US593671A

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Publication number: US593671A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1897-11-16
Anticipated expiration: 1914-11-16

Description

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O. LEGROS.

FARE BOX REGISTER.

No. 593,671. Patented Nov. 16,1897,

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FARE BOX REGISTER.

No. 593,671. Patented Nov! 16,1897.

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OSCAR LEGROS, OF NORTH BAY, CANADA.

FARE=BOX REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,671, dated November 16, 1897. Application filed March 24, 1897. Serial No. 6281971. (N model.)

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, OSCAR LEGROS, of North Bay, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-BoX Registers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fare-box registers, and has for its object to provide a portable register for keeping account of the tickets and money placed therein, the register being adapted also to sound an alarm whenever a fare is placed therein, and also to punch or otherwise mutilate the tickets as they are inserted therein, thus rendering the same unfit for further use and preventing the conductor from surreptitiously removing the tickets from their receptacle andusin g the same again.

The device, while adapted to punch or mutilate the tickets placed therein, does not prevent the insertion of nickels, provision being made for allowing the nickels to pass into the same receptacle with the tickets without the punch being brought into action. Provision is also made for returning the several parts of the mechanism to their normal positions after a fare has been inserted.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in an improved fareboX register embodying certain novel features and details of construction hereinafter fully set forth, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a fare-boX register constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking toward the opposite side of the casing. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View showing the manner in which the plunger communicates motion to the other parts of the mechanism. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line so a: of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken through the lower portion of the casing looking upward, showing the register and the aperture in the intermediate partition.

, parts of the register are mounted. This case comprises opposing sides 2, ends 3, top 4, and bottom 5. At one end of the case is arranged a loop or elliptical shaped handle 6, by which the device may be carried in the hand of the conductor. Arranged at a suitable elevation within the case or box 1 is a horizontal diaphragm or partition 7, dividing the upper portion of the case from the lower portion, the latter constituting the receptacle 8 for the car-tickets, money, &c.

9 designates a slot or aperture in thetop of the case, through which the tickets and money are inserted, and arranged below said aperture is a hopper-shaped compartment 10, having a contracting or converging bottom 11, terminating in a discharge spout or opening 12, through which the fares pass. Arranged below the discharge 12 is a pair of rollers or cylinders 13, which may be either of metal or rubber or a combination of both, the same being mounted fast upon parallel axles 14. One of the rollers 13 is provided with a longitudinal series of radial openings 15, in which are arranged punches 16, backed up by spiral springs 17,which serve to project said punches beyond the periphery of the roller or cylinder for causing them to enter correspondingly located and shaped recesses 18 in an opposing roller. These punches operate upon the tickets as they pass between the rollers and serve to mutilate or puncture the same, thus rendering the tickets unfit for further use.

The shafts 14 are provided at their ends With intermeshing spur-pinions 19, which cause the rollers 13 to revolve simultaneously in opposite directions. Arranged at one side of the innermost spur-pinion 19 is a spur gear-wheel 20, mounted on a stud-shaft 21 and carrying with it a ratchet-wheel 22, fast on the wheel 20.

23 designates an arm which is fulcrumed on the axle 21 and which carries at its outer or free end a spring-actuated pawl 241, engag ing the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 22.

Reciprocating through the top of the case or box 1 is a plunger 25, having at its upper end a push-button or head 26, wherewith it may be operated. The plunger 25 is normally upheld by means of a coil-spring 27, disposed around said plunger and bearing at its lower end upon a rest orbracket 28, while its upper end is seated against an annular flange or coil 29 on the plunger, the tension of said spring being thus exerted to lift the plunger while at the same time allowing the plunger to be depressed. The plunger slides through bearings 30 in the top of the casing and in the bracket 28. Connected pivotally to the lower end of the plunger 25 is a link 31, which connects pivotally at its opposite end to the arm 23, above referred to. Thus as the plunger is depressed the arm 23 is swung around the axle 21 as a center, carrying the pawl with it and imparting a rotary motion to the ratchet-wheel E32 and spur gear-wheel 20. This in turn actu ates the pinions 1E) and causes the inner adjacent surfaces of the rollers 13 to move downward. A ticket or fare which has previously been placed in the hopper or receptacle 10 is caught between the rollers and carried downward and upon being released by the rollers gravitates through an opening 32 in the intermediate partition 7, and thence into the receptacle 9. The punches 16 are so located on the periphery of their rollers that they will not be brought into action until they have nearly completed an entire revolution. Therefore a piece of money may pass between the rollers without coming in contact with said punches, but in the case of a ticket, by reason of the length of such ticket, the punches will be brought into action before the ticket has passed entirely through or between the rollers, and as a result the punches will operate upon said ticket and serve to puncture and mutilate the same in such a manner that said ticket cannot thereafter be used.

