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L. C. DE SLOOVBRE. FARE REGISTER.

No. 470,373. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

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FARB REGISTER.

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FARE REGISTER.

No. 470,373. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

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LOUISC. DE SLOOVERE, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,373, dated March 8, 1892.

Application filed .luly l5, 1891.

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Be it known that I, LoUIs C. DE SLoovEEE, of Salem, county of Essex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an lmprovementin Fare- Registers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters and figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has foritsobject toimprove and simplify the construction of fare-registers such as shown and described in United States Patent No. 454,902, granted to me June 30, 1891; and it consists in details of construction to be hereinafter pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure l shows a face view of the fare-register embodying this invention, the actuating device or pull-bar and also the setting-back device being omitted; Fig. 2, a cross-section of the fare-register shown herein, taken on the dotted-line 2 2, Figs. l and 3; Fig. 3, arear side view of the fare-register shown in Fig. l, the to expose the operating parts; Fig. et, a side view of the parts contained within the box or case, the latter being shown in section, Figs. 5 and G, details of the striking apparatus of the audible alarm to be referred to. Fig. 7 is a detached view of the locking mechanism shown in the upper part of Fig. 3, the gear ambeing removed. Fig. S is a detail taken on the lineS 8, Fig. 2, looking down, to show the inner side of the actuatingarm and co-operating parts, the back plate being omitted.

The main frame-work and a rear plate fr, joined by suitable pillars. The main shaft am has fixed to it at one end a hand or pointer a7, and also secured to said shaft is a toothed gear al". A sleeve h is mounted on the shaft ctw, Which has fixed to it a hand or pointer ai and also a toothed gear h. A second sleeve Z22 is mounted on the sleeve h, which has fixed to ita hand or pointer a and also a toothed gear h3. The three toothed gears al* b h3 are all made of the same diameter and have an equal number of teeth. The driving-shaft 0.2 is journaled in the frame-work and has fixed to it a pinion b5 and has loosely mounted on it a pinion h6. The pinion lf' engages the toothed comprises a front gear h, and the pinion Zi engages the toothed Serial No. 399,602. (No model.)

gear am. A spring o1. surrounds the shaft ai' and bears firmly against the pinion Z) and against the ratchet-wheel c, (best shown in Figs. 2 and 3,) fixed to said shaft, the purpose of said spring being to hold the pinion h6 frictionally, so that it shall be turned by the shaft a2 in one direction to drive the toothed gear au, but may' be turned in the opposite direction independent of and without rotating the shaft. A pawl c', (see Figs. 2 and 3,) which engages and drives said ratchet-- wheel e, is loosely connected to a pawl-carrying arm c2, pivoted to the shaft a2, and a spring' c3 (see dotted lines, Fig. 3) is provided for pressing the pawl c into engagement With the ratchet-wheel. The pawl-carrying arm c2 is made quite long and extends diametrically across the center of the plate yr, being formed to pass around and not interfere with the main shaft am, as best shown in Fig. 3, the free end of said arm being bent outwardly at its extremity and extended through a slot in the plate fr, as seen in Fig. 2. A cord, chain, or equivalent c10 (see dotted lines, Fig. 3) is connected to the said bent portion of the free end of said arm c2, by which it maybe moved on its pivotal point (shown in Fig. 2 as the downwardlyextended hub of the ratchetwheel c) to in turn move the ratchet-Wheel forward step by step, the arm c2 being retracted by the spring c2. A paWl 0 is pivoted on the rear plate r at o and engages said ratchet- Wheel c, serving' as a back-stop therefor to prevent backward rotation,said pawl o having a projection o2 at its rear end, which is acted upon by a spring o3 to keep said pawl pressed into engagement with the ratchet-Wheel. On the under side of the toothed gear ZJ a ratchet a3 is formed, (shown in section, Fig. 2, and in dotted lines, Fig. 3,) which is engaged by a pawl n4, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3,) connected to the upper side of the toothed gear a to prevent any backward rotation of the gear b. Three concentric dials a4 a5 a are provided for the three hands or pointers a7 as a9, and it is intended that the hand a, with its dial a6, shall register the hundreds, the hand as, with its dial a5, shall register the units and tens, and the hand al, with its dial a4, shall register units and tens but the latter hand a7 is adapted to be moved back to zero when- IOO ever desired-'-as at the end of a trip, for instancc--while the other two hands move forward only. l

