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Description

(No Model.)

A. 0. JENNINGS.

GAB REGISTER.

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Patented Jan. 26, 1886.

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GAB REGISTER.

Patented Jan. 26, 1886.,

u .Ww/ www 0F rE w M Mw ,Mm @am IN. u wu UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEO ARTHUR O. JENNINGS, OF SOUTHPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONF- HALF TO MOLLY ELLIOTT SEAVELL, OF VASHINGTON, D. C.

CAB-REGISTER.

SP'ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,720, dated January 26, 1886.

Application filed September 26, 1885. Serial No. 1TJ,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. JENNINGs, a resident of Southport, in the county of Fairiield and State oi' Connecticut, have invented an Improved Cab-Register, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description,refer ence being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a side view, partly in io section, of a cab having my improved register. Fig. 2 is a face view ot' the register. Fig. 3 is a side view ofthe same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged face view ofthe internal mechanism of the register. Fig. 5 is a cross-section thereof on the line c c, Fig. 4; and Fig. 6 is a detailed top view, partly in section, ot' the mechanism for arresting the motion of the register.

This invention relates to a new clock-work register which is to be placed in cabs and 2o analogous places to register the time during which the vehicle was in use, so that the owner thereof and also the passenger carried may be protected against any possible dishonesty on the part of the driver.

The invention is applicable also as abilliard-register, and for similar purposes; and it consists in the new combination of parts hereinalter more clearly specified.

In the drawings, the letter A represents the frame of the clock-work register, the same being put into a case, B, which has ahinged lid or cover, O, with a glass front, through which the dial and hands of the register canv be seen, and this hinged lid is intended to be held closed by a suitable lock, D. The frame A carries a suitable clockwork for revolving a center arbor, a, which carries on the outer side of the dial b a hand, E. This hand is to be revolved -over the graduated scale on the 4o dial, so as to indicate in the example shown the number of minutes during which the cab is in use by any one passenger up to three hundred and sixty minutes, or six hours. The hand E is fitted upon a sleeve, d, which surrounds the arbor c frictionally, so as to be carried around by the same, but nevertheless to be capable of independent rotary motion. The sleeve (Z has fastened to it a heart-shaped cam, e. This cam is below a push-button or 5o slide, F, which extends through the case B, and'which carries a little friction-roller, f, at

.its lower end.

A spring, g, holds the pushbutton F normally in the elevated position in which it is represented in Figs. et and 5. The cam e is mounted upon the sleeve cZ in such manner with reference to the position of' the hand E that when the hand points to' Zero,

as in Fig. 2, the concave part of the cam will be on top, as in Fig. et, and the pointed part of the cam will project downward, or, to be 6,0 more specific, in the Zero position the concave part ofthe cam will be aligned with and behind the hand E. A pinion, li. on the arbor c meshes into a toothed wheel, i, the arbor ot' whiclnj, extends through the dial b. 65 Upon this arborj is ijtted a frictional tube, k, which carries on the outer side of the dial a hand, G, and on the inner side of the dial a pinion, Z. The hand G is placed ou the face of the dial I), over a graduated scale, whichis 7g intended to indicate the hours and fractions of hours during which the cab is in use by a series of passengers. This is in contradistinction to the use to which the hand E is put, which is only toindicate the time during which the cab has been at the disposal of any one passenger.

The wheels which transmit the motion of the clock mechanism to the hand Gare so regulated as to their respective sizes that the 8o hand G will pass over a space which is marked for, say, one hour, in the same period of time during which the hand E will pass over a space marked for sixty minutes on its scale, hence the hand E may well be called the minutehand and the hand G the hourhand.7

The pinion Z in the normal position ol" the mechanism, which is shown in Fig. 5, is not in gear with any wheel, but there is in the mech- 9o anism a toothed wheel, m, tted upon an arbor, a, and pressed outward by a spring, o, said toothed wheel carrying a square hub, p, which extends through and beyond the dial b. NVhenever the key with which the clock mechanism can be wound is applied to this hub p, which it ts, the wheel m can be pressed against the spring o into line and gear with the pinion Z, and then the key, still holding the wheel m under pressure in gear, can be roo turned to set the hand G to zero, or to any other place on its dial.

To the frame A is pivoted at g a lever, H, which projects beyond the case B, and which carries within the case B a iexible arm or projection, o", which can be brought against the face of the balance-wheel I of the clock mechanism to arrest the motion thereof.

Fig. 4 shows the lever H by full lines in the position for stopping the clock mechanism, and by dotted lines in the position for relieving the balance-wheel I from the elastic arm r, and thus in the position in which the clock mechanism will be operative and in motion.

The operation .of this apparatus is as follows: Before the cab starts out in the morning the proprietor, opening the lock D, with the assistance of the key sets the hand G to zero, in the manner already described. He also sets the hand E to zero by pressing the push-button F downward, which causes it to reach the cam e, and to turn that cam into the zero position shown in Fig. 4,- and with it the hand E. The case B is now lockedv and the driver sent on his way. The clock during this time is not in motion, the lever H being in the position shown by full lines in Figs. 2 and 4. As soon as a passenger enters, the driver is to put the lever H into the position shown by dotted lines, so as to set the clock mechanism to work. rIhe whole contrivance should be placed in the cab so that the passenger can see the dial and be informed by the hand E of the exact time the vehicle is occupied by him. As soon as the passenger leaves the cab the driver is to put the leverH back into the stopping position. The dial will now show the passenger for what length of time he has to pay, after which the driver depresses the pushbutton, and thereby brings the hand E back to zero, ready for the like use by a new passenger; but the hand G is by this motion of the push-button not brought back to zero. It stays to indicate the time occupied by the rst passenger, and when afterward the clock is again set in'motion for a second passenger the hand G will start again, and thus add np the several periods of time during which the cab is occupied by passengers; hence the inspector or proprietor can by a glance at the hand G ascertain the total time during which the cab was used by passengers.

It will be impossible for the driver to interfere with the action of the hand G, except to his own disadvantage in failing to set the clock-work lin motion as soon as the period for which a passenger should pay commences to run. v

As already stated, this invention is not only applicable to cab-registers, but may with profit be used for many analogous purposes.

I disclaim interposing a pivoted lever between the push-button, which has the frictionroller f, and the heart-shaped cam.

What I claim is- 1. The combination of the arbor a with the sleeve d, hand E, and heart-shaped cam e, said hand E and cam e being rigidly attached to said sleeve, with the sliding push-button F, having friction-roller f, and retracting-spring g, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. rIhe combination of the clock mechanism and its center arbor, a, with the sleeve d, cam e, hand E, sliding push-button F, carrying the roller f, balance-wheel I, pivoted lever H, and elastic projection rthereon,all substantially a and for the purpose herein shown and described.

3. The combination of the hand G,vits arbor j, sleeve k, and pinion Z, and dial b, in front of which said hand G is placed, with the sliding wheel m, having hub p, said hub projecting through an aperture of the dial b, all arranged to allow the wheel m to be setin gear with the pinion l, for the purpose of moving the hand G whenever access to said dial is permitted, as specified.

4.v In a cab-register, the combination of the case B and hinged lid G with the clockwork having arbor a, hand E, sleeve d, cam e, pushbutton F, friction-roller f, spring g, lever H, elastic arm r, balance wheel I, pinion h, toothed wheel t', arbor j, sleeve k, hand G, pinion l, toothed wheel m, angular hub p, spring o, and arbor n, substantially as herein shown and described.

ARTHUR O. JENNINGS.

Witnesses: i

WM. A. HAVEN, CHARLES G. M. THoMAs.

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