US295781A - Fare-register - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 2 Sheets Sheet 1.

H. MARSHALL.

FARE REGISTER.

Pat ented Mar. 25

W w H W i r ,J j f iW M Ti L/ w.i\\ 1 1 N. PEI'ERS. vnuwLilhu n her, Washingwn. n. c.

2 SheetsSheet 2.

(No Model!) H. MARSHALL.

FARE REGISTER.

No. 295,781. Patented Mar. 25, 1884.

N. PETERS FhuXc-Lillwgraphzn washin -um. D. Q

J 'Nrrnn STATES PATENT FFLCE.

HOLMES MARSHALL, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,781, dated March 25, 1884.

Application flied October 31, 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOLMES MARsHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Ouya-hoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-Registers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the let ters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to fare-registers for street-cars, and has for its object the provision of means whereby fares of different characters as, for instance, cash and tickets, also passes, 8te. may be recorded by the same instrument in such manner as to distinctly show the number of each kind of fares taken, while at the same time each record of said fares operates to sound an alarm upon a gong orbell and to set in motion atrain of wheels for registering each of said fares upon a series of decimal-dials.

The invention has further for its object the provision of means whereby each trip or halftrip of the car upon which the register isused may be recorded, in connect-ion with means for recording the kind of fares taken, thus showing upon one strip of paper the number of the trip or half-trip and the number and character of thefares taken upon such trip.

To the accomplishment of the above my in vention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Similar letters of reference in the several drawings denote like parts in said drawings.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved register, the case and a portion of the frame being broken away to sh ow the operating mechanism of the register. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on the line 1 y of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a portion of the paper strip which is used to register the number of trips, and the number and character of fares, &c., received. Fig. arepresents the operating-lever and its attached parts detached from the instrument. Figs. 5 to 10,

inclusive, represent views of the trip-recording wheels and the means for operating the same. Fig. 11 represents a portion of one end of the operating-lever and its attached pawl for operating the decimal-dials. Fig. 12 represents the pendent arm and pawl attached to the trip-recorder. Fig. 18 represents thelower end of an arm attached to the operating-lever and having a pawl for operating the paper rolls.

In the drawings, A represents the inclosingcase, provided with a bell or gong, B, as is usual in instruments of this class.

0 represents a frame extending from side to side and end to end of the casein front of the gong, as shown in Fig. 1. said frame being in the form of a cross, as shown in said figure, and provided at each end of its horizontal bar with upwardly-projecting portions O 0 to the former of which, 0, is pivoted the decimal-dials D D D and at its upper end has laterally-projecting portions 0 c, to which are pivoted the shank Z) of the bell-hammer, and also the main or operating lever, as hereinafter described. The projection O at the opposite end of the frame is provided with a series of stops, F, for a purpose hereinafter to be described. The decimal-dials D D D' are made and operated in the usual manner, and therefore require no further description.

E represents the main or operating lever, pivoted at c to the projection c on C, and eX- tending thence across the case and through a,

slot, a, in the end thereof, and is at its outer end formed into a thumb-piece. The oppo site end, 0, is provided with a pawl, m, which takes into the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, M, up on the shaft of the upper decimal-dial. "When the outer end of the lever E is pressed downwardly, the ratchet-wheel is moved around the distance of one tooth, and when said lever is returned by the spring f to its normal position the pawl moves backwardly and under the next succeeding tooth of the ratchet-wheel, said wheel being kept from moving backward by an arm, I), that projects from the shank b of the bell-hammer to strike the gong.

b represents a spring, which is secured to the case above the shank of thebellhammer,

upon which it bears to give force to the blow of the hammer. By this construction it will be seen that each downward movement of the lever-arm operates to turn the ratchet-wheel M. forward one tooth and to sound the bell.

E represents an arm on one side of E, and provided with a series of needles, G, the purpose of which will be hereinafter described.

H represents an arm pivoted to the lever E, and extending thence downwardly, and pro vided at its lower end with a pawl, 71, which takes into the teeth of a gear-pinion, 1', upon one end of a roll or drum, I.

I represents a similar roll or drum, also journaled in the frame 0, said drums I I being equidistant from the middle of the gong or bell, and projecting into the same, as shown. The opposite ends of the rolls are supported by a short bar, J, that is connected by a stud, j, with the frame 0. The rolls are provided at each end with a flange, as shown.

