US315963A - Fare register and recorder - Google Patents

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(No Model,) 2 SheetsSheet 1. J. H. ROSE.

EARE REGISTER AND RECORDER. No. 315,963. Patented Apr. 1 1, 1885.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. H. ROSE.

FARE REGISTER AND RECORDER.

Patented Apr. 14,1885.

1 w 1 I W ,7 a N UNITED STATES PATE T OFFIC JOHN H. ROSE, on NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

FARE REGISTER AND RECORDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,963, dated April 14,1885.

Application filed May 26, 1884. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. RosE, of Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Oonnecticut,ha've invented new Improvements in Fare Registers and Recorders; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure 1, a front view; Fig. 2, a front view, the dial removed; Figs. 3 and 4, rear views, parts broken away to illustrate the operation of the mechanism; Fig. 5,a vertical central section; Fig. 6, arear view showing the recording wheel; Fig. 7 ,a View looking toward the end of the shaft in Fig. 6, showing face view of the recording-wheel, Figs. 2 and 5 being enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of registers and recorders for streetrailways which are to be operated by the conductor, and so that the pointer or disk, as the case may be,will indicate the number of fares recorded, and at the same time give a like number of audible signals, as upon a bell, the prime object of the invention being a setting device to prevent interference with the proper recording by the registering apparatus; and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described, and more particularly recited in the claims.

I illustrate the invention as applied to a register such as may be fixed at some point in the car, and with which the conductor communicates by cord, rod, or other device; but it will be understood that the invention is applicable to other registers.

A is the base to which the frame Bis hinged, say as at a, and so as to be turned away from the base or secured thereto. It will be understood that this base is intended to stand in a vertical-position, as seen in Fig. 5. Upon the outer edge of this frame is a circular flange, 0, upon which the inelosing circular case D is set, this case carrying a dial, E, as seen in Figs. 1 and 5.

F is a shaft arranged centrally in the apparatus in a suitable bearing, G. On the inner end of this shafta ratchet-toothed wheel, H, is rigidly fixed, and so that one turns with the other. The number of teeth in this wheel corresponds to the number to be registered in a single revolution -hcre represented as one hundred.

I is a dog hung in the frame, upon which a suitable spring, .I, bears to hold the nose of the dog in the teeth of the ratchet. but so as to permit the wheel to be turned in the forward direction, but prevent its being turned in the reverse direction.

L is a lever hung in the frame near the bottom upon a fulcrum, b. This lever stands In a plane parallel with the wheel II, as seen 1n Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and its upper end carrles a pawl, d, arranged to work into the teeth of the ratchet. M is the operating-lever, hung in the frame upon a fulcrum, e, and extends through the side of the frame into a convenient position to be turned upon its pivot by the conductor. This may be done by the application of a cord or otherv device thereto, or otherwise. The inner arm, N, of the lever is turned upward from its fulcrumand stands against the lever L, and so that if the lever M be raised, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 3, the arm N will force the lever L forward, carrying with it the pawl d, and ad Vance the wheel H one toothfas indicated in broken lines, Fig. 3. This rotation of the wheel II willimpart corresponding rotation to its shaft Fiitlld to the pointerf, which is fixed to the outer end of the shaft F, and so as to rotate outside the dial, and'fso as to turn the pointer one division of the dial to each movement of the lever L, the pointer indicating such movement in like manner as do pointers in the usual construction of this class of registers. The lever L is returned by spring L.

P is a dog hung upon a pivot, g, and to it is applied a strong spring, R, the tendency of which is to hold the dog upon the teeth of the said wheel H, but so that as the wheel is turned the beveled side of the tooth will force the dog outward until it escapes from that tooth. Then the spring R will force it inward. This dog P carries the bell-hammer S, which is arranged to strike the bell T, the said bell being fixed to the frame concentrically about the shaft, as seen in Figs. 2 and 5. Therefore as the wheel is rotated each of its teeth will force the dog P outward, and on the return of the dog into the next tooth the hammer S will strike the bell.

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, there runs through a loop, x.

In a plane parallel with the frame is what I call a slide, U, and through which the setting mechanism is operated. This slide is guided at the upper end by a slot, h, working upon a screw, 2'. The other or lower end is forked, as at Z, to engage an annular groove, m, in a screw, V, working in a fixed nut, IV, in the frame. This screw extends outside the ease, and is provided with a suitable head, a,

by which it may be turned, so as to move the said slide Uup or down. In this style of register this slide is made of frame shape, as indicated in Fig. 2, leaving an opening in the central portion, so that the slide may freely pass behind the bell. By turning the screw in one direction the slide will be moved upward, and by turning in the opposite direction the slide will be moved downward.

From-the upper end of the slide an arm, 0, extends inward, and in front of the upper end, 1', of the lever L the adjacent faces of the arm 0 and the end'r of the lever L are inclined, so as to form, substantially, a cam-surface, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4. When the slide U is in the up position, as seen in Fig. 3, the arm 0 is so far distant from the end of the lever L as to permit that lever to play under the action of the lever M; but when the slide U is drawn down, as seen in Fig. 4, then the arm 0 strikes the upper end, r, of the lever L, and acts as a stop to prevent its movement under the action of the lever Mthat is, serves as a lock to prevent the action of the lever M upon the wheel H when such locking is desirable. From the bell-dog P an arm, 1, extends outward, and to which arm the hammer is fixed outside the slide U.

Near the lower end of the slide U is a shoulder, 2, which stands over this arm 25. XVhen the slide is in its up position, so as to leave the lever L free for operation, the shoulder 2 stands so far above the arm t as to permit the bell-hammer to work freely; but as the slide descends the shoulder 2 strikes the arm 25 and turns the bell-dog l? downward from its engagement with the wheel, as seen in Fig. 4; hence at the same time the working of the apparatus is stopped, and the hammer is thrown out of engagement with the wheel.

