US453884A - ehelich - Google Patents

Description

(N0 Modell) 5 Sheets-Sheet 1.

EHRLECH & J. A. KEYES.

REGISTER FOR FARES.

Patented June 9,1891.

(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 2,

L. EHRLIOH & J. A. KEYES.

REGISTER FOR BABES.

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(No E0691.) 5 Sheets-$heet 4.

L. EHRIJGH .37 J. A. KEYES. RBQ'ISTEE F03 PARES.

No. 453,884 Pevte nted June 9, 1891.

5 SheetsSheet 5F L. EHBLIGH 82; J. A. KEYBS.

REGISTER FOR FARES.

'(No Model.)

.No. 453,884. Patented June 9, 1891.

Inmiziwt v pdijazdfliwz'go JNITED STATES Parent Orrtcs,

REGlSTER FOR FARES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 453,884, dated June 9, 1891.

Application filed November 2'7, 1889. Serial No. 331,741. (No modvlf To all 1710711 if may colic/ML:

lie it known that we, LEO Ellltbltll, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, and .Lmrcs A. Ha es, of the city, county, and State of New York, both citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registers, fully set forth in the foilowim description and represented in the accompanying drawings.

'lhisinver *ion relates,generally, to registers, and more particularly to that class commonly known as street-car registers-that is to say, to that class of registers that are pan ticularly adapted to keeping tally, indicating the tally, and registering theamouutor quantity tallied. v

' he present invention provides a structure (littering materially from streetcar registers now in common use, in that the usual fixed dial and the movable index-hand moved over thefaee of the dial dispensed with. he improved register also (litters from those now in common use in its mode of operation, in

its simplicityof construction,and in the large reduction of the number of parts necessary to make a complete organization that willaccurately tally and register the number of times it is operated, at the same time preventing any adroit manipulation by which the tally may beehangred and the registered total falsified.

Having, these characteristics, the improved register embraces, essentially, a holder or carrier adapted to contain orsupport a plurality of indicators that may be exposed one by one in succession as the register is operated to indicate, for instance, the number of fares collected, a means by which the carrier and its indicators may be returned to zero or to their normal starting point, a novel means for sounding an audible alarm, and an adding or totalizing device upon which thetotal number of operations of the register is transferrcd and preserved, all of which will be hereinafter fully set forth, aided by the accompanying drawings.

In said drawings, Figure l isa i'ront elevation of a register embodying the present improvemcnts. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3; is an enlarged side elevation of the same with a portion of the inclosing case removed to expose the interior. Fig. t is a similar view looking from the opposite side of the register. Figbfi is a rear elevation. Fig. i; is a sectional elevation taken on cue line t o of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a view of a portion of the carrier looking at its periphery. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the bell-hammer and its arm. and stop arms and the rock-shaft. Figs. 10, ii, and 1; are modified torms hereinafter referred to. i

Referring: to said drawings, it will be understood that the improved structure supported by and mounted within an iuelosing case A, :ulapted' to be secured in anycoir venient position or placcas, for instance. the side or end of a car or other vehicle.

'lhc registereonsists,essentially, ot' ahohier or carrier l3, adapted to receive or support a number of indicators that are movable with respect to the holder or carrier, so that they may be moved to expose their indications. it is to be understood that the intern tion is not limited to any particular form of holder or carrier, or any particular form of indicators, or any particular mode of mounting the indicators with respect to the holder so long as the indicators are movable with respect to the carrier and adapted to be exposed one by one in the operation of the register. In the preferred construction of the holderor carrier i; it consists of a pair of disks 2t) 21, that are secured together in such manner as to provide between them a chamber 3), eapacitated to receive and support a numberof indicators. The carrier is a rotatable one, mounted to turn upon a shaft 22, that finds bearings in a pair of brackets 31, extending from and forming apart of the inclosin case.

The indicators t consist of plates or tablets, preferably of rectangular form and formed of any suitable material, such as celluloid, vulcanized rubber, and the like.v They may vary in number, according to the desired capacity of the register, and each indicator will bear an i'ndication'ofits number orvalue delineated upon its face. in tlre'l'preseut instance there are one hundre(l' irulicators, bearing nu morals on their Faces extending from 0, l, 2,

Fig. 9 is an elevationof the locking rier (see Figs.

outside oi the inclosing, case.

- 9, i'orined in the opposite inner faces oiI carrier-disks, Figs. 6 and 7 and by which they ingehait' 22,

- or'tablets are held loosely between carrier, serving nuance and so on, to 99, inclusive, and are so arranged that as the register is operated the indicators will be exposed in numerical order.

