US443883A - Passenger-guard and ticket-collecting gate - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

E. E. WARNER. PASSENGER-GUARD AND TICKET COLLECTING GATE.

Patented Dec. 30, 1890.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC EDGAR E. \VARNER, OF MILW'AUKEE, W'ISCONSIN.

PASSENGER-GUARD AND TICKET-COLLECTING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,883, dated December 30, 1890.

Application filed January 29 1889. Serial No. 297,949. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDGAR E. \VARNER, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. a Combined Passenger-Guard and Ticket-Collecting Gate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the platforms of railway-coaches; and it consists in an attachment thereto comprising a combined passenger-guard and ticket-collecting gate, as will be fully set forth hereinafter, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure-1 is a side elevation of one end of a railway passenger-coach and platform with my improved device at tached thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

A represents one end of an ordinary railway-coach, B a portion of the platform, and O the steps depending therefrom.

D is a vertical rod or rail secured to the end of the coach, and E E represent a portion of the guard or brake-sup porting rail, all of the foregoing being common to railwaycoaches and of any ordinary construction.

My attachment (which is so constructed as to be applied to any ordinary railway-coach now in use) consists, primarily, of the passenger guard or gate and the ticket-collecting box G attached thereto, with mechanism for the reciprocal automatic operation of the said guard and box. The vertical rail D is provided with an upper collar a and alower collar 12, whereby the gate or guard F is hung, as shown'in Figs. 1 and 3, from rings or eyes 0 0, attached to or formed on said gate, which in its simplest preferred form consists of upper and lower horizontal rods d c, united by vertical rods fff, the lower inner corner of said gate being left open, as shown at g, to receive the box G when the gate is closed, above which space I show a'short horizontal rod 6 and shorter vertical rods, and while I have thus particularly described a simple form of gate it will be understood that the particular construction of the gate is immaterial and may be varied as desired. The rail D carries an intermediate collar h, on which rests a segmental toothedv block H, perthe upper arm j being similarly perforated for the reception of the vertical part of the angle-arm I, which is similarly attached to the rail D, and carries a collar or nut n on its lower end to support the arm j J and keep it in place on said arm I. The ticket-collecting box G is thus hinged to the same rail as is the gate F, and formsv an integral and reciprocally moving part of the latter, as hereinafter explained. The said box G is provided with a slot or hopper o in the top and a stop q projecting from its free end for engagement with one of the bars of the gate, and preferably with a window 12 on one side, as well as with any suitable locked slide or door 4' or other device for giving access to its contents.

The gate F is preferably provided with a lock or latch s, engaging with a keeper t on the guard-rails E, and any form of lock may be employed.

My device is intended especially for use in connection with a double ticket, or one having a detachable coupon or an accompanying ticket-check, and its operation will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description of its construction.- The platforms of all the coaches are provided with the guards or gates, and on such platforms as'are to be used for the entrance of passengers to the train brakemen or other train-men are stationed, and when a passenger appears the train-man examines the ticket and detaches the couponcheck (or retains the duplicate in whatever form it may be) and swings the gate inward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which action by reason of the toothed segments H J serves to automatically swing the box G outward out of the way of the steps and against the end of the coach, as also shown in dotted the vertical rail D, the segmental end J oflines in said Fig. 2, and then this coupon or check is dropped into the box G and the passenger enters the coach, and then the trainman swings the gate back to place, thus automatically drawing the box G back to the closed position by reason of the described action of the toothed segments ll. J, and similarly to close the device. The train-man i'nay, if more convenient, pull on the box G and turn it to place over the steps, and this will close the gate, the action being perfectly reciprocal, sure, and automatic.

My device will be found especially useful for guarding against passengers entering the train without tickets at such stations as do not employ a regular gate, and thereby do away wit-h cash fares; and, further, the box G serves as a complete check upon the tickets taken up in the train and enables the company to dispense with ticket-collectors new employed in addition to the conductors on several roads, and as all the gates save those in charge of the brakemen or train-men can be locked there is no need of employing any extra assistants to take charge of the ticketcollecting gates.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved attachment to railway coaches, consisting of a guard-gate arranged to be hinged upon the vertical railof the end of the coach, a llCkOl-IUCQDlLilUlO partially inclosed by said gate and arranged to bchinged also upon said rail, and means, substantially as described, for moving the gate and box simultaneously, for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the platform of a railway-coach and its vertical rails, a passenger-guard gate hinged to one of said rails, a ticket-collecting box hinged to the same rail and connected to said gate, and means whereby a movement of either the gate or box in one direction will move the other part in the opposite direction, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with the platform of a railway-coach and its vertical rails, a passenger-guard gate hinged to one of said rails, a ticket-collecting box hinged to the same rail, a toothed segmental block loose on said rail and secured to said gate, and an arm sccured to said box and having a toothed segmental end in engagement with the said toothed segmental block, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Viscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR 'l l. WARNER W'itnesses:

H. G. 'tTNDnnwooo, \VILLIAM KLL'G.

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