Instead of moving the toothed gear b3 continuously, yet relatively slower than the toothed gear b', as represented in the patent referred to, I provide mechanism by which it may be moved ahead one tooth just as the toothed gear h completes a rotation, and, as herein represented, this mechanism consists of a pinion p, engaging said toothed gear b3, and a locking device for holding said pinion in fixed position (see Fig. 3 and detached view, Fig. 8)-such as a dog p', pivoted at p2 and held pressed into engagement with said pinion by a spring p3, and a releasing device for said locking device, consisting of a lever pivoted at p4, one arm of which, as p5, has formed on ita projection p6, which rests beneath a projection p7 on the dog p', and the other arm p8 extends down and lies in the path of movelnent of the pin p9 on the upper side of the gear b'. (See Figs. 3 and 8.) The pinionp is made thicker than the gear b3, (see Fig. 2,) so that the teeth on said pinion extend beyond the teeth of the gear b3, and one of the teethas. the zero-tooth p10, for instance-of the gear b is made quite high to engage once in each revolution of the gear b the teeth on said pinion p, as represented in Figs. 2 and 7, the said tooth p10 engaging with the portion of the teeth on the pinion p which project beyond the gear b3, as very clearly shown in Fig. 2'. It will be seen that just as the gear b' completes its revolution the pin p9 thereon moves the lever 195198 of the releasing device and through the projections p6 and p7 lifts the locking device or dog p', and the tooth p10 engages the teeth of the pinion p and moves it ahead one tooth, thereby moving the gear bahead one tooth. This mechanism or its equivalent insures the hand a9 moving by steps, at the end of each step pointing to a number and remaining at rest until it is moved the next step to the succeeding number, instead of moving slowly, but continually, over the face of the dial, thereby avoiding any confusion.

The striking mechanism for the audible alarm consists of a bell-hammer h, (see Figs. 3, 5, and 6,) pivoted at h to a plate h2, which is pivoted at h3 to a lplate h4, which is secured to the base-plate, as by screws 2 2, and a detent h5 is pivoted at h to the plate h2, the lower end of which detent lies in the path of movement of a pin h7 on said pawl-carrying arm c2. When the pawl-carrying arm c2 is moved on its pivotal point to move the ratchet-wheel c ahead one tooth, the pin 'hi will strike the end of the detent h5, and it, bearing against a projection h8 on the rear end of the plate h2, causes said plate to turn on its pivot h3, thereby moving the bell-hammer h away from the gong t. This movement will continue until the pin k7 passes by the end of the detent h5 and the latter slips over it, when thebell-hammerwill be returned quickly by the spring h1", connected to the plate h2, and will strike the gong. The bell-hammer h, being loosely connected to the plate h2, will recede from the gong after striking it, so as not to diminish the sound. A projection 7L9 is formed on the plate h2, which serves as a back-stop for the bell-hammer 71.. The detent h, being loosely connected to the plate h2, as shown, permits the return of the parts 71.7 and c2 to their normal position as the pin 71.7 passes along the curved outer side of land turns the free end of the detent 71,5-, when the arm c2 is returned to its normal position by the spring'cQO.

On the under side of the toothed gear a a bevel-gear d is formed, which is engaged by a bevel-gear d', secured to a shaft d2 (see dotted lines, Fig. 3) and having its bearings in a frame (Z3, attached to the plate fr by suitable screws 3 3. (Shown in section, Fig. 3.)

A ratchet-wheel d" (clearly shown in Fig. 4) is secured to said shaft cl2, which is engaged by a pawl d5, connected to a hub d, turning freely on said shaft d2. By such connection the bevel-gear d can be turned in one direction only, and, as herein represented, it is employed to set the toothed gear a back to zero or starting-point.