K represents a broad thin stud projecting inwardly from the frame 0 above and between the rolls I I, as shown. K represents the narrow strip of paper passing from one to the other of the rolls and over the stud K.

G G G represent needles projecting downwardly from an arm, E, directly over the stud K, said stud being perforated for the passage of the needles when the lever is pressed down.

F F F represent a series of stops secured to the frame 0 in the track of a single stop, F, which is attached to the lever B. IVhen it is desired to record a cash-fare, the outer end of the lever is depressed until the stop F upon the lever strikes the upper stop, F, of the series attached to the frame. when said lever starts, its first action serves to revolve, through the arm H and pawl h, the wheel the distance of one tooth, or one-sixteenth of an inch, the longest of the needles passing through the paper. IVhile the above-described operation is taking place the ratchet-wheel M is revolved one tooth by the pawl m, the downward pressure of the lever being determined by the resistance offered to it when the stops F F come together, such resistance, however, being very slight, whereby when a ticketfare is received the lever is still further depressed until. a second stop is met, which depression of the lever causes two needles to perforate the paper, thereby indicating a ticketfarc. The lever being further depressed, presses thestop F and three needles are passed through the paper, indicating a pass, and so on, each needle representing aclass of fares, 8:0. The drawings show but three needles; but it will be understood that any number of needles may be used. It will also be understood that the gear-wheel f and ratchet-wheel M will be rotated a distance corresponding with the distance between each tooth without reference to the distance traveled by the end of the lever.

The number of trips or half-trips made by a car is registered in the following manner:

0 represents a sliding rod that p asses through the top of the case A above the stud K, the

lower end of the rod being bifurcated, as shown at O, and within said bifurcated portion are pivoted two wheels, N N, one of which, N, is made fast to the pivotal pin n, the other, N, being loose upon said pin, and having its side next to the wheel N chambered out and provided with ten projecting pins or pegs concentric with and near the periphery of said wheel, as shown in Fig. 9. The pivotal pin is provided, within the chamber formed in the wheel N, with a small gear-pinion, p, rigidly attached thereto, said pinion engaging with a similar pinion, 1), loosely mounted upon a stud projecting from a thin. arm, I, depending from the rod 0 between the wheels N N. The pinion p provided upon its outer surface with a long teeth, 1)", that engages with the pins upon the wheel N, such engagement taking place once during each revolution of the pinion p, the periphery of each wheel N N being provided with raised numbers from 1 to 0, so that as the wheel N turns ten times it will be seen that the numbers from 1 to 99 can be marked or printed by said wheels in consecutive order, as will be readily understood. The rod 0 is kept normally at its highest point by a spring, q, attached to the top of the case A, and having its free end bearing under a pin, q, that passes through said rod.

R represents a stud projecting from the frame 0 into the track of the wheel N, and is provided with a pawl r, the point of which bears against the wheel N at or below its center. When said wheel is depressed, it serves to turn the wheel, as will be understood.

S represents a spring-arm projecting downwardly from the bifurcated ends 0 of the rod 0, and is provided upon its lower end with a pawl, s, which takes into the gear-teeth of the pinion 17. Then the rod 0 is depressed, the pawl 8, attached to the lower end of the arm S,will slide over the gear-teeth until the lowest point of its downward movement is reached, when it will take into the teeth of the wheel '2'. The elevation of the rod 0 will draw said wheel around the distance covered by three or four teeth, thus leaving a space in the paper in which to print the number of the trip, as shown in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing description the opera tion of my invention will be fully understood.

I am aware that changes in the form and proportion of parts composing my invention can be made without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages thereof. I would therefore have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcut- 1. A register constructed substantially as described, having an inclosing case, gong,

frame 0, decimal-dials, and lever B, pro

vided with two or more graduated perforating-pins, all in combination, whereby fares paid in cash, tickets, 850., are separately registered, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A register constructed substantially as described, having the case A, gong B, frame 0, decimal-dials D D D, and lever E, provided with means for clearly recording each fare taken, in combination with a printing device, substantially as described, whereby each trip or half-trip may be registered.

3. In a fare register, the case A, gong B, frame 0, decimal-dials D D D and lever E, prox'ided with stud E, having graduated needles, with the rolls I I, paper K, and means for causing said paper to pass from one to the other of said rolls, substantially as described.

4. In a fare-register, the red 0, having bifurcated lower end, 0, and downward-prd In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOLMES MARSHALL.

\Vitnesses H. A. EVERETT, EMETT MARsHALL.

Images