US187632A - Improvement in fare-registers - Google Patents

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WILLIAM H. HORNUM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE HORNUM vPATENT REGISTER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-REGISTERS.

ypuciliration iorinii g part oi' Letters Patel t No. 187,632, Hated February 20,1577; application tiled December 26, 1876.

register. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ot' the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section ot' the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination of a series of bell-crank levers with a registering apparatus, which is firmly secured in the interior of a railroad-car or other vehicle, said bell-'crank levers being made to connect with the prime mover ofthe registering apparatus, and being distributed throughout the car and protected in such a manner that one of them can be reached conveniently from either of the platforms, or from the interior of the car, and that they cannot be operated by any unauthorized person. The registeringdisks are made translucent, and they revolve in front ot' a lamp or light, so that the movements ot' the registering mechanism can be observed at night as well as in day-time.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a railroad-car, on one end of which is permanently secured a registering apparatus, B, which` consists ot' suitable registering disks, drums, or hands, and of an alarmbell, both the registering device and the hammer of the alarm-bell being actuated by one and the saine slide or prime mover C.

In order to enable the conductor to actuate the prime mover from any part of the car I have devised the following' means: Close to the slide C is situated a vertical rock-shaft, a, on which is rmly fastened a lever, b, that eugages with a slot in the slide. On said rockshaft are also secured two other levers or arms, o d, which, together with the slide-actuating lever b, and with the rock-shaft, form a triple bell-crank lever. The arm c connects, by a rod or wire, e, with a bell-crank lever, f fo, which has its fulcruin ou a pivot, g, (see Fig.

1,) secured in a bracket, which is fastened on one end ot' the car on its outside, over one of the platforms, and the arnifot' said bell crank lever is provided with a hole to receive a hook or other device, which serves t operate the registering mechanism. The arm d of the rock'shaft c connects, by a rod or wire, h, with a bell-crank lever, it", situated at the opposite end of the car, and constructed like the bell crank lever ffo. In the interior ot' the car is a box, D, which conceals the wire or rode, and which forms the bearings for a horizontal rock-shaft, j. On this rock-shaft is mounted a lever, k, which can be reached from the interior of the car, and another lever, l, which straddles the rod or wire e, and bears against a collar, m, that is fastened on said rod. By applying a suitable hook to the lever 7c and pulling down, the slide Gis moved, and the registering mechanism and alarm are actuated.

In the example shown in the drawing the registering apparatus consists ot' a single tripregister and of a general register, the former being so arranged that it can be set back to the starting-point after each trip, while the general register continues to count up the fares of a large number of trips. Said singletrip register consists, essentially, ofa unit-disk, u, anda ten-disk, o, which are geared together by a pinion, p, and cog-wheel g, the unit-disk and its pinion being rmly connected to an escapernent-wheel, which receives a step-bystep motion by an anchor, r, and the slide O. In the unit-disk are ten apertures, s, which are arranged in a convolute curve, and on the face of said disk are marked the tigures 0 to 9, one opposite to each of the apertures s. On the face of the ten-disks are marked the figures-0 to 9 in a circular line. As the unitdisk receives a step-by-step movement, the figures on its face are successively brought opposite to an aperture, t, in the face-plate of the registeringapparatus. At the same time the ten-disk receives a slow revolving motion, so that each of its iigures will successively appear through the convolute aperture s in the unit-disk.

In the end ot' the car, behind the register ing apparatus, is an aperture, u, Fig. l, and

opposite to this aperture is a bracket, L, for the reception of a lamp or candlestick, M, and the disks a o, are made translucent, so that when the lamp or candle is lighted the figures on said disks Will be distinctly visible at night.

When itis desirableto register fares ofdift'erent amounts different registering apparatuses are secured in thecar-one for three-cent fares, one for five-cent fares, and so on-and each registering apparatus is actuated by its own' bell-pull mechanism, in the manner above described.

It will be noticed that the several bell-crank levers Which'act on the rod or Wire are protected by plates c, which are provided With narrow slots x, just Wide enough to admit the hook which the conductor uses for actuating the registering mechanism. The object of this arrangement is to prevent unauthorized persons from meddling With the registering apparatus.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A registering apparatus secured permanently in a car or other vehicle, in combination with a wire extending the entire length ot' the vehicle, and'connected with the prime motor of the register, a bell-crank lever, f f", on the exterior of the car, a bellcrank lever, 7c l, in the interior of the car, and the plates c, having slots m, of a size sufcient only to admit of an operating-hook, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a fare-register for cars and other veparatus secured in a car or other vehicle, and

a wire extending the entire length of the latter, ot' the roek-shaft ct, having the arms b, c, and d, the bellcrank lever f fo, the rod It, and bell-crank levert' i", the said levers having ,openings for receiving hooks by which to operate them, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the box D, Wire c, having collar m, and extending the entire length of the car or vehicle, and the registering mechanism, with which said Wire is con nected, of the rock-shaft j, the lever k, the lever Z, bearing against the collar m of the Wire c, and the slotted plate c, t'or receiving a hook to operate the lever 7c, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 18th day of December, 1876.

WILLIAM H. HORNUM. [L S.[

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

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