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J. R. WHERRY & W. B. TUBMAN.

FARE BOX .FOR STREET CARS.

Patented Mar. 16

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J. R. WHERRY '85 W. B. TUBMAN. FARE BOX FQR STREET CARS.

No. 359,482. Patented Mar. 15,1887.

N. PEIERS. Mu m her. Wah ngion. 0.6.

BEST AVAILABLE COP UNITED STATES JOHN RXVHERRY, OF LITTLE ROCK,

PATENT OFF CE.

AND WILLIAM B. TUBMAN; or WAL- 'LXTTLE 1100K; ARKANSAS.

FARE-BOX FOR-sTR sAET-OAR J EPECIPICATION forming part Of Letters Pate Hind. 359,482, dated Mia-$011 15, 1887.

Applicntionfiled February B,'1 88 6. No. 191.027, (No model.)

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Be it-known that we, JOHN R1 \VHHRRY, of

Little Rock, in Pulaski county, and WILLIAM 4 B. TUBMAN, of Waldron, Scott county, in the 5 State of Arkansas, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement; i n Fare-Boxes for Street Gars, of which the following is a full, ma and exactdescriptioni reference being i had tot-he accompanying drawings, forming to part of this spcciiication,-and in which- Figure 1 is aninside elevation of the box;

views of the ratchetwheel and mechanism by 2 0 which the fare-wheel is turned, showing the same in" two positions.

The body or case of the box maybe made of wood, met-al, or any suitable material. It is placed inan aperture in the front-wall of the car, (as usualJso as to he in sight at the passengers and the driver. r .The upper portion'of the box has an inside wall, A, and an outside wall,.13. The sides of the box are marked C its top'D, and,b0ttom E. At the top of the wallA is an opening (marked F) for thereception of fare. Thisopening is closed by a hanging door, G, supported onhinges g. Below-the edge ofthe door is a horizontal partitiomH. having a passage,j-h', for the fare to drop throughinto one of the pe-v. ripheral pockets of the Whi BIQ-I". Ehdwheel is fast upon a shaft, J, turnin'gig1 bearin'g ii xed'i to the walls A and B. This whel hastwenty (more or less) peripheral pockets, 1', formed. by .1

0 the partitions i, projecting radially from-the hollowxcylindrioal hub or body. The wheel is surrounded by a cylindrical ease, L, of an inside diameter slightly greater'than the outside diameter ofthe wheel I, so that the end of the 4 5 partitionsnearlytouohthe easel, The passage h extends through the top oftho case Land in the bottom of the Case is an opening, Z, through which the fare drops; onto. a tilting-shelf, -M, when thepoqket i, in which it has been -,r

. v.elosed by glass" '80 that noacces's, can .be had 2. Figs. 5 and 6 are rear y ert-ical sections of ceived, comes to the bottom, (and in oonjnne- 50 tion with the opening I.)

At Rare curved openings made in thewalls A and Bin line with'the' pook'etsi, so that the contents of the pockets inay be seen ,by both passengers and driv'er. These. openings are to'the pockets j. "The fare turns the distance ;of one .pocket.eaehtirne theihan'ging-door is pushedji'nward, and thus the fare which drops into thepoeketi; which may thenbe at top of -the whee'h'is by the outward movement of the .door sealed upbythemovement of the poeket away from the-passage h. Thus thewhe'el I- mo'ves forward with each inward movement of the hangingdoor'G, the fare being in sight-,' and wit descends it is turned over sothat both sides are exp .The edges of the bucketsor wings i are in close proximity to the'caseL and the glass panes N, so that no fare can pass from-one pocket to another. To -make the contaetclose between; the buckets and the case Land-panes N, .we attach to each bucket apiece," O, of '-leather or otherfiexible materiahwhdse edge wipes the case andgi'as's'Q By this'menns-the i nterior'ofthe glass'is kept 7 elean;-"

e P is an arxn on the hanging door G, to which: i

spring.

o S a curred armezitending froni the'bar :fitted to; engagethje. ratehet-teeth in. of a t hgt heel mfest up'onythe shaft of the farewheel I.- flhe ratohet feeth are shown as equaling in number the pockets 2*, so that 5 when'zthe ratehet-wheel is'moved' the distance of one tooththe fare-wheeln oves the distanee of one pfwke' t an t isdeneuith ea h descent andhaving-hinged to .it .a pawl, T, whichuis oi the bar-Q, At the cadet the curved arm is a tooth,--s,- which engages as the arm is.

raised between two ht" a circular series of pins or studs, X, in the side of the ratchet-wlmel.

