US1763718A - Penny-multiple register - Google Patents

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June 1 1930- J. F. OHMER, JR 1,763,718

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 JOHN F OHMEI? Jr.

June 11, 1930.

J. F. OHMER, JR

PENNY MULTI PLE REGI STER I Filed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 JOHN E OHMERJI".

4 Ju ne 17, 1930, QHMER, J R 1,763,718

PENNY MULTIPLE REGI STER .Fil ed March 23, 1922 5 Sheets- Sheet 3 J 7, 1930. J. F. OHMER, JR

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 25 1922 wmntoz JOHN E OHMER Jr:

5 Sheets-Sheet 4 June 1'7, 1930. 'J. F. OHMER. JR

PENNY MULTIPLE REGISTER Filed March 25. 1922 5 Shets-Sheec 5 O) Q mm //VVEN7'0/?. JOHN F OHMER Jr:

Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE JOHN F. OHMER, JR., OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO OHMER FARE REGISTER COM- PANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO PENNY-MULTIPLE REGISTER Application filed March 23, 1922.

This invention relates to a penny multiple register for fares and the like and is in the nature of an improvement on the mechanism shown and described in the application for patent filed by Ohmer'and Ketteman, on Feb. 8, 1922, Serial No. 535,039, which issued May 1, 1928 as Patent No. 1,668,024.

Ono object of the invention is to'provide a. machine which will register a relatively large number of fares, or the like, in penny multiples by the manipulation of not more than two operating devices, and in which any selected tare Within the capacity of the machine. may be registered by a relatively small amount of movement of the operating devices.

A further object of the invention is to provide a machine of this kind which will register both paper fares and cash fares and which Sill register paper fares at their cash value.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a machine which will be simple in its construction and 0 eration and which will have no delicately a( justed parts or other mechanism which may be easily disarranged.

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

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a registering mechanism cmbodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view talnn on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and partially broken away; Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the indicator gears; Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the n'iut-ilated operating gears; Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 55 ol 1 1 Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of the transfer mechanism taken on the line (S 6 of Fig. 9: Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of the transfer mechanism taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 9; Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig.2; Fig. 9 is a section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. 5; Fig. 10 a sectional view s milar to Fig. 2, partly broken away and showing a modified form of the invention: and Fig. 11 is a front elevation of the mechanism of Fig. 10.

In these drawings I have illustrated one embodiment of the invention and have shown the same as comprising an indicating mecha- Serial No. 545,941.

nism and a registering device, which. in the present instance is of such a character that a printed record may be taken therefrom. This particular mechanism is designed to be embodied in the registering mechanism of the above mentioned application and to be associated with the various other devices embodied in that application, but it will be understood that the mechanism here shown may be used with registering devices of various kinds or that the indicating mecnanism may be used alone, as, for example, an auxiliary indicator for a register.

In carrying out the invention I provide two indicating devices, each of which consists of two members, the members of each indnvating device being adjustable relatively one to the other. Each indicating device is provided with a separate operating mechanism, the manipulation of which will actuate, or set, either or both members of that indicatii-ig device. These indicating devices are incicated on the present drawings by the reference numerals A and B. The indicating device A, which may be termed the unit indicating device, or indicator, comprises two rotatable drums, or indicator wheels, 1 and which are rotatable about a common axis and, as here shown, are loosely mounted upon a shaft 3 mounted in a supporting frame 4. The in dicator wheel 1 is the units wheel of the cash indicator and bears upon its periphery the numerals O to 9 inclusive. The indicator wheel 2, which may be called the ticket indicator, is for indicating paper fares, such as tickets, half fares, school tickets, transfers, and the like, and it bears upon its periphery letters indicating the several classes of paper fares which are to be registered and may have none such indications thereon. the tenth space being blank and corresponding to the zero indication on the units indicator wheel. This blank space is so arranged on the wheel that it will be adjacent to the sight opening in the casing when the indicator wheel or drum 2 is in its normal or idle position.

