US1815130A - Turnstile - Google Patents

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July 21, 1931. F. J. PEREY 1,315,130

'IURNSTILE Original Filed Aug. 22, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 VENTO IV/T/VESJ A TTORNE Y 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 TE *J a i u 1 INVENTORfi ATTORNEY F. J. PEREY TUBNSTILE Original Filed Aug. 22, 1924 July 21, 1931.

July 21, 1931. F. J. PEREY 1,815,130

TURNSTILE Original Filed Aug. 22, 1924 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 WITNESSES Patented July 21, 1931 UNITED STATES "FFIE TURNSTILE Application filed August 22, 1924, Serial No. 733,582. Renewed December 9, 1930.

This invention relates to turnstiles and more particularly to certain improvements to the type having the arms thereof normally locked and adapted to satisfy with cle- 5 pendable accuracy-either entirely automatically or when under the control of an attendantthe purposes of a turnstile.

Important features of the present invention consist in providing a turnstile having 10 a sure and positive locking means preventing dishonest manipulation and in constructing the device of few moving parts in a manner permitting easy and quick repair and substitution of parts.

A further feature of the invention consists in constructing and positioning the working parts in such a manner as to permit the reversing of the direction of travel of the turnstile arms by the mere repositioning of parts.

llVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In order to make the invention more clearly understood there are shown in the accompanying drawings, means for carrying it into practical effect without limiting the improvements in their useful applications to the particular construction, which, for the purposes of explanation have been made the subject of illustration.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a complete apparatus containing my improve- Inents.

Figure 2 is a side view of the same taken along the line 22 of Figure l and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a top View of the device with certain parts broken away to show the controlling mechanism.

Figure 4 is a verticalsectional view of the upper part of the device taken along the line 4-4 of Figure3 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the rotatable head of the turnstile.

Figure 6 is a bottom view of the bolt or plunger receiving head plate with the bolts or plungers in position.-

igure 7 is a vertical sectional View of the device taken along the line 77 of Figure 8 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 8 is a horizontal View of the device taken along the line 88 of igure 4 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 9 is a view of the locking bolts or plungers detached from the device.

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 1010 of Figure 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 11 is a perspective view of a modified form with the controlling mechanism positioned in the base of the turnstile and with certain parts broken away to show certain mechanism.

Figure 12 is a bottom sectional view of the bolt receiving head plate showing pawl receivlng recesses.

Figure 13 is a View of one of the locking bolts or plungers used with the form shown in Figure 11.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a hollow turnstile stand or pedestal having on its inner lower base portion a cross supporting plate 2 on which is positioned a proper cup bearing 3 and having its upper portion provided with circularly shaped mechanism receiving seat portions 4 and 5.

Vithin the pedestal is a vertically positioned revolvable shaft 6 having its lower end positioned in the cup bearing 3, its upper portion provided with a circular groove 7 and a transverse hole 8, and its top with a threaded end 9.

Resting in a seat 11, which is a side extension of 5, is a friction shoe 12 having a narrow shaft end 13, an enlarged square portion 14 and a V shaped head or end 15 having its face provided with a rubber facing 16. A spiral spring 17 is positioned around the shaft 13 with one end against the square portion 14 and the other against a face plate 18 having an opening provided for the reception of the end 13. Resting in a seat 19, which is a side extension of 4, provided with side rubbers 20 is a supporting rack 21 having an end 22 provided with an opening 23, side walls 24 and 25 connected to face of rack 21 by screws 26, and a front cross piece 27 ( side walls 24 and 25 and front piece 27 may be of one piece of material) provided with an opening 28 corresponding and in line with opening 23. Side walls 24 and 25 are provided with aligned upper grooves 29 and aligned lower grooves 30. Side wall 24 has an extension or arm 31 having its face provided with a rubber cushion 32 while the top of wall,25 is provided with a post 33 to which is pivotally connected a back stop pawl 34 under pressure of a spring 35 properly fastened to a post 36. Extending transversely across the rack 21 and thru the openings 23 and 28 is a push or release rod 37 surrounded by a spiral spring 38 positioned between the pieces 27 and 22 while the rack 21 is kept in position by the set pin 39.

