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  • This invention relates to improvements in a fare box of the type used in busses and street railway cars.
  • One of the objects of the present invention is to so construct the box that it is substantially tamper-proof, that is to say, money cannot be pilfered from the locked compartment of the box without detection.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel construction involving the box top, the inspection plate, and the inspection windows.
  • Fig. 1 is a central sectional view taken vertically through a box embodying my improvements
  • Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1
  • Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 2;
  • Fig 5 is a fragmental sectional View, enlarged, taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; while Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.
  • I provide a one-piece housing Ill which might be a casting or the like but which I have illustrated as formed of sheet metal welded together so that there are no screws, bolts, or other fastening devices accessible on the outside of the housing.
  • This housing is divided into a lower locked compartment II and an upper fare-receiving compartment I2 by means of the inspection plate I3 and its .coacting frame I4.
  • the door 2 upper edge of the door fits snugly beneath a heavy strip of metal I6 which is welded t0 the wall of the box across the entire width thereof just above .the door. This prevents the inserting of a pry lbeneath the upper edge of the door.
  • the locking means for the door comprises keyoperated tumblers located in the housing Il on the outside of the door, and the keeper portion of the lock I8 housing the keeper or throw I8a is secured on the inner face of the door Illa by means of screws I9 which pass through the door lila into the member I'I for securing the latter also. It results from this construction that I can fasten the housing I'I in position during the painting of the box while omitting the portion I8 at this time. Later the screws I9 are removed and the member I3 positioned in its proper place with the assurance that the operating parts for the keeper are free of paint.
  • a cup 2l! Positioned on one of the inner walls of the compartment II is a cup 2l! fixed in position and opening at the top only. In this cup is the telltale ball 2I. If an operator turns the box upside down in an attempt to shake out money, the telltale ball will be found loose in the locked compartment to give evidence of tampering.
  • I have provided a novel construction involving the top 22 of the box, the inspection windows 23, and the inspection plate and frame I3, I4.
  • FIG. 2 Generally, four inspection windows 23 are provided as shown in Fig. 2, and for this type of construction, the housing IJ is cut away leaving only the L-shape corner posts I0c as best seen in Fig. 2. Obviously, the wall for the upper cornpartment I2 could ⁇ loe-solid between any pair of these corner posts without aiTecting my inven tion as applied to the sides where the windows are provided.
  • shoulders Illa are provided on the upper, outer walls of those sides of the rectangular frame I4 which are to receive inspection windows, In the present instance, all four sides are so constructed.
  • the top cover 22 is provided with a downwardly-extending flange 22o around the four sides thereof adapted to overlie the corner posts IBC.
  • ears 22h Spaced inwardly from the flanges are ears 22h adapted to lie inide the top of each inspection window, there being two of these ears for each ,window as clearly shown in Fig. 2.
  • these ears are so spaced from flange 22a to permit the introduction of a pad 24 of rubber or the like to cushion the Window at this point,
  • Four long screws 25 are provided one at each corner of the frame I4.
  • each of these bolts passes upwardly through the frame I4 and is threaded into a boss 22e on the top cover.
  • a spacer sleeve 26 is provided around each screw to limit the action of the screw drawing cover 22 toward the plate Ill so as to insure against any overstraining of the glass windows 23 when these screws are tightened.
  • these sleeves 26 are not absolutely essential because careful construction of the corner posts IIlc will also limit this movement.
  • the windows when the windows are in position, they are overlapped on the bottom and two vertical sides by the posts Ic and along the top by the cover Vflange 22a. On the inside, the windows are held by the shoulder Ilia at the bottom and by the ears 22D at the top.
  • the windows are of such a width that they extend substantially to the corner sleeves 26 so that there is no room to displace the windows sideways. It will be noted from this construction that windows are easily inserted or replaced when broken; they are always safely held and yet they are under no strain such as often causes breakage or windows of this type.
  • the inspection. plate i3 has two downwardlyextending ears I3a which lie opposite two downwardly-extending ears Idb of the frame III. Through suitably bored openings in all of these ears passes a shaft 2l which is short enough to pass between the inner faces of the walls of the housing I as best shown in Figs. 3 and 5. It will be noted in Fig. 3 that the shaft stops short of the wall of the housing in the left end, and it will be noted in Fig. 5 that the shaft is out off short of the wall of the housing at the right end and is there provided with a short extension means to pass through the wall of the housing, This extension means comprises a short screw 28 which is held in the handle hub 29a by means of a pin 3U.
