US1608117A

US1608117A - Initial-charge-controlling mechanism for taximeters

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Publication number: US1608117A
Application number: US562122A
Authority: US
Inventors: Orth William George; Darst George Henry
Original assignee: OHMER FARE REGISTER CO
Current assignee: OHMER FARE REGISTER CO
Priority date: 1922-05-19
Filing date: 1922-05-19
Publication date: 1926-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 1943-11-23

Description

Nov. 23 1926.

w. e. QRTH ET AL INITIAL CHARGE CONTROLLING MECHANISM FOR TAXIMETERS Filed May 19. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 3mm WILLIAM G. OPT/l. GEORGE H. DARSZ' Nov. 23 1926.

' w. G. ORTH ET AL INITIAL CHARGE CONTROLLING MECHANISM FOR TAXIMETERS ts-Sheet 2 Ln O Filed May 19, 1922 v l/VVEA/Tfl/ZS. I WILLIAM G. ORTH. GEORGE H. AR57I Nov. .23 1926. 1,608,117

w. ORTH ET AL INITIAL CHARGE CONTROLLING MECHANISM FOR TAXIMETER S Filed May 19, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet '3 WILLIAM G. OFT/1. GEORGE H. wmsr Patented Nov. 23, 1926.

Lauren stars \VILLEAM GEORGE GB'E'l-I AND HENRY 1 OHIVIER FARE REGISTER OGMI-Alll, IDAY'EOLF, a) .10, A CGREOEATIQN GL TO NEW YORK.

INITIAL-CHARGE-CONTROLLING llZECI-IANISM Application filed 1.9, 1953..

This invention relates to taztimeters and is in the nature of an. improvement on the taximeter shown and described in the patant to Ohmer and Bridenbaugh, No. 1,136,16 l of April 20, 1915.

One object of the invention is to provide means for adjusting the waiting time with relation to the minimum fare, without at- ,fecting the relation of the minimum fare to the distance travelled.

The machine of the above mentioned patent registers a certain minimum tare when the vehicle is hired and the flag moved to its engaged position to place the meter in o nation. After the registration of this minimum. tare the fare registering devices do not begin to operate until the vehicle has traveled a distance equal to the minimum tare, or has stood idle for a specified time. but will thereafter register a fixed unit of rcrzistration for each specified traction of a mile traveled. by the vehicle or for each specified period of waiting time. For example, we will assume that the minimum "are registered by the lowering of the is 520 cents and that the subsequentcha is 10 cents for each quarter of a mile, or for each tour mintes of waiting time. The actuating" device tor the ire counter is driven both by the vehicle and by the clock and the connection between this actuating device and the fare counter is so controlled that the actuating device will begin to operate the counter after it has been moved a distance equal to a quarter of a mile. However, the actuating device will be moved this same distance by the clock in four mimites= it the vehicle is standing idle, and will then begin to operate the fare counter. As a result, if after hiring the vehicle, the passenger allows it to stand idle for some time before beginning the trip he is charged with twenty cents for what is in fact only 10 cents worth of time. The purpose of the present invention is to correct the variance by increasing: thewaiting time allowed for the minimum fare. i

A further object of the intention is to provide means for accomplishing this result without material modification oi the present taximeter. I

it is also an object of the invention to provide a device of this kind which will I W W ley crson, onto nssisiso 7 .u

Serial No, 562,122.

not interfere with the accurate resetting. of the taxuneter mechanism.

Other objects of the invention may appear as the mechanism is described in detail.

In the aceonlpanyingdrawings 1*" fl.

a front elevation of a portion or a taxnneter showing the present invention en'ihodied therein; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of such a mechanism; Fig. 3'is a section talren on the line of Fig. 1; Fig. l is-a plan view of the clutch mechanism on the flag shaft; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 ot Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a horizontal. sec

tion taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 show mg: part of the mechanism in plan; l

7 is a section taken on the line "P lot Fig. 1; Fig. 8 is a detail view of the disk forming part of the connecting mechan between the cam shaft and the resct shatt and the clock operating gear; Fig. u is a bottom plan view of the device shown arm; and 11 is a detail view oi the clutch operatmg: cam on the tlag; shaft.

in Fig. 8; 10 is a detail view of the trip in these drawin s we have illustrated one embodiment of in invention and have shown the same as applied to a taximeter which in the main features of its construe tion corresponds to the taximeter of the above mentioned patent, but it will be understood that the mechanism may take various forms and that it may be applied to registering mechanisms of various kinds without dep rting; from the spirit of the invention In these drawings we have shown and will now describe only that part of the tunimeter mechanism which is necessary tor an understanding of the present invention.