The device is provided with a rotatable head comprising a circular supporting and bearing plate 40 having a center opening thru which fits the shaft 6 and a downwardly extending collar 41 having a transverse groove in which is positioned a supporting pin 42 extending thru the hole 8 and supporting the rotatable head. Superimposed on said plate 40 and having a center opening for the reception of shaft 6 is a bolt receiving head plate 43 having its undersurface provided with two grooves or gutters 44, bisecting each other, in which are positioned two freely slidable heavy bolts 45 adapted to lap over each other in slidable relation and provided with center openings 46 and projecting ends 47 The bolts are slidably sandwiched between the plate 40 and the plate 43 which are firmly connected to each other by four screws 48 positioned around the plates equal distances apart and provided with rotatable rollers 49. The circumference of the plate 43 above the gutters 44 is provided with a band of rubber 50 connected to said plate 43 by screws 51 and provided with a plurality (any number) of notches or sockets 52 in which fit the stop pawl 34. Attached to the head plate 43 by screws 53 are the usual turnstile arms 54 while a nut 55 is threaded on top of the shaft 6 which rotates with the head mechanism. Around and in the groove 7 is a washer 56 fastened to the pedestal as at 57 while on the inner side of the housing 4 directly in line with the rod 37 is a rubber cushion 58.

Attached to the outside of the bottom of the stand as at 59 is a foot pedal 60 having a supporting rod 61 to which is attached an actuating arm 62. Either pressure on the pedestal 60 or a pull on the cord 63 will force the arm 62 to move the rod 37. It will be understood that this means or an automatic coin receiving mechanism may be utilized to move the rod 37. As shown in Figure 4 the device is in locked condition with extension 47 of one of the bolts 45 fiat up against the extension 31, the stop pawl 34 positioned within one of the sockets 52 and the V shaped head positioned between two of the rollers 49.

\Vhen it is desired torelease the mechanism from its locked condition the rod 37 is pushed inward striking the extension 47 and clearing it of the extension 31 and forcing its opposite end toward the cushion 58. Pressure applied to the arms 54 will then rotate the shaft 6, the plate 40, the bolts 45 and the head plate 43 while the stop pawl freely rides out of the socket 52 and the shoe 12 is forced back by pressure from the rollers 49. As the next bolt comes around toward the extension 31 its end strikes up against the extension 31 and stops any further forward movement of the rotatable mechanism while the stop pawl 34 engages the next socket 52 thereby preventing backward movement of the rotatable mechanism. The spring 17 keeps the shoe 12 inward against the rollers while the spring 38 keeps the rod outward away from the extension 47.

In the modified form shown in Figures 11, 12 and 13 the locking mechanism is placed in the base of the device. In Figure 11 a supporting plate 70, similar to 40, has a center cut out portion 71 which fits down over a post 72 and is adapted to rotate therei on. A head plate 73, similar to 43, is superimposed on the plate 7 O and secured thereto as in Fig. 4 with the slidable bolts as 74 sandwiched between them in the manner as shown in Figure 4. It will be noted that the bolt 74 is not provided with a center opening as the shaft 75 does not extend clownward to it. The rotatable shaft 75 is fixedly secured within the center of the plate 73 as shown at 76. As shown in Figure 12 the plate 73 instead of being provided with a band of rubber 50 may have a plurality of sockets 7'7 each lined with rubber 78. Turnstile arms 79 are securely fastened to the rotatable shaft 75 as at 80 and 81 and rotate with the shaft 75, the plate 73, the bolts 74 and the plate 70. The shoe 82 and the rack 83 are practically the same as in Figure 4.

In order to reverse the direction of travel of the arms 54 or 79 it is merely necessary to remove the pin 39, posts 33 and 36, the pawl 34 and spring 35 and turn the rack upside down. After turning the rack upside down it is merely necessary to place the pin 39 in the grooves 30 and the posts 33 and 36 in the openings 84 and 85 which openings extend completely thru the wall 25.

hat I claim is: r

1. A turnstile having rotatable arms, means comprising superimposed slidable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said arms.

2. A turnstile having rotatable arms and a rotatable mechanism within which is positioned superimposed slidable bolts, and

means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said rotatable arms and mechanism.

3. A turnstile having a rotatable mecha misml within which is positioned slidable bolts.

4. A turnstile having turnstile arms, a rotatable mechanism within which is positioned superimposed slidable bolts, and common means cooperating successively with said bolts for limiting the movement of said turnstile arms.

5. The combination of a turnstile rotatable mechanism with a plurality of super imposed slidable bolts, means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism and a slidable shoe adapted to position said bolts in cooperative relation to said means.