33 designates a bell or gong arranged within the case and secured to one wall of the casing by means of a post 3st, seated near its base against a rubber washer or packingring 35.

36 designates a clapper or hammer adapted to contact with the bell for giving a signal. This clapper or hammer is mounted upon one end of a lever 37, which is fulcrumed intermediate its ends, as shown at 38. Connected to the opposite end of the lever is a retractingspring 39 for returning the lever to its normal position after the same has been operated upon. This end of the lever is projected into the path of the pin or stud l0, extending from one end of the roller 13. Just before the roller 13 completes its revolution in a backward direction the lever 37 is acted upon in such a manner as to throw the hammer or clapper 86 forcibly against the bell, thus sounding an alarm and advising the passenger that his fare has been registered.

451 designates a series of registering-disks provided on their peripheries with numerals and adapted to take up each other consecutively, so as to accurately record the fare-1; deposited in the box or case. The partition 7 is provided with a rectangular aperture -12, through which the state of the register maybe observed when the door 11 which gives access to the receptacle 8, has been opened for thepurpose of removing the fares therefrom. The door i3 is hinged at one edge, as shown {ll 11kt, and is ln'ovided at its free edge with a suitable lock l5, adapting said door to be opened by means of a key, (indicated at all.)

The axles let of the rollers 13 are journnlcd at one end in the side wall. of the casing, as shown at 47, and at their opposite ends in an arm or bracket 18, located intermediate the rollers and the registering disks ll, said bracket l8 being formed integrally with or connected to the partition 7.

The operation of the register is as follows: The plunger when depressed rotates the ratchet-wheel and rollers sullicientl y to cm n the latter to make a complete revolution. each time a fare is collected and the pushdnittini pressed fairly down. Every time a fare is placed in the receptacle and the plunger depressed the bcll will indicate the p roper move ment of the mechanism contained in the boy; or case and the fact that the fare has been registered. in this way the passengers know that each and every fare has been properly registered. In view of the fact that each and every ticket between the rollers or cylinders 13 is punched or mutilated, the use of said tickets by a dishonest employee is rendered impossible. Access can only be had to the interior of the box or case by means of a per-- son in possession of a key. At the end oif each trip the clerk of receipts opens the box, makes note of the number registered, and counts the cash as well as the tickets, which must correspond in number to the state of the register. Retrograde movement of the ratchet-whee 22 is prevented. by means of a spring-actuated detent if .Vith the .1.-egister hereinabove described it is almost an impossibility for a dishonest conductor to cheat the railway company.

It will of course be understood that the device is susceptible of changes in form, proportion, and minor details of construction,

which may accordingly be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a receptacle for fares, of a pair of rollers rotating in opposite directions, one of said rollers being provided with one or more punches, and the other roller having recesses to receive said punches, sub-- stantially as described.

2. The combination with a receptacle for fares, of a pair of rollers one of which is prnvided with one or more recesses, and one or IOU more spring-actuated punches carried by the opposing roller, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination with a receptacle for receiving fares, of a pair of rollers one of which is provided with one or more recesses, a plunger carried by the other roller and adapted to enter said recess, and means for simultaneously rotating said rollers in opposite directions, the punch being so arranged that said rollers will nearly complete one revolution before the punch is thrown into action, substantially as described.

4:. The combination with a box or casing, of a fare-receptacle therein, punching-rollers arranged at the discharge end of said receptacle, gear-wheels mounted on said rollers and meshing with each other, a spur gear-Wheel OSCAR LEGROS.

Witnesses:

J. G. OORMACK, L. P. SNYDER.