US1775031A - Fare register - Google Patents

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FARE REGISTER Filed Dec. 31. 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 7h INVENTOR Patented Sept. 2, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOREN MADSEN, OF ASTORIA, NEW Y ORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JOSEPH I. O'BRIEN, OF ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY FARE REGISTER Application filed December 31, 1926. Serial No. 158,178.

This invention relates to improvements in fare registers.

One of the objects of this invention is to produce a fare register preferably of the type which is actuated by'electro-magnetic means and which will be extremely compact and greatly simplified in construction.

Another object of the invention is to provide contact means embodying a sensitive elem ment adapted to be operated by the weight of a coin without including said coin in the cir cuit to actuate electro-magneticmeans for registering a coin so disposed.

Still another object of the invention is to 1 provide in combination with such contact means, means also actuated by the electromagnetic means for positively ejecting the coin from its circuit-closing position.

Another object of this invention is to provide in the path of the coin, sensitive means for closing the circuit and yieldable' means for moving or pressing a coin into engagement with the contact closing means and in combination with means operable by the closingof the circuit to forcibly move the coin against the action of the yieldable means to eject the same from its contact'closing position. Y

Another obj 3 vide in a fare register having a totalizing counter and a trip-counter, means for ointly actuating the totalizer and trip-meter or tripcounter combined with means for manually cancelling the trip-meter count independently of the totalizer count and means actuated simultaneously with the manual actu ation of the trip-meter for obstructing the coin slot to prevent entrance of coins there-- into until the trip meter has been fully actuated to zero position.

. Another object of the invention is to provide means for locking the fare register same has been completely reset to zero, thus avoiding any partial resetting or any unauthorized changing of the trip meter numerals and thus preventing fraudulent tampering with the numbers onsuch trip meter,

ect of the invention is to prowhile enabling complete manual resetting or destruction of the count by the operator.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the first portion of manual resetting movement of the trip-meter will lock the coin slot against insertion thereinto of a coin, combined with means operable by the last portion of the resetting movement for removing such obstruction whereby opera tion of the register during resetting move ment will be prevented until complete manual resetting of the tripmeter.

Vith these and other objects in View, the invention comprises the combination of members and arrangement of parts so combined as to co-act and cooperate with each other in the performance of the functions and the accomplishment of the results herein contemplated, and comprises in one of its adaptations the species or preferred form illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig.1 is a front elevation of a coin register embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2+2 of Fig 3, looking in the direction of the arrow Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66 of Fig. looking in the direction of the arrow Fig. 7 is a fragmentary View on the line 77 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9'9 of Fig. 7, looking in the direction of the arrow;

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are respectively sections on the line 10-10 of Fig. 4, showing the varying positionsof the mechanism with relation to the manually-operated trip meter shaft;

Fig. 13 is a section onv the line 13-13 of Fig. 10 looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. 14 is a fragmentary view of the coindischarging-slide and adjacent parts;

- lower end to permit movement downwardly over the interior mechanism of the register and is open at its bottom portion 0 and provided at its enclosed top portion 0' with a coin slot 0 and also preferably provided at its front face with a glazed indicator opening 0 a glazed register viewing opening 0 a glazed coin examination opening 0 and a coin discharge opening 0 providedwith a door '0". The side edge of the casing is also preferably provided with an opening 0 to permit the entrance of a manually-operating knob and spindle for connection within the casing to registering mechanism as hereinafter specified.

The casing C is preferably so formed as to fit snugly about the interior mechanism so as to enclose the same to cause the parts thereof as hereinafter specified to register with the openings therein.

The interior mechanism of my fare register is preferably mounted on a base plate B which closes the lower end of the casing Q. As illustrated, I have mounted in upright position on the base plate 13 by means of a bracket 6 a centrally-located member. This centrally-located supporting member comprises plates of insulating material, P, P which are preferably grooved and fitted together to form a portion of a coin slot S which registers with the slot S in a coin chute S projecting from the upper end of the plates of insulating material P, P,so that the chute S will abut against the upper end of the casing and-its slot S will register with the slot 0 in the casing, thus forming a continuous, vertical coin channel from the upper end, of the casing to the middleof the plates P, P, where itsbottom portion communicates with a transverse channel S formed between such plates for the exit of a com.

Supported adjacent to the lower end of the vertical slot in the path' of a coin in sorted through the opening '0 l'provide a circuit-closing element 1 which, as shown, is fixed at one end as at 1 to a terminal 2 the circuit-closing element 1 preferably being formed of spring material and having a carbon contact 1 normally held in spaced member 4: is pivotally mounted on a pivot pin 4 extending to the back of the plate P the other end of said pivot pin being pro vided with an arm 4 having a stud 4 which is engaged to yieldingly press the arm 4 laterally by a spring 4 fastened at i The yielding movement of the arm a swings the shaft 1 and the member 4 into coin-obstruction position within the slot. The inward movement of the member 4 is controlled by the stop pin dabutting against the arm 42.