6. In a turnstile, the combination of a rotatable mechanism provided with slidable bolts, means adapted to limit circular movement of said bolts, said last mentioned means being reversible and adapted to allow either a forward or backward movement of said bolts in a circular direction.

7. A turnstile having rotatable arms, means comprising unrestrained slidable and rotatable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said arms.

8. A turnstile having a rotatable mechanism to which is connected slidable, rotatable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism.

9. A turnstile having a rotatable mechanism to which is connected slidable, rotatable, superimposed bolts, and means coopcrating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism.

10. A turnstile having rotatable arms, means comprising rotatable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said arms.

11. In a turnstile the combination of a plurality of rotatable, slidable bolts, means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said turnstile, and a slidable shoe adapted to position said bolts in cooperative relation to said means.

12. In a turnstile thercombination of a rotatable mechanism, a plurality of superimposed, rotatable bolts slidable in different directions relative to each other, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism.

13. In a turnstile a rotatable mechanism having a head plate and bearing plate between which are positioned rotatable bolts movable in a plane parallel to said plates, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said head plate.

14. In a turnstile a rotatable mechanism having turnstile arms, a head plate and bearing plate between which are positioned superimposed bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting movement of said head plate.

15. In a turnstile, a rotatable mechanism havingturnstile arms, a head plate and bearing plate between which are positioned slidable, rotatable, superimposed bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting movement of said head plate.

16. In a turnstile, a rack having side walls with one of said walls provided with an extension and a horizontal groove extending across the upper part of said rack and a horizontal groove extending across the lower part of said rack, said grooves adapted to receive a set pin.

17. In turnstile a rotatable mechanism having a head late and bearing plate between which are positioned slidable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism, and a slidable shoe adapted to position said bolts into and out of engagement with said means.

18. In a turnstile a rotatable mechanism having a head plate and bearing plate between which are positioned superimposed slidable bolts. means coperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said head plate, and a slidable shoe adapted to position said bolts into and out of engagement with said means.

19. In a turnstile a rotatable mechanism having a head plate and bearing plate between which are positioned slidable, rotatable, superimposed bolts, means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism, and a slidable shoe adapted to position said bolts into and out of engagement with said means.

20. A' turnstile having rotatable arms, means comprising bolts with engaging projections at both ends and slidable with respect to each other, and stop means cooperating with said bolts, said bolts alternately limiting the movement of said arms.

21. The combination of a turnstile rotatable mechanism having turnstile arms, stop means, and a pair or" slidable bolts in angular relation to each other and adapted to cooperate with said stop means to limit the movement of said mechanism.

22. The combination of a turnstile rotatable mechanism with a pair of superimposed slidable bolts in angular relation to each other, means cooperating with said bolt-s for limiting the movement of said mechanism, and means adapted to actuate only one bolt in each position of the turnstile.

23. In a turnstile, a rotatable mechanism including a bolt, a reversible rack engageable with said belt for limiting rotary movement of said mechanism, and removable means engageable with either side of said rack to retain said rack in any of its'posi tions.

24. In a turnstile, a rotatable mechanism, a reversible rack for limiting rotary movement of said mechanism and having pawl attaching means on opposite sides, said rack having recesses on opposite sides, a pin engageable with the recesses on either side of the rack and a removable pawl engageable with the pawl attaching means on either side of said rack.

25. In a turnstile, a rotatable mechanism, slidable bolts carried by said mechanism, opposite ends of said bolts being alternately operable, means cooperating with said bolts for limiting rotary movement of said mechanism, and a bolt operator common to both bolts for simultaneously positioning one end of one bolt in position to cooperate with said means while removing the other end of the same bolt out of cooperative relation with said means.

26. In a turnstile, a rotatable head having a plurality of recesses in its periphery, and grooves in its face, slidable bolts positioned in said grooves, means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said head in one direction, and with said re cesses to prevent movement of said head in the reverse direction.

27. In a turnstile, a rotatable mechanism, interlocked slidable bolts mounted in said mechanism, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said mechanism.

28. In a turnstile, a turnstile shaft, a rotatable mechanism secured to said shaft, superimposed mortised slidable bolts, and means cooperating with said bolts for limiting the movement of said rotatable mechanism.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

FRANK JOSEPH PEREY.

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