US516081A - Charles crook - Google Patents

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O OROOK FARE REGISTER.

No. 516,081. Patented Mar. 6, 1894.

2 t e e h s S t e e h S 2 K 0 O Dv G C a d 0 M 0 m FARE REGISTER.

No. 516,081. Patented Mar. 6, 1894.

wi l wnasweyk Unrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES onoon, or BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO ELI BALDWIN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

516,081, dated March 6, 1894.

Application filed January 24. 1893. Serial No. 4591 5 iNomodel-l To aZZ whom it may concern: during the operation of resetting the trip- Be it known that 1, CHARLES ORooK, a citihand and direction-indicator. zen of the United States, and a resident of To explain in detail,orepresents the main the city of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and supporting frame upon which the several 5 State of New York, have invented new and parts of the register are supported, I) the dial useful Improvements in Fare -Registers, of or face-plate, and c the trip-hand. The latwhich the following description, taken in terhas a frictional connection with a supportconnection with the drawings herewith acing spindle c which is rotated to give the companying, is a specification. trip-hand its forward step-by-step movement to This invention consists of additional imover the dial plate, by the main operating leprovements in fare-registers to those embodver 1) through the medium of a ratchet-wheel ied in the fare-register and recorder for which b rigidly secured thereon and a pawl 00 car- Letters Patent No. 483,102 were granted to ried by said lever (see Fig.3). This construcme September 20, 1892. In the instrument tion being substantially the same as shown in 15 or register shown and described in my said my said Patent No. 483,102. Patent No.et83,102,1 have shown a direction The direction-indicator, represented at cl, indicator which is operated in combination consists of a plate or disk, provided with the with the trip-register or indicating hand, to desired words or characters to denote the dibe reset at the end of each trip, by a single rection of travel, which is loosely pivoted or 20 operating shaft; and my present invention supported upon a stud or projection a in a consists more particularly in the new and position adjacent to the dial-plate to expose novel construction and combination of parts the proper indicating word or character to forming the trip-register and direction-indiview through an opening in the latter (as cator and the means for operating and setshown in Fig. 1), and, in the present instance 2 5 ting said parts at the end of a trip or other shown, is provided with a toothed wheel or 7 desired time; and also in other details of condisk (1 having a fixed connection therewith struction and combination of parts as will as the medium for connection with its operhereinafter be described and claimed. ating mechan sm as will be described. A

The objectof niyinventionisto simplifythe toothed disk or wheel e having a hub e is 30 construction of the registerasawhole,and also loosely supported upon the spindle c and is to regulate and limit the several movements provided with means supported or carried of the trip-register and direction-indicator in thereby to form the connecting medium besuch manner as to insure their positive and tween the setting-shaft, represented at fiand proper operation. the trip-hand o and direction-indicator d.

3 5 Referring to the drawings, in which I have This toothed wheel or disk 6 forms the con shown the register with the rear portion of necting gearbetween a gear f on the settingthe frame, containing the recording device, shaft f and the toothed disk cl of the direcremoved as not relating to my present invention-indicator, as more clearly shown in Fig. tionz-Figure 1, is a face View of the register; 3, and is provided with a movable pin e car- 40 Fig. 2, a View of the same with the face or ried thereby on its upper surface, which is dial plate removed; Fig.3,avertical sectional adapted to engage with a pin or projection c view through line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a located on the under side of the trip-hand, in view of the centrally located post or stud with such manner that when the disk e is operated the loose disk thereon which forms the conby the setting-shaft f, the trip-hand may be 45 necting medium between the trip-hand and set back to zero and the direction-indicator 5 direction-indicator and the setting shaft, and be reset, simultaneously or at the one opera- Fig. 5, a side view of the direction indicator tion of the shaft. The setting-shaft f is londevice, the end of the main operating lever gitudinally movable, and the connecting hub in section, and the device for automatically of the disk 6 is provided with an opening or 50 locking the operating lever from movement depression 6 111 its periphery corresponding [00 in form with aportion of a hub or disk f on the setting-shaft (as shown in Figs. 2. and 4), into which said hub is adapted to extend when the parts are in a normal position at rest, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3; thus locking the setttng-shaft f and the disk e and the connecting direction-indicator from movement as it is obvious that the disk e cannot be moved or rotated while the hub or projection f extends into the opening in its hub Q The setting-shaft is movably held in such connection with the disk 6 by an expansible spring f The pin e carried by the disk 6 is located on a pivoted plate 6 secured on said disk as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and is movably held by a spring a in position to move in a line to engage with the projection c on the under side of the trip-hand when the disk e is operated, to set the trip hand back to zero. This pin 6 or its pivoted supporting-plate e is provided with an arm or extension 6 projecting through a slot or opening in the disk e, in position to be engaged by the disk or hub f on the setting-shaft (as shown in Fig. 3) when the latter is in its normal closed or locked position, and be operated thereby to move the pin 6' away or to one side of the line of movement of the projection c on the trip-hand, as shown in Fig.2, in order to form no obstruction to the latter when being moved forward over the dial-plate to indicate the number of fares rung up, or otherwise.

