US231165A - Fare-register - Google Patents

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J. N. HARDY. Fare Register.

l:Qt/Patented Aug. 17,1880.

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Fare Register. No. 231,165. Patented Aug. 17,1880.

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Fare Register. No. 231,165.51i Iqylften'fed Aug. 13111880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 231,165,

dated August 17, 1880.

Application filed December 10, 1879.

To all whom @t 'may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH N. HARDY, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Fare-Register, of which the following is a specification.

rIhe object of my invention is to furnish a a register for registering the number of fares deposited in the fare-boxes used in street-railway cars, stages, and for other purposes.

The invention consists of a toothed cylinder pivoted in the lower part of the fare-box below the tilting trap. The shaft of this toothed cylinder is connected with an index on a circular dial, so that as the cylinder revolves it turns the index, which shows on the dial the number of fares paid.

The invention also consists in operating' the cylinder by means of pawls connected with pulls having regularly-graduated movements, so that the cylinder can be moved dierent distances to register different numbers of single fares paid at a single time.

The invention also consists of mechanism connected with each of t-he several pulls, where by, when one of the pulls is operated, a slide is thrown up which indicates the number of single fares paid.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved register, taken on line :c 0c, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan of the register with the top plates removed and exposing the interior arrangement of the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 represents the yplate which carries the slides on which the fares are printed. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the registering mechanism. Fig. 5 is a plan of the box containing' the registering mechanism, also a sectional view, in dotted lines, of the ease surrounding said box. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the box containing the registering mechanism, showing the registering-dials; and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the gearing by which the dials are operated.

Similar lletters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A is the lower part of the fare-box, in the space A whereof is placed the iron box which receives, the fares.

In box A, on either side, are fixed metal plates a a, parallel to the sides l) b of the box A.

B is a ratchet or toothed faced cylinder, placed transversely within box A behind the space A. Said cylinder is provided at the ends with short shafts c c', which are pivoted in plates a a. Shaft c is connected by acrosspin to a shaft, c2, that is journaled in vertical plates C C outside of the box, whereby the parts can be operated.

Between plates C O shaft c2 carries a pinion, cl, which meshes with a spur-wheel, d', on shaft cl2, which projects through plate O', and carries an index, d3, which moves around a dial, O2, on the lower part of plate O.

On shaft c is another single-toothed wheel, c, which meshes with a mortised wheel, c', on shaft c2. Shaft c2 projects through a dial, O3, and carries an index, c3.

On shaft cgis a sin gle-toothed wheehj", which meshes with a mortised wheehf, on shaft g, which projects through a dial, O4, and carries au index, f2.

On shaft gis a single-toothed wheel, g', which meshes with a mortised wheel, g2, on shaft g3, which projects through a dial, O5, and carries an index, g4.

The dials and indexes above mentioned register the movements of the mechanism, and their operation is as follows:

Index d3 moves once around dial O2 at every revolution of cylinder B. Index c3 moves once around dial C at every ten revolutions of index d. IndexfZ moves once around dial C* at every ten revolutions of index c, and in like manner index g" makes one revolution to every ten of index f2.

D D D2 D DL are pulls, which are passed horizontally through the front plat-e, h, of box A, so as to slide freely back and forth on their bearings in slots lL in plates E E', fixed transversely within box A above cylinder B.

On each of the pulls is astop,1, and between stop i' and plate E a spiral spring, j, is wrapped around the shaft of the pull. The stops z' and springs j limit the distance to which the pulls can be drawn out in the direction of arrow l, and the springs j serve to throw the pulls back by acting against the stops 17. The inward movement of the pulls is Ilimited by the pins roo 2 I saintes Z passed through the shafts of the pulls, which come in Contact with the plate E', and thus prevent the springs from forcing the pulls in too far.

To the shaft of each of the pulls, just over the cylinder B, is pivoted a spring-pawl, F, which is forced by the spring j', attached at one end to the said pawl and having its free end bearing against the shaft, down on the toothed face of cylinder B, so that said pawls F are held by said springs j in position to engage the teeth of the cylinder B. Transversely through pawls F are passed pins Zr.

G G are iin gers fixed to plates kf, which project horizontally from plates E under the shafts of the pulls. A pair of these lingers, G G, is provided for each of the pulls, and the pawls F and the ends Z Z of said fingers project over the top of cylinder B, and the said ends Z are rounded oft' in the manner shown in Figs. l and 4. The position of these fingers G is such that when the pulls are drawn back in the direction of arrow l the pawls F pass between the ends Z Z and the transverse pins 7e, striking against the rounded ends Z Z. The said ends pass under the pins k and throw the pawls up out of contact with the face of cylinder B. As the cylinder B is revolved by the pawls F engaging the teeth of said cylinder when said pawls are drawn back in the direction of arrow l, and as the cylinderB is intended `to be moved dierent distances by thc different pulls, the iin gers G G are provided to limit the engagement of the pawls F with the teeth of cylinder B.

