight 1), its. striker b, bell b, connecting-rod O, dividing-plate D, weight 01, arranged to 0perate in the manner herein shown and described. V

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set my hand.

THOMAS HOSTETTER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, CHAS. F. MEISNER.

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