  • the handle hub has a sleeve flange 29h which fits over the end of shaft 2l'.
  • This sleeve 2917 has diametrically-opposed slots 3
  • the inspection plate may be manipulated in the usual manner as the ears l3nt are pinned through shaft 2l by the pins 33.
  • Double coil springs 34 are wound around shaft 21 with one end fixed by bending around ear Idb and the other end lying beneath the inspection plate so as to normally hold the plate in its closed position.
  • shaft 21 holds the right-hand end of frame I4 (as viewed in Fig. l) in fixed relation to the housing Il) when the screw 28 and handle 29 are in the position described in Fig. 5.
  • the lefthand end of frame I4 (as viewed in Fig. l) is held in fixed relation in housing ID by means of two bosses 35 integral with frame I4 and extending downwardly therefrom to overlie I -shaped brackets 3G welded on the inner side walls of the housing. Screws 3? pass through the brackets into the bosses. It results from this construction that to disassemble the upper portion of the box, screws 3'! must be removed, and handle 29 and screw 28 must be unfastened from the end of shaft 2l as shown in Fig, 5 after which the top cover 22, the frame I4, and the inspection windows may be lifted upwardly away from the box.
  • I provide means for preventing the shaking of coins or the like out ofthe box if the same should be turned upside down.
  • a flapper member 39 which is hinged at 40 to a projecting ear on the cover.
  • These flapper members are so hung and counterweighted by the upstanding ears 39a that they normally hang substantially vertically as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, but on turning the box upside down, they fold over the slot 38 preventing the escape of coins at this point.
  • the deflector plate 4I of inverted V-shape just below the slot 38 is a standard means for making it difficult to remove fares from the box through the slot 38,
  • inspection plate dividing -said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing compartment, a locked door in said lower compartment, an inspection window in said upper compartment, a top cover engaging a top portion of said housing for closing the top of said housing and said upper compartment, a portion of said top cover embracing the top of said window, and means securing said cover to said housing and holding said window in place, said means and housing coacting to limit the pressure of said cover on said window.
  • a housing closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a frame having a central opening, an inspection plate movably mounted on said frame for closing said opening, said frame and plate dividing said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing co-mpartment, said frame being movable out of the open top of said housing, means inside said locked compartment securing said frame to said housing, a top cover for closing the top of said housing, an inspection window in said upper compartment and held in place by said top cover, and securing means for said top cover attached to said frame and accessible only in said locked compartment, said frame securing means being independent of said top cover securing means.
  • a housing closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a frame having a central opening, an inspection plate movably mounted on said frame for closing said opening, said frame and plate dividing said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing compartment, said frame being movable out of the open top of said housing, a top cover for closing the top of said housing, a twopart operating member for said inspection plate secured to said plate and secured to said frame nearer one end thereof, said operating member having a part held in said frame and movable out of the open top of said housing with said frame, said operating member having a removable part extending through a wall of said housing, the inner end of said removable part operatively engaging said frame-held part, means securing said top cover to said frame, and means nearer the other end of said frame and inside said locked compartment for securing said frame to said housing.
  • a housing closed 'at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a

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, 1944 2 sheets-sheet 1 llil/l/l/l)l A. MAIN FARE BOX CONSTRUCTION Filed OCT.. 2l
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Nov. 11, 1947. A. MAIN FARE BOX CONSTRUCTION 2 sheets-sheet 2 Filed Oct. 2l, 1944 /lIllIllIMIl/IllIl/IIIIM l 4 m nvVENToR. Fnnnaw Mam Patented Nov. 1 1, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,430,473 FARE BOX CONSTRUCTION Andrew Main, Cleveland, Ohio Application October 21, 1944, Serial No. 559,692
4 Claims. 1
This invention relates to improvements in a fare box of the type used in busses and street railway cars.
One of the objects of the present invention is to so construct the box that it is substantially tamper-proof, that is to say, money cannot be pilfered from the locked compartment of the box without detection.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel construction involving the box top, the inspection plate, and the inspection windows.
Other portions of my invention have to do with details of construction, all of which contribute to the utility or ease of construction of my improved box.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 is a central sectional view taken vertically through a box embodying my improvements;
Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 2 2 of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken along the line 3 3 of Fig. 1
Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional view taken along the line 4 4 of Fig. 2;
Fig 5 is a fragmental sectional View, enlarged, taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 3; while Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.