' As before stated, many modes of mounting the indicators to the carrierniay be employed. The preferred mode, and, it is believed, the most effective, is that shown, wherein the indicators are each arranged to slide in grooves the are guided in their movements with respect to the carrier. The indicator-tablets move freely in the grooves and are of a length substantially equal to that of the grooves, so that in their normal position their outer edges will be about flush with the periphery of the carrier. Instead of arranging the grooves for the indicators radial with respect to the'supportas they mightbe, it is preferred to arrange them tangentially with respect thereto, in the manner shown.

In order to expose the indicators one by one in numerical order as the register is operated, many modes of moving or permitting the indicators-to move for this purpose maybe employed. As herein shown the indicator plates the disks of the carrier, so that at acertain portion of the circumference the indicator-tablets will tend to slide or move by gravity from their normal ition outward, andin the rotation of the carrier it will be apparent that as the indicatortablets arrive at this point in their travel they will each have the tendency to move outward in succession. This normal tendency of the tablets is utilized to effect the display of their indication. Thus the inclosing case immediately adjacent to and surrounding the car- 3, 4:, and 6) forms by its inner surface a guide E, that controls the position of the indicator-tablets with respect to the in the present instance also as a guide to return them to their normal positions. This guide E, as shown, surrounds the carrier and is concentric therewith for the greater portion of its circumference, and to a certain exte'ntiorms a guard for the indicaters, so that they are inaccessible from the At a certain 'oiut below the darrier-preterably at a point coincident with atangent vertical with res set to the horizontal axis of the carrierthe concentric portion of the guide abruptly terminates, so as to provide a pocket D, into which the indicator-tablets may extend in sucis moved in the direction of the arrows, Figs. 3 and i. The depth of the pocket beneath the carrier will be rogulated according to the length of the indicatortablets, so'that when they are wholly tree to move in and out of the carrier, asin the pres: ent instance, their outer edges will rest against the bottom of the pocket and their outward movement will be stopped before they entirely leave their grooves in the care icaand thus they will always be in positionto be readily moved baclr in their grooves to their normal positions. As the carrier rot-ates it will'be obvious, as the tablets ncvcrirliolly leave it in drop-ping into the pocket, that they will be automatically returned by gravity in about onc-quarter of a revolution; but in order to economize space it is preferred to gradually return the indicators positively to their normal position. Thus the inner face of the pocket forms an incline 18 and gradually approaches the periphery of the carrier, so that as the latter is rotated, carrying with it the indicator-tal')lcts resting against this incline, they will be gradually moved posi tively toward the interior of the carrier and finally into their normal position, at which point the incline joins the concentric portion of the guide E, the whole forming a snailshaped guide.

That portion of the inclosing case forming the front wall of the pocket D is cut away immediately in front of the extended. indicator-tablet and fitted with a glass w t 17, so that the indication borne by the indicatortablet is exposed to view.

So far as the carrier and the iin'licai;ir tablets are concerned, at y means or rotatm or moving the former lets to their exposed position in numerical order may be employed, that shown, l .iwevcr, being exceedingly simple and effective, is to be preferred. Thus the carrier is moved by step by means of an actuating-d I which engages with the teeth. ot a rat .iet wheel 23, that is secured to one side Oi carrier. This dog is pivotally mounted to a vibrating arm or frame 25, that is loosely hung upon the shaft The actuating-dog and its frame are vibrated by means oif an operat ing-leverfifl, that is pivoted at 33-1- to the roar of the inclosing case, (see Fig. 5,) and bears against a projection 36, forming part oi? the arm or frame 25. A suitable sprint 27, one end held by a stud 1.9, projecting. trout the side of the frame and the other end ring against the arm, returns the latter to lbS nor illflil position against a stop 8 each time it is vibrated, and a suitable spring-pressed stoppawl 29, mounted at the upper 17s,, of the frame, engages with the teeth of the ratchet wheel and prevents any bi'iclmvard movement of the carrier.

