US335340A

US335340A - Henry d

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Publication number: US335340A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-02-02
Anticipated expiration: 1903-02-02

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' H; D. CLARK.

COMBINED FARE BOX AND LANTERN.

No. 335,340.. Patented Feb. 2,1883.

WITNESSES INVBNTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY D. CLARK, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND BENJAMIN P. VARD, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED FARE-BOX AND LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,340, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed July '7, 1885. Serial No. 170,907.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY D. CLARK, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Fare-Boxes and Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to behadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in

IO which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of one of my improved combined fare-boxes and lanterns. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same,taken through the broken line 00 at am, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a sectional plan view of the same,taken through thelineg y, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the lower part of the same.

The object of this invention is to provide combined fare-boxes and lanterns constructed in such a manner that a passenger can drop the fare into the fare-box, and that the passenger and conductor can bot-h see the fare after it has been dropped in and before it has been discharged into the money-box, and can thus know that it is the correct amount.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of various parts of the combined fare-box and lantern, as will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

A is the base of the lantern,which is made with close bottom and sides to allow it to serve as a money-box, and has a collar around its top to receive the bottom band, B, of the lantern-frame. Upon one side of the band B is a pin, B, and upon the other side is a staple, B to enter L-slots Ain the collar of the base A, and thus secure the said base to the said band. To the collar of the base A, at the opposite sides of the open upper ends of theslots A, are attached loops Aflto strengthen the upper edge of the said collar, weakened 5 by the said slots. The staple B when the said staple and the pin B are at the inner ends of the slots A, enters the slot in a spring-hasp, C, attached to the said collar, so that the base A and band B can be locked together by a (No model.)

| padlock, D, the arm of which is passed through the staple B as shown in Fig. 4.

The guard-frame is made in two parts, one, E of which is rigidly attached to the band B, and the other, F, is separate, and is secured when closed to the stationary part of theframe or to the bandB by aspring-catch, G, or other suitable fastening. The upper end of the part E of the frame is rigidly attached to thetop H, and the upper end of the part F is hinged to the said top, as shown in Fig. 1. To the band B and the top Haresecured metal strips I, to which are secured the edges of a wiregauze partition J, which divides the interior of the lantern into two compartments.

At the lower and upper ends of the parts E F of the frame are formed semicircular channels K, to receive the edges of the lower and upper ends of the globe L, which is made in two equal parts, the side edges of which meet at the central lines of the metal strips I, so that the joints between the said edges will be covered by the said strips. To the part of the band B at the side of the partition J, next the hinged part F of the frame, is secured asemicircular bottom. M, in the middle part of which is formed a socket, N, to receive the lamp 0. The bottom M, as shown in Fig. 2, and the band B, as shown in Fig. 4, have numerous holes formed through them to allow air to have free access to the lamp to support combustion. The lamp 0 is secured in place in the socket N by a spring-catch, P, attached to the partition J, and which engages with a pin, Q, attached to the said lamp 0, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by other suitable means.

R is a tilting plate placed upon the side of the partition J, next the stationary part E of the frame, and in line with the bottom M. The tilting plate R is attached to the rod S, which rocks in holes in the band B, and has 0 a button, T, attached to one end, so that the said plate R can be readily tilted to discharge the fares into the money-box A. The tilting plate R is held in a horizontal position by a spring, U, attached to it and to the lower edge 5 of the partition J, as shown in Fig. 1.

Beneath the part of the plate R that rises when the said plate is tilted is placed an inclined plate, V, to prevent the weight of the fares from turning the said plate R and escaping from the money-box A, should the lantern be inverted so as to allow the said fares to rest upon the said plate.

In a slot in the side of the part of the globe L, placed in the stationary part E of the frame, is formed a slot in which is placed an inclined chute, W, the outer end of which is flared and rests upon a rod of the said part of the frame, and through which the passengers drop the fares.

'Ihe chute W can be made of glass and separate from or solid with the part of the globe; but I prefer to make it of metal'or other material not liable to break and detachable, so that it can be taken out when it is desired to remove the said part of the globe from the frame.

To the head H are pivoted the ends of a bail, X, by means of which the lanternis carried.

In using the combined fareboX and lantern the conductor receives an empty fare-box and lantern at the office, and is provided with packages of money to make change for the passengers. so that the passengers can drop the exact fare into the chute XV,which fare falls nponthe plate R, and remains there in full View of the passenger and conductor until the conductor tilts the said plate and discharges the fare into the money-box A. At the end of the trip the conductor delivers the combined fare-box andlantern atthe office and receives an empty one for his next trip.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A combined fare-box and lantern, con structed substantially as herein shown and de scribed, and consisting of the base A, the frame made in two parts, one, E, stationary and attached at its lower end to a band, B, engaging with the base A, and at its upper end to the head H, and the other hinged at its upper end to the said head, the globe L, madein two parts and secured to the two parts of the frame, the strips I, covering the joints of the globe and provided with a wire-gauze partition, J, dividing the interior of the lantern into two compartments, the perforated bottom M, provided with the lamp-receiving socket N, and attached to the band B at one side of the partition J, and the spring held tilting plate R, pivoted to the said band B, and the inclined chute W, passing through the part of the globe attached to the stationary part of the frame, as

set forth.

2. In a combined fare-box and lantern, the globe and its guardframe made in two parts and provided with a partition in the plane of division, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby one part can be opened without giving access to the interior of the other part, as set forth.

3. In a combined fare-box and lantern, the

globe and its guide-frame made in two.pa-rts HENRY D. CLARK.

Witnesses:

GEORGE XV. SILL, SAM. O. EATON.