The number of teeth on cylinder B is intended to correspond precisely with the graduations on dial G2, and each ofthe graduations on said dial indicates one fare, so that the pawls are arranged to turn the cylinder so as to move the index Z3 011e step, two, three, four, and five, and upward, to any desired number, the number of fares it is possible to register at one time depending on the number of pulls and pawls employed. Thus pull D operates cylinder B through its pawl F, so as to move the index Z3 one step and register one fare. Pull Dl moves the index two steps and registers two fares. Pull D2 moves the index three steps and registers three fares. Pull D3 moves the index four steps and registers four fares, and pull D4 moves the index tive steps and registers five fares. This limitation of the movement of the index Z3 is brought about by the position which the ends Z Z of ngers G loccupy relatively to the pawls F. yThus when pull D is drawn to register one fare the pawl F attached to the shaft of said pawl draws or revolves cylinder B sufficiently far to cause the said cylinder to move the index Z3 one step on the face of dial C2. When the pawl has moved the cylinder sufficiently far for this purpose the transverse pin k of the pawl strikes the rounded ends Zot' the fingers, and the pawl is raised up out oi' connection with the tooth with which it was cngaged, and the further movement of the cylinder B by the said pawl is prevented.

On releasing the pull D the spring throws it back, and the pawl F, connected to the shaft of said pull, is moved back the length of one tooth of the cylinder B. Thus by graduating the lengths ofthe fingers G G and the position of pins 7u the pawls are permitted toV move the cylinder Bv sufficiently far to turn the index Z3 on dial C2 one, two, three, four, and five steps, each indicating the same number of fares, respectively, for the pulls D D D2 D3 D4, and when the pulls are released the pawls move back the number of teeth, corresponding to the number of fares the respective pulls register. Thus the pawl connected with pull D moves back the length of one tooth of cylinder B, the pawl of pull D2 moves back two teeth, the pawl of D3 moves back three teeth, and the pawl of D4 moves back four teeth.

From this description it will be readily seen that by drawing the pull corresponding to the number of fares deposited in the fare-box at one time the pawl connected with the pull operates the cylinder B so that the index Z3 is moved the number of steps on the dial corresponding to the number of fares deposited.

To show to the passengers and others inside the car the number of fares deposited at one time and registered, and thus furnish means whereby it can be determined by the passengers or others whether the driver draws the right pull, I place in the side H of the `fare- 1oox that faces the inside of the car a metal plate, I, just in front of and at right angles to the tilting plate J when said plate is in a horizontal closed position, as in Fig. 4. The part I of plate I extending above the level of the tilting plate J is provided with vertical slots or openings J', and the sides of these slots are provided with vertical grooves m m, which extend some distance below the openings J In grooves m m are held the edges of slides K, which are adapted to be thrown up in the openings J and to fall down behind plate I into the position they occupy in Figs. l and 3. When the slides a-re down they are supported by stops n fixed to the back orp plate J. The slides are provided at their bottom edges at the back with lugs 0. A slide, K, thus constructed and arranged is provided for each of the pulls D D' D2 D3 D4, and on the outside of the slides, in view ofthe passengers or others in the car, are printed or otherwise exhibited numbers corresponding respectively with the fares which the several pulls register. Thus the slide corresponding to pull D has l printed on it, slide corresponding to pull Dl has 2 printed upon it, and so on. One of these slides K is intended to be thrown up and held whenever the corresponding pull is drawn, and the manner of operating the said slides is as follows: The tilting plate J on which the fares fall, is pivoted in the top of box A, between the top plate, Ii', of said box and the IOO IIS