The actuating dog it ishold to duty against the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 23 bya spring, as usual. The forward end of the-dog is provided with a projection (5,1hat as it recited in the act of moving the carrier forward lies and passes immediately over a shoulder 3.6, that forms partol the case, by which, as there is no room for any disengaging movement oi the dog, the latter is temporarily locked to the teeth of the ratchctavheel, so that any OVGlII lOVGIIlGlll) 0t thcwliecl ispi'even- =l To cause acoinplete inovemcnoot the op lever each time it is vibrated, so ries a pivoted tooth 15, that is h in tral position. with respect to the lon axis of the lover b a spring l-i, and

so as to bring the till)- lOC.

to the rear of the inclosing case in the path of the pivoted tooth t3 isaserrated oiloolht-tl plate 13, the function of which tooth and plate is, as the lever is vibrated and as the tooth I is rocked to one side by and passes over the toothed plate, the tooth will hold the lever should it be stopped at any point inter mediate short of its complete vilnation, so that in order to free the teeth from the serrations of the plate it is necessary that the tooth shall pass to the end of the plate, where it; will befrec to change its angle with respect.v to the lever so that the lever may be moved in the opposite direction.

The audible alarm is provided byabell 4 secured to the rear of theinclosing case, against which strikes a bell-hammer it, thatis pivotally mounted upon a stud tiprojecting from a portion of the ease. The bellhammer is provided with an arm li, l igs. t and 8, rigidlyconnccted to move with the hammer, and has a shoulder that extends in the path of a projection 11}, formed onthe actuating-dog. The arrangement of the parts is such that at the end of the forward movc ment of the actuating-do; and as itbegins to return to its normal position, the projection 13 will bear against the shoulder I of the arm .43, rock it and the hammer slightly on its pivot, and, suddenly leaving the shoulder, will allow the hammer to be forcibly brought against the hell by the power exerted by a spring H. in order to return the carrier to its normal or startingposition, so that the indicator baring the 0" indication will be the one exposed, there is provided means for coupling the carrier to the shaf 22, so that by turning. the latter the carrier may likewise be turned. There is also provided means by which the carrier as it is moved for the ,purpose will be positively stopped when it an rives at its normal or startingposition, and.

there is furthermore provided a look by which any attempt to operate the register is prevented when the parts are in position to turn the carrier to its normal starting-point.

The shaft 22 carries a disk -15, Figs. 2i and 6, that is rigidly connected thereto. The disk is provided with a spring'prcssed couplingpawl 1-6, thatis adapted to engage with a recess formedin an integral portion of the carrier, as, for instance, in the hub 47. The shaft 22 and its disk 45 are held against movement by a locking-pawl-tfi,thatis fixedly mounted at the end of a rocleshaft 40, that is held in bearings in the ease. The pawl is held to duty by a spring 51, and, as shown. is provided with a long tooth, that in the normal position of the parts, as shown in l ig.- .3. engages with a deep notch St) in the disk, to that the said dog will resist any unusual attempt to rotate ,the shaft, and at the same time its shaft. 4!) will have been rocked to the required extent. The disk is also engaged by a spring-pressed supplemental pawl 52, that is pivoted to-the inner side of one of the brackets 31, and is adapted to engage some teeth 5?), formed on theodg of thodislt. The function of this pawl is to prevent. the shaft being rotated in the opposite direction when the pawl i has been raised from the disk. in the usual rotation of the carrier as it is moved step by step in the act of t'0lfl. l(tllt f1,lllt* shoulder of its hub t7 will leave the doo i adistance equal to the extent to which the carrier has been rotated, so that. when it is desired to return the carrier to its normal starting-point the shaft and its disk 45 will be rotated idly until the pawl lti, ridingover the face of the hub 47, reaches its shoulder and engages therewith, so that upon the further rotation of, the shaft and disk they will be coupled wit-h the can rier and will move together in unison until the carrier arrives at its normal starting posit ion, at which point the notch of the disk will be in position, so that the pawl 48 may be engaged therewith to secure and hold it. The particular function of the disk -15 and its immediate connections are to lock the shaft 22 against movement until the proper time, and to provide means for coupling the shaft and carrier together.

