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- T. GREGORY. REGISTERING AND RECORDING APPARATUS FOR TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, &c'.

Patented Dec. 23, 1890.

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T. GREGORY. REGISTERING AND RECORDING APPARATUS FOR TRAM CARS, OMNIBUSES, &c. No. 443,090. Patented Dec. 23, 1890.-

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UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE;-

THOMAS GREGORY, OF SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND.

REGISTERING AND RECORDING APPARATUS FOR TRAM-CARS, OMNIBUSES,&0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,090, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed November 4, 1889. Serial No. 32%252. (No model.) Patented in England October 30, 1888, No. 15,596.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAs GREGORY, watch-maker, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Southport, in the county .of Lancaster, England, have invented. new

and useful Improvements in Self Registering and Checking Apparatus for Tram-Oars and Omnibuses and LikePurposes, (for which I have obtained provisional protection in Great Britain, No. 15,596, bearing date October 30, 1888,) of which the following is a specification.

The improvements relate to self registering and recording apparatus for tram-cars and omnibuses and like purposes, and have for their object the automatic registration and recording of the number of passengers traveling, and also the distances traveled in such like vehicles. To effect this and to accomplish my improvements I employ by preference a door or wicket at the entrance to the vehicle, constructed in plan in the form of two segments of circles or other curves, which segments, or one of them, are enabled to partially turn on a "suitable pivot or hinge or to move in a slide in such manner that the opening between the curves becomes closed on one side as it is opened or broken on the other, so that when a person passes within the space inclosed by the curves the same must be closed behind him to enable exit to be made on the opposite side thereof; but in lieu of such special door the ordinary or other forms of turnstiles or sliding or other doors, single or double, may be employed as a modification.

The door or turnstile is fitted with a suitable lever or attachment and link or other connection, which. enables it to actuate (on the opening and closing thereof) a ratchetand-pawl motion attached to or driving a drum or pulley, or it may be more than one, carrying a ribbon or a tape of paper or suitable substitute, on which are printed or otherwise marked consecutive numbers. By preference one of these numbers always comes opposite to a slot or opening in the boX or casing of the apparatus so as to be exposed to view, and thus each time the complete motion is given to the door or wicket the next following number is brought opposite the slot, and thus this portion of my improvements indicates how many persons or passengers have entered the vehicle.

For the purpose of registering and recording the distance traveled I employ, in addition to the foregoing, a disk and pointer, and

also stampers, which disk and stampers are of various colors or devices. The disk, or it may be the pointer, has revolving motion given thereto by mean-s of a lever operating a ratchet and train of wheels, which lever takes its motion from one of the wheels or axles of the vehicle, and thus enables a continuous measure of the distances traveled to beindicated on such disk. These distances, or it maybe only the desired stages of the journey, are indicated on the disk or dial by dividing the same into colored or otherwise marked spaces corresponding with the distances of the stages, To produce a record of these distances I employ an arrangement of stampers of colors or devices or markings, one to correspond with each stage or distance, as shown on the dial. These stampers are consecutively brought into juxtaposition with the ribbon or tape of paper as the different stages are reached, and as they are brought into gear they are actuated in turn by the opening and closing of the door or wicket or otherwise, and thus show the particular stage at which the passenger enters the vehicle. These colored or other stampers may be fixed on a sliding rod and drawn into position by means of lever and link or other connections by a suitablyformed cam cut to the requisite stages and placed either behind the dial aforesaid or otherwise, and may be actuated by the same means. Similar apparatus may be employed for outside passengers by using a duplicate set of stampers acting on the same or a second ribbon. To complete this record when such is necessary, I cause the stampers to again act on the same or other ribbons when the passengers come out of or down from the vehicle, thereby showing at what stage exit as well as entrance was made, thus showing the distance traveled; but where this is not required the stamping operation may be caused to act in one direction only, as will be readily understood.

For the purpose of satisfying the passengers and preventing disputes with the guard,

I may provide tickets bearing the same color or device as that indicated on the dial and stamper operating at the moment of entrance, so that on comparing the ticket with the dial on exit the proper fare can be accurately determined.