The gear a has on its upper side a pin a, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3,) which strikes the projecting beveled end of a'plate al (see dotted lines, Fig. 3) and turns said plate on its pivot a until the portion'a1S of said plate bears against a pin al, the gear being rotated in the direction of the arrow 50, Fig. 3, and said pin slips by the end of the .plate 1.16. When the gear is being brought back to zero, however, the pin acts upon the upper edge of plate am and forces it into the position shown in Fig. 3, thereby stopping the gear at the zeropoint. rIhis pivoted plate constitutes a stop to stop the retrograde motion of the gear at zero-point. As the conductor takes the fares he pulls' the cord or chain 010, rotating the toothed gears am and b simultaneously step by step until he completes a trip. The toothed gear @14 is then set back to zero, or the starting-point, by rotating the hub d6 in the direction of the arrow 60, Fig. 3 or 4, the toothed gear b at such time remaining at rest by reason of the pawl n4 on the gear am sliding over the teeth of the ratchet-wheel n3, fast to the gear b', as described. The gear h6 on the shaft a2 will at such time rotate freely on the shaft a2, as hereiubefore described. The gear a is thus set back to zero on each trip. At the end of a trip the dials a5 a and the hands as and a9 will indicate the total number of passengers,while the dial a4 and hand a7 will indicate the number of passengers on that particular trip.

I claimy l. In a fare-register, a main sha-ft having fixed to it agear and pointer or index, asleeve on said shaft, having fixed to it a gear and pointer or index, and asecond sleeve on said first sleeve,having fixed to ita gearand pointer lOO IIO

or index, a shaft provided with driving-pinions, a rotating wheel on said shaft, and an actuating-pull, combined with a pinion, as p, engaging a gear on the second sleeve, a locking device for it, a releasing device for said locking device, and means for moving said pinion forwaid one tooth at each time the locking device is released, substantially as described.

2. In a fare-register, three dials and three hands movable one with relation to the other, a main shaft or arbor, a toothed gear loose thereon, and a ratchet-wheel on said gear, a toothed gear fixed to the shaft or arbor carrying one of the hands, a pawl carried by said latter gear and in engagement with said ratchet-wheel to move said gears in unison in one direction, a bevel-gear on said latter toothed gear, a bevel-gear engaging therewith, its shaft, a rotatable hub, and a pawland-ratchet connection between said hub and bevel-gear shaft, whereby the latter may be moved in one direction only by said hub and bevel-gear, substantially as described.

In a fare-register, a main shaft and gear and pointer or index iixed to it, a sleeve on said shaft, having a gear and pointer fixed to it, anda second sleeve on said first sleeve, having a gear and pointer fixed to it, combined with a driving-shaft, a fixed pinion on it, engaging one of said gears, and a loose pinion on said shaft, engaging another one of the aforesaid gears, and a spring for holding said loose pinion frictionally to turn with the shaft in one direction, a ratchetwheel fixed to said shaft, and an actuating-pull for said ratchetwheel, substantially as described.

4. In a fare-register, three dials, and three hands movable one with relation to the other, and actuating mechanism for said hands, combined with a bell and striking mechanism therefor, consisting of a pivoted bell-hammer 7i, pivoted plate h2, fixed plate h4, to which' said plate 71,2 is pivoted, a pivoted detent on plate h2, spring hw, normally to control Hsaid plate h2 and bell-liammer, and pin, as h, on the actuating-pull to co-operate with the said detent for operating said striking mechanism, substantially as described.

5. In a fare-register, three dials and three hands movable one with relation to the other, as described, a toothed gear fixed to the shaft or arbor of one of said hands, means foi' moving it forward step by step, and means for setting it back to zero, combined with a pin, as C415, on said gear, and a stopping device consisting of a pivoted plate al, having a beveled end, and a stop-pin a for the plate and with which plate said pin a15 co-operates to stop the said gear at zero when rotated in a backward direction, the pin a passing by the beveled end of the plate when the gear is rotated forward, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thc presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS C. DE SLOOVERE.

Witnesses:

BERNICE J. Novias, EDWARD F. ALLEN.

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