In order to prev nt the carrier from being" moved beyond its normal starting-point, an arm 12 (see Fig. i) is thrown into position to bear against a stud or projection ll, secured to the side of the carrier. The arm l2 (see Figs. 4, ti, and. 9) is shown as mounted upon the roek-shaft 45),:1 springiO tending to throw it into its operative position. The shaft ti) also carries a stop-arm 5t, that is rigidly connected thereto, and carries a pin 7, that overlies the arm 12 and holds it back. in its idle position. under the force of the spring 5l,that tends to rock the shaft. The frame :35 is formed with a projection in position to escape the arm t each time it is vibrated in the act of rotating the carrier. \Vhen the shaft it) is rocked in the direction of the arrow, Fig. l, sut'tioient to remove the lockingpawl from (iiifIftgOlllOlii. with the notch 50 of the disk 45, the stop-arm at will be simultaneously rocked in front of the projection 55, so that the frame 25 is r ndered immovable so long as the arm remains in that position. Atthe same time the shaft ll) is rocked to remove the locking-pawl in, and to place the stop-arm 54 in position the pin 7 will be removed from contact with the arm 12, so that its sprin will rock it int 0 the posit ion shown in dotted lines, Fig. t, in the path of the stud 1]. From thisconstruction it rcsu-lts'thatwhenever the disk 1-5 is rendered free to turn by the liftingof the locking-pawl a step will be put into the path of the actuatingdog frame 25 ,so that; it eannot be moved, and at; the same time a'stop (as the arm 13) placed in position to extend into the path of a projection front the carrier and prevent the latter from being overturned in the act. of moving, it to its normal startingposition. Anditwillalso be seen that. until thelockingpawl 4.5 is prop- -rly ated in lit notch in the disk 25 the will occupy the position just mentioned, So soon, however, as the lockingqoawl engages with the notch oO of the disk the shaft 49 will be rocked suihciently to return the parts to their normal idle positions, permitting the framc25 to be vibrated and the carrier to be rotated. Any convenient means of rocking the shaft 49 may he employed-as, for instance, by a h and-wheel 50, extending E0 to the outside of the case-and the shaft 22 may be likewise turned by a hand-Wheel The registering devices It employed with the improved register may he, obviously, of any construction, and as it forms no part of i the present invention and the ordinary forms of it are so Well known, no detailed illustration or particular description thereof is deemed necessary. It may be stated, however, that the dials are mounted upon shaft 30, held in brackets 61, that extend from the case, and are actuated, primarily, through ratchet 62, the teeth of which are engaged by a feeding-pawl63,1)ivotally mounted to an extension 64 of the frame 25. A hold-hack pawl 85, engaging with the ratchet 52, provents any backward movement to said ratchparts instead of depending on the t-fi case A to term the guide E for cor the positions of the lllfiiCftilGl'dlhbiEi speot to the carrier, the said guide Fig. 10) may be in the form of c m ranged upon the side of the against which bearpins 5:, projec the indicator-tablets through c sides of the carrier. that instead of allowing gravity into their xposed as shown in li, he fore recess or pocket by means against which cam the pit rotation of the carrier, so u tablets are forced positive, be clearlg understood, mounting the indicatcr taolei. and out of the carrieiy'they may in Fig. 12, mounted on pivots 3, so around the periphery of the cnrr when the latter is moved and when c edges pass the abrupt end of the will swing into their exposed the pocket 1).

Without then limiting the invc" ct. From this construction it will be seen .that with each vibration oi the frame to move the actuating-dog, the feeding-pawl 63 0 will likewise impart the desired movement ie the dials of the register. The figures of the register It may be read through an opening 59 in the front wall of the case, and should it be desired to conceal the register 3 5 by closing the opening, a shutter 66 may be employed for that purpose. This shutter consists of a plate extending the length ot the dials and mounted to rock on the shaft specific construction iorth, what is- 1. In. a register, the co able carrier, a plurality caters snpporte adapted to rev exposed, a shaft, and described, for conpii together for moving initial starting pee the registering device, scribed.

2. lira register,thecomhination o" suhsie n. t.

60. it is connected by a rod (57 to a permu- 40 tation-lock 68, by turning winch through its proper key the shutter may he moved to its closing position (shown in dotted lines, iii". 3) and there looked upon the removal of the key. 4

It should he stated that the projection 13 of the actuating-dog rests behind a shoulder oi arm 43, so that'when the carrier is re turned to its normal position the actuatingdog will vibrate on its pivot without actuat- 5o ing the bell-hammer, the dog and hammer being entirely independent, and when the frame moves forward the actuating-dog will pass into a tooth of the ratchet-wheel sufiicient to allow the projection to escape the armriii; out as the frame and dog return. to their normal positions, the dogyvihrating over the ratchet-teeth, will bear against the arm sufficient to reel: tho bell-hammer, as is ohvious.