By this means the tare-wheel may be brought- 1c is in its lower position. bears against the front side of one ot'the buckets i, and prevents the forward rotation of the wheel when the rod Q is down.

'1" is a hinged dog, which drops into each one of the buckeis i as theyare brought. sneeessively to it. its point; is first raised hythe partition i, which forms the frontwnll of the approaching hucket asit passes beneathit",-

and is then allowed to fall down behind said partition into the. bfi k gfl b forming the fares into the locked drawer or hopper-W:

out-ward, when the opening W is hron'ght in.

conjunction with the opening X in the box-- stop. toprevcutany rearward rotation of the wheel, and also its spontaneous rotation in a forward direction. t

' 25 to the mtehet-teeth w. "tlietiiting shelt'ltl is supported on hingt's, and one of the pintle' "pins carries an arm or handle, M, which is within reach olf the driven-so that by drawing it forward 110K321" tilt the shelf and discharge The handle 31' works in a slot, 1), made in the case. It has a too, :11, that b ars against aspring, in, and which restores the. shelf and lever to their normal position after the handle has been drawn outward to tilt thel shelt} This drawer is formed like a hopper, with its bottom \i" inclining on every'side toacentral opening, whirh is closed'hyt-he bottom of the ease, exuspt when the drawer is drawn bottom, and the contents of the drawcrarc discharged throughthe holes and X,

1' is a. pane of glass voveringthatpart-0t the top of the drawer which is exposed when il-is drawn out, into discharging position, so that the interior ot the drawer cannot. he reached from ahove, even when it; is drawn out into diseinirging position, the outward movement ot' the dram-r-ln-ing limited by a slot and pin, y y'.

1t wili he soon that the wheel 1 altogether closes all access of an instrument to the nioneydram-r through the passage It for the abstraction of are from the drawer.

\Veclaim- 1'. In a tare-box, the combination, with the front: and rear walls, of a titre-receiving wheel having the' series of radial partitions i-f'prtr 6o ject-iug therefrom parallel with t-heaxis ot' the wheel, and the cirenlzn-pmtrs set iutlursaid front and rear walls opposite the pockets i, J

formed by the wheel I and partitions i, substantiallyas sett'ort-h.

2. In a fare-box, the combination, with the front and rear walls, A It, having the circular panes Nand-the cylindrical easel-1, ot' the fare- BEST AVAILABLE co wheel I, journaled concentrically with said titr'ea'eceiviug wheel and a series of ratchetteeth secured thereto, of a weight-bar having a pawl adapted to engage said teeth, a door closing the fare-receiving opening of the box, and connections between said door and weightbar, whet-j the latter is lifted each time a deposit is made, substantially as set forth. 5. 'lhecouibinationot' wheel I,havingpoekcts for. the reception of fares, aratchet-wheel connected to the fare-wheel, a hanging door elosin" the orifice for-the entrance otthe fare, .a rod, Q,suspende d on an arm of said door-to kecpit:clos ed, :u1d a pawl upoii the rod act} ing onthe rateliet-wlniel, substantially as and 't'orthepurposeset'thrth:

' 6. Itra fitre-'liox,' thecolnbination, with the {farca'eceiving *wheel' I i, having a ratchet-- wheel, U, of'the weight-rod Q, having the arm S and the pawl '1 for engagingsaid teeth, and the door 0,- having (HI ection with said weight-rod Q, snbstantialty as and for the pnrpose set t'orth. i

'7. In a fare-box, the heiuhihation, with the casing having an openinkfxfiiu the bottom thereof, of the drawer XV, hariug an openiug, \V,'adaptcd to be brought into coincideuce with the openiug 'X,a stop for prevent ing the removal of the drawer, and the pane Yjsecttred. toaud projecting inward from the upper front. edge of the drawer, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.5. in a fare-box, the combination, with the t'area-eeeiving wheel, a door closing the orifice for the ltCOlttlOtt'Of the litres, and connections bet ween said wheel and door, of a gmvitating successive pocketsot' the tzn-e-rt-reiving wheel for preventing its spontaneous motion, substantially as set forth.-

9. In a tare-box, the combination, with the lasing and the fare-receiving whcel'having the ratchet-wheel U and pins 3'', of the door G, closing the receivingoritiee, the weightrod Q, connected with said door and having the arm S, the pawl '1, and the teeth adapted to engage between said pins, substantially as set:- torth.

W. J. JM'Nt-Is. -t

Witnesses to signature of 'lnrman:

M. M. lit-5A Hans,

.L-ut ns lI. Sat rrn.

stop pivoted to the casing amt cngagitn Uh:

cylindrical case and having, the radial. parti-

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