In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawings, I provide a one-piece housing Ill which might be a casting or the like but which I have illustrated as formed of sheet metal welded together so that there are no screws, bolts, or other fastening devices accessible on the outside of the housing. This housing is divided into a lower locked compartment II and an upper fare-receiving compartment I2 by means of the inspection plate I3 and its .coacting frame I4.
Other than the inspection plate just mentioned, there is a single locked opening providing access to the compartment II This comprises the door I Ga which extends the entire width of one of the end walls of compartment I I, this door` being pivoted on the hinge I5 which extends the entire width of the compartment Il. is provided with wide flanges Iilb as best seen in Figs. 1 and 6. These flanges are at right angles to the door proper and lie close against the outer face of the side walls I I a of the compartment II. These ilanges Iiib and the side walls IIa overlie the ends of the hinge pin I5a as best seen in Fig. 3. This prevents tampering with the hinge pin to unfasten the door at its lower edge. When the door is closed as shown in Figs. 1 and 6, the
The door 2 upper edge of the door fits snugly beneath a heavy strip of metal I6 which is welded t0 the wall of the box across the entire width thereof just above .the door. This prevents the inserting of a pry lbeneath the upper edge of the door.
The locking means for the door comprises keyoperated tumblers located in the housing Il on the outside of the door, and the keeper portion of the lock I8 housing the keeper or throw I8a is secured on the inner face of the door Illa by means of screws I9 which pass through the door lila into the member I'I for securing the latter also. It results from this construction that I can fasten the housing I'I in position during the painting of the box while omitting the portion I8 at this time. Later the screws I9 are removed and the member I3 positioned in its proper place with the assurance that the operating parts for the keeper are free of paint.
Positioned on one of the inner walls of the compartment II is a cup 2l! fixed in position and opening at the top only. In this cup is the telltale ball 2I. If an operator turns the box upside down in an attempt to shake out money, the telltale ball will be found loose in the locked compartment to give evidence of tampering.
In the upper compartment I2, I have provided a novel construction involving the top 22 of the box, the inspection windows 23, and the inspection plate and frame I3, I4.
Generally, four inspection windows 23 are provided as shown in Fig. 2, and for this type of construction, the housing IJ is cut away leaving only the L-shape corner posts I0c as best seen in Fig. 2. Obviously, the wall for the upper cornpartment I2 could `loe-solid between any pair of these corner posts without aiTecting my inven tion as applied to the sides where the windows are provided.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, shoulders Illa are provided on the upper, outer walls of those sides of the rectangular frame I4 which are to receive inspection windows, In the present instance, all four sides are so constructed. The top cover 22 is provided with a downwardly-extending flange 22o around the four sides thereof adapted to overlie the corner posts IBC. Spaced inwardly from the flanges are ears 22h adapted to lie inide the top of each inspection window, there being two of these ears for each ,window as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Preferably, these ears are so spaced from flange 22a to permit the introduction of a pad 24 of rubber or the like to cushion the Window at this point, Four long screws 25 are provided one at each corner of the frame I4.
Each of these bolts, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, passes upwardly through the frame I4 and is threaded into a boss 22e on the top cover. Preferably, a spacer sleeve 26 is provided around each screw to limit the action of the screw drawing cover 22 toward the plate Ill so as to insure against any overstraining of the glass windows 23 when these screws are tightened. However, these sleeves 26 are not absolutely essential because careful construction of the corner posts IIlc will also limit this movement.
It will be noted from the above description that when the windows are in position, they are overlapped on the bottom and two vertical sides by the posts Ic and along the top by the cover Vflange 22a. On the inside, the windows are held by the shoulder Ilia at the bottom and by the ears 22D at the top. The windows are of such a width that they extend substantially to the corner sleeves 26 so that there is no room to displace the windows sideways. It will be noted from this construction that windows are easily inserted or replaced when broken; they are always safely held and yet they are under no strain such as often causes breakage or windows of this type.