With respect to the mode of registering device it, the constiparts are such that the movement of the carrier to its normal starting position will in no way affect said register or means for operat- 65 ing it, as the frame 25 from which it is operoperating the notion of the or carrier, a plurality of indicato' thereby, and means for causin tors to more one hyone in sin. exposed position, a registering e. to register each time an indicator ashatt, and means,s ial it forcouplin the sha moving the indicators to ti position Without disturbing; device, sul'istantially as dose 3. in register, the COZ'lliJ rier, apluralitycfindicatc J i by and movable with rcspez and the guide for controlling of said indicators, with the re adapted to register each time an int. exposed, substantially as KiQSCliiIiQCL In a register, the eon'ioii rier, a plurality of indicators in guides in the carrier, and thc sn il guide for controlling the position 1 caters with respect to the earlier, helium. ti, lly as described.

in a register the comhi.na"-.j

ate-d is locked against movement.

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sition of the indicators and allowing them to move to and return from their exposed position, substantially as described.

6. Ina register, the combination of the car ricr, a plurality of gravitating indicators sup ported thereby, the circumferential guide of snail shape for controlling the position of the indicators, and the pocket, into which the indicators may gravitate to their exposed position, substantially as described.

7. In a register, the combination of the car-- ricr, a plurality of gravitatin indicators supported thereby, the circumferential guide for controlling the position of the indicaters, thc pocket into which the-indicators may gravitate to their exposed positiomand the guide for positively returning" the indicators to th eir normal positions, with tho registering device adapted to register each time an indicator is exposed, substantially as described.

In register, the combination of the carrier, a plurality of gravitating indicators supported thereby,the snail-shaped guide for controllingthe position ofthe indicators, an actuating-dog for imparting step-by-stcp anorement to the carrier, the stop for locking the dog against movement, and means fort'nrnin the carrier to its normal starting position, sub stantially as described. r

9. In aregister, the combination of acarricr, a plurality of indicators supported thereby, a snail-shaped gnidc for controlling the position of the indicators, an aetuating deg for moving the carrier step by step, a stop for locking; the dog against movement, an arm for limiting the movement of the carrier to its normal starting position, and neans for moving" the carrier to said position, substantially as scribed.

10. In a register, the combination of a carrier, a plurality of indicators supported thereby, a shaft for supporting the carrier, a dog; for locking the shaft against movement, an act-natingdog for thecarrier, means for co up ling the shaft and carrier together, and means for releasing the shaft to permit the carrier to be moved to its normal starting; position, substantially as described.

ll. In a register, the combination of a carrier, a plurality of indicators supported there by, a shaft for supporting the carrier, an act: eating-dog for the carrier, stop for locking the dog against movement, a lockingdog for the shaft, said step and locking-dog mounted to move in unison, and means for coupling; the shaftv end carrier together, so that they may more in unison, substantially as de scribed.

12. In a register, the combination of a carrier with operativelyc'ounccted and index pendently movable indicators,a registering device adapted to register each time an indicator is exposed,an operating-arm and new neotions for efiecting the display of an indicaller and operating the registering device, and means, substantially described, independent of said operating arm, and connec tions forinoving the carrier and indicators to their initial starting; position without dis tnrbing the as described. in a register, the combination of a. ricr, a lnrality of indicators supported there by, means or causing the indicators 'iGillCt-i-J one by one in succession to their exposed positions, a registering de ice adapted to registor each time an indicator is exposed, a sinregisteringdevice, snbstantiall t le operating-arm and connections for ei'lectforeontrolling the same, a registering device adanted to register each time an indicator is exposed, and a single opera-tingnrniand connections for effecting; the display of an indicater and operating the registering" device, substantially as described.

15. The combination a carrier, a plurality of indicators supported. thereby, means for causing the indicators to move in succession one by one to limit" exposed posil it'rt'ls, n register, avibrating frame, an actuating dog and pawl for moving the carrierand registeigand means, substantially as describedindepend ent of said vibra ing' frame and dog, for moving the carrier indicators to their initial starting position withont disturbing the registering device, substantially as do scribed. I

15. In a register, the eonil-rination of a carrier, a gilaralit-y of indicators snpportedthereby, the s'nailshaped guide foreontrolling the position of the indicators, a vibrating frame having; an aetnatingwlog for moving the carrier step by step, an independently-mounted bell-hammer vibrated directly by said actusiting-dog, an operating-arm for actuating-the frame, a stop for locking; the dog against movement, and means for nlovingtlte carrier to its normal starting position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEO EHREIQ JAMES A. REYES.

lVitnosses as to the signature of Leo Ehrlich:

.3. In. THRFLKELD, 0. FIELD.

.' Witnesscnns t0 the giglliltm'e of James] Keys-s: A

ll. GRAHAM, JAMES Tonniuton.

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