The spring pressure on the member is great-enough to overcomethe resistance of the spring circuit-closing member 1 and the weight of the coin, therefore, will cause the contact 1 to be closed against the contact 3 of the terminal 3. Thiscontact closes the circuit 2 (see particularly Fig. 18) to an electro-magnet 5 which, as shown, is mounted on the base plate B, the circuit extending from the terminal 2 by a conductor 2' through the electro-magnet 5, thence by con ductor 2 to a source of supply 6 and from the other side of the source 6 through conductor 3' to terminal 3 and contact 3". VJ hen the circuit-closing element 1 is forced wardly by a coin so that the contact 1 abuts against the contact 3", the magnet 5 will be energized. This magnet, as illustrated, is

mounted on the'base plate B on a bracket 72 and has its armature 5 pivotally mounted at 5 on a bracket arm 5, the opposite end of said armature being provided with a bell hammer 7 adapted to ring the bell 8 upon the attraction by the magnet 5 of its armature 5 The opposite end of the armature is pivoted at 5 to a link arm 9 which is pivotally connected at its upper end 9 to a yoke lever 10 pivoted at 10 on a bracket '11 supported by the upright plates l3, 1?. The lever 10 is at one end pivotally connected by a link 12 and arm 13 to a shaft 14 at one end of a registering mechanism 15 comprising a totalizer meter 16 and a trip meter 17. Preterably connected at the same end of said lever 10 at 18 is an auxiliary lever 18 also pivoted intermediate its ends on the pivot 10 and i having its opposite end 18 arranged to enelevated out ofthe coin slot by means of spring 21.

The transverse slot S communicates with an inclined coin slide or chute 22 which is fastened by a bracket 22 between the plate of the casing so that the coin will be exhibited in this position. The lower end of this coin slide is provided with a. drop bottom 23 which is'preferably pivoted at 23" and is normally held in closed position by a spring 23". The drop bottom 23 is preferably provided with a lever 24 which is connected by a link 25 through a pin' and slot connectionat 26 with a depending arm27 pivoted at 27 to the opposite end of the lever 10. A coin receiver 28 is provided beneath the drop bottom 23 having an inclined bottom 28 and communicating at its forward edge with the coin-discharge opening in the front of the casing. This coin-discharge opening being preferably kept in closed position by means of a door C pivoted at C and having an inwardly projecting arm C connected by a spring C with the fixed part of the casing so as to normally hold the door C" in closed position.

The operation of the device so far described isas follows When a coin is inserted through the coin slot. 0 it closes the contact 1 which energizes the magnet to attract the armature 5 which through the link 9 pulls down the right hand end of the lever and raises the opposite end. The pulling down of the right hand end of the lever produces a registered movement through the link 12 and arm 13 to immediately register the coin. The depression of this end of the leveralso depresses one end of the auxiliary lever 18 also pivoted intermediate its ends'and'the opposite end 18 engages and raises the end 19 of the dog 19 to depress the opposite end through the slotp. This end 19 thusengages the upper edge of the coin and forces it downwardly against the resilient action of the pawl member 4 into the transverse slot S which has an inclined bottom and: through which the coin passes to the slide 22. 'At the same time, the opposite end of the lever 10 being raised by the attraction of the armature due to the energizing of the magnet, the arm 27 will be raised to cause a raising of the arm 24 and a lowering of' the drop bottom 23 which will cause any coin mounted thereon to be dropped into the receiving chamber 28 from which by the opening of the spring-pressed door C the coin or coins may be caused to slide into the hands of the operator. Simultaneously with the said register movement, an audible signal such as a bell is rung by the bell hammer 7 In the embodiment of my invention shown,

the registering mechanism as above indicated comprises both a totalizing meter and a trip meter which will jointly be operated to register fares, that is to say, a single coin is registered both on the total-izer and on the trip meter. lVhile it is desirable to use a trip meter in devices of this character, itis necessary to prevent fraudulent tampering with the device and to this end I provide mechanism which will permit a manual resetting of 3 the trip meter and will prevent an operator from partially resetting the numbers and thus causing a fraudulent indication by the meter of the number of fares collected during a predetermined trip.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention illustrated, I provide within the easing C a trip indicating member and cause the operation of this member by the manual resetting of the trip indicator. In order to compel a complete resetting of. the trip indicator, I provide means operable by the first resetting movement of the manually actuated resetting shaft to swing the outer end 30' of a lever 30 about a pivot point 30 so that the 1-.

bent end 30 will enter a hole 31in the chute S and close this chute against the admission of coins until the complete resetting of the indicating mechanism and of the trip meter. As illustrated, the indicating device preferably comprises a cylinder 32 mounted by the shaft 32' in the supporting brackets 33, 34, the said cylinder being provided on its periphery with indications 35 comprising Out and In. has four of these indications and in order to'hold one of such indications in registry with the opening I have formed integrally with the cylinder 32 a squared block 32 having its faces engaged by a flat spring 36. Surrou-nding the-shaft 32, I provide pins 37, arranged in alignment withthe indications on the block, one pin being alotted to such indications.