Suitable operating mechanism is provided for adjusting the two members of the units indicating device relatively one to the other so as to present at the sight opening, in the casing which encloses the mechanism, an indication corresponding to the fare received. As here shown, this operating mechanism comprises a shaft 5 mounted in the frame l in the rear of the indicator wheels 1 and 2. This shaft may be rotated in any suitable manner, as by means of an actuating rod which is not here shown but which may be connected with the shaft 5 and may extend lengthwise through the car above the seats where it may be conveniently operated by the conductor. Secured to each indicator wheel is a gear, 6 and 7, with which cooperates a driving, or operating, gear, 8 and 9, rigidly secured to the shaft 5. The indicator ears 6 and 7 are each provided with a peripheral recess which may be formed by omitting one tooth of the gear. These recesses are so arranged with relation to the indications on the indicator wheels that when the iIlCllCt tors are in zero positions the recesses in the corresponding gears will occupy positions adjacent to the operating gears 8 and 9, respectively. The operating gears 8 and 9 are mutilated gears and are provided on one side with gear teeth which are sufficient in number to impart a complete rotation to the corresponding indicator gears. On the other side of its axis each of the operating gears has a smooth periphery, as shown at 11, which is of such a radius that when the teeth of the gear have been moved out of mesh with the teeth of the corresponding indicator gear this smooth portion of the periphery will enter the recess 10 in the indicator gear and thus lock the gear and its indicator against rotation. Both operating gears, 8 and 9, are identical in construction but are secured to the shaft 5 with their toothed portions on diametrically opposite sides of that shaft. Thus it will be apparent that one complete rotation of the operating shaft will impart a complete rotation to both indicator wheels, the wheels being operated successively and the one being locked against rotation while the other is being moved. It will be further apparent that the indicator wheels will be actuated by the rotation of the operating shaft in ei her direction. thus enabling the drums to be rotated in that direction which will the most quickly bring the desired indication into line with the sight opening.

As has been stated. the mechanism may, if desired. be provided with registering devices, other than the indicators, and, as here shown, I have provided printing wheels which will be set in the printing positions corresponding with the indicating positions of the respective indicator wheels and from which a printed record may be taken, by suitable printing mechanism. Inasmuch as the printing mechanism of the above mentioned application, or any other suitable printing mechanism may be used, itis not necessary to here illustrate the same as it forms no part of this invention. The printing wheel for t ie ticket indicating wheel is shown at 12 and tie printing wheel for the unit indicating wheel is shown at 13. These printing wheels are loosely mounted on the shaft 1 1- and each has secured thereto a gear 15 which meshes with an intermediate gear 16 loosely mounted on a shaft 17 and these intermediate gears 16 in turn mesh with gears 18 and 19 mounted on the shaft 20. The gear 18 is thus connected with the ticket printing wheel and the gear 19 with the units printing wheel. Connected with the gear 18 is a gear 21 and connected with the gear 19 is a gear 22, the gears 21 and 22 being also mounted on the shaft 20 and being arranged for operation by the operating gears 8 and. 9. The gears 21 and 22 are similar in construction and size to the indicator gears (5 and 7 and are provided with peripheral recesses similar to those gears. In order that the printing wheels may be actuated. simultaneously with the corresponding indicator wheels I have arranged the actuating mechanism for the indicator wheels on that side of the operating shaft 5 opposite the indicator wheels and have so arranged the gearing that the printing ticket wheel will be actuated by the operating gear for the units indicating wheel and tne units printing wheel will be operated by the operating gear for the ticket indicating wheel. To this end the gears 18 and 21 are rigidly secured to this shaft 20 and the gear 21 is arranged in cooperative relation with the operating gear 8, while the gears 19 and 22 are rotatably mounted on the shaft 20 and are connected by a sleeve 23, the gear 22 being arranged in cooperative relation with the operating gear 9. In this manner the operation of the operatin shaft will set both the indicating wheels of the units indicating device and the printing wheels corresponding thereto in positions to indicate and print, respectively, the same item.

The indicating device B, which may he termed the tens and hundreds indicating device, also comprises two members, or indicating wheels, 24- and 25, which are adjustable relatively one to the other and are rotatable about a common axis, these indicator wheels being, as here shown, mounted on the shat; Operating mechanism is provided for setting these indicator wheels and this operating mechanism is independent of that which is provided for the units indicating ('lcvicc. The indicating wheels 24 and 25 indicate respectively the tens and hundreds of the cash registrations and each is provided on its periphery with the numerals 0 to 9 inclusive. Preferably, the tens indicator wheel 24; is initially operated and the count is transferred from that wheel to the hundreds indicator wheel 25. As here shown, this second operating device comprises a shaft 26 mounted in the frame 4 in the rear of the tens and hundreds indicator wheels and has rigidly secured thereto an operating gear 27 the hundreds indicator wheel I have secured to the tens indicator wheel a gear 29 having on its periphery three teeth only which teeth are adapted to engage a twenty tooth gear 30 "loosely mounted on the operating shaft 26. The three toothed gear 29 will, therefore, rotate thetwenty tooth gear 30 through a space of four. teeth or one-fifth of a revolution upon each complete rotation of the tens indicator wheel. Rigidly secured to the car and also loosely mounted on the sha '26is a second twenty tooth gear 31 which meshes witha forty tooth gear 32 rigidly secured to .the hundreds indicator wheel 25. In this manner the forty tooth gear 32'and the hun-v dreds indicator wheel will be rotated through one'tenth of a revolution for each complete revolution of the tens indicator wheel. In 5 order that the transfer mechanism may be normally locked against movement during theoperation of the tens indicator wheel I have also secured to the tens indicator Wheel a lockingdisk 33 having in its periphery a a0 ,recess 34 in which is arranged a single tooth 37. Cooperating with the locking disk 33.