The inspection. plate i3 has two downwardlyextending ears I3a which lie opposite two downwardly-extending ears Idb of the frame III. Through suitably bored openings in all of these ears passes a shaft 2l which is short enough to pass between the inner faces of the walls of the housing I as best shown in Figs. 3 and 5. It will be noted in Fig. 3 that the shaft stops short of the wall of the housing in the left end, and it will be noted in Fig. 5 that the shaft is out off short of the wall of the housing at the right end and is there provided with a short extension means to pass through the wall of the housing, This extension means comprises a short screw 28 which is held in the handle hub 29a by means of a pin 3U. The handle hub has a sleeve flange 29h which fits over the end of shaft 2l'. This sleeve 2917 has diametrically-opposed slots 3| which embrace the opposite ends of a pin 32 which passes'through shaft 27. Thus when the handle 2'9 is screwed into the threaded opening of shaft 2'! which receives screw 28 after which pin 32 is inserted, the inspection plate may be manipulated in the usual manner as the ears l3nt are pinned through shaft 2l by the pins 33. Double coil springs 34 are wound around shaft 21 with one end fixed by bending around ear Idb and the other end lying beneath the inspection plate so as to normally hold the plate in its closed position.
It will be noted that the above-described construction of shaft 21 holds the right-hand end of frame I4 (as viewed in Fig. l) in fixed relation to the housing Il) when the screw 28 and handle 29 are in the position described in Fig. 5. The lefthand end of frame I4 (as viewed in Fig. l) is held in fixed relation in housing ID by means of two bosses 35 integral with frame I4 and extending downwardly therefrom to overlie I -shaped brackets 3G welded on the inner side walls of the housing. Screws 3? pass through the brackets into the bosses. It results from this construction that to disassemble the upper portion of the box, screws 3'! must be removed, and handle 29 and screw 28 must be unfastened from the end of shaft 2l as shown in Fig, 5 after which the top cover 22, the frame I4, and the inspection windows may be lifted upwardly away from the box.
I provide means for preventing the shaking of coins or the like out ofthe box if the same should be turned upside down. On each side of the slot 38, through which fares are inserted in the box, I mount a flapper member 39 which is hinged at 40 to a projecting ear on the cover. These flapper members are so hung and counterweighted by the upstanding ears 39a that they normally hang substantially vertically as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, but on turning the box upside down, they fold over the slot 38 preventing the escape of coins at this point. The deflector plate 4I of inverted V-shape just below the slot 38 is a standard means for making it difficult to remove fares from the box through the slot 38,
What I claim is:
1. In fare box construction, a housing closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, an
inspection plate dividing -said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing compartment, a locked door in said lower compartment, an inspection window in said upper compartment, a top cover engaging a top portion of said housing for closing the top of said housing and said upper compartment, a portion of said top cover embracing the top of said window, and means securing said cover to said housing and holding said window in place, said means and housing coacting to limit the pressure of said cover on said window.
2. In fare box construction, a housing closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a frame having a central opening, an inspection plate movably mounted on said frame for closing said opening, said frame and plate dividing said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing co-mpartment, said frame being movable out of the open top of said housing, means inside said locked compartment securing said frame to said housing, a top cover for closing the top of said housing, an inspection window in said upper compartment and held in place by said top cover, and securing means for said top cover attached to said frame and accessible only in said locked compartment, said frame securing means being independent of said top cover securing means.
3. In fare box construction, a housing closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a frame having a central opening, an inspection plate movably mounted on said frame for closing said opening, said frame and plate dividing said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing compartment, said frame being movable out of the open top of said housing, a top cover for closing the top of said housing, a twopart operating member for said inspection plate secured to said plate and secured to said frame nearer one end thereof, said operating member having a part held in said frame and movable out of the open top of said housing with said frame, said operating member having a removable part extending through a wall of said housing, the inner end of said removable part operatively engaging said frame-held part, means securing said top cover to said frame, and means nearer the other end of said frame and inside said locked compartment for securing said frame to said housing.
4. In fare box construction, a housing closed 'at the bottom and sides and open at the top, a
frame lhaving a central opening, an inspection plate movably mounted on said frame for closing said opening, said frame and plate dividing said housing into a lower locked compartment and an upper fare-depositing compartment, said frame bei-ng movable out of the open top of said housing, a top cover engaging a top portion of said housing for closing the top of said housing, there being an opening through a Wall of said housing at the top, an inspection Window inside said housing and overlapping the edges of said opening,
said cover and frame engaging said window at 5 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:
UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,499,904 Bell et al July 1, 1924; 1,534,163 COX ADI. 21, 1925
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