The operating spindle for the trip meter is provided-with a projection 38 which is adapted 'to engage a sliding rack 39 having teeth 39, 39". This rack 39 slides on the bearing bracket 33 in which the shaft 32 is mounted and said rack 39 carries aospringe pressedhook 40 which, upon the rotation of This cylinder preferably the handle or knob K engages one of the pins and causes a partial rotation of the cylinder to move the indicator out of registry with the opening. Movable simultaneously with the said rack 39 at the opposite sideof the bracket 33 and, as shown, arranged at the opposite sides of pins 39 which slide in the slots 39 and permit the said sliding movement of said rack is a cam plate 41, which engages a cam 42 on the end of the lever 30 to cause a tilting thereof and an insertion' at the opposite bent end31 through the aperture 31 into coin-obstructing position in the coin chute so as to prevent inraw sertion of the coins thereinto until the indications on the cylinder are properly positioned. This movement of the indicator can only be accomplished by complete rotation of the manuallyoperated trip meter shaft which, when it is subsequently rotated, will engage the lower edge of the tooth 39 and carry the slide to its fully upright position so that the hook will move the cylinder into complete registry with the opening. This complete movement of the shaft is necessary to rocure a movement'for cancelling the re istered numbers on the trip meter. t is still necessary, however, to reset the trip meter and in order to compel such resetting, the lever is maintained in full obstructing position until the manually-operated shaft is again turned in the opposite direction a full revolution. VVh-en this occurs, the projection will enter between the teeth and lower the slide out'of the way. In such movement, the hook 40 will slide over the next pin and at the end of said reverse revolution, the cam plate will release the lever 30 which will be then moved out of obstructing position by the spring 3O whereupon the part-swill again be moved into position for another opera tion.

It will be understood that in order to cancel the numerals from the trip meter, it will be necessary to have first a complete revolution of the operating handle by the operator in one direction and then to have a complete reverse movement or revolution in the oppositedirection, and, furthermore, that by the use of my mechanism, I compel these revolutions in opposite directions to be complete and thus prevent fraudulent tampering with the numerals on thistrip meter.

It is, at times, desirable to release a coin from the exposed position over the drop bottom 23 of the slide 22 before the same is released through the operation of the mag net by the insertion of a succeeding coin and for this purpose, I provide a slide pintl mounted in bearings 42, 4:1 and having an end 41 extending through an opening 43 in the bottom of the casing. The opposite end of said slide pin 41 having a toe 41 engaging the operating arm 24 of the drop bottom 23, it being apparent thatupward movement of the slide pin 41 will engage the arm 24 to raise the same and lower the, drop bottom 23 to release the coin In this case, the link 25 owing to its slotand pin connection with the arm 27 will simply rise in relation to the arm 27 without moving the same. I am thusenabled to release a coin so exposed.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a coin, registering mechanism mounted within said casing, an electric circuit, electro-magnetic means in said circuit and having an operative connection with said registering mechanism, contact'means having a member movable by an inserted coin for closing said circuit to actuate said electro-magnetic means, and means actuated by the electro-magnetic means for subsequently positively ejecting the coin from its circuit-closing position.

2. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a coin, registering mechanism mountedwithin said casing, an electric circuit, electro-magnetic means in said circuit and having an operative connection with said registering mechanism, contact terminals in said circuit, a resilient circuit-closing element arranged to be flexed by an inserted coin to close the circuit and actuate the electro-magnetic means to register the said coin, yieldable means normally blocking the path of the coin, and means operable by the electro-magnetic means upon the closing of the circuit to forcibly move the coin against the action of said yieldable means to eject the same from contact closing position.

8. A fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a coin, a trip counter mounted within said casing and having its zero-setting shaft extending through the said casing, means for registering a coin on said trip counter, manuallymovable means for moving the said zero-setting shaft through a cycle of movement comprising alternate movements in opposite directions, and means actuated simultaneouslye with said manually-movable means for obstructing the coin slot to prevent registration of coins during the cycle of movement of said manually-actuated means.

4.1L fare register embodying a casing having an opening for the insertion of a coin, a trip counter mounted within said casing and having its zero-setting shaft extending through the said casing, means for, registering acoin on said trip counter, manually movable means for moving the said zero-set ting shaft through a cycle of movement comprising alternate movements in j opposite directions, means actuated by the first portion of the movement of said manually actu-v ated means for locking the coin slot against insertion thereinto of a coin, and means operable by the last portion of the movement of said manually-actuated means for removing such obstruction. Y r

g In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification.

sonnn MADSEN.

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