is a second locking disk, or gear, 35 loosely mounted on the shaft 26 and of the same size as the gears 30 and 31 with which it is rigidly 35,,connected. This locking member, or gear, 35 is provided with five groups of teeth, each group containing two teeth, as shown at 36, and it is so arranged with relation to the disk 33that, normally the peripheral edge of the disk willlie in the space between two groups of teeth, thereby locking the transfer mechanism against movement. When the tens indicator wheel completes its rotation and the teeth. of the gear 29engage the teeth of the gear 30 the peripheraledge ofthe disk 33 will be moved out of the recess in the gear 35. and the gear? 35 will be permitted to rotate,

the, tooth 37 of the disk 33 entering the space betweenthe two teeth of the adjacent pair 5 .pf teeth 36 to permit, of the relative movement of the parts.

The printing type wheels for the tens and hundreds are shown at 38 and 39 and are loosely mounted on the shaft 14. Connected sa with the tens printing wheel is a gear 40 which meshes With a gear 41 rigidly secured to the shaft 17. A second gear 42 on theshaft 17 meshes with an intermediate gear 43 whichin-turn meshes with the operating gear I 5m gear 44 which is provided with ten groups.

'ried by an arm 48.

of two teeth each, the groups of teeth being Rigidly secured to the shaft 17 is a one toothed gear 45whi'ch will gengagek one pair of teeth on the gear 44 upon each rotation of theshaft '17, thereby causingthea hundreds printing wheel to be advancedone tenth of a revolution for each rotation of the spaced apart.

shaft-17, while the .tens printing wheelis disk 46 with which cooperates a roller 47 carthe present invention. I

This alining device, however, is shownand described in the above With the above described mechanism it I will beapparentthat before either the uni-ts indicator wheel or the ticket indicator wheel can be movedto indicating'position the other indicating. wheel of that indicating device must be movedto its zero, or neutral, posi-..

tion. It is sometimes desirableto indicate and register not only the-particular paper fare which is received butthe cash value. of that. fare. I have, therefore, shown in Figs. 10 and 11, a rearrangement of the operating mechanism for theunit indicating device,

w therefore, set the indicators and registers to indicate any desired paper fare and the money value of that fare. this I have substituted for the operating mechanism for the units indicating device, as above described, an operating and transfer mechanism identical. with that shown and described in connection with the tens and twenty toothed gear 50 on the shaft 5, while a forty toothed wheel 51 is secured to the ticket wheel andmeshes with the twenty toothed gear -52 of the'transfer mechanism,

, which, as has been-stated, is similar tothat above described and it is not thought necessary to I repeat the description thereof. With this arrangement of the mechanism I am able to indicate. and-register 999 cash fares and al o to indicate and register 9 paper To accomplish fares and 999 different cash values for each:

such paper fare. This large number of registrations may beeffected. byva relatively small amount of movement imparted to the scription .ofuthe-several parts thereof, and

it will be apparent. that I 1 have produced a penny multiple indicator and register which will register a relatively large number of fares in penny multiples, as well as paper fares, by the manipulation of not more than two operating devices and that the operating devices are of such a character that a relatively small amount of movement thereof will effect the desired indication. The mechanism is very simple in its construe tion, calls for no fine adjustments, and has no parts which may be easily disarranged or rendered inoperative.

\Vhile I have shown and described one embodiment of my invention I wish it to be understood that I 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 my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members mutilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, said mutilated gears being so arranged that they will successively engage the re spective first mentioned gears.

2. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, said cooperating gears being so arranged with relation to the two members of said indicator that one of said members will be moved to a neutral position before the other member is operated.

3. In a mechanism of the character de scribed, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, said cooperating gears being so arranged with relation to the two members of said indicator that one of said members will be moved to a neutral position before the other member is operated, and means for retaining the first mentioned member in its neutral position during the operation of said other member.

at. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members, mutilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, said mutilated gears being so arranged that they will successively engage the respective first mentioned gears, each of said mutilated gears having a part to engage the corresponding first mentioned gear to hold the latter against movement when said mutilated gear is out of engagement therewith.

In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members, each of said gears having a peripheral recess, multilated gears cooperating with the respective first mentioned gears, and means for simultaneously actuating said mutilated gears, each of said mutilated gears having a part concentric with its axis and arranged to enter the recess in the corresponding first mentioned gear when the teeth of said mutilated gear are out of engagement therewith.

6. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members each of said gears having a peripheral recess, two circular driving members mounted on a. common axis, means for rotating said driving members in unison, each of said driving members having a portion of its periphery provided with teeth to engage the corresponding first mentioned gear and having another portion of its periphery smooth and concentric with its axis and arranged to enter the recess in the corresponding first mentioned gear, the toothed portions of said driving members being out of line one with the other.

7. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis, a gear connected with each of said members, each of said gears having a peripheral recess, two circular driving members mounted on a common axis, means for rotating said driving members in unison, each of said driving members having approximately onehalf its periphery provided with teeth to engage the corresponding first mentioned gear and having the remainder of its periphery smooth and arranged to enter the recess in said first mentioned gear when the toothed portion of said driving member is out of engagement therewith, the toothed portions of the two driving members being located on opposite sides of the common axis of said driving members.

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devicavlmving ra'especti vcly tens indications and hundmdsdndicatiom separate opemting devices for the respective indicating devices,

and means actuated by said operating de-' vices for moving the paper fare indicating wheel into a predetermined position and adjusting the other indicating wheels relatively thereto.

17. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable in either direction about a common axis, and a single operating device having separate connection with the respective members and the continuous movement of which in either direction will successively actuate said members.

18. A penny multiple indicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one of said indicating devices comprising two members, each separately movable with relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the other indicating device to indicate in penny multiples an item comprising three digits, a single operating device for said indicating device having means for selectively actuating either member thereof, and for holding the other member against movement during the movement of the member which is actuated, and means for actuating the other indicating device.

19. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multiple indicator comprising two separately operable indicating de vices, one of said indicating devices comprising two members each separately movable with relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the other indicating device to indicate in penny multiples an item comprising three digits, a single operating device for said indicating device having means for first moving one of said members to its neutral position and then actuating the other member, and means for actuating the other indicating device.

20. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multiple indicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one of said indicating devices compris ing two members each separately movable with relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the other indicating device to indicate in penny multiples an item comprising three digits, a single operating device for said indicating device, the continuous movement of which in one direction will first move one of said members to its neutral position and then move the other of said members to a selected position, and means for operating the other indicating device.

21. In a mechanism of the character described, a penny multiple indicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one of said indicating devices comprising-two members each separately movable with relation to the other, and arranged to cooperate with the other indicating device 22. In a mechanism of the character de-' scribed, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis to selected positions with relation one to the other, and a single operating device for selectively ositioning said members, said operating cevices having means for moving either of said members to its selected position and for holding the other member against movement.

23. In a mechanism of the character described, an indicator comprising two members separately rotatable about a common axis to selected positions with relation one to the other, and a single operating device for se lectively positioning said members, said operating device having-means for moving either of said members to a neutral position and then moving the other member to a selected position.

24. In a mechanism of the character described, a fare indicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one or' said indicating devices having a member carrying units indications and a second member carrying paper fare indications, said members being separately operable, the other indicating device having a member carrying tens indications and a second member carrying hundreds indications, said units, tens and hundreds indicating members being arranged to indicate in penny multiples a selected item comprising three digits, and a single operating mechanism for each of said indicating devices, said operating mechanisms being separate one from the other.

25. In a mechanism of the character described, a fare indicator comprising two separately operable indicating devices, one of said indicating devices having a member carrying units indications and a second member carrying paper fare indications, said members being separately rotatable, the other indicating device having a member carrying tens indications and a second member carrying hundreds indications, said units, tens and hundreds indicating members being arranged to indicate in penny multiples a selected item comprising three digits, a single operating device for each of said indicating devices, said operating devices being separate one from the other, printing wheels corresponding to the members of said indicating devices, and means actuated by said actuating devices for setting said printing wheels to print a record of the item indicated by the respective indicating devices.

26. In a penny multiple indicator, an indicator shaft and an operating shaft arranged in parallel relation, an indicating device mounted on said indicator shaft and compris ing two members which are adjustable relatively one to the other, means actuated by said actuating shaft to adjust one of said members, a multilated gear rigidly connected with said member for rotation therewith about the axis of said indicator shaft, a second gear rotatably mounted on said actuating shaft and arranged to be actuated by said mutilated gear through a predetermined movement upon each complete rotation of said member, a third gear rotatably mounted on said actuating shaft and rigidly connected with said second gear, a fourth gear rigidly connected with the other member of said indicating device for rotation therewith about the axis of said indicator shaft and meshing with said third gear, and cooperating members rigidly connected respectively with said mutilated gear and with said second gear.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature hereto.

JOHN F. OHMER, JR.

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