WVhen the bell-hammer dog 1? is bearing upon the wheel H under the force of the spring B, it holds the wheel so strongly that it cannot be turned by the pointer; but when it is thrown from the wheel, as seen in Fig. 4, then the only friction upon the wheel is that of the pawl (Z and the dog I, the springs of which are so light that the wheel may be easily turned by the pointer for the purpose of setting, say, at zero, as seen in Fig. 1.

As a means for recording the total number of fares collected, a shaft, 4, is arranged in rear of the wheel H, hung by one end, as at 5, to a disk, 6, in rigid connection with the wheel II or shaft F, as seen in Fig. 5. This shaft 4, hung upon one side of the center, as at 5, extends across the center to the opposite side, and This shaft 4 -mark upon it.

partakes of the rotation ofthe wheel. Its end that if forced upon the paper the teeth will indent and show the track of the wheel in its passage around the center. In such rotation of the wheel 9 it travels on the screw toward the center; hence, starting at one point, when the wheel H has completed one revolution, the wheel 9 will have been drawn inward, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 6, and so continuing the wheel 'will gradually work inward, impressing upon the paper the spiral path which it travels. The disk is providedwith radial lines over its entire surface, as indicated in broken lines at the left in Fig. 6, there being as manylines as there are teeth in the wheel II. The wheel 9 will therefore cross one of these lines at each step, andv as 7 stated, and three and one-half revolutions made, the spiral line on the paper disk will indicate three and onehalf revolutions or three hundred and fifty registrations.

In setting the pointer, as before described, it is necessary, or desirable, at least, to remove the wheel 9 from forcible contact with the paper. To do this the central shaft, F, is made hollow, and through that is a spindle, 11, which bears against the shaft 4, as seen in Fig. 5.

Outside the slide U is a lever, U, hung upon a fulcrum, 13. One arm, 14, extends to the center, where it is constructed in the form of a collar, 15, surrounding the central shaft, and through the spindle 11 is a pin, 16,which extends through longitudinal slots 17 in the central shaft, so that the collar 15 may bear thereon. The other arm, 1S,cxtends upward, as seen in Fig. 5.

Q11 the slide U is an arm, 19, which extends outward, and so as to bear against the shoulder 20 on the inner side of the arm 18 when the slide U is in its up position, as seen in Fig. 5. In this condition the collar 15 bears the spindle 11 inward against the shaft 4, and so as to hold the wheel 9 in working contact with the paper disk but when the slide U is drawn down the arm 19 passes below the shoulder 20 on the arm 18 of the lever U, and so that that lever escapes from the arm 19. Then it is free from the pressure upon the spindle 11, as indicated in broken lines, and

. in that condition the wheel will travel upon the paper without pressure, and so as to make no one direction, therefore, puts all the parts into working and recording condition, and

The movement of the slide in recording, but permits the pointer to be set by turning it forward.

To prevent the shaft 4. from swinging when not in use, a light spring, 23, is applied in the loop 00, to restupon the shaft, tending to press it lightly toward the disk upon which it runs, but not with sufficientforce to impress the pa per. If, however, the spindle ll be not employed,or some other equivalent device therefor, and the wheel is to be permitted to traverse the disk so as to leave its mark, then the spring 23 will be made sufiiciently strong to thus bear the wheel upon the paper, but yield to irregularities.

The arm 21 of the hammer is necessarily elasticin orderthat, under the momentum given to the hammer by the dog falling from its tooth, it may reach the bell to impart the blow, and retreat therefrom as soon as the blow is struck. With such an elastic hammer a quick jerk-like pull of the actuating-lever will give so quick a blow to the hammer that the vibration will be sufficient to cause the hammer to give a second blow upon the bell, and thereby make two alarms to one record. To prevent this possibility, an inelastic arm, 22, extends from the arm talong the back of thehammer, and so that the hammer will bear thereon when at rest, and, as seen in Fig. 2, under the pressure of the spring. Then when the blow is given the hammer on its return will strike the arm 22, and any vibration of the spring be prevented. This inelastic arm 22, upon which the hammer and spring bear to prevent vibration, may be applied to advantage to bell-hammers in other registering apparatus, or for other purposes where it is desirable to prevent such vibration of the hammer.

Itwill be understood that any means equivalent to the screw V may be employed to impart movement to the slide U.

I am aware that recording devices in which a paper disk is employed in connection with mechanism for marking the same have before been used.

I claim 1. The combination of the intermittingly-rotated toothed wheel H, the shaft 4, diametrically across said wheel, one end pivoted thereto, the other end screw-threaded,a correspondingly screw threaded nut, 8, carrying the toothed wheel 9, the hollow center shaft, F, spindle 11 therein,arranged to bear upon said shaft 4, the slide U, arranged in a plane substantially parallel with the said wheel H, screw Vin connection with said slide, and working through a fixed nut on the frame, the lever 14 18, one end arranged to bear upon said spindle, the other constructed to bear upon an arm, 19, extending from said slide, or escape therefrom, as the case may be, substantially as described.

2. In a registering apparatus substantially such as described, the combination of the wheel H, lever L, carrying pawl d, (log P, carrying the hammer, the slide U, arranged for longitudinal movement in a plane substantially parallel with the wheel H, and constructed with the arm 0 and shoulder 2, substantially as and for the purpose described.

8. Abell-hammer constructed with a springarm, combined with an inelastic arm extend ing along the back of the hammer, upon which the said spring will hold the hammer in its 7 normal condition, substantially as described.

JOHN H. ROSE. lVitnesses:

JOHN E. EARLE, LILLIAN D. KELsEY.

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