As here shown, the taximeter comprises a group of tare counters which in; the present instance, are visual counters but may, if desired, be printing counters, The machine of the above mentioned patent embodies both twcs of counters, but only the visual In this counter it will appear in its proper relation to that numeral on the tens of cents counter wheel which is in line with the sight opening. The count is transferred from the cents counter wheel to the units of dollars counter wheel,

11, and from the units dollar counter wheel to the tens dollar counter wheel by transfer mechanism of any suitable character. These counter wheels are loosely mounted on a shaft 13 which may be characterized as tl resetting shaftmeans are provided whereby the rotation of this shaft will reset the counter wheels to zero. The cents counter wheel 10 is actuated by a ratchet wheel 14 mounted on the shaft 13 and suitably connected with the counter wheel. Co operating with the ratchet wheel 1a is a pawl 15 carried by an arm 16 mounted on a shaft 17 journaled in the frame of the machine and extending lengthwise thereof. Mounted on the shaft .17 at the left hand end of the machine, as shown in Figs. 1 and,

3 is an arm 18.which is acted upon by a spring 19 which-tends to move the same downwardly. A suitable actuating device, such as a cam 20 mounted on a cam shaft 21, acts on the arm 18 when the latter is in its operative position to raise the same against the tension of the spring 19 and then release it'to permit it to be moved downwardly by the spring, thus rocking the shaft 17 and actuating the pawl 15 to advance the ratchet wheel 14: and cents counter Wheel 10 one step and thus add ton on the fare counter.

The actuating device, or cam 20, is driven both from the vehicle and from a clock mechanism, the former operating the actuating member whenever the vehicle is moving at a speed in excess of a certain predetermined speed and the clock mechanism operating the actuating device when the vehicle is standing still or moving at a speed less than said predetern'iined rate of speed, thus in the first instance the-fare is charged according to distance, and in the second instance the fare is charged according to time, which is herein characterized as waiting time. he operating connection between the actuating device and the vehicle may take any suitable form. As here shown, a worm shaft 22 is journaled on the end frame member -23 of the ma chine, and is adapted to be connected in any suitable manner with a movable part of the vehicle, such as one of the wheels. The shaft is provided with a worm 2 1 which meshes with a worm wheel 25 having connected therewith a gear 26, which adapted to mesh with a gear 2'? mounted on aroch arm and having connected therewith a pinion 29 which in turn meshes with the gear 30 on the shaft 21 which carries the actuating device. In the present construction the worm shaft 22 is also provided with a second worm 31 which meshes with a worm wheel 32 having connected therewith a gear 33 corresponding to and meshing with the gear These two gears are connected with their worm wheels by overrunning clutch mechanism so arranged that when the gear :.6 is driven from the worm 24 the gear 2-33 wil run idly and when the gear 33 is driven from the worm 31 the gear 26 will act as an intermediate gear to connect. the gear 33 with the gear 7, thus the shaft 21 will be driven in the same direction regardless of the direction in which the vehicle is moving. The gear 27 to establish or interrupt the connect-ion between the vehicle and the cam shaft 21, To this end an arm 3% is connected with the arm 28 which carries the gear27 and is arranged to be actuatet by a cam 35 on the flag shaft 56. Thissha-ft carries the usual. signal, or flag, 3?, which when in its normal position, wnich in the present instance is its uppermost position, indicates that the vehicle is for hire. When the flag is in another position, in the present instance its horizontal position, it indicates that the vehicle is engagedand this position of the flag is herein referred to as the engaged position. The cam 35 is so aranged with re lation to the that when the flag is in its normal, or uppermost, position the cam will be in engagement with the arm 3% and will hold the gear 27 out of mesh with the gear 26 but when the flag is moved to its engaged position the cam will release the arm and permit the gear 52'? to be moved by a spring 38 into mesh with the 526.

thus establishing an operative connection between the actuating device and the movable part of the vehicle.

