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{No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 W. NORREN. FARE AND TIME RECORDER FOR VEHICLES. No. 510,814. Patented Deo. 12, 1893'.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

W. NORREN. FAREAND TIME REGORDER FOR VEHICLES.

Patented Do.'12 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM NORREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK TURNQUIST, OF SAME PLACE.

FARE AN D TIME RECORDER FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 510,814, dated December 12, 1893.

Application filed June 5, 1893. Serial No. 476,577. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM NORREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare and Time Recorders for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in fare and time recorders, and is especially adapted for and applicable to vehicles, such as buggies, carriages, 850., which are let for hire by livery-men; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and operation of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive device, which will accurately indicate the length of time, which a buggy or carriage has been in use or occupied, and which may be easily and readily attached to the buggy-seat.

In order to enable others skilled in the art, to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a perspective View of a portion of the buggy-seat with a part thereof broken away,in order to show the casing which contains my invention and the manner of attaching it to the seat. Fig. 2, is a view in side elevation of the seat with one of the end-pieces thereof removed, in order to show the interior mechanism. Fig. 3, is a plan view of my device detached from the seat. Fig. 4, is a front view, partly in section, taken on line 4-, i, of Fig. 5, showing a portion of the buggy-seat, with the recorder attached thereto. Fig. 5, is a cross sectional view of the seat and recorder. Fig. 6, is a longitudinal sectional View of the guide-piece and its movablemarker piece detached from the recorder, and Fig. 7, is a sectional view of the guideband or track, and the clock-dial or face.

Similar letters refer to like parts throughout the diiferent views of the drawings.

A, represents the end or supporting-pieces of the buggy-seat,w11ich is of the ordinary or any preferred construction. On the tops of the end-pieces is placed and secured a flooring A, to the lower surface of the center of which is secured a casing B, which contains the clock-work mechanism of my recorder. To the rear edge of the flooring A, is hinged the seat-piece or board 0, which is preferably of the same size and form as the dooring A, and is held a slight distance from the same by means of suitable springs c, which are interposed between the upper surface of the flooring, and the lower surface of the seat-piece or board C, on the upper surface of which may rest the cushion O. The lower surface of the flooring A, is provided with two cleats (L, which extend cross-wise therewith, and are for the purpose of sustaining the casing B, which as shown in the drawings is preferably rectangular in form, and provided at its side edges with flanges or lips a,

to engage the cleats a, that it may be inserted or withdrawn from under the seat in a manner similar to an ordinary drawer in a piece of furniture. About midway between the cleats a, the flooring A, is formed with a transverse mortise a within which fits and operates the guidepiece D, and its movablemarker piece D, as will be presently explained.

Within the casing B, is placed a clock or clock-mechanism E, (which may be of any de sired make or construction,) with its dial or face E, uppermost, as shown in Fig. 3, of the drawings. The hands of the clock have been dispensed with, and on the center post thereof, is placed a shallow cup or pan F, which is formed with a tubular openingf, in its center, for the reception of the center post of the clock, to which it is rigidly secured and rotates therewith. Within this cup F, is placed a dialpiece E, which is provided with numbers from 1 to 12 (one to twelve) inclusive, in a circle near its periphery. The dial-piece E, is also provided with a central opening which fits over the tubular opening f, of the cup F, and rotates therewith. To the outer surface of the band or rim f, of the cup F, is secured a band or ring F, which is placed a slight distance from the rim of the cup F, and is a volute therewith on the same curve, as is clearly seen in Fig. 3, by reference to which figure, it will be seen and understood that the said band F and rim f, form a guide-track for a pin or projection g, on the movable marker-piece D.

To the rear portion of the casing B, is hinged the guide-piece or lever D, which is provided near its front and rear ends with springs d, which rest upon the casin g of the clock mechanism, and hold the guide-piece slightly therefrom, yet yield sutiiciently to allow said guidepiece to be pressed downward. Near its rear end, the piece D, is provided with a standard or projection 61, on its upper surface, which extends at its top longitudinally therewith, as shown in Fig. 6, and passes through a slot 01 in the movable-marker-piece D. front portion of the piece D, is formeda longitudinal slot (i through which the pencil g, and pin g, which are secured to the markerpiece D, project.

As shown in Fig. 3, the guide-piece D, and its marker-piece extend diametrically across the face of the dial, and by reference to Fig. 5, it will be seen that the pin or projection g, fits within the space between the band F, and the rim f, of the cup F, and that the pencil or marker g, is located a slight distance from the inner surface of the rim f, of the cup. It will therefore be understood that as the center post carrying the guide and dial, rotates, the'pin 9, will beheld between the band F, and the rim f, until it shall have traversed the distance from its starting point to the securing point of the band F, when said pin will thereby be thrown outward, and at the same time, the pencil or marker g, will be moved in a similar direction and will be caused to trace a separate circle for each twelve hours of time.

When the bugg -seat is unoccupied, the seat-board O, by reason of its springs 0, will assume the position shown in Fig. 5, but as soon as the weight of the person is placed thereon, said seat-board will be pressed downward, and the pin 0 which is secured at its front central portion will contact with the Near the front part of the piece D, thereby pressing it as well as the marker piece D, its pin, and marker downward, to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 5, when the exact hour or time of occupancy of the seat will be indicated on the dial-face, by reason of the marks traced by the marker or pencil g. It is obvious that as soon as the weight of the occupant is removed from the seat, the springs thereof will lift the same sufficiently to throw the marker out of contact with the face of the dial, and that no mark thereon will be caused in its rotation until the seat is again occupied.

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

In a time recorder for vehicles, the combination of the flooring A, having the mortise a on its lower surface for the reception and operation of the recorder, with the seat-board C, hinged to the flooring, and springs c, to raise the same from the flooring, and a pin 0 to contact with the guide-piece D, the casing B, secured to the flooring, a clock-mech- 7o anism within said casing, having secured to its center-post a cup or pan F, provided with an annular rim f, the removable dial E, to

fit within said cup, and to rotate therewith,

the band F, secured to the rimf, to form a guide-track for a projection on the markerpiece, the guide-piece or lever D,..having the springs d, projection d, and slot 01 the movable marker-piece D, having the slot (1 for the reception of the projection d, the pin g, and pencil or marker g, passing through the slot d said pin adapted to project into the circular guide-track and the pencil to contact with the face of the dial, substantially as described.

WILLIAM NORREN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. TILLMAN, E. A. DUGGAN.

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