The dial or disk or other traveling ribbon or other moving or fixed parts of the apparatus may or may not be employed partly for advertising purposes; but that the improvements may be better understood I will, with the aid of the accompanying drawings, proceed more fully to describe means employed by me.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side view, of portions of registering. and recording apparatus arranged in accordance with my invention. Fig; 3 shows a sectional plan, and Fig. 4 an elevation, of one form of door or wicket,while Figs. 5 and 6 show details of apparatus employed in giving motion to the registering disk or pointer.

The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur. I

a a and a a are sets of geared roller apparatus for carrying and moving forward the ribbons of paper or substitute therefor on' which the number of the passengers is recorded. These ribbons or strips mayor may not be provided with consecutive numbers thereon, but I prefer they should so be prepared.

Motion is given to the ribbon-roller a a and a ct by means of gearing shown through the shafts Z) Z) and I) Z), one of which is operated by the door 1 g on the entrance of a passenger, while the other is operated by the door on the exit of a passenger, in manner to be hereinafter described.

c c is the slide carrying the stampers (Z (Z and (Z d. As any stamper comes opposite the toothed wheeie e e c, it is caused to stamp the ribbon of paper.

9 g is the revolving disk, which can be marked into stages of the journey by colors or devices, and h h is the notched wheel or cam cut to correspond with such stages. These are driven through the operation of suitable toothed wheel or other gearing by means of the pawl-and-ratchet motion jj, operated by the pin or sliding rod 7; 7c, which is lifted each time the wheel of the car makes a revolution by means of the projection l l on the axle, and intervening lever in m. The stop to a, attached to the slide 0 0, bearing against the cam 7t 7:,by pressure from the spring 0 o keeps the first of the stamper-s dd and d d opposite the toothed wheels 6 c and e (3 until by traveling the distance of a stage of the journey the spring is allowed by the fall in the cam to force the second stamper into gear, and so on as each stage is reached.

Although four stages and stampcrs are shown, more or less than that number may be employed, according to the number of stages desired.

As each stamper is provided with a different color or device, by preference to correspond with the color or device on the disk, a record is kept showing at what stage a passenger enters or makes his exit. In the example shown the two halves of the door or wicket are composed of segments of circles in their plan formation, which circularlyformed doors run or slide in circular grooves both top and bottom; but the curved doors may swing by means of projecting arms or cross-pieces on center pivots top or bottom, or both, as will readily be understood. The two halves of the door communicate motion to the toothed wheels 13 p at the ends of the shafts b b and Z2 Z) by means of a swinging catch or pawl operating in one direction only, one segment of the door actuating one shaft and the other segment the other. This is accomplished by one segment being slid open on entrance and the other on exit. Suitable stops or bolts or othercontrolling devices may be employed in connection with the door to enable the guard to regulate the tratlic in and out.

The guard controls the entrances and exits in the following manner: When a person dcsires to enter, the segment or curve which is geared to record the exits is hold fast in its normal position,so that the segment orcurvc which is geared to record the entrances is alone free to be moved. On the cntrantstep ping within the circular or curved wicket this segment is slid so far round as to close the curve or opening therein behind the person, and at the same time provides an opening or way out in front. To enable a person to follow, the curve or segment is first slid back to its normal position, when the operation can be repeated. When a person desires to make exit, the other or entrance segment or curve is hold fast in one position, and the exit-curve alone is allowed to be moved, thus reversing the entrance operations and coinpleting the record.

y y is a ratchet or star wheel for registering the number of times the sliding bar is put back, thus showing the journeys made and forming a check against attempts at fraud on the part of the guard or attendant.

The improvements and modifications thereof are applicable to other and analogous entrances than those of tram-cars.

Having now particularly described and as eertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is In registering and recording apparatus, the combination of stampers (Z (Z and (Z (Z, the sliding bar 0 c, and the cam h h, which stampers (Z (l and d d are respectively operated by the sliding door y connected substantially as herein set forth.

THOMAS GREGORY.

\Vitnesses:

GEORGE FREDERICK GADI), CHARLES LARGE.

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