The clock for operat ng the fare counter to register waiting time is shown at 39 and has'looscly mounted on the shaft 10 thereof a gear 4.1 which carries a pawl 12 cooperatmg with a ratchet wheel 43 rigidly secured to the shaft 10. so that the rotation of the ratchet wheel by the clock mechanism. will rotate the The gear 11 meshes with the gear is which is adapter to actuate a second gear-S which in the present instance is id ntical with the gear 14i ant rotates on an axis coincidentwith tl c axis of the gear 1 i a I 41%, tne two gears LQLITF' capable of indepencent movement andbcing connected one to the other in a manner that will be hereinaf which is journaled'in an arm, or lever, 51

which pivotally mounted, preferably on the stud a: carrying the gear 4-6. The shaft 50 has secured to the inner portion thereof two beveled gears 52 and 53 which are adapt g g is mov-' able lnto and out of mesh with the gear 26 ed to mesh respectively with a beveled gear 54 and a beveled gear 55, both of which are loosely mounted on the resetting shaft I. The beveled gear 5% is operatively connected with the cam shaft 21, as will be hereinafter explained, and the power is thus transmitted from the clock through the beveled gears and cam shaft to the actuator 20. The gear is normally in mesh with the gear 5d but in the event of a break down or other delay which is not properly chargeable to the passenger, the gear 52 ismoved out of mesh with the gear 5i and the gear 53 is moved into mesh with the gear 55, this latter gear being connected with a. separate registering device which registers the length of time that the machine is out of operation. The fare coun' ter being disconnected from the clock and the vehicle being idle because of the break down no fare will be registered. The shifta ing of the gears 52 and53 is preferably accomplished'by the controlling device, or flag, 37, and to this end this flag is movable to a third position, which in the present instance is its lowermost position, and the movement of the flag from its horizontal position to its lowermost position serves to shift the beveled gears 52 and For this purpose there is mounted on the flagshaft 36 a cam 56 which engages an extension 57 of the lever 51 and is so arranged that when the flag is in either its normal position or its engaged position the beveled gear 52 will be held in engagement with the beveled gear 5%, but when-the flag is moved to its lowermost position the cam will actuate the lever 51 to move the beveled gear 53 into mesh with the beveled gear 55. I

The beveled gear 5-; is connected with the cam shaft 21 by a suitable one way clutch which will cause the cam shaft to rotate with the beveled gear, but will permit the shaft to run ahead of the gear. beveled gear 5-1 has rigidly connected therewith and loose on the resetting shaft 13 a spur gear 58 provided on that face opposite the beveled gear with laterally extending ratchet teeth Mounted on the cam shaft 21 is a connecting member, or dish, 60 having pivotally mounted thereon a pawl 61 which is held normally in engagement with the ratchet teeth 59 by a spring 62, AS here shown, the shaft 13 and the shaft'Ql. are coaxial and the end of the shaft 13 is supported in the hub 63 of the disk 60. The resetting shaft 13 is provided with a one toothed ratchet G l adapted when theshaft is rotated forwardly to engage a pawl 65 on the disk (30 thus causing the resetting shaft to pickup the disk and rotate the actuating device to its initial position, thereby resetting the same at the end of each trip. it will be understood that the resetting shaft 13 is actuated to reset the countersand the cam to zero when the flag 3'? As here shown the is returned to its normal or for hire position. This may be accomplished 111 any suitable manner, but in the present instance ing secured thereto a gear 67 which meshes with a pinion 68 on a stud 69 which is provided with an operating handle 70. Mounted on the stud 66 is a segmental rack 71 which, during the last portion of the movement of the printing shaft, 66 engages a mutillated gear 72 on the flag shaft and restores the flag to its normal position. It will be obvious, of course, that the flag might be returned by hand and the resetting accomplished directly from the movement of the flag, or in any other suitable manner.

llhen the flag is returned to its normal position the cam actuated arm 18 is lifted out of the path of the cam and is retained in that position by a cam '73 on the flag shaft The cam 73 is so arranged that the n'iovementof the -ag to its engaged position will carry the cam out of the path of the pin 7% onthe arm and thus release the arm for movement downwardly by the spring 19. As has been stated, when the vehicle is liir d and the flag moved to its ei'igaged position, a certain minimum fare is charged which mustbe paid by the passenger whether he ridesthe distance covered by that fare or retains the vehicle for the time covered by that fare, or discharges the vehicle before he has received this amount of service. inasmuch as this minimum, or initial fare is registed by the movement of the flag to its engaged position it is necessary that some means be provided to prevent the further operation of the fare counter until the vehicle has traveled the specified distance, or the specified waiting time has elapsed. In the present device we have loosely mounted on the flag shaft a latch arm 75 which is acted upon by a spring 76 which moves the same into the path of a stud 77 on the arm 18, when the latter is in i s elevated position, and which retains the arm in this elevated position after the has been lowered and the am 78 moved into its inoperative position. A projection, or pin, 78 is mounted on the cam to engage a triparm 79 connected with the latch arm Wand move the latch out of the path of the stud 77, thereby permitting the arm 18 to move into its operative relation with the actuating device, or cam, 20. The pin 78 is so arranged on the cam 20 that the cam must travel from initial position a distance equal to the minimum fare before the latch will be tripped. However, as has been explained, the time required for the clout mechanism to advanfe the cam through this same distance does not equal the minimum fare and, there fore, it the vehicle stands idle for a period of time immediately following its engagement by the Jassengcr he will be charged an undnlylngh rate for this waiting time.

The position of the trip pin Y8 with relation to the trip arm is c-onti lied by distance, andin'order to pr vido an increased period of waiting time we ha-v provided means second, a period of time which will elapse before the latch 7 will be released by the actuating device, and the sum of these two periods of time will equal in value the amount the minimum fare.

This result may he accomplishedin various ways but in the present mechanism we have utilized the twin gears a l and 45 forming part of the near train between the clock and 1' device. As has been noted, these gears mounted on a coinnon axis but rotatable relatively one to the other. The two gears are provided with cooperating parts, here shown as overlapping lugs 80 and Si, whiclnwvhen brought into. operative engagement will connect the gears and cause movement to betransmittcd from the gear ll to the gear 45, and,consequently, from the cloclr to the actuating device. To provide a dwell in the operation 01 the actuating device at the beginning of the operation of the clock the d5 is advanced to separate the lug 81 from the lug S0 and, consequently, no movement will be imparted to the gear l-.5 until the gear in has rotaten far-enough to cause the lug S0 to ongagethe lug 81. In the present instance the clock not in operatiom tl o clock being started and stopped by the moren'ient oi the into and out of its engaged position, this being accomplished by mechanism similar to that shown in the above mentioned patent. This mechanism cons of detent 103 adapted to en zpge the balance wheel 10'; of the c ock mechanism. The detent is actuated if 'n the flag sh it by means 01 a lever 105 which is pew-ted by the can on the flag shaft. :1 ment of the cam' is suc 1 tha the ZlCllLlELC I n the det-ent c Lil-'3 balance i inst movewiil be mov d if.

i wheel and will l 1. W: i -L release th cloen for operation. The arrangement oi the detent such that in moving out of engagement with the balance -is idle when the meter iswill impart a slight movement sta t the clock in operation.

nre'r r to advance the gear h trip and at the same tor and actuating device "ial positions. For this f ntilized the gear train 2' V e gear so with the gear and have loosely mounted on the flag which meshes with the i ated to be connected with dur ng the return movement o so that i will i npart movement 58 ans through the gear train t-lius advancing this latter desired distance, and placing it in position the next operation of the meter. gear 82 is so connected with the flag that the downward movement of the will not rotate vthe same and when the ocen moved to its engaged posie gear is disconnected from the shaft so i can rotate f eely with the gear 58 end the gear is connected with the 3y a one way clutch which, as here comprises laterally extending ratchet tee 1'1 formed integral with the gear 82 and a clutch member 84; splined on the s aft and having ratchet teeth to cooperate with the ratchet teeth 83. This clutch member is acted upon by a spring 85 v-q ich tends to move it into its operative position. To hold the clutch member 84 in its inoperative posit-ion when the flag is in its engaged position we employ a lever 86 pivotally mounted on the trame ot the 31' achine and having one end extending between the and the clutch member 84. k spring 8? acts on the other end of the vcr and is of sutiicicntl greater stren th u y x ran the spring 8:) to move tne clutch n1em or against the tension of that SPIIIIY.

Mounted on the shatt- 36 is a cam 88 having a laterally extending flange SO extending for .a po tion of its circumference and arranger to engage a projection 90 011 the lever 86 and thus force the lever toward the 1 ii member will be in its inoperative posztion. it hen the flag is moved from its e iged position to its for hire position th hitch men ibei: will be moved to its operposition at the beginning of the moveot the and t-he further movement the f ag will rotate the gear 82 and thus advance the gear To permit the gear 45 to con'iplete its movement regardless of the position of the lug 80 on the gear 44: the gear e l is connected with the clock shaft ill) by the pawl and ratchet mechanism above described so that after the lug 81 has engaged the lug the gear 44 can move with the gear 45 until the latter has completed its movement.

It will be apparent that during the re will prevent the further movement of that gear. To avoid the possibility of such a condition arising we have provided means which will disconnect the gear 58 from the shaft 21 and thus permit the movement of the gear 45 to be completed. The movement of the shaft 21 is checked by means of a 91 mountcdon a shaft 92 and having a nose at apted to be moved into and out of the path of a stop finger 94 which idlv secured to the shaft 21. The 92 is reel-Jed to move the nose 93 of the arm into the path of the finger 94 stop by the operation of the resetting mechanism, iojh connections not here shown, and

is in this position until. the comple- -ctting operation, at which it is retracted to its inoperative position and leaves the shaft free to rotatewhen the meter again placed in operation. Obviously when the finger94 is in engagement with the nose of the stop arm 91 the gear 5; can not be rotated because of its clutch Ff; .e 'tion with the shaft We have, th rotors, provided the pawl (31, forming pa t of that clutch mechanism, with a pin 101 adapted to engage a trip device to more the pawl out of engagement with the ratchet teeth and thus release the gear 58 for rotation relatively to the shaft 21. The trip member is movable into and out of its operative position so that normally it will not interfere with the pawl. As here shown, the trip member is in the form of an arm carried by a lever 96 pivotally mounted between its ends on the frame member 48. A. link 97 is pivotally con nected with the lever and is slidably mounted at its rear end where it is provided with a pin 98 arranged in the path of a cam 99 on a printing shaft 66. A spring 100. acting on the link 97 holds the trip arm normally in an inoperative position. The cam 99 is so arranged that it will actuate the lever and move the trip arm into operative relation to the pin 101 during the later portion of the resetting operation. Thearrangcmcnt of the pawl 61 and the pin 101 with relation to the trip arnris such that the pin will engage the cam surface of that arn just before the finger 94 engages the arm 91, thus causing the pawl to be disengaged from the ratchet teeth just as the finger engages the stop arm, thereby leaving the gear 58 free to rotate to any extent necessary to complete the movement of the gear 45.

The operation of the mechanism will be readily understood from the foregoing description of theseveral parts thereof and it will be apparent that we have provided means for increasing the waiting time allowed on the minimum fare without in any way modifying the relation of the minimum fare to the distance, this being accomplished by rendering the connection between the actuating device or cam and the clock inoperative for a period of time at the beginning of the operation of the meter, that is, the clock is not connected with the actuating device until the gear 44 has rotated far enough to cause the lug 80 on the gear 44 to pick up the lug 81 onthe gear 45,, which in the present instance, is substantially a full revolution of the gear 44 and will re quire four minutes of time. After the clock mechanism is connected with the actuating device the latter is prevented, in the usual Way, from operating the fare counter until a further period of time has elapsed, that is, another four minutes, thus. making a total of eight minutes which must elapse after the meter has been placed in operation and before the fare count-er will be actuated to register a fare beyond the minimum fare. It will be further apparent that the mechanism is of such a character that it can be added to the taXimeter of theabove mentioned patent without material modification thereof and that it does not in any way interefer with the resetting or other operation of the taximeter parts.

'While we have shown and describedone embodiment of our invention we wish itto be understood that we do not desire to be limited to the details thereof as various modifications may occur to a person skilled in the art.

Having now fully described out invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r

1. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a train of mechanism comprising relatively movable parts to connect said clock with said actuatinggdevice, means for resettingsa-id fare counter to its initial position, and means actuated by said resetting mechanism to separate said relatively movable parts, whereby movement will notbe imparted from said clock to said actuating device until one of said parts has traversed the distance separating it from the other of said parts.

2'. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a normallv operative connection between said clock and said actuating device comprising cooperating members one of which is movable relatively to the other, a device to control the operation of said actuating device, and means actuated by said controlling device to positively move said connectin men'iber with relation to the other connecting mem her to render said connection. inopei tive for a limited period of time after said clock has been started. V

3. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said farecounter, means actuated by a moving part of said vehicle to operate said actuating device, a clock, a connection between said clock and said actuating devlce,

a controlling device, means controlled by said controlling device to prevent the operation of said tare counter by said actuating device until said actuating device has completed a predetermined movement, said connection between said cloc and said actuating device comprising two gears connected respectively with said clock and with said actuating device, parts connected with said gears and cooperating to transmit movement from one gear to the other, one of said parts being movable relatively to the other of said parts to interrupt their cooperative relation, and means controlled by said controlling device to move said movable part relatively to said other part anc thereby delay the operation of said actuating device by said clock.

l. In a fare registering device for vel cles, a fare cou ter, an actuating device icr said fare counter, means actuated by a moving part of said vehicle to operate said actuating device, a clock, a connection between said clock and said actuating device, a controlling device, means controlled by said control oration 01 s1- tare counter said actuating device until said actuating device has completed a predetermined movement, said connection between said clock and said actuating device comprising two p s, one of which 1s connected with said clock 21 t e 1 other of which is connected with said actuating device-and arranged in the path of the first mentioned part, .and means actuated by said controlling device to move one of said parts away from the other, thereby preventing the operation 01 said actuating device by said clock until the first mentionedpart has traversed the distance be tween the same and the last men ioned part.

5. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a .e counter, an actuating device {or said fare cor a cloclz, a gear connected wi h said clocl a second gear connected with said actuating device, said ling device to prevent the opgears being independently rotatable about a common axis, cooperating parts carried by said tocause movement to be transmitted from the first mentioned gear to the last mentioned gear, and means to positively actuate one of said gears inde- 'pondenlily of the other to separate said parts.

6. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second gear connected with said actuating device, ,aid gears being independently rotatable about a common axis, cooperating parts carried by said ears to cause movement to be transmitted irom the first mentioned gear to the last mentioned gear, a controlling device, and'means actuated by said controlling device to rotate the mentioned gear relatively to the first mentioned and thereby separate said cooperating parts.

7. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second gear connected with said actuating device, said gears being independently rotatable about a commen axis, cooperating parts carried by saidgears to cause movement to be transmitted from the first mentioned gear to the lastmentioned gear, a controlling device, a gear having a one wa clutch connection with said control ing device and having a geared connection with the last mentioned gear, whereby the movement of said controlling device in one direction will actuate said last mentioned gear to separate said cooperating parts.

8. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second gear connected with sa d actuating device, said gears being independently rotatable about a common axis, cooperating parts carried by said gears to cause movement to be transmitted from the mentioned gear to the last mentioned gear, a device to reset said fare counter to ero, and means actuated by said resetting device tomove one of said gears relatively to the other and separate said cooperating parts.

9. In a fare reg cles. I said 0w gear, a controlling device, a shaft operated .oy said controlling device, a gear loosely mounted on said shalt, a one way clutch ering device for vehi connection between said shaft and said gear, and a geared connection between the last mentioned gear and said second gear to rotate the same independently of the first mentioned gear to separate said cooperating parts.

10. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second gear connected with said actuating device, said gears being independently rotatable about a common axis, cooperating parts carried by said gears to cause movement to be transmitted from the first mentioned gear to the last mentioned gear, a controlling device, a shaft operatively connected with said controlling device, a gear mounted on said shaft and having geared connection with said second gear, means for connecting said last mentioned gear with Said shaft when the latter is ro tated in one direction to cause said second gear to be rotated relatively to the first mentioned gear to separate said cooperating parts, and means to disconnect said last mentioned gear from said shaft when the lat-- ter is rotated in the other direction.

11. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare. counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a controlling device, the movement of which in one direction will render said registering device operative and the movement of which in the opposite direction will render said registering device inoperative and reset said fare counter to its initial position, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, apart carried by said gear, a second gearrotatable about an axiscoincident with the axis of the first gear and having a part arranged in the path of the first mentioned part, an operative connection between said second gear and said actuating device, a shaft actuated by said controlling device, a. gear loosely mounted on said shaft and having a geared connection with said second gear to move the same relatively to the first gear and separate the parts carried by said gears, a one way clutch to connect the last mentioned gear with its shaft whereby said gear will be actuated only when said controlling device is moved in one direc tion, and means controlled by the movement ofsaid actuating device in the opposite direction to disconnect said last mentioned gear from said shaft.

12. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a cont-rolling device the movement of which in one direction will render said registering device operative and the movementof which in the opposite direction will render said registering device inoperative and move said fare counter to its initial position, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a part carried by said gear,

. ating device,a shaft actuated by said con trolling device, a gear loosely mounted on said; shaft, a clutch member carrier by said gear, a second clutch member slidably mounted on said shaft, a spring tending to move said second clutch member into operative relation to the 51st mentioned clutch member, a lever engaging said second clutch member, a spring acting on said lever to move said second clutch, member into its inoperative position, and a cam actuated by said controlling device to move said lever against the tension of its spring to permit said second clutch member to move into its operative position.

13. ln'a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a controlling device the movement of which in one direction will render said registering device operative and the movement of which in the other direction will render said registering device inoperative and reset said fare counter to its initial position, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a. a second gear rotatable about an axis coincident with the axis of the first gear and having a part arranged in the path of the first mentioned part, an operative connection between said second gear and said ac tuating device, a shaft actuated by said controlling device, a gear loosely mounted on said shaft, a clutch member carried by said gear, a second clutch member slidably mounted on said shaft, a spring tending to move said second clutch member into opera tivo relation to the first mentioned clutch member, a lever engaging said second clutch member, a spring acting on said lever to move said second clutch member into its in operative position, and a cam mounted on said shaft and arranged to engage a part of said lever to move the same against the tension of its spring and permit said second clutch member to be moved into its operative position.

14. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a controlling device the movement of which in' one direction will render said registering device operative and the movement of which in the other direction will render said registering device inoperative and cause said fare counter and said actuating device to be reset to their initial positions, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second gear rotatable independently of the first mentioned gear about an axis coincident with the axis thereof, parts carried by the respective gears part carried by said gear,

and cooperatingto establish an operative connection between them, a connection between said second gear and said actuating device comprising a third gear having a clutch connection with said actuating device, a gear connected with said controlling device and meshing with said third gear to actuate the second gear and separate said cooperating parts, the last mentioned gear having a one way clutch connection with said controlling device whereby it will be operated only when said controlling device is moved in a direction to reset said tare counter and said actuating device, and means to automatically disconnect said third gear from said actuating device when said resetting movement has been completed.

15. In a fare registering novice tor vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a controlling device, the movement of which in'one direction will render said registerin device operative and the movement of which in the other direction will render said registering device inoperative and cause said tare counter and said actuating device to be reset to their initial positions, a clock, a gear connected with said clock, a second rotatable independently of the first mentioned gear about an axis coincident with the axis thereof, parts carried by the respective and cooperating to establish operative connection between them, a connection between said second and said actuating device comprising a third gear, a pawl and ratchet connection between said third gear and said actuating device, means actuated by the movement of said controlling device in directionto reset said counter and said actuating device to impart movement through said third gear to said second car, a trip arm movable into and out of a position to actuate said pawl, cooperatingstops tolimit the resetting movement of said fare counter and said actuating device, and automatically operated means to move said trip arm into a position to actuate said pawl just prior to the engagement of said cooperating stops, whereby said third gear will be disconnected iroin said actuating device and permitted to rotate relatively thereto.

16. In a fare registering device for vehicles, a fare counter, an actuating device for said fare counter, a controlling device the movement of which in one direction will render said registering device operative and movement or which in the other direction will render said registering device inoperative and cause said fare counter and said actuating device to be reset to their initial positions,a clock, a gear connected with it clock, a second gear rotatable independently of the first mentioned gear about an axis coincident with the axis thereof, parts carried by the respective gears and cooperating to establish operative connection between them, a connection between said second gear and said actuating device comprising a third gear, ratchet teeth connected with said gear, a pawl connected with said actuating device, adapted to engage said ratchet teeth and having a projection,

means actuated by said controlling device when it is mov d in a direction to reset said tare counter and said actuating device to impart movement through said third gear to said second gear, cooperating stops to limit the resetting movement of said parts, a lover, a trip arm carried by said lever, a link connected with saidlever, and a. cam acting on said link to causesaid lever to move said trip arm into the path of the projection on said awi, whereby said third will be disconnected from said actuating device.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures hereto.

VJILLIAM GEORGE ORTH. GEORGE HENRY DARST.