US172591A - Improvement in indicators - Google Patents

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F. SUMPF. INDICATORL No.'17Z,591.

Patented Jan. 25, 1876. Y

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UNITED STATES FRIEDRICH SUMPF, on ST. LoUIs, MISSOURI.

PATENT IMPROVEMENT lN INDICATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,591, dated January 25, 1876; application filed 1 June 22, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH SUMPF, of St. Louis, in the county of Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improved Indicator, of which the following is a specification This invention is an improved device to be used in connection with playing billiards, it being to time the players; also, it being a register of prices for billiard-playing, as well as prices to be paid for the sale of food, drinks, &c. The construction and operation of my improvements I will now more fully describe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, of which- Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the time-indicator in dotted lines, and the priceindicator in full lines, Fig. 2 being a bottom plan of Fig. 1.

A is a suitable casing or housing to contain the operating mechanism. The casing has its face-plate provided with openings, as ordinarily, to display the figures in their order. The casing A I divide into two compartments, B B, by the partition B (See Figs. 1 and 2.) In the one compartment B is the time-register, in the other B is the price-indicator.

The time-register I construct as follows: C G are wheels or rollers, formed to have the ratchets c 0 which run in opposite directions. (See figures.) In said ratchets engage springpawls 0 0 also operating in opposite directions. (See Fig. 2.) I mount the wheels 0 G loosely on ashaft, 0 so that the same can be turned in opposite directions, in order to revolve the wheels. Thus the turning of the shaft in one direction carries one wheel with it, while the other is held stationary by its spring, and vice versa as regards the opposite Wheel. The wheels 0 G I provide to have on their periphery figures-that is, on the wheel 0 are the figures from 1 to 12, to represent the hours of the day. The wheel 0 has figures such as 5, 10, 850., ending with 60, which numbers indicate the minutes or fractions of hours.

The time-register, thus constructed and arranged, supposing the play begins at 9.30, (half past nine,) the operator, to indicate this time, simply turns the wheel 0 so as to bring the number 9 before its opening for inspection,

and likewise turns the wheel 0 to bring thefigure 30 before its opening, and thus 9.30 stands as registering the time the play began.

The price-indicator I construct as follows: D D are similar rollers, having ratchets (1 d, and mounted upon a shaft, 01 in the identical manner as those of O C before described. I1 is the spring-pawl engaging the wheel D, while that of d, engaging the wheel D, forms part of a vertical operating stem, E. (See Fig. 1.) The stem E can be operated from the top by depressing it, and in doing so its pawl d will engage the ratchet of the wheel D, and move it the distance of the ratchet, which brings the next number forward for display. The lower end of stem E connects to a spring, 6, Figs. 1 and 2, which returns said stem to original position.

The figures on the wheels D D are such that those on D are 1, 2, 3, 850., in regular order, ending with 13, and represent dollars, the figures on the wheel D being from 5, 10, 15, 850., ending with 95, representing cents.

When, therefore, the wheel D has displayed cents up to 95 cents, and it next should be a dollar, it requires that the wheel D should be so operated as to keep account of the dollars. This result I accomplish in this manner: The wheel D has a pin, 0, Figs. 1 and 2, which, at proper time, coming round, comes in contact with one end of a pivoted lever, 0 which it raises. The other end of said lever engages one of the studs or pins 6 projecting from the wheel D, and carries said wheel the space of a figure. When the first end of lever is disengaged from the pin 6 a spring, 0 (see dotted lines, Fig. 2,) throws said lever in original position for the next repeated operation.

The price-indicator can either be operated by depressing the stem E, or by the same key turning the shaft 61 By thus turning the shaft 51 with key the price-indicator can be set as required more rapidly, to indicate the beginning, when prices are to be kept registered, than by a continued operation of the stem E for the same purpose.

What I claim is- 1. The Wheels D D, numbered as shown and described, ratchets d d, shaft d springpawls d 01 in combination with stem E, pin

0 pivoted lever 6 studs 0 and spring 0 all said parts being arranged so as to operate substantially as specified.

2. The pivot-lever 6 pin 0, studs a spring a, in combination with wheels D D, as herein shown and described, by means whereof the price to beeharged higher in denomination in dollars is indicated, as set forth.

In testimony of said invention Ihave hereunto set my hand.

FRIEDRICH SUMPF.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, GHAs. F. MEISNER.

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