plate l. Said tilting 'plate turns freely ou its pivots from the horizontal position it occupies in Fig. 4 to the inclined position it occupies in Fig. l. Then in a horizontal position the rear edge, p, of tilting plate J rests on stops q in the adjacent edge of top plate, b', where said edge is retained until tilted by the spiral springs L connected with said edge p. The springs L also serve to draw the tilting plate. to a horizontal position at'ter it has been tilted. The tilting plate J is intended to be tilted by each of the pulls D D D2 D3 D4 independently of the others, and for this purpose the shaft of each of the pulls D, 85o., is connected by a jointed connectingrod, M, with one end, q', ot' lever i', which is pivoted between jaws s s underneath the outer edge, N, of the tilting plate J. Now, when either one of the pulls D, &c., is drawn in the direction of the arrow l the connecting-rod M is drawn in the same direction, and said connecting-rod, acting through the lever i', draws the edge N of the tilting plate J down into the position i't occupies in Fig. l. The end i" of lever i' opposite its end q', which is pivoted to the connecting-rod M, is pivoted to the end ot' a bolt, O, which slides in an eye or guide, t, depending from the under side of the tilting' plate J close to the edge N. By this connection of the levers o' with the bolts O, when one of the pulls D, &c., is pulled out in the direction of the arrow l the connecting-rod M, in addition to tilting the plate J, turns thc lever r on its fulcrum, a-nd thereby throws the bolt O out beyond the edge of tilting plate J into the position it occupies in Fig. l. When the bolt O is in this manner thrown out, at the movement of the tilting of plate J the end of said bolt O passes under the lug 0 of the sliding' plate K corresponding to the pull D, &c., drawn out, so that, when the said pull is released and is forced back and the springs L recover the tilting plate J to its horizontal position, the bolt O, bearing against one lug o andthe tilting plate catching the upper lug o, as the bolt withdraws, forces the slide K up into its openingor slot J and the passengers or others in the carcan see, by examining the ii gures on the slide so thrown up, whether therightpull was drawn to register the number ot' fares deposited in the box. After one slide K has been thrown up in the manner above described, and an other farcis depositedin the boX, as soon as one of the pulls D, 85o., is pulled and the plate J is tilted, the slide K last thrown up drops down behind plate I, and the connecting-rod M and lever i" corresponding to the pull drawn operate a bolt, O, connected with said lever i', and thereby throw up a slide corresponding to the pull drawn out. Atthe same time all the levers i', except the one connected with the pull drawn out, are turned on their fulcrums in jaws s s in the direction ot' the arrow 2, Fig. 1, by the tilting of plate J, and thereb f the bolt O, which was thrust out before the tilting' of plate J, is drawn in, and thereby said bolt and those not connected with the pull drawn out are prevented from throwing others of the slides K than the one which is intended to indicate thc fare last paid.

It is also intended to indicate by the ringing` ot" a bell the number of fares paid. For this purpose a g'ong-bell, P, is attached to one of the plates a behind the toothed cylinder B. The tapper thas its arm n pivoted at lv to the plate u, and the end lw of' the arm beyond the pivot fr is provided with a tooth, e, which is held in contact with the toothed face of cylinder B by a spring, w, tixed at one end to the end fw ot' the arm, while its free end is held under a stud, y. When the cylinder B is re volved the teeth bearing against the tooth e' operate the arm so as to throw the tapper t against the gong P, and thereby sound said gong, and as every tooth of cylinder B represents a single fare it follows that when pull D is drawn, the cylinder being' moved by the pawl F through the space of one tooth, the gong is sounded once, pull D sounds it twice, pull D2 sounds it three times, pull D3 sounds it four times, and pull D4 sounds it tive times. Thus it can be determined in two ways whether the car or stage driver registers the payment of the proper fare or fares by the slides K and by the sounding ot the gong.

The apparatus above described is placed within the casing S (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5) of the fare-box, so that the registering: dials C2, &c., will be entirely concealed within the said casing. Access will be had to thc said dials through a door, which will be kept locked, so that it can only be opened by the proper parties.

The pulls D, &c., project through the front of the car convenient to the driver, so that he can operate them from his position without trouble.

The fare is deposited in the upper part of the fare-box in the usual way, and it falls down on the tilting plate J, where the driver inspects it through a window in the casing of the farebox to sec if it is correct. Then he draws one of the pulls D, &c., and tilts the plate J. The fare drops down into the iron draw, which is intended to be placed in A', and simultaneously the cylinder is revolved, the number ot" fares paid at that one time is registered on dial C2, the slide K is thrown up into view, and the gong is sounded.

This apparatus serves as a check both on the driver and strippen or the one who takes the fares from thc fare-box at each trip, as the register is entirely concealed, and it is impossible for any one to know the amount registered without inspecting the dials C2, Sac., so that when the register is examined by the authorized parties the amount registered should correspond with the amount turned in by the stripper. If it doesnot so correspond, it is easy to tix the responsibility of the deficiency. The driver is checked by the watchfulness ot' the passengers or others in the car, as when IOO IOS

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fares are paid the attention is attracted to the fact by the appearance of the slide K and also by the ringing of the gong.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As an improvement in fare-registers, in

vcombination with the tilting plate J, the

toothed cylinder B, pulls D, &c., connected with the tilting plate by suitable connectingrods, spring-pawls F, index d3, and dial G2, as and for the purpose substantially as described.

2. In combination with the cylinder B and the pulls D, Ste., and spring-pawls F, the fmgers G, constructed and arranged substantially as described.

JOSEPH NAPOLEON HARDY.

Witnesses GnAs. K. HALL, W. R. RICHARDSON.

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