To reset the trip-hand and direction-indicator at the end of a trip or other desired time, the setting-shaft f is first drawn outward, by means of its projecting end to withdraw the disk or part f thereon from the opening in the disk e and from engagement with the arm or extension 0 of the pin 6, to allow the latter to be moved by its spring 6 into position in line with the projection on the trip-hand and to allow itself and the disk e to be rotated. When the setting-shaft is thus drawn outward and slightly rotated, the hub or disk f thereon engages with the outer periphery of the disk e or its hub e and holds the shaft in such outward position when the same is being rotated to operate the disk e, which latter is rotated to cause the pin e carried thereby to move into engagement with the projection c on the trip-hand to set the latter back to zero and also to operate the direction-indicator d to indicate the changed direction of travel. These changes of the trip-hand c and the direction-indicator d are accomplished by one complete rotation of the disk 6, at the end of which the setting-shaft is automatically moved inward by the action of the spring f to move the hub or disk f thereon into the opening'or depression e in the disk e and lock the parts from movement. In the present instance, I have provided a spring-pawl g, (as shown in Fig. 2) for enga ing with the teeth on the disk e to prevent backward movement of the same and of the connecting setting-shaft f, although it is obvious that the pawl might engage with a wheel on the setting-shaft or other arrangement of parts be made for the desired purpose without departing from the spirit of my invention.

In order to lock the main operating lever b and the several parts operated thereby, with the exception of the trip-hand, from movement while the trip-hand and direction-indicator are being reset by the setting shaft f,

I have provided a vertically movable bar or arm h, supported on a spring plate It secured on the supportingframe a, which is movably held in a normal position with its upper end extending through a slot or opening 01 in the disk d of the direction-indicator which is adapted to receive the same, as clearly shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. The upper end of the bar his formed at such an angle that when the direction-indicator is first moved by the setting-shaft, the edge of the slot (1 therein engages said end and forces the bar it downward as the disk 01' passes over the same, and. causes a pin or projection h located on the under side of the plate It at a point over the end of the lever b, to extend or pass into an opening 11 in the latter and thus lock the same from movement until the direction-indicator has been moved to the end of its limit, which in the present instance is a halt rotation, and the second receiving opening d with which the disk 01' is provided as shown in Fig. 2 has been brought to a position above the bar h, at which time the latter is moved into said opening d by the action of its spring supporting-plate h and releases the lever b, as will be readily understood.

As an additional safe-guard to prevent the trip-hand c from being moved or carried beyond the zero point when being reset, I have secured a spring catch b on the dial-plate at a suitable point to engage said trip-hand when it has been set back to zero, as shown in Fig. l.

it represents the permanent or total register which is adapted to be operated simultaneously with the trip register through the medium of suitable mechanism. This register however is of ordinary construction and not of my present invention.

Having thus set forth my invention, I do not wish to be understood as confining myself to the particular construction or arrangement of parts for securing the differentfunctions as set forth, but

WhatI do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination in a fare-register of the trip-hand, a rotating direction-indicator, a rotating disk or wheel provided with means for engaging with said trip-hand and directionindicator, and a longitudinally movable rotating shaftadapted to be moved into or from engagement with said disk to either prevent or allow movement of the same, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination in a fare-register, of the trip-hand provided with a projection thereon, a rotating disk provided with a horizonwith the operating tally movable pin or projection carried there by, and means for moving said pin or projection laterally to and from a position for engaging with the said projection on the triphand, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination in a fareaegister, of the trip-hand, a rotating direction-indicator provided with a toothed periphery, a toothed disk for engaging with said direction-indicator, said toothed disk being provided with a horizontally movable pin or projection carried thereby adapted to be moved laterally to and from a position for engaging with a projection on the trip-hand, and a shaft for operating said toothed disk and the movable pin carried thereby in a manner, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination in a fare-register, of the trip-hand provided with a proj ectionthereon, a rotating disk or wheel provided with a horizontally movable pin or projection, a spring for moving said pin laterallyinto position for engaging with the projection on the trip-hand, and means for moving the pin from such position, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination in a fare-register, with the operating lever, of a vertically movable pin or bolt elastically supported in a position from engagement with said lever, and means for moving said pin or bolt into engagement lever to lock the same from movement while the trip-hand is being reset, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination in a fare-register, with the operating lever and directiomindicator, of a vertically moving pin or bolt elastically held in a normal raised position from engagementwith said operating lever, and operated by said direction-indicator or part thereof when being reset, to engage with the operating lever and lock the same from movement during such operation of the direction-indicator, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination in a fare-register, with the trip-hand and direction-indicator, of a rotating disk provided with means for engaging with said trip-hand and direction-indicator and with an opening or depression in its periphery, and a longitudinally movable rotating shaft provided with means for engaging with said disk to operate the same, and with a hub or flange thereon adapted for extending within the opening or depression in said disk to lock the latter from movement, and for moving in contact with the outer periphery of said disk when withdrawn from such locked connection therewith, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination in afare-register, of the trip-hand provided with a projection on its under side, a toothed disk provided with an opening or depression in its periphery, and with a movable pin for engaging with said projection on the trip-hand, a longitudinally movable rotating shaft provided with a toothed wheel thereon for engaging with said toothed disk to operate the latter, and with a hub or disk, and a spring for holding said shaft in a normal position with the hub or disk thereon extending within the opening or depression in said disk and in engagement with the movable pin carried by the latter to hold the same from position for engaging with the projection on the trip-hand, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

CHARLES OROOK.

Witnesses:

A. L. BALDWIN,